Self-heal
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Other Names: All-Heal, Blue Curls, Brownwort, Brunelle, Brunelle Commune, Brunelle Vulgaire, Brunette, Carpenter's Herb, Carpenter's Weed, Charbonnière, Heal-All, Heart of the Earth, Herbe au Charpentier, Hercules Woundwort, Hock-Heal, Petite Consoude, Prunela, Prunella, Prunella vulgaris, Prunelle, Prunelle Vulgaire, Self Heal, Sicklewort, Siclewort, Slough-Heal, Woundwort, Xia Ku Cao.
Self-heal is an herb. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine.
Special Precautions of Self-heal
- Be careful not to confuse self-heal with another plant called Sanicle. Sanicle is sometimes referred to as self-heal, but it’s different.
Benefits and uses of Self-heal are
- Source of Betulinic Acid
- Herpes : Prunella vulgaris may help fight herpes simplex virus 1 (or HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores) and herpes simplex virus 2 (or HSV-2, the virus that causes genital herpes), according to a study published in Antiviral Research in 2007. In tests on cells in culture, researchers demonstrated that certain carbohydrates found in prunella vulgaris may help stop HSV-1 and HSV-2 from penetrating host cells.
- Diabetes : There's some evidence that prunella vulgaris may aid in the treatment of diabetes. In a 2007 study from the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, for instance, treating diabetic mice with prunella vulgaris appeared to increase the animals' insulin sensitivity. Additionally, a 2012 study from the American Journal of Chinese Medicine found that treating diabetic mice with prunella vulgaris helped inhibit the development of atherosclerosis (a common problem for people with diabetes).
- Self-heal is applied directly to the skin for vaginal discharges and other disorders of women’s reproductive systems, as well as for wounds and bruises.
- Cancer : Several studies on human cells (including a 2011 report published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention) indicate that prunella vulgaris may help induce apoptosis (a type of programmed cell death essential for stopping the proliferation of cancer cells). However, there is currently a lack of scientific support for the claim that prunella vulgaris can treat or prevent cancer in humans.
- Some people use self-heal for HIV/AIDS, fever, headache, dizziness, liver disease, and spasm. It is also used to kill germs (as an antiseptic), loosen phlegm (as an expectorant), and tighten and dry skin (as an astringent).
- for inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), diarrhea, colic, and stomach upset and irritation (gastroenteritis).
- It is also used for mouth and throat ulcers, sore throat, and internal bleeding.
