Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
665.55.20
665.55.20 Clinopodium menthifolium, Calamintha sylvatica
Names: Calamintha ascendens.
English: Calamint, Common Calamint, Basil Thyme, Calamintha menthifolia, Host, Mountain Mint.
Botany: attracts wild cats.
Body
Mouth: taste, aromatic; odour, mint like.
Lungs: shortness of breath, expectoration difficult.
Stomach: choleric pains.
Abdomen: liver obstructions, yellow jaundice.
Female: conception difficult; menstrual complaints.
Limbs: bruised; rheumatic pains; cramps, sciatica.
Skin: leprosy.