Yellow Loosestrife

OTHER NAME(S): Chasse-Bosse, Garden Loosestrife, Herbe-aux-Corneilles, Lisimaquia, Loosestrife, Lysimaque Commune, Lysimaque Vulgaire, Yellow Willowherb, Lysimachia vulgaris, Primulaceae., Salicaria Amarilla, Lysimaque

Overview

Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) is a plant that grows in Europe and Asia. It is sometimes used to make medicine.

People use yellow loosestrife for diarrhea, bleeding, wound healing, and other purposes, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

Don't confuse yellow loosestrife with purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). Both are known as loosestrife.

References
  1. Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C. PDR for Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, Inc., 1998.
  2. Yildirim AB, Guner B, Karakas FP, Turker AU. Evaluation of antibacterial, Antitumor, antioxidant activities and phenolic constituents of field-grown and in vitro-grown Lysimachia vulgaris L. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2017;14(2):177-187.
  3. Kim SY, Lee JY, Jhin C, et al. Reduction of hepatic lipogenesis by loliolide and pinoresinol from Lysimachia vulgaris via degrading liver X receptors. J Agric Food Chem. 2019;67(45):12419-12427.
  4. Son YJ, Jung DS, Shin JM, Kim M, Yoo G, Nho CW. Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris var. davurica) ameliorates liver fibrosis in db/db mice with methionine- and choline-deficient diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021 Jan 25;21(1):44.