Steinmetz:Xanthium

Xanthium spinosum

Also known as (or relevant to) Xanthium spinosum Family Compositae English Names Thorny Cocklebur Thorny Burweed Thorny Buttonbur Spiny Clotbur Spiny Clotweed Natural Habitat Southern Europe Central Asia U. S. A. South America Part(s) Used Herba Xanthii spinosi

Action diuretic sudorific styptic sialagogue astringent depurative antiscrofulous resolutive antiperiodic

Xanthium strumarium

Also known as (or relevant to) Xanthium strumarium Family Compositae English Names Burweed Buttonbur Sea Burdock Natural Habitat China Japan India Ceylon Europe Part(s) Used Herba Lappae minoris Semen Lappae minoris

Constituent(s) fruit: xanthostrumarin (glucoside) xanthostrumin fatty oil albuminoids sugar resin acids Action herb: diuretic sudorific sedative depurative sialagogue; fruit: demulcent cooling tonic diuretic sudorific sedative