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Figwort Root

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Saturday, May 01, 2010 10:02:58 PM GMT Saturday, May 01, 2010 11:35:59 AM GMT

In both eastern and western traditions, figwort (S. nodosa) is a very cleansing herb. In the past, figwort was known as the scrofula plant (hence the botanical name), and used to treat abscesses, purulent wounds, and the "King's Evil" or scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph glands in the neck). Culpeper calls the herb throatwort because of its use in treating this disease. The Chinese use xuan shen, the root of a related species, S. ningpoensis, as a prime remedy for "fire poisons," the kind of purulent conditions associated with the herb in the West.

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