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Menyanthes trifoliata. N.O. Gentianaceae.

Synonym: Bogbean, Marsh or Water Trefoil.

Habitat: Low-lying, marshy lands.

Features ? Stem and stalk soft and pithy. Thin, brittle, dark green leaves with long stalks and three obovate leaflets, about two inches long by one inch broad, entire edges. Very bitter taste.

Part used ? Herb.

Action: Tonic, deobstruent.

Of special use as a bitter tonic; with suitable alteratives, etc., in rheumatism and skin diseases. Frequent wineglass doses of the 1 ounce to

1 pint infusion. Coffin recommends for dyspepsia.
Health Source: Herbal Manual
Author: Health Dictionary

Menyanthes Trifoliata

Linn.

Family: Gentianaceae.

Habitat: Native to Britain and Europe; found in Kashmir.

English: Bogbean, Buckbean, Goat's bean, Marsh Trefoil.

Folk: Buckbean.

Action: Bitter tonic, deobstruent. Laxative in large doses. Used for diseases of liver and gallbladder, and rheumatism. (Contraindicated in diarrhoea, dysentery and colitis.)

Key application: Leaf—in loss of appetite, peptic discomforts. (German Commission E.) As a bitter tonic. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.) The drug stimulates saliva and gastric juice secretion. (German Commission E.)

The herb contains iridoid glyco- sides, foliamenthin, dihydrofoliamen- thin, menthiafolin and loganin; pyri- dine alkaloids including gentianine; coumarins (scopoletin); phenolic acids (caffeic, with protocatechuic, ferulic, sinapic, vanillic including others; fla- vonoids including rutin, hyperoside.

Choleretic action of the herb is attributed to the synergistic action of caffeic and ferulic acids and iridoid glycosides.

Scoparone and scopoletin (cou- marins isolated from the aerial parts) exhibit antihepatotoxic, choleretic and cholagogue properties.

The rhizomes contain dihydrofolia- menthin, loganin, menthiafolin and a triterpenoid saponin menyantho- side. Aqueous extract of the rhizome showed greater preserved renal function and higher glomerular filtration rate, possibly due to Platelet Activating Factor (PAF)-antagonistic effect of the extract.... menyanthes trifoliata

Bogbean

Buckbean. Menyanthes trifoliata L. German: Fieberklee. French: Trefle des marais. Italian: Scarfano. Chinese: Ming-ts’ai. Herb.

Constituents: iridoid glycosides and coumarins.

Action: bitter, tonic, diuretic, anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, lymph-alterative.

Uses: Diseases of liver and gall bladder, stomach. Anorexia, migraine of liver origin. Gout. Rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis; muscular rheumatism with physical weakness BHP (1983).

Combines well with Celery seed or Black Cohosh BHP (1983). Contra-indicated: colitis, diarrhoea, dysentery.

Preparations: Thrice daily.

Tea: teaspoon in each cup of boiling water; infuse 10 minutes. Dose half-1 cup. Liquid extract, BHC Vol 1, 1:1 in 25 per cent alcohol. Dose half-2ml. Tincture, BHC Vol 1, 1:5 in 25 per cent alcohol. Dose 2-6ml. ... bogbean

Dental Problems

See: TEETH DECAY, TEETH EXTRACTION, ALOE VERA. DEOBSTRUENT. That which clears obstruction by dilating natural passages of the body. Usually of the intestines (Ispaghula seeds) or colon (Buckbean). ... dental problems

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