Consolidae regalis flos

Lilac, delicate larkspur flowers with a narrow spur.

HMPC: not processed

ESCOP: not processed

Commission E: Negative monograph, as the efficacy is not sufficiently proven. No objections to use as an ornamental or tea drug below 1 %.

Herbal medicine: as a diuretic and antihelminthic. Historically: as a contraceptive, wound healing agent,
eye disorders, urinary stones, as an antidote to snake bites.

Clothing industry. Wool dye.

When used < 1 %, as an ornamental drug, none to be expected. However, the roots, seeds and herb of larkspur contain toxic diterpenes! Feared in cattle breeding.

Muscle cramps up to paralysis, death due to respiratory or cardiac arrest.

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