SUNDEW. Drosera rotundifolia. N.O. Droseraceae.
Synonym : Dewplant, Flytrap, Round-leaved Sundew.
Habitat : Bogs and marshy ground.
Features : Stem is the slender, wiry, leafless flower-stalk, about four inches high. Leaves radical, reddish, spherical, with glands exuding a sticky juice which is not dried by the sun's heat—hence the plant's common name. Flowers small, white, on one side of the flower-stalk.
Part used : Herb.
Action : Expectorant, pectoral, demulcent, antispasmodic.
Particularly in dry, tickling coughs, on which the herb seems to have almost a specific action. Of definite value in whooping-cough. The ounce to 1 pint boiling water infusion is given in tablespoonful doses as required.
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