depurative

The plant is anti-inflammatory, diuretic, depurative, febrifuge and refrigerant.

The root bark is febrifuge, anthelmintic, depurative, expectorant, and laxative.

It is stimulating, derivative, depurative, sudorific and alternative, powerfully promoting tissue change by increase of the natural waste and repair.

Burdock (Arctium lappa/minus) is reputed as a depurative for skin conditions and arthritic problems.

The leaves are bitter, astringent, laxative, anthelmintic, depurative, diaphoretic and febrifuge.

Garden cress seeds are bitter, thermogenic, depurative, rubefacient,galactogogue, tonic, aphrodisiac, ophthalmic, antiscorbutic,antihistaminic and diuretic.

Depurative herbs such as Lingonberry, Ukshi, the four leaf clover, some species of Elderberry, and Paris polyphylla, are considered to have a purifying and detoxifying action.

In folk medicine, V. vitis-idaea has been used as an apéritif, astringent, antihemorrhagic, anti-debilitive, depurative, antiseptic (especially for the urethra), a diuretic, a tonic for the nervous system, and in various ways to treat breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, rheumatism, and various urogenital conditions.