Combinations:
Bugleweed may be used with nervines such as Skullcap or Valerian.
Preparations & Dosage: Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoonful of the dried herb and let infuse for 10-15 minutes. This shouldbe drunk three times a day.
Tincture: take 1-2 ml of the tincture three times a day.
Citations from the Medline database for the genus Lycopus
Bugleweed
Wagner H Horhammer L Frank U
[Lithospermic acid, the antihormonally active principle of Lycopus europaeusL. and Symphytum officinale. 3. Ingredients of medicinal plants with hormonal and antihormonal-like effect]
Arzneimittelforschung (1970 May) 20(5):705-13
Winterhoff H Gumbinger HG Sourgens H
On the antigonadotropic activity of Lithospermum and Lycopus species and some of
their phenolic constituents.
Planta Med (1988 Apr) 54(2):101-6
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