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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Drosera rotundifolia |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Drosera rotundifolia (Sundew)
| Botanic Name | Drosera rotundifolia |
| Common Name | Sundew, Dew Plant, Round-leafed Sundew, Red Rot, Herba rosellae, Sonnenthau rosollis, Rosee du Soleil (Grieve) |
| Family | Droseraceae |
| Parts Used | Herb (Mills),(Hoffmann) |
| Habitat | In bogs and wet ground throughout Britain, Europe, northern Asia, and North America (Mills) |
| Constituents | Napthaquinones
(including plumbatin) (Mills),(Hoffmann) Flavonoids (Hoffmann)
Tannins (Hoffmann) Citric and Malic Acid (Hoffmann) |
| Actions | Relaxing
expectorant (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Antispasmodic (Mills),(Hoffmann) Demulcent (Mills),(Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Asthmatic
conditions and dry, tickly or nervous cough (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Tracheitis and whooping cough and other respiratory conditions marked by viscid mucous (Mills),(Hoffmann) Gastric inflammation and ulceration (Mills),(Hoffmann) Bronchitis (Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Digestive, Respiratory |
| Dosage | 0.5 –2 gm
dried herb tds (Mills)
1 –2 ml tincture tds (Hoffmann) 1:1 25% 0.5-2mls tds (BHP) 1:5 60% 0.5-1mls tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | Grindelia camporum and Euphorbia pilulifera for Asthma (BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | No reference found. |
| BHP S/I | Asthma, chronic bronchitis, with peptic ulceration or gastritis |