Sunday, January 10, 2021

CORYDALIS AUREA, CORYNANTHE, CUPRESSUS, DAUCUS CAROTA and DRACONTIUM

 From SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:

CORYDALIS AUREA, scrambled eggsgolden smokegolden corydalis

Sydenham's chorea. Neuralgia with nervous muscular twitching. Leukorrhea, viscous but without smell, with pelvic atony and hemorrhoids. Blood dyscrasias, with sluggish digestion, hyposecretions. Lymphadenitis, with ulcerations of the mouth. 


CORYNANTHE

Impotence/frigidity, with depressed testosterone and sperm count in males, without prostatitis. Sterility, with depressed testosterone, low sperm count. 

Corynanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It currently contains three accepted species, native to Africa.[2]

Corynanthe - Wikipedia


CUPRESSUS, cypress

Chronic cystitis/urethritis with prostatitis. Tinea corporis, tinea barbae, tinea capitatis (fresh tincture). Acute prostatitis, with incontinence. Cradle cap (externally). To stimulate innate immunity. 


DAUCUS CAROTA, wild carrot

Gout, for the hyperuricemia. Blood serum levels: uric acid elevation. 

DRACONTIUM

General antispasmodic for long-term use in asthma. Spasmodic asthma with constriction of chest. Insomnia in asthenic individuals.

Dracontium is a genus of flowering plants similar to those of Amorphophallus. Unlike Amorphophallus which is found in the Old World, this genus has a New World distribution and is native to South AmericaCentral America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies.[2][3][4]

Dracontium species can be distinguished from related genera by their inflorescence, which is smaller and unisexual.[5] The plant has a large tuber similar to that of Amorphophallus, but rounder, and with no central and circular scar mark. When Dracontium plants begin to flower, the tuber swells and smoothens.[5][6]

Dracontium - Wikipedia

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