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Common Name | Catnip |
| | Family | LAMIACEAE or LABIATAE Mint Family |
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| Other Names | Catmint, Nep,Catnep |
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| Parts Used: | leaves and flowering tops |
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 Remedies using Catnip
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The infusion of 1 OZ. to a pint of boiling water may be taken by adults in doses of 2 tablespoons, by children in 2 or 3 teaspoons, frequently, to relieve pain and flatulence. The catnip herb should always be infused, boiling will spoil it. Its qualities are somewhat volatile, hence when made it should be covered up.
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A harmless high for felines, and beneficial for humans. Catnip leaves contain considerable quantities of vitamins C and E, both excellent antioxidants. The primary phytochemicals, nepetalactone isomers, are mild sedatives, somewhat like the active ingredients in valerian. They also quell spasms and help stimulate menstruation.
Catnip tea is a valuable drink in every case of fever, because of its action in inducing sleep and producing perspiration without increasing the heat of the system. |
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 Catnip tea will prevent a cold if you drink a cup of the warm infusion, sweetened with honey when you first notice symptoms. |
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| Colds , Headaches, Fever | | [323] Catnip relieves colds and fevers by inducting perspiration and helps the body to regain it's balance by its calming effect. Catnip tea is good for curing headaches.
(Dawson,Adele ) | | Animal Care, Sedative | | [1015] Catnip acts as a mild sedative and digestive aid to most animals making it very useful in high-strung animals with nervous stomach upsets. Cats become intoxicated when they sniff the bruised leaves of this plant. The herb is calming and relaxing when taken internally.
| | Children - nervousness/colic | | [540] It is good in restlessness, colic, insanity and nervousness, and is used as a mild nervine for children, one of its chief uses being, indeed, in the treatment of children's ailments. An injection of Catnep Tea is also used for colicky pains.
(Grieve, Maude ) | | Repelling mosquitoes | | [577] Researchers at Iowa State University found nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET.
( ) | | menstrual cramps. | | [538] An infusion of catnip (catnip tea) is good for reducing the pain of menstrual cramps.
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 Catnip (Catnep to the English) has an aromatic, characteristic odor, which bears a certain resemblance to that of both Mint and Pennyroyal. It is owing to this scent that it has a strange fascination for cats, who will destroy any plant of it that may happen to be bruised. There is an old saying about this plant:
'If you set it, the cats will eat it,
If you sow it, the cats don't know it.'
Cats will generally ignore the growing plant, but are excited by the dried or bruised leaves. Catnip is a hardy perernial, with heart shaped leaves.
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 It is an herb of Venus. Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone, or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, or sit over the hot fumes thereof Nicholas Culpeper |
 Catnip brings energies of knowledge, mystery, and playfulness. |
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Catnip Medicinal Uses
