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Maple

• Lungwort
  Common Name(s)
  lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip, spotted lungwort, maple lungwort, spotted comfrey
  Scientific Name(s)
  Pulmonaria officinalis L. (Boraginaceae)
  How is Lungwort usually used?
  Lungwort is extractextractto get, separate, or isolate a desired active ingrediented from leaves. It is taken orallyorallyto be taken by mouth (swallowed) or topicallytopicallyto be applied on the skin as dried leaves, infusioninfusionthe process of steepsteepTo soak an agent (such as tea) to extract its active ingredienting or soaking plant material in hot or cold water to isolate its active ingredient, or fluid extract.
• Oral:
• dried leaves: 1.5 g finely chopped mixed with boiling water
  infusion: 57 g in 475 mL of boiling water, taken in frequent doses of 160 mL
  fluid extract: 2 g to 4 g dried equivalent (1:1, alcohol)
  For prolonged use, consult a health care provider.
• What is Lungwort used for?
  Oral lungwort is traditionally used:
• as a demulcentdemulcentan agent that soothes and protects inflamed tissues and mucilaginousmucilaginousan agent with moist and sticky properties to soothe inflammation
  as a diureticdiuretican agent that increases urine flow