{"id":1515,"date":"2013-02-20T05:34:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2013-02-20T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T05:34:31","slug":"shepherds-purse-capsella-bursa-pastoris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1515","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Purse ~  Capsella bursa-pastoris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Shepherd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Purse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Capsella bursa-pastoris<a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capsella-bursa-pastoris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1516\" title=\"Capsella bursa-pastoris\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capsella-bursa-pastoris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Brassicaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: aerial herb<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: common to many parts of the world<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: flavonoids, polypeptides<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: spicy taste, drying, highly astringent<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: hemostatic, diuretic, tonic to pelvic organs<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anti-hemorrhagic, urinary antiseptic, antipyretic, anti-ulcer<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: atonic catarrhal conditions and passive hemorrhage from the uterus, hemorrhoids, bleeding fibroid tumors, menorrhagia and merorrhagia, diarrhea, gout<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: atony and prolapse of pelvic organs<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1-2 Tbsp\/cup water (typical), 15 grams (Khalsa); 1:2 fresh tincture: 20-60 gtt qd-qid<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shepherd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Purse Latin name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Family: Brassicaceae Part used: aerial herb Habitat: common to many parts of the world Main constituents: flavonoids, polypeptides Energetics: spicy taste, drying, highly astringent Main herbal actions: hemostatic, diuretic, tonic to pelvic organs Minor herbal actions: anti-hemorrhagic, urinary antiseptic, antipyretic, anti-ulcer Main medicinal uses: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,442,102,195,41,38,163,324,441,130,46,443,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-hemorrhagic","category-anti-ulcer","category-antipyretic","category-astringent-energetics-taste","category-diuretic","category-drying","category-hemostatic","category-module-2","category-pelvic-organs","category-spicy","category-tonic","category-urinary-antiseptic","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}