In folk medicine, coltsfoot is used as an expectorant, diaphoretic, emollient, antipyretic, and enveloping agent. A decoction or infusion of leaves and flowers is drunk for coughs, bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, lack of appetite, diathesis, inflammation of the stomach and intestines, kidney disease, bladder disease, and scrofula. The juice of fresh leaves is beneficial for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. For shortness of breath, runny nose, and flu, inhale smoke from burnt dry leaves. Fresh crushed leaves are applied to wounds, abscesses, tumors, breasts, inflamed areas of the skin, the leaves are wrapped around the legs for spurs, articular rheumatism. Compresses made from scalded leaves are recommended for burns, thrombophlebitis, and slow-healing wounds. A decoction of leaves and flowers is used for gargling for sore throats and stomatitis, for douching for leucorrhoea and enemas. A strong decoction of leaves and flowers mixed with nettle leaves is used to wash the hair for dandruff and hair loss... And this is not the whole list of diseases that a modest coltsfoot, unpretentious and free, will help with.