{"id":1086,"date":"2017-02-20T21:17:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T21:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/?page_id=1086"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:13:13","slug":"foxglove","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/1herbs\/foxglove\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxglove"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<h5>Contents:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"#Names\">Common Names<\/a> | <a href=\"#Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a> | <a href=\"#Description\">Plant(s) &amp; Culture<\/a> | <a href=\"#Where\">Where Found<\/a> | <a href=\"#Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#Legends\">Legends, Myths and Stories<\/a> | <a href=\"#Uses\">Uses<\/a> | <a href=\"#Warning\">Warning<\/a> | <a href=\"#Links\">Resource Links<\/a> | <a href=\"#Bibliography\">Bibliography<\/a><a href=\"#Bibliography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Scientific Names<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/foxglove.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" border=\"0\" width=\"350\" height=\"583\" alt=\"Foxglove\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Digitalis purpurea L.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Scrophulariaceae<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Figwort family<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"Names\">Common Names<\/a> <\/h3>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American foxglove<\/li>\n<li>Dead men&#8217;s bells<\/li>\n<li>Digitalis<\/li>\n<li>Dog&#8217;s finger<\/li>\n<li>Fairy fingers<\/li>\n<li>Fairy gloves<\/li>\n<li>Finger flower<\/li>\n<li>Folk&#8217;s glove<\/li>\n<li>Foxgloves<\/li>\n<li>Ladies&#8217; glove<\/li>\n<li>Lion&#8217;s mouth<\/li>\n<li>Purple foxglove<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/b><br \/>\n<\/b> <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Leaves<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Description\">Description of Plant(s) and Culture<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A biennial plant with a basal rosette of leaves in  the first year, a leafy, erect, unbranching flowering stem in the second  year.&nbsp; Leaves are large and softly hairy,  ovate or lance-shaped with winged stalks 3-4 feet tall with rows of hood-shaped,  bright, purple flowers.&nbsp; Large  bell-shaped, or thimble-shaped, purple flowers have spotted insides; they are  borne in a tall spike. Blooms in summer.&nbsp;  Full sun or partial shade.&nbsp; Zones  3-10.&nbsp; Not heat tolerant.<\/p>\n<p> Flowers from June to September; one-sided racemes  appear; may be rose colored to deep purple and whitish with red spots on the  inside; depends on the variety.<\/p>\n<p> Foxglove is grown from seed, though the germination  is somewhat uncertain.&nbsp; Seeds must be  sown annually to maintain an annual bloom.&nbsp;  The soil should be rich and moist.&nbsp;  The plants should be fertilized with compost and mulched in fall to  prevent winterkill.<\/p>\n<p> Varieties: Giant Shirley and Excelsior Hybrids are  the best-known of the hybrid strains.&nbsp;  The strawberry foxglove, D. s mertonensis, and the straw or small yellow  foxglove, D. lutea, are perennial.<\/p>\n<p> Foxglove is an essential component of cottage  gardens; a drift of these flowers blooming in a lightly shaded woodland garden  is a memorable sight.<\/p>\n<p> Plant in spring or fall in well-drained, organically  rich soil that never dries out.&nbsp;  Propagate perennial varieties by division in spring; biennials such as  D. purpurea will self-sow, or you can collect and sow ripe seed.&nbsp; Deadheading may encourage a second flush of  bloom, at the expense of seed production.&nbsp;  Japanese beetles and slugs often require control, while poor air  circulation encourages attacks of powdery mildew.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Where\">Where Found<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Cultivated in East and West.&nbsp; Shady places.&nbsp;  Although foxgloves will grow in full sun in the North, they are at their  best in light shade on the edge of woodlands or among shrubs.&nbsp; In hotter climates, shade is essential, and  additional rich water is necessary during dry periods. <\/p>\n<p> Found in hedges, ditches and on wooded slopes,  foxgloves are a fairly common sight.&nbsp; New  England<br \/>\n  Also found wild in pastures and burned-over areas on  the Pacific coast from British Columbia to northern California.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Cardiac<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Legends\">Legends, Myths and Stories<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Foxglove is the common name for the plant Digitalis  purpurea, from which the drug digitalis is obtained.&nbsp; Foxglove was mentioned in the writings of  Welsh physicians in 1250 and later by William Withering in a book published in  1785. <\/p>\n<p> This quotation is taken from Earl Mindell&rsquo;s Herb  Bible.&nbsp; &ldquo;In 1775, English physician  William Withering diagnosed a patient with congestive heart failure as hopeless  and sent him home to die.&nbsp; A short time  later, he learned that a local folk healer had cured his patient using a bunch  of mysterious herbs.&nbsp; Amazed by the man&rsquo;s  miraculous recovery, Withering investigated the herbs used by the healer and  isolated foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) as the main ingredient.&nbsp; After performing several experiments,  Withering discovered that this purple-flowered plant was a potent cardiotonic,  that is, it improved the heart&rsquo;s pumping action, helping to rid the body of the  excess fluid causing the congestion.&nbsp;  Withering also learned that in wrong doses, foxglove could be lethal,  triggering a fatal arrhythmia or irregularity in the heartbeat.&nbsp; For the next decade, Withering conducted  numerous experiments to determine the precise amount of this drug needed to  treat heart failure.&nbsp; He published his  results in 1785, informing other physicians of this amazing new cure.&nbsp; Today, digitalis, the drug derived from  foxglove, is a highly regarded treatment for heart failure.&nbsp; Due to its unpredictable effect on the heart,  the herb should never be consumed without a doctor&rsquo;s supervision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> It is doubtful that Digitalis purpurea is found in China; if found  it has not been identified.<\/p>\n<p> When our ancestors first used foxglove to treat  heart failure, they didn&rsquo;t know that this fuchsia-flowered plant contained  molecules called glycosides that stimulate heart cells.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Uses\">Uses<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The drug digitalis is extracted from the  leaves.&nbsp; It is used to regularize and  slow heart beat and increase blood pressure.&nbsp;  It is also a powerful diuretic. <\/p>\n<p> Often cultivated as an ornamental but is a  potentially dangerous drug, digitalis should only be used under the care of a  doctor. <\/p>\n<p> Curiously, the ancient herbalists used foxglove for  external uses.&nbsp; It was not until 1775  that an English doctor, having heard of internal uses from a folk healer,  investigated its benefits on a scientific basis.<\/p>\n<p> Unfortunately, the correct dosage varies in every  case and, as the plant has poisonous properties, its administration is best  left to an experienced herbalist or medical doctor.&nbsp; Novices should stick to the external use of  foxglove leaves; in poultices or compresses these will calm headaches, reduce tumors  and lessen inflammation.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Warning\">Warning<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This herb is deadly poison.&nbsp; This is a powerful herb\/drug.&nbsp; Use only under medical supervision.&nbsp; Even touching the plant with bare skin has  been known to cause rashes, headache, and nausea. <\/p>\n<p> First year&rsquo;s leaf growth (rosette) has been mistaken  for leaves of Comfrey, with fatal results.&nbsp;  Therapeutic dose of Digitalis is dangerously close to lethal dose.&nbsp; Do not take this herb internally especially  if taking Digitalis.&nbsp; This herb is for  use by physicians only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/deadly-herb-hits-prime-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Links\">Resource Links<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/2008\/10\/17\/deadly-herb-hits-prime-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read about foxglove on Prime Time television.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Bibliography\">Bibliography<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0879040076\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0879040076&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> The Herb Book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0879040076\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by John Lust, Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. copyright 1974.<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/156458187X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=156458187X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> The Complete Medicinal Herbal<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=156458187X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Penelope Ody, Dorling Kindersley, Inc, 232 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, First American Edition, copyright 1993<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/048642801X\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=048642801X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20&#038;linkId=GTJNY7NJGPLCOMPV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> Chinese Medicinal Herbs<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=048642801X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; 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margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., Simon &#038; Schuster\/Fireside, Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0395988144\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0395988144&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20&#038;linkId=X7ZTSHWQ2N4GVWXT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> Eastern\/Central Medicinal Plants<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0395988144\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Steven Foster and James A. Duke., Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10000<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0879835591\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0879835591&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> The Nature Doctor: A Manual of Traditional and Complementary Medicine<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0879835591\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Dr. H.C.A. Vogel; Keats Publishing, Inc., 27 Pine Street (Box 876) New Canaan, CT. 06840-0876. Copyright Verlag A. Vogel, Teufen (AR) Switzerland 1952, 1991<\/p>\n<p><i>Herbal Gardening<\/i>, compiled by The Robison York State Herb Garden, Cornell Plantations, Matthaei Botanical Gardens of the University of Michigan, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley., Pantheon Books, Knopf Publishing Group, New York, 1994, first edition<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0941524272\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0941524272&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> Planetary Herbology<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0941524272\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, by Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D., O.M.D., Lotus Press, PO Box 325, Twin Lakes. WI 53181., Copyright 1988, published 1992<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001RFJ4OK\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B001RFJ4OK&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20&#038;linkId=WTTGW7GJFD75FLVP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> American Folk Medicine<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0690066937\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, by Clarence Meyer, Meyerbooks, publisher, PO Box 427, Glenwood, Illinois 60425, 1973<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/080362977X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=080362977X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" alt=\"Buy It!\" border=\"0\"> Taber&#8217;s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=080362977X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, 15th Edition, F. A. Davis Company, 1915 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1476705046\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1476705046&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" width=41 height=16 border=0 alt=\"Buy It!\"> Webster&#8217;s New World Dictionary<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1476705046\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, Third College Edition, Victoria Neufeldt, Editor in Chief, New World Dictionaries: A Division of Simon &#038; Schuster, Inc., 15 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0517691132\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0517691132&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" alt=\"Buy It!\" border=\"0\"> <em>An Instant Guide to Medicinal Plants<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0517691132\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, by Pamela Forey and Ruth Lindsay, Crescent Books (January 27, 1992).<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0878570764\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0878570764&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=medherinf-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buyit.gif\" alt=\"Buy It!\" border=\"0\"> The Rodale Herb Book: How to Use, Grow, and Buy Nature&#8217;s Miracle Plants (An Organic gardening and farming book)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medherinf-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0878570764\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>, edited by William H. 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