Eryngium caeruleum M. Bieb.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 9

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scientific name	Eryngium caeruleum M. Bieb.
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Name.

English: sea holly.

Range.

Southern Europe to West Asia.

Uses.

Root: Used to treat paralysis and as a tonic.

Notes.

The chemicals in this plant have been shown to be effective in the treatment of piles, and as a tonic and aphrodisiac ( Duke 2009). The root is used as an aphrodisiac and as a nervine ( Chopra et al. 1986).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).

References

Chopra, RN, Nayar, SL, Chopra, IC, 1986. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.

Duke, JA, 2009. Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical database. USDA-ARS-NGRL, Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/

Nordal, A, 1963. The Medicinal Plants and Crude Drugs of Burma. Hellstrom & Nordahls Boktrykkeri, Oslo.