Herbier des Anciens — Detailed Notebook

Wild Basil

Clinopodium vulgare

Important: No validated dosage is provided automatically. The source packaging notably mentions a traditional use against tumors: this sensitive and unverified medical claim must be removed or strictly supervised by a healthcare professional before any publication. For reference, an acute oral toxicity study places the LD50 of Clinopodium vulgare above 2000 mg/kg in rats and mice, with no adverse effects reported during subacute administrations — a reassuring profile that nevertheless does not replace human pharmacological validation. Dosage must be validated by a recognized pharmacopoeia (French Pharmacopoeia, ESCOP, Commission E) before any paid publication.

⚠️ This plant is reported as potentially toxic in at least one consulted source. Do not publish without validation by a healthcare professional.

Infusion — Flowering tops

General method

Method reported on the packaging of a Bulgarian commercial product: 1 teaspoon of dried flowering tops of Clinopodium vulgare (called "cat's paw," котешка стъпка, in Bulgaria) infused in 1/2 liter of boiling water, allow to steep for approximately 2 hours before straining. Drink the equivalent of a small glass 3 times daily, according to the usage reported on the packaging. This same plant (Lamiaceae family) is used elsewhere in Europe for an entirely different, better historically documented purpose: as an external application (crushed with wine) for eye irritations, according to English herbalist John Gerard in his Herball of 1597 — and in Bulgaria, in traditional external use against warts and for wound healing. The source packaging also mentions a traditional internal use against tumors — an unverified scientific claim that must absolutely not be published or relayed without strict medical validation.

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