BUGLEWEED. Lycopus virginicus. N.O. Labiatae.
Synonym : Sweet Bugle, Water Bugle.
Habitat : Shady and damp places in the northern regions of U.S.A.
Features : Stem smooth, square, up to eighteen inches high. Leaves opposite, short-stalked, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate above, entire lower down. Small white flowers, in axillary clusters. Bitter taste.
Part used : Herb.
Action : Sedative, astringent.
Coughs, pulmonary hemorrhage. Dose, frequent wineglasses of the 1 ounce to 1 pint infusion. England says, "Lycopus and Capsicum is the remedy for hemorrhage from the lungs." BUGLOSS. Echium vulgare. N.O. Boraginaceae.
Synonym : Blueweed, Viper's Bugloss.
Habitat : Rubbish heaps and waste land, particularly in chalky districts.
Features : Many stems grow from root to a height of two feet, prickly and hairy. Root leaves stalked, stem leaves sessile, both narrow and tapering. Flowers, five-petalled, bright red, rapidly changing to deep blue, irregularly tubular, funnel-shaped, stamens reaching beyond mouth of flower, clustered on short curved spikes growing from side of stem.
Part used : Herb.
Action : Demulcent, expectorant, diaphoretic.
Two to four tablespoonful doses of the 1 ounce to 1 pint infusion are given for the reduction of feverish colds and in Inflammatory conditions of the respiratory tract.
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