Lamium album
Key actions
Anti-inflammatoryAntioxidantAstringentExpectorantVulnerary (wound healing)
Traditional & clinical uses, by strength of evidence
- Arthritis / joint painTraditional
- DiarrhoeaTraditional
- Inflammation (general)Traditional
- Skin irritationTraditional
- BronchitisTraditional
- BruisingTraditional
- CoughTraditional
- Respiratory supportTraditional
- WoundsTraditional
From the Materia Medica
Common Names: White dead-nettle, white dead nettle, bee nettle, dumb nettle Genus: Lamium Parts Used: Flower, Leaf, Aerial parts Medicinal Actions: Astringent, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Expectorant, Vulnerary (wound healing) Preparation Methods: Cooked, Tea/Infusion, Tincture Summary: White dead nettle (Lamium album) is a common perennial of the mint family that closely resembles the stinging nettle but lacks…
Selected studies & references
PreclinicalHistochemical and Phytochemical Analysis of Lamium album subsp. album L. Corolla: Essential Oil, Triterpenes, and Iridoids (2021)
PreclinicalLamalbid, Chlorogenic Acid, and Verbascoside as Tools for Standardization of Lamium album Flowers – Development and Validation of HPLC-DAD Method (2020)
PreclinicalLamalbid, Chlorogenic Acid, and Verbascoside as Tools for Standardization of Lamium album Flowers – Development and Validation of HPLC-DAD Method (2020)
PreclinicalPhenolic Constituents of Lamium album L. subsp. album Flowers: Anatomical, Histochemical, and Phytochemical Study (2020)
PreclinicalHaemostatic activity of butanolic extracts of Lamium album and Lamium purpureum aerial parts (2019)
PreclinicalUrtica Dioica and Lamium Album Decrease Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 beta and Increase K-Ras in Diabetic Rats (2019)
PreclinicalBioactive Constituents of Lamium album L. as Inhibitors of Cytokine Secretion in Human Neutrophils (2018)
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