Corn Cockle

Other Names: Agrostemma githago, Cockle, Corn Campion, Corn Rose, Crown-of-the-Field, Neguilla, Nielle, Nielle des Blés, Œillet des Champs, Purple Cockle.
Corn cockle is an herb. The root and seed are used to make medicine.

Special Precautions of Corn Cockle

• Corn cockle is UNSAFE to take by mouth. Several chemicals found in it are considered poisonous. Poisoning symptoms include diarrhea, drooling, dizziness, vomiting, paralysis, breathing difficulty, and coma.
• There isn’t enough information to know whether it is safe to apply corn cockle to the skin.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE for anyone to use corn cockle. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, you have your baby’s health as an extra reason not to use it.

Health Benefits and uses of Corn Cockle are

• Despite serious safety concerns, people take corn cockle for fluid retention, cough, menstrual disorders, worms, and yellowed skin (jaundice).
• Corn cockle seeds are sometimes applied directly to the skin for treating cancers, tumors, warts, and swelling of the uterus; and for causing swelling of the eye’s cornea and conjunctiva.
• The root is applied to the skin for treating sudden skin break-outs caused by a viral or bacterial infection (exanthemata) and hemorrhoids.