Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunella vulgaris L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Prunella vulgaris subsp. estremadurensis Franco

Prunella vulgaris subsp. hispida (Benth.) Hultén

Prunella vulgaris subsp. lanceolata (W.P.C.Barton) Piper & Beattie

Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara

Prunella vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
all-heal	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
allheal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black man	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
brunel	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
brunelle	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
brunelle vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brunört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bàng chuí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bàng zhù tóu huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
carpenter grass	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
carpenter's herb	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
cean de do hosaig	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
common self-heal	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common selfheal	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
common selfheal concentrated decoction	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
common selfheal fruit-spike	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cуховершки	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
dà tóu huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
extractum prunellae inspissatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
harswa	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
heal all	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
heal-all	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
hạ khô thảo	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
kalaveuth	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
lugro mhumpo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mài xià kū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pimpernel	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
prunella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prunella spike	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
prunellae spica	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
self heal	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
self-heal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
selfheal	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
selfheal fruit spike	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
selfheal fruit-spike	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
sia ku cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sickle-heal	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sicklewort	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
spica prunellae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tharu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiě sè cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ustulkhdoos	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
xia ku cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xiakucao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
xiakucao gao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
xià kū cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiàkūcăo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
zǐ huā cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
夏枯草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
大头花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棒柱头花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棒槌草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫花草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鐵色草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
铁色草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
麦夏枯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried fruitspike	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit-spike		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
fruit	dried fruit spike	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruits		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Seeds, Whole plant		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Leaves		Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
fruit cluster	dried fruit cluster	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
spica, whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, flowers	dried flower powder	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
whole plant except the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit spike		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Inflorescence or whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	concentrated decoction prepared from dried fruitspikes	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spike		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit spike	Dried fruit-spike	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
fruiting spike		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
spike		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Prunella vulgaris subsp. parviflora Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 226 (1780), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Orunella vulgaris L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Prunella vulgaris	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Prunella vulgaris L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunella vulgaris Linn.	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
Prunella vulgaris Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunella vulgaris Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Prunella vulgaris Linné	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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