Eremophila alternifolia
Herbarium voucher images by N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium (University of New England), licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Leaves boiled in water and drunk for colds, influenza and coughs; used for "any sickness" without a known cause - Pitjantjatjara (NT) cited in Smith 1991
Infusion of the leaves used as rubbing medicine; taken internally for a number of ailments - Pitjantjatjara (Central Australia) cited in Latz 2004/1995
Dried leaves are boiled with water or have boiling water poured over them while in a strainer to make a liquid for colds and coughs - Kaltukatjara, Wankari, Tjunti and Tjuntinanta (NT); colds with nasal congestion treated with vapour from the boiling liquid/leaves - Wankari (NT); fresh leaves are boiled and the liquid taken for coughs and cold - Tjuntinanta (NT); bark from young twigs used as for leaves - Wankari (NT) cited in Barr et al. 1988
18H-E:97
AI 927
2%
9%
21%
3%
15%
13%
17%
2%
GC: HP-5MS; 30 m × 250μm× 0.25μm; He; 50 °C for 0 min, 5 °C/min to 260 °C, hold 2 min.
19BB:409
AI 934
2%
1%
17%
2%
2%
62%
1%
GC: HP-5MS; 30 m × 250μm× 0.25μm; He; 50 °C for 0 min, 5 °C/min to 260 °C, hold 2 min.
17E:97
AI 0
14%
17%
6%
11%
29%
4%
3%
GC: HP-5MS; 30 m × 250μm× 0.25μm; He; 50 °C for 0 min, 5 °C/min to 260 °C, hold 2 min.
H-E1:97
AI 934
2%
2%
10%
2%
1%
72%
1%
GC: HP-5MS; 30 m × 250μm× 0.25μm; He; 50 °C for 0 min, 5 °C/min to 260 °C, hold 2 min.
