Nutritives Flashcards
(15 cards)
Medicago sativa
- family
- part
- energetic
- Fabaceae
- arial parts
- COOLS, MOISTONS
Oatstraw name
Avena sativa
Medicago sativa - actions & indications
NUTRITIVE, PHYTOESTROGEN, diuretic, anti-inflam., hepatoprotective
- nutritional xu, chronic degen. dz
- perimenopausal sxs
Avena sativa - actions & indications
NUTRITIVE, NERVINE
- nervous exhaustion/HA, cardiac weakness dt nervous depression or debility, opiate withdrawal
What is a Nutritive?
SUPERFOOD - vits, minerals, phytonutrients
many different effects on the body
Avena sativa
- family
- part
- energetics
Poaceae
aerial when seed is immature (at milky stage)
cooling
Medicago sativa - contra.
pregnancy/fertility, warfarin (bc vit k), lupus (exacerbates sxs)
Centella asiatica - contra
pregnancy, diabetics, hyperlipidemia
alfalfa name
Medicago sativa
Equisetum arvense - actions & indications
NUTRITIVE, bones, CT, diuretic, styptic
- BONES, HAIR/SKIN/NAILS, UTI’S
Horsetail name
Equisetum arvense
Centella asiatica - actions & indications
NUTRITIVE, NERVOUS SYSTEM, VULNERARY, anti-inflam, circulatory tonic, ALTERATIVE, decreases excess scarring, hepatoprotective
- longevity, memory and cogn support, anxiety, chronic venous insuff.
Equisetum arvense
- family
- part
- energetics
- Equisetaceae
- Aerial
- cooling, drying
Gotu Kola name
Centella asiatica
Centella asiatica
- family
- part
- energetics
- Apiaceae
- whole plant
- cooling
