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Coltsfoot

Tussilago Farfara

 

Coltsfoot General Information
The Greek physician Dioscorides recommended smoking Coltsfoot for the relief of coughs and asthma, and today it is an ingredient of many herbal cigarettes.The plant’s name Tussilago farfara means “cough dispeller”. In China, the flowers are used specifically for chronic coughs with profuse phlegm, but in Paris, the flowers are used to paint the doorposts of apothecaries shops.
Coltsfoot Uses & Scientific Evidence For
Coltsfoot has a soothing expectorant and antispasmodic action which makes it useful in treating acute or chronic bronchitis, irritating coughs, whooping cough and asthma. It also soothes dry, irritable airways, and reduces non-productive coughs. This herb has been used in the treatment of chronic emphysema, cystitis, and can be used as a mild diuretic. Coltsfoot contains zinc which may be responsible for the herb's anti-inflammatory and healing properties. The bruised leaves can be used in a compress and applied to boils, abscesses and ulcers, while compresses made from the fresh leaves can be used to help relieve joint pain.

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