Thyme-leaved Gratiola or Water Hyssop is a plant belonging
to the family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a
succulent with plenty of reserve food, glabrous, or smooth and hairless,
creeping herb with diffuse branching. The
leaves are ovate, entire, fleshy, sessile or stalkless and the lower surface
appears dotted. The flowers are stalked,
solitary, blue or white in color. The fruit
is an ovoid, two-grooved capsule with numerous seeds. It grows in wet or marshy places.
Medicinal Use
· Strengthens the nervous system, helps in
reducing fever, has a tonic effect on the heart, helps in the flow of urine and
acts as a laxative.
· Insanity, epilepsy, hoarseness, asthma and fever.
· Acute bronchitis, cough and chest problems.
· Inflammation of the mucous membrane, bronchitis
and diarrhea.
· Swellings and rheumatism.
How to Use
· The decoction of the leaves OF water Hyssop
strengthens the nervous system, helps in reducing fever, has a tonic effect on
the heart, helps in the flow of urine and acts as a laxative.
· The decoction is also given in cases of
insanity, epilepsy, hoarseness, asthma, and fever.
· The hot poultice of the plant is used for acute
bronchitis, cough and chest problems.
· The juice of fresh leaves is recommended for
catarrh or inflammation of the mucous membrane, bronchitis, and diarrhea, in
doses of a teaspoonful at a time.
·
Externally used, the same juice is applied to
swellings and rheumatism.
Parts Used
The leaves
Dose
Normal
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