Application

Black-bordered Knopurt is not common as a herbal medicine. However, it has been used as a diaphoretic and diuretic. Externally, extracts of the plant have been used as an astringent and for wound healing.

Ingredients

Sesquiterpene lactones.

Black-edged Knotpurt Centaurea pullata L.
Black-bordered Knotweed
Centaurea pullata L.
Photo of page in Joachim Burser's herbarium.

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