Ledum Or LabradorTea
| Botanical Name | Ledum groenlandicum |
| Botanical family | Ericaceae |
| Origin | Canada |
| Method | Complete distillation by steam distillation |
| Plant part | Leafy twigs |
| Note | |
| Appearance | clear, fluid and mobile liquid |
| Color | colorless to pale yellow |
| Odor | herbaceous (smell of cut grass), wild, sweet and astringent |
| Biochemical composition of the essential oil | Sesquiterpenols: ledol Monoterpenes: pinenes, sabinene, terpinene, germacrene D |
| Therapeutic properties | Decongestant ++ Antihistamine ++ Hepatocellular drainage and regeneration ++++ Anti-inflammatory ++ Renal drainage ++ Antiallergy (oral administration) +++ |
| Main therapeutic indications | Allergies (generalised effect, oral administration) ++++ Excessive nervousness, insomnia, nervous spasms +++ Lymphangitis, adenitis +++ Nephritis, kidney stones +++ Poisoning (all kinds) ++++ Hepatic insufficiency, sequelae of viral hepatitis +++ Cancers +++ |