Classification
Botanical Name: Lactuca virosa
Family Name: Compositae
Other Name: Prickly Lettuce, Horse Thistle, Compass Plant, Opium Lettuce, Wild Opium, Great Lettuce, Lactucarium Lettuce, Bitter Lettuce
Uses of Wild Lettuce
- Insomnia
- Hysteria
- Depression
- Cough
- Asthma
- Urinary conditions
- Aches
- Swelling
- Gout
- Rheumatism
How to use in Different Diseases?
- It acts as mild sedative and hence useful for insomnia, restlessness, depression and other nervous disorders.
- It as an antispasmodic, and hence useful for alleviate cramps, irritating coughs and spasms.
- The powder is to treat colic and digestive disorders.
- The whole plant is useful for sprain, muscular pain, Joints pains and menstrual pains etc.
- It works well as a urinary disorders and swellings.
- The herb is beneficial for cough, asthma and other respiratory system.
Parts used
Herb
Dose
Powder – 3 to 6 gm
Preparations
Powder
