Botanical Name: Betonica officinalis
Common Names: Lousewort, betony
Medicinal
Properties: Aperient, stomachic, nervine, tonic, antiscorbutic
Excellent for the stomach. Mildly stimulating to the heart. Unsurpassed for headache, insanity, neuralgia, all pains in the head or face, heartburn, indigestion, cramps in the stomach, jaundice, palsy, convulsions, gout, colic pains, all bilious and nervous complaints, dropsy, colds, la grippe, consumption, worms, delirium, poisonous serpents, insect bites. Open obstructions of liver and spleen. More effective than quinine.
Formula: Two parts wood betony, one part scullcap, one part calamus root.
Adopted from Kloss, 1939