Symptom → Plant Sources
Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria) as a tool for helping with Back pain
inferred from anti-rheumatic action
3 sources supporting Ground Elder for Back pain. Includes scientific publications, books, monographs and traditional-use references.
Mechanistic basis
This use is associated with the plant's analgesic (pain relief), anti-rheumatic / anti-arthritic actions. Further evidence for that pharmacology:
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria L.) is a medicinal perennial in the celery family (Apiaceae), also an edible plant of high nutritional value. In traditional folk medicine it was known as a remedy for gout (arthritis) and used to relieve rheumatism or sciatica. Specific metabolites include organic acids, flavonoids, coumarins, polyacetylenes and terpene components of essential oil. Its valuable medicinal properties include anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, diuretic, sedative and protective effects on the kidneys and liver.