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Maria Treben Medicinal Use of Willow Herb

May you, Mrs. Treben, help many more people with the Small Flowered Willow-herb. It is unbelievable that medicinal plants give such results.

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Identification Characteristics

The plant gets its name from the small flowers it produces at only 6-9 mm in diameter. The plants leaves 3-7 cm long and Plants typically grow 30-60 cm tall.

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Science in traditional use for prostate health

Scientists have isolated compounds known as oenotheins from the Epilobium species and, in test-tube experiments, have shown them to inhibit the enzymes aromatase and 5-alpha-reductase, both of which are involved in prostate enlargement.

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Traditional Medicinal Plant

Epilobium parviflorum has been used for a long time as a medicinal plant. The plant is mentioned in a Pharmacopoeia of 1880.

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