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Fumitory Fumaria officinalis

Common Names

Fumitory , Earth smoke

Botanical Name

Fumaria officinalis

Family

FUMARIACEAE

Fumitory Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses:	Acne * Digestion/Indigestion * Eczema * Liver *
Properties:	Depurative* Digestive* Diuretic* Laxative* Hepatic* Sedative* Vermifuge* Skin tonic* Stomachic* Astringent*
Parts Used:	Aerial parts
Constituents:	alkaloids (including fumarine and protopine), bitter principles, tannic acid, fumaric acid, mucilage, resin, potassium

The common name "earth smoke" comes from the smoky appearance of fumitory's whitish flowers when viewed from afar. The main medical use of fumitory is in eruptive skin diseases such as eczema. ^{Mabey, Richard ,48} Fumitory is an aperient, depurative, cholagogue(stimulating the flow of bile), directic, laxative, sedative, stomachic,sudorific and tonic. It has traditionally been used as a vermifuge, to treat the skin, as a digestive tonic, and in sclerosis of the liver ^{Duke Ethnobotanical Database}

Side Effects:

Large doses can cause diarrhea

How to Use: Fumitory

Preparation Methods :Infusions and teas, capsules or extracts. The tea can be used in external skin care as compress for skin problems, or an eye wash for conjunctivitis.

Remedies using : Fumitory Fumitory Tea*

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Fumaria officinalis Origin- Europe

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Fumitory Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Acne * Digestion/Indigestion * Eczema * Liver *

Fumitory for :Skin tonic, freckles, acne

French and German physicians still prefer it to most other medicines as a purifier of the blood; while sometimes the dried leaves are smoked in the manner of tobacco, for disorders of the head. Dr. Cullen, among its good effects in cutaneous disorders, mentions "the infusion of the leaves of the above-described plant is said to be an excellent specific for removing these freckles and clearing the skin" ^{(Grieve, M.,329)}

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)

Plant Description

Folklore, Myths and Legends

Asia/China/India
	According to the ancient exorcists, when the plant is burned, its smoke has the power of expelling evil spirits, it having been used for this purpose in the famous geometrical gardens of St. Gall. There is a legend that the plant was produced, not from seed, but from vapours arising out of the earth Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

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