Lycopus europeus

Common names: Bugle Weed, Bugle, European Bugleweed, Gypsywort, Water Horehound

Family: Lamiaceae

Parts used: Aerial parts just before or during flowering.

Habitat: Another wonderful member of the mint family, Bugleweed grows in bogs, wetlands and on fresh watersides in Europe and globally in temperate regions.

Constituents: Phenolic acids includins caffeic, rosmarinic, chlorogenic acids among others; Flavonoids, Diterpenoids, Volatile Oil, tannins. 

Actions: Antihaemorrhagic, Antitussive, Cardioactive Diuretic, Peripheral Vasoconstrictor, Sedative, Thyroxine Antagonist 

Traditional and current uses:

• Nervous tachycardia

• Anxious palpitations

• Haemoptysis

• Irritable coughs with large volume of sputum

• Graves' Disease

• Hyperthyroidism

• Thyrotoxicosis

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