Ruta graveolens Aerial parts. Taken as an herbal tea, this rue is conveniently in bags. Rue is used as a medicine for a long list of conditions. It is used for #digestion problems including loss of #appetite, upset #stomach, and #diarrhea. It is also used for #heart and #circulation problems including pounding #heart (heart #palpitations) and “hardening of the #arteries” (#arteriosclerosis). Some people use rue for #breathing problems including #pain and #coughing due to #swelling around the #lungs (#pleurisy).

There are a number of other herbs also commonly known as "Rue": goat's rue Galega officinalis and meadow rue Thalictrum species.

Rue is used for other painful conditions including #headache, #arthritis, #cramps, and #muscle #spasms; and for #nervous system problems including #nervousness, #epilepsy, multiple #sclerosis, and Bell's #palsy.

Other uses include treatment of #fever, #hemorrhage, #hepatitis, “weakness of the #eyes,” water retention, intestinal #worm infestations, and #mouth #cancer. Rue is also used to kill #bacteria and #fungus.

Some women use rue for #menstrual problems, to stimulate the #uterus, and to cause an #abortion.

Rue is sometimes applied directly to the #skin to treat #arthritis, #dislocations, #sprains, #injuries of the #bone, swollen #skin, #earaches, #toothaches, #headaches, #tumours, and #warts; and as an #insect #repellent.

In foods and beverages, rue and its oil are used as #flavouring.

In manufacturing, rue oil is used as a #fragrance in #soaps and #cosmetics.

The chemicals in rue help decrease #muscle #contractions and reduce swelling (#inflammation)

• #Menstrual disorders

• #Indigestion

• #Nervousness

• #Earaches and #Headaches

• #Arthritis and #sprains

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