- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Cruciferae
- English Names
- Capweed
- Shephard's purse
- Pick-purse
- Lady's purse
- Mother's heart
- Pick pocket
- Natural Habitat
- Northern and Central Europe (including Great Britain)
- Asia
- all over the world
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Bursae pastoris = Herba Sanguinariae
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- Constituent(s)
- bursinic acid
- resin
- volatile oil
- saponin
- thyramin
- bursin
- cholin
- tannin
- malic acid
- citric acid
- acetic acid
- Action
- cooling
- diuretic
- astringent
- haemostatic
- anti-scorbutic
- stimulant
- tonic. It is much used in time of war
- when Secale Cornutum and Radix Hydrastis are scarce or unobtainable
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