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Lungwort

Quick garden blip today. Pulmonaria, also known as lungwort.

In response to Amalarian's comment, I had a quick Google and this is what I found:
"Lungwort was traditionally used as a remedy against lung diseases, such as tuberculosis, asthma and coughs. Lungwort contains antibiotics which act against bacteria responsible for chest infections. Lungwort is also used to treat gastrointestinal and kidney problems.
The allantoin may be responsible for the wound healing properties. Lungwort is used externally to treat eczema, haemorrhoids, wounds and burns.
Today it is known that lungwort contains toxic pyrrolizidin alkaloids, so its internal use without medical supervision is not recommended."

"It has recently been found that the lungwort lichens contain antibiotic chemicals that are effective against the kind of bacteria that cause tuberculosis and many other chest infections."

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