Teucrium buxifolium
StarTeucrium buxifolium
Synonyms: Teucrium buxifolium var. tomentosum, Teucrium buxifolium f. tomentosum, Polium chamaedryoides
Safety at a glance
No rule in our tables for this herb: pregnancy, breastfeeding, incompatible pairs (十八反 / 十九畏), herb–drug, dose ceiling. This is not a safety clearance.
Not graded — No toxicity grade is recorded. Most herbs in the catalogue carry none.
Traditionally used for
- Urinary & fluids
- Pain & joints
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In south-eastern Spain Teucrium buxifolium has traditionally been used to treat rheumatic and other inflammatory complaints, a use supported by pharmacological study of the species, which demonstrated potent anti-inflammatory activity against experimental arthritis and carrageenan-induced paw oedema as well as significant antiulcer and cytoprotective effects (Fernandez Puntero, Iglesias Peinado and Villar del Fresno, 1997).
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Botanical Description
Teucrium buxifolium is a small, woody subshrub of the mint family (Lamiaceae) endemic to the limestone mountains of south-eastern Spain. Like other germanders it has square stems clothed in short hairs and sessile glands, and bears opposite, small, leathery leaves that are box-like (the epithet buxifolium meaning box-leaved), with margins rolled under. The flowers are arranged in leafy terminal heads or short spikes; each has the characteristic Teucrium corolla in which the upper lip is reduced and split so that the stamens are exposed, with a prominent lower lip, in shades of white to cream or pale pink. The fruit splits into four nutlets. A drought-adapted chasmophyte, it grows in rock crevices and on stony calcareous slopes of the eastern Iberian Peninsula, where several restricted subspecies, such as subsp. rivasii, are recognised.
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