Other Names : Kaukasischer Natternkopf
Special Precautions of Echium amoenum
Health Benefits and uses of Echium amoenum
Echium amoemum has a long history in traditional Iranian plant medicine. A range of constituents have been identified in the petals, which include saponins, flavonoids, unsaturated terpenoids, sterols, alkaloids (including pyrrolizidine alkaloids), and volatile oils.
- The flowers and leaves have been used traditionally to treat heart disease, the common cold, and other pulmonary conditions.
- the petals are used for their effects on the nervous system, as they have analgesic, anxiolytic and sedative actions.
- Anxiety : In traditional Iranian medicine, decoctions of the petals are consumed for the duration that the anxiety or stress symptoms are experienced, suggesting that this herbal medicine may be suitable for more chronicforms of anxiety.