A biennial or perennial herb with a strong odor. Leaflets are more numerous, five to ten pairs, and shorter than thoseof the Great Burnet. The umbrella-shaped flowers in each head bear crimson tufted stigmas, the lower ones thirty to forty stamens, with very long, drooping filaments; fruit is a double achene.
Herb Effects
Expectorant and prevents stones in the urinary tract; aromatic, acrid, pungent, diuretic and diaphoretic (dried root); antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, resolvent and stomachic (leaves and root)
An essential oil, pimpinellin, saponins, tannins and coumarin derivatives.
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Pimpinellin
131-12-4
Not Available
C13H10O5
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
Disorders of the upper respiratory tract, including asthma (mainly used as a last resort), inflammations of the urinary tract and preventing stones there; also in healing wounds; for soothing coughs or the effects of laryngitis, bronchitis, for wounds, bleeding of nose and headache (root)
Health Remedies 
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