Ivy-leaved toadflax

Introduction

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Practical information

Family

Plantaginaceae

Parts used

• Flower
• Leaf

Picking info

• Harvest the flowers in spring or early summer in dry weather, spread on a cloth in a warm, ventilated and dark place until they become brittle, then store in an airtight jar away from light and humidity
• Pick the young leaves (softer and less bitter) high enough, well out of reach of dogs, as well as a few flowers for color, then wash them thoroughly in cold water with a drop of white vinegar, wring them out gently and eat them quickly

Medicine cabinet

• Dried flower

Gardening info

• ☀️ Exposure: partial shade or bright shade
• 🍃 Foliage: evergreen to semi-evergreen
• 🪴 Growth habit: creeping, mat-forming, prostrate, or cascading down walls
• ❄️️ Hardiness: zones 5 to 9
• 🪾 Height: 5 to 15 cm
• 🥁 IUCN:LC (least concern)
• ⏰ Lifespan: perennial
• 📍 Native range:Southern Europe
• 🐝 Pollinators: melliferous and nectariferous
• ✂️ Pruning: in late winter if damaged by frost and in mid-summer to stimulate fresh growth
• 🪏 Substrate: poor, well-drained, stony, rocky, or masonry/mortar-based
• 💧 Watering: low to moderate

7 traditional uses

PreparationPartFormUse
Asthenia 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "faiblesse générale"]. Omnibus.	✓
Dermatitis 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "irritations locales"]. Omnibus.	✓
Hemorrhoids 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "hémorroïdes"]. Omnibus.	✓
Incontinence 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "incontinence d’urine"]. Omnibus.	✓
Mictional disorder 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "faiblesse vésicale"]. Omnibus.	✓
Scabies 1 Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "gale"]. Omnibus.	✓
Type 2 diabetes 1 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "diabetes"]. Tiger Books International.		✓

Dosages

Internal intake

• Eat the freshly picked leaves in salads 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "eaten as salad"]. Tiger Books International.

Internal infusion

• Infuse approx. 5 g dried flowers in 150 ml of simmering water for 10 minutes off the heat, strain and drink 1 to 2 cups per day 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "infusion des fleurs à la dose de 5 g par tasse"]. Omnibus.

11 plant properties

• Anti-scorbutic 2

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "antiscorbutique"]. Omnibus.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "anti-scorbutic"]. Tiger Books International.
• Astringent 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "astringente"]. Omnibus.
• Demulcent 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "adoucissante"]. Omnibus.
• Diaphoretic 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "sudorifique"]. Omnibus.
• Diuretic 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "diurétique"]. Omnibus.
• Emollient 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 570, "émollientes"]. Omnibus.
• Purgative 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "purgatives"]. Omnibus.
• Resolving 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 570, "résolutives"]. Omnibus.
• Soporific 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "narcotique"]. Omnibus.
• Tonic 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "léger tonique général"]. Omnibus.
• Vulnerary 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "vulnéraire"]. Omnibus.

18 constituents

• Anthoxanthin 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "anthoxanthine"]. Omnibus.
• Citric acid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "acides […] citrique"]. Omnibus.
• Cyanogenic glucoside 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "combinaisons cyanogénétiques"]. Omnibus.
• Formic acid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "acides […] formique"]. Omnibus.
• Glucoside 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "glucosides"]. Omnibus.
• Gum 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "gomme"]. Omnibus.
• Linarin 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 571, "linarine"]. Omnibus.
• Lipid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "huile grasse (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Malic acid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "acides […] malique"]. Omnibus.
• Mannitol 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "mannite (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Organic acid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "acides organiques (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Paraffin 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "paraffine (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Pectin 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "pectine"]. Omnibus.
• Pectolinarine 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "pectolinarine (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Phytosterol 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "phytostérine (flower)"]. Omnibus.
• Sugar 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "sucre"]. Omnibus.
• Tannic acid 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "acides […] tannique"]. Omnibus.
• Tannin 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 572, "tanin (flower)"]. Omnibus.

13 common names

• Aaron’s beard (Cymbalaria muralis) 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "Aaron’s beard"]. Tiger Books International.
• Climbing sailor 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "climbing sailor"]. Tiger Books International.
• Creeping Jenny 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "creeping Jenny"]. Tiger Books International.
• Ivy-leaved toadflax 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "ivy-leaved toadflax"]. Tiger Books International.
• Ivywort 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "ivywort"]. Tiger Books International.
• Mother of millions 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "mother of millions"]. Tiger Books International.
• Mother of thousands 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "mother of thousands"]. Tiger Books International.
• Oxford-weed 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "Oxford-weed"]. Tiger Books International.
• Pedlar’s basket 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "pedlar’s basket"]. Tiger Books International.
• Pennywort 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "pennywort"]. Tiger Books International.
• Roving Jenny 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "roving Jenny"]. Tiger Books International.
• Thousand flower 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "thousand flower"]. Tiger Books International.
• Wandering Jew 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "wandering Jew"]. Tiger Books International.

4 scientific names

• Antirrhinum cymbalaria 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "Antirrhinum cymbalaria L."]. Omnibus.
• Cymbalaria hederacea 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "Cymbalaria hederacea"]. Tiger Books International.
• Cymbalaria muralis 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "Cymbalaria muralis Baumg"]. Omnibus.
• Linaria cymbalaria 2

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "Linaria cymbalaria Miller"]. Omnibus.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "Linaria cymbalaria"]. Tiger Books International.

Conditions of use

Contraindications

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Toxicity

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Side effects

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Drug interactions

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Precautions for use

• The ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) is used like the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) 1

  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 573, "on peut l’utiliser à la façon de la linaire vulgaire [Linaria vulgaris]"]. Omnibus.

Children

• The documents reviewed did not mention any data on this subject 1

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Pregnant or breastfeeding women

• The documents reviewed did not mention any data on this subject 1

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Energetics

Tastes

• Âcre 1

  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 817, "acrid"]. Tiger Books International.

Elementary energies

• The documents reviewed did not mention any data on this subject 1

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