Bladderwrack - Treatment and Medical Benefits of Bladderwrack

Latin description: Fucus vesiculosus

Common Name: Bladder fucus, Cutweed, Gulf wrack, Kelpware, Quercus marina, Rockweed, Sea oak

Parts Used: Whole plant.

Medcinal Uses and Benefits of Bladderwrack

• In Asian medicine it has been used in cases of fatigue and for convalescence.
• Has been used internally for treatment of goiter; has also been used to control obesity related to thyroid deficiency, but due to inherent dangers of overstimulating the thyroid, this is not recommended.
• Has been used externally to treat rheumatic conditions as an oil, or added to bath water.
• Has been used as a food supplement considered beneficial to skin and hair and as a bulk laxative which is gentle in action.
• Alterative, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, diuretic, mucilaginous, salty, tonic, metabolic stimulant, nutritive, thyroid stimulant.
• Has a folk medicine history for treating arteriosclerosis, asthma, bronchitis, burns, colitis, constipation, digestive disorders, emphysema, gallstones, insect bites, obesity, scrofula, to combat stress, skin diseases, ulcers, problems associated with the genito-urinary and reproductive systems of both sexes, and as a "blood cleanser", although effectiveness for these claims has never been verified.

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