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Watercress Nasturtium officinale

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Common Names
Watercress ,
Botanical Name
Nasturtium officinale
Family
BRASSICACEAE or CRUCIFERAE Cabbage Family
Watercress Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Cough * Culinary * Digestion/Indigestion * General Health Tonics * Gout *
Properties: Diuretic* Digestive* Hypoglycemic*
Parts Used: Stems and leaves
Constituents:vitamins a, c and e, nicotinamide, a glycoside, gluconastur-tin, volatile oil, manganese, iron, phosphorus, iodine, copper, calcium

Watercress is a nutritional culinary food that can also be considered a medicinal plant.The leaves have a high vitamin and mineral content and also help digestion. It has been used since the time of Hippocrates as a stimulant and expectorant in the the treatment of coughs and bronchitis. 1281

Side Effects:
Wild watercress may be host to the deadly liver fluke. Use only plants grown commercially in watercress beds
How to Use: Watercress
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remedyRemedies using : Watercress Dandelion, watercress sandwiches* Wart cures*


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Watercress for :Digestive, Nutrition
Digestive, Nutrition Hippocrates described watercress as a stimulant and expectorant, and herbalists still make use of these properties in the plant to treat coughs and bronchitis. Its stimulating qualities and the minerals it contains make watercress important nutritionally, useful in convalescence and general debility. It invigorates the digestion and is diuretic, and lowers blood sugar.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Watercress for :Digestive, Nutrition
Digestive, Nutrition Hippocrates described watercress as a stimulant and expectorant, and herbalists still make use of these properties in the plant to treat coughs and bronchitis. Its stimulating qualities and the minerals it contains make watercress important nutritionally, useful in convalescence and general debility. It invigorates the digestion and is diuretic, and lowers blood sugar.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

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