Devil's Bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
Other names: Devil's Bit Scabious
Photo credit: Stefan.lefnaer
Safety information
Safety information
Toxicity: None specified by source; limited modern data.
Contraindications: None specified by source.
Interactions: None specified by source.
Evidence level
Reported in folk medicine sources; not clinically validated. Folk and historical sources have not been validated by clinical research.
Preparations
infusion, warm decoction (wash), ointment (from juice), powdered root · whole herb
Part used: whole herb
Traditional use: coughs, fevers, internal inflammation; purifies the blood; external wash/ointment for skin eruptions, scurf, sores, dandruff; (Culpepper) plague, poison, venomous bites, worms(Folk and historical sources have not been validated by clinical research.)
Proposed mechanism: diaphoretic, demulcent, febrifuge (Grieve); minimal pharmacological basis
Associated conditions
Nutritional notes
Not relevant.
Healing traditions
Related plants
Sources (1)
- Grieve M., A Modern Herbal — botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/d/devils12.html (redirects to s/scadev31.html)
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