Botanical Index No. 242

Chickweed

stellaria media

Medicinal Actions

Elephantiasis

Primary Conditions Treated

Hemoptysis Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hoarseness Hydrophobia Infection Inflammation Itch Mucososis Obesity Ophthalmia Pain Phthisis Psoriasis Pulmonosis Rheumatism Sore Sore Throat Spasm Swelling Tuberculosis Tumor Ulcer Ulcus cruris Urogenitosis Wart Water Retention Wound Abscess Angina Anasarca Arthrosis Asthma Boil Bronchosis Bruise Bug Bite Cancer stomach Carbuncle Childbirth Circulosis Conjunctivosis Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Dermatosis Diarrhea Diphtheria Dropsy Dyspepsia Eczema Epistaxis Erysipelas Exanthema Fever Fracture Gastrosis Gout

General Dosage

3 capsules 3 ×/day; 1 tsp plant juice 6–8 ×/day; 2–3 tsp herb in cold or hot tea; 0.25–0.5 cup fresh herb; 6–12 g dry herb; 9 g dry herb:45 ml alcohol/45 ml water; 1–4 ml liquid herb extract; 1–5 ml tincture/day. 3 capsules 3 ×/day; 1 tsp plant juice 6–8 ×/day; 2–3 tsp herb in cold or hot tea; 0.25–0.5 cup fresh herb; 6–12 g dry herb; 9 g dry herb:45 ml alcohol/45 ml water; 1–4 ml liquid herb extract; 1–5 ml tincture/day.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1.“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. None reported. One alleged case of nitrate toxicity. Which raises a question: If high nitrate/high nitrites are dangerous in combination with Viagra, maybe that plant group once called Centrospermae, might also chickweed be contraindicated with Viagra? Alternatively, they might, along with garlic, make a viagroid nitric-oxide-generating mess of greens. Saponins enhance transdermal absorption of other chemicals and may solubilize other medicines internally. I am still trying to confirm European studies that cited genistein in chickweed.

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