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Cholagogue: Increases the flow of bile and its discharge from the body. (141)

Latin Name	Common Name	Use	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow	Cholagogue	3	4
Aconitum heterophyllum		Cholagogue	1	2
Agrimonia eupatoria	Agrimony	Cholagogue	2	3
Allium ampeloprasum	Wild Leek	Cholagogue	5	3
Allium ampeloprasum babbingtonii	Babbington's Leek	Cholagogue	3	3
Allium porrum	Leek	Cholagogue	4	2
Allium sativum	Garlic	Cholagogue	5	5
Allium sativum ophioscorodon	Serpent Garlic	Cholagogue	5	5
Allium ursinum	Wild Garlic	Cholagogue	5	3
Anagallis arvensis	Scarlet Pimpernel	Cholagogue	2	2
Antennaria dioica	Catsfoot	Cholagogue	0	2
Arctium lappa	Great Burdock	Cholagogue	4	5
Arctium minus	Lesser Burdock	Cholagogue	3	5
Artemisia abrotanum	Southernwood	Cholagogue	1	3
Artemisia absinthum	Wormwood	Cholagogue	1	3
Artemisia campestris	Field Southernwood	Cholagogue	0	2
Artemisia capillaris	Yin Chen Hao	Cholagogue	1	3
Artemisia maritima	Sea Wormwood	Cholagogue	1	2
Artemisia scoparia		Cholagogue	1	2
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort	Cholagogue	2	3
Asplenium scolopendrium	Hart's Tongue Fern	Cholagogue	0	2
Baptisia tinctoria	Wild Indigo	Cholagogue	1	3
Berberis vulgaris	Barberry	Cholagogue	3	3
Betula pendula	Silver Birch	Cholagogue	3	3
Buxus sempervirens	Box	Cholagogue	1	2
Calendula arvensis	Field Marigold	Cholagogue	2	3
Calendula officinalis	Pot Marigold	Cholagogue	3	5
Calluna vulgaris	Heather	Cholagogue	2	2
Calystegia sepium	Hedge Bindweed	Cholagogue	2	1
Cannabis sativa	Hemp	Cholagogue	4	4
Centaurium erythraea	Centaury	Cholagogue	1	3
Chelidonium majus	Greater Celandine	Cholagogue	1	3
Chelone glabra	Balmony	Cholagogue	0	3
Chionanthus virginicus	Fringe Tree	Cholagogue	1	3
Chrysosplenium carnosum		Cholagogue	0	2
Cichorium intybus	Chicory	Cholagogue	4	3
Cnicus benedictus	Blessed Thistle	Cholagogue	2	3
Convolvulus arvensis	Field Bindweed	Cholagogue	1	2
Coptis chinensis	Huang Lian	Cholagogue	0	3
Coptis deltoidea		Cholagogue	0	2
Cotinus coggygria	Smoke Tree	Cholagogue	1	1
Cuscuta epythymum	Lesser Dodder	Cholagogue	0	2
Cynara cardunculus	Cardoon	Cholagogue	3	5
Cynara scolymus	Globe Artichoke	Cholagogue	3	5
Dioscorea villosa	Wild Yam	Cholagogue	2	4
Euonymus atropurpureus	Wahoo	Cholagogue	1	2
Euonymus europaeus	Spindle Tree	Cholagogue	1	2
Eupatorium cannabinum	Hemp Agrimony	Cholagogue	0	3
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Thoroughwort	Cholagogue	0	3
Fabiana imbricata	Pichi	Cholagogue	0	2
Fumaria officinalis	Fumitory	Cholagogue	1	3
Gastrodia elata	Tien Ma	Cholagogue	2	3
Gentiana acaulis		Cholagogue	0	3
Gentiana kurroo		Cholagogue	0	3
Gentiana lutea	Yellow Gentian	Cholagogue	1	5
Gentiana pannonica		Cholagogue	1	3
Gentiana punctata	Spotted Gentian	Cholagogue	1	3
Gentiana purpurea		Cholagogue	1	3
Gentiana scabra	Long Dan Cao	Cholagogue	1	3
Gentiana scabra buergeri		Cholagogue	1	3
Glycyrrhiza uralensis	Gan Cao	Cholagogue	3	4
Gnaphalium luteoalbum	Jersey Cudweed	Cholagogue	1	1
Helianthus tuberosus	Jerusalem Artichoke	Cholagogue	4	1
Helichrysum arenarium	Everlasting Flower	Cholagogue	0	2
Herpetospermum pedunculosum		Cholagogue	1	2
Hydrastis canadensis	Goldenseal	Cholagogue	0	3
Hypericum perforatum	St. John's Wort	Cholagogue	2	4
Inula britannica	Xuan Fu Hua	Cholagogue	0	3
Inula britannica chinensis	Xuan Fu Hua	Cholagogue	1	3
Inula helenium	Elecampane	Cholagogue	3	3
Iris versicolor	Blue Flag	Cholagogue	0	3
Juglans cinerea	Butternut	Cholagogue	3	3
Laburnum alpinum	Scotch Laburnum	Cholagogue	0	1
Lamium album	White Dead Nettle	Cholagogue	2	3
Lavandula angustifolia	Lavender	Cholagogue	2	3
Lavandula x intermedia	Lavender	Cholagogue	2	2
Lysimachia christiniae	Jin Qian Cao	Cholagogue	0	2
Mahonia aquifolium	Oregon Grape	Cholagogue	3	3
Mahonia repens	Creeping Oregon Grape	Cholagogue	3	3
Marrubium vulgare	White Horehound	Cholagogue	1	3
Matricaria recutita	German Camomile	Cholagogue	1	5
Mentha aquatica	Water Mint	Cholagogue	3	3
Mentha x piperita citrata	Eau De Cologne Mint	Cholagogue	2	2
Mentha x piperita officinalis	White Peppermint	Cholagogue	3	5
Mentha x piperita vulgaris	Black Peppermint	Cholagogue	4	5
Olea europaea	Olive	Cholagogue	4	3
Origanum majorana	Sweet Marjoram	Cholagogue	3	3
Origanum onites	Pot Marjoram	Cholagogue	3	1
Origanum vulgare	Oregano	Cholagogue	4	3
Origanum vulgare hirtum	Greek Oregano	Cholagogue	4	3
Origanum x majoricum	Hardy Marjoram	Cholagogue	2	2
Paeonia emodi		Cholagogue	1	2
Parietaria judaica	Pellitory Of The Wall	Cholagogue	2	3
Parietaria officinalis	Pellitory Of The Wall	Cholagogue	2	3
Peumus boldus	Boldu	Cholagogue	2	3
Phellodendron amurense	Amur Cork Tree	Cholagogue	1	3
Phellodendron chinense	Chinese Cork Tree	Cholagogue	0	3
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora	Hu Huang Lian	Cholagogue	0	3
Pilosella officinarum	Mouse-Ear Hawkweed	Cholagogue	0	3
Pimpinella saxifraga	Burnet Saxifrage	Cholagogue	2	2

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