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German term or phrase:
Speik
English translation:
Celtic Valerian
Added to glossary by
Johanna Timm, PhD
Mar 31, 2002 01:18
22 yrs ago
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German term
Spreik
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Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical
A very strange word ... Appeared as something at a flash with remedy.
My thanx in advance
Tagir.
My thanx in advance
Tagir.
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Celtic Valerian
Hi Tagir,
there is a plant called der Wilde Speik- Valeriana celtica. Hope this helps!
2. V. Cel’tica (Nardus Spica celtica). -- Alps, and Nardos’tachys Jataman’si, Nar’dus in’dica (Spica nardi) or true
spikenard, India; the former has valerian odor, the latter that of serpentaria.
PROPERTIES. -- Similar to other drugs having a volatile oil. Stimulant, anodyne, nervine, antispasmodic, vermifuge, no narcotic effect; increases heart action and temperature, causing exhilaration, stimulates circulation, secretion, and peristalsis of the stomach and intestines; it is eliminated by kidneys, bronchial and genito-urinary mucous membranes; if used continuously,
may produce melancholia, hysteria. Large, doses cause nausea, diarrhea, urination, delirium, lessen motility, sensibility, and reflex exitability; the oil paralyzes the brian, spine, slows pulse, lowers blood-pressure.
USES. -- Hysteria, hypochondriasis, hemicrania, nervous coughs, whooping-cough, diabetes, delirium tremens, typhoid state, dysmenorrhea, vertigo, epilepsy, worm convulsions, flatulence, reflex neuralgia.
there is a plant called der Wilde Speik- Valeriana celtica. Hope this helps!
2. V. Cel’tica (Nardus Spica celtica). -- Alps, and Nardos’tachys Jataman’si, Nar’dus in’dica (Spica nardi) or true
spikenard, India; the former has valerian odor, the latter that of serpentaria.
PROPERTIES. -- Similar to other drugs having a volatile oil. Stimulant, anodyne, nervine, antispasmodic, vermifuge, no narcotic effect; increases heart action and temperature, causing exhilaration, stimulates circulation, secretion, and peristalsis of the stomach and intestines; it is eliminated by kidneys, bronchial and genito-urinary mucous membranes; if used continuously,
may produce melancholia, hysteria. Large, doses cause nausea, diarrhea, urination, delirium, lessen motility, sensibility, and reflex exitability; the oil paralyzes the brian, spine, slows pulse, lowers blood-pressure.
USES. -- Hysteria, hypochondriasis, hemicrania, nervous coughs, whooping-cough, diabetes, delirium tremens, typhoid state, dysmenorrhea, vertigo, epilepsy, worm convulsions, flatulence, reflex neuralgia.
Reference:
www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ag151/latin/herb_index.html
http://www.meridianinstitute.com/echerb/Files/classics/culbre1/culb-v.html.
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Comment: "Thank you very much. You helped me definitely. Even in Google nothing similar can be found!
Yours,
Tagir."
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