L3 Herbal Actions: Diuretics

Question 1

Diuretic

How do diuretics work?

Answer 1

Increase the output of urinary tract
Stimulate kidney

Question 2

Diuretic

Which other action may some diuretics possess ?

Answer 2

Alterative
eg Urtica dioica, Taraxacum officinalis

Question 3

Diuretic

What conditions require diuretic action?

Answer 3

Hypertension
Congestive heart failure
Oedema

Whenever there is a need to drain excess fluid from the body

Question 4

Diuretic

Parsley piert

Answer 4

Alchemilla arvensis

Question 5

Diuretic

Celery seed

Flushes out acidic waste (anti-rheumatic)
Warming
Strong salty taste
Goes well with Taraxacum leaf
Specific for gout

Answer 5

Apium graveolens

Question 6

Diuretic

Bearberry

Broad use as diuretics, specific against E. Coli

Answer 6

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Question 7

Diuretic

Buchu

S. African herb, Aromatic

Answer 7

BarOSma betuLIna

Question 8

Diuretic

Wild carrot

Apiaceae family

Answer 8

Daucus carota

Question 9

Diuretic

Gravel root

Use in association with Marshmallow root to avoid painful clearance of kidney stones

Answer 9

EUpatorium purpureum

Question 10

Diuretic

Cleavers

Answer 10

Galium aparine

Question 11

Diuretic

Parsley root

Answer 11

PetroseLInum crispum

Question 12

Diuretic

Dandelion

Root and leaf

First choice for high BP

Answer 12

Taraxacum officinale

Question 13

List herbs that have diuretic actions (9)

Answer 13

Dandelion leaf
Parsley root
Cleavers
Gravel root
Wild carrot
Buchu
Parsley piert
Bearberry
Celery seed