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Watercress Nasturtium officinale

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

Preparation Methods :

Remedies using : Watercress Dandelion, watercress sandwiches* Wart cures*

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Watercress Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Cough * Culinary * Digestion/Indigestion * General Health Tonics * Gout *

Watercress for :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)

Plant Description