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Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/22/2025 - 04:36
Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Lime Flowers, Linden

  • Botanical Name

    Tilia cordata

  • Part Used

    Flower

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Alcohol

    30%

  • Dose

    15 to 40mL weekly

Lime flowers are a good remedy for conditions associated with tension including headaches, period pain, colic and cramps. As a mild hypotensive they are specific for nervous tension held in the heart. It is also a helpful herb for many symptoms of respiratory illness.

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Lime Flowers and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    While they are commonly known as a diaphoretic to promote perspiration, and used in common cold and antitussive preparations, lime flowers were historically used as a mild sedative to treat health problems associated with anxiety and soothe nerves.

  • Actions

    Relaxing diaphoretic, antispasmodic, peripheral vasodilator, sedative (mild), nervine tonic, diuretic, antioxidant, astringent, demulcent, hypotensive, immune modulator

  • Indications

    •    Common cold, especially associated fever, upper respiratory catarrh, cough, fever, bronchitis, sore throat
    •    Anxiety, nervous tension, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, migraine, headache, to promote sleep
    •    Hypertension, to support heart health

  • Energetics

    Sweet, cooling, moistening

  • Use in Pregnancy

    The safety of lime flowers in pregnancy is unknown. No adverse effects are expected.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with lithium

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Elder Flowers, Vervain, Chamomile, White Willow, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn, Motherwort, Mistletoe, Hops, Valerian