🌙Unani / Islamic Medicine
Dodder (Aftimon)
Cuscuta epithymum
About Dodder (Aftimon)
Dodder (Aftimon) (Cuscuta epithymum) is a herb used in the Unani / Islamic Medicine tradition to help with Depression, Liver Support, Headache, and Fatigue. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Cuscuta epithymum (dodder, lesser dodder, hellweed, strangle-tare) is a parasitic plant assigned to the family Cuscutaceae or Convolvulaceae, depending on the taxonomy. It is red-pigmented, not being photosynthetically active. It has a filiform habit, like a group of yarns. Its leaves are very small, like flakes. Its flowers, disposed in little glomerules, have a white corolla, with the androecium welded to the corolla.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal