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== Summary ==
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| color = lightgreen
== Licensing ==
| name = Felty Germander
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Teucrium]]''
| species = ''T. polium''
| binomial = ''Teucrium polium''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''Felty Germander''' (''Teucrium polium'') is a sub-shrub and [[herb]] native to the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] region and the [[Middle East]]. Its flowers are small and range from pink to white, and its leaves are used in cooking and for medicinal purposes, particularly for the treatment of stomach ailments. It has also shown some promise in the treatment of visceral [[Pain and nociception|pain]]. Although it is also often used to treat blood sugar disorders (such as [[diabetes]]), studies have failed to find any benefit of the use of ''T. polium'' for diabetics.
==External links==
* [http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/t%20-%20u/teucrium_polium_fg.htm Felty germander page at Annie's Annuals]
* [http://www.sums.ac.ir/semj/vol4/oct2003/rtp&niddm.htm The Effect of Extract of Teucrium Polium On Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels of Type 2 Diabetic Patients]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12770512&dopt=Abstract Abstract: Antinociceptive effects of Teucrium polium L total extract and essential oil in mouse writhing test]
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[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]