*The plant has medicinal purposes and is used in folk medicine. It has been used as a remedy to treat itchy skin conditions and pulmonary diseases.
*Modern herbalists prescribe it for iron-deficiency anemia (for its high iron content), as well as for skin diseases, bronchitis, rheumatic pains, arthritis and period pain.<ref name="uses2"/> Not all of these uses are supported by scientific evidence.
==Common name==
* '''English''' - Chickweed
== References ==