The flowering plant elecampane has the common name of elfwort.
Its main use in folk medicine was as an expectorant in the treatment of bronchial coughs. Elecampane was also used in the relief of fluid retention and as antiseptic.
It was thought to induce menstruation. Invalids were thought to find it useful as it was used as a tonic and a stimulant of the appetite.
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