Plant Parts & Preparation Flashcards
Garlic
Bulb. Most dried & powdered. Garlic oil, steam-distilled essential oil, Aged extract
Ginkgo
Leaves (seeds traditional). Acetone-and-water extract (Need 35:1 to 67:1 strength. Tablets, capsules, extracts, tea, cosmetics)
Onion
bulb
Oat Bran
Oat bran
Guar Gum
Reserve polysaccharide from Indian guar plant
Red Yeast Rice
Fungus grown on rice and fermented.
Aloe vera
Dried juice of leaf or grinding leaves
Calendula
Flowers. Infusion, tincture, fluid extract, cold infused oil, ointment
Chamomile
Flower heads, dried. Alcohol extract or aqueous preparation. Topical or oral. Sometimes inhaled.
Comfrey
Leaves and roots
Witch Hazel
Leaves, bark, twigs. Distilled extract (topical)
Tea Tree oil
Leaves, steam distilled
Evening primrose oil
Seeds, oil. extracted with hexane. (Water-in-oil emulsion may be better)
Arnica
Flowers. Tinctures, ointments
Bromelain
Enzymes from fruiting stems & juice.
Boswellia (Frankincense)
Oleo-gum-resin
Butterbur
rhizome
Capsicum
Fruit, alcoholic extracts or oily preparations
Devils Claw
Tubers, chopped, sun-dried
Feverfew
Dried whole leaf (ethanol extract may not be effective)
Willow Bark
bark
Hops
Hop resin in Strobiles (F flowers, 15-50%) & glands (50-80%). Dried
Kava
Root/rhizome. Dried, then chewed or ground macerated in cold water & strain liquid (beverage). Extract: ethanol-water (30%) or acetone-H2O 70%
Lavender
Flowers. essential oil (steam dist) as aromatherapy or extract
Lemon Balm
Dried leaves
Passion Flower
Dried, leafy aerial parts
St. John’s Wort
Buds, flowers, distal leaves, dried under 40°C & alcohol extract w/ water, in darkness
Valerian
Root. cut and dried for tea, water or water-ethanol extract
Wormwood, Aka absinthe
Dried aerial parts, leaves & flowering tops
Butcher’s Broom
rhizome