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Nutritional Supplement

Wood Betony

How to Use It

A tea of wood betony can be made by steeping 1 to 2 tsp dried leaf and flower in a cup of water for 15 minutes. One or two cups of this tea can be drunk per day.6 Though generally better between meals, it can be taken with food for convenience or if there is any gastrointestinal upset.

References

1. Stegailo EA, Lebedeva IM, Aronova BN, et al. Treatment of hypogalactia with an extract of the betonica hedge nettle. Akush Ginekol (Mosk) 1980;(2):19-20 [in Russian].

2. Bakhalova NV, Kharmats DA. Effect of the milk from mothers receiving methylergometrine and hedge nettle extract on the physical development of the newborn infant. Zdravookhr Kirg 1977;(2):28-31 [in Russian].

3. Li SC, Smith FP, Stuart GA. Chinese Medicinal Herbs. San Francisco: Georgetown Press, 1973:422.

4. Lust J. The Herb Book. New York: Bantam Books, 1974:116.

5. Mills SY. Out of the Earth: The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine. Middlesex, UK: Viking Arkana, 1991:576.

6. Lust J. The Herb Book. New York: Bantam Books, 1974:116.

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