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Week 2- Materia Medica (Alteratives) Flashcards

1
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Common name for Arcticum lappa

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Burdock

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Common name for Rumex crispus

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yellow dock

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Common name for Urtica dioica

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Stinging nettle

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Common name for Mahonia app.

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Oregon grape

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Common name for Smilax spp.

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Species include sasparilla

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Common name for Curcuma longa

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Turmeric

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Common name for Trifolium pretense

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Red clover

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What is an Alterative

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and herb that alters the bodin a non-specific but bradly beneficial way

  • “blood purifier/cleanser”
  • nourishing, Restorative tonics
  • food-likein character but focuses on digestion, absorption, and elimination
  • differfrom adaptogens ( have more endocrine action)
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What is a depurative

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herbs with more spec action of cleaning a particular organ or system ( stem the emunctory)

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Indications for Alteratives

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generalized and chronic dysfunction.  
Digestive, eliminatory, and circulatory hypofunction 
Maldigestion
Hormonal imbalance
“Toxemia”
Acne
Chronic infections
Chronic inflammation
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11
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define toxemia

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Condition produced by accumulation of putrefactive and otherwise toxic waste products.
Not the same thing as toxemia of pregnancy (i.e., pre-eclampsia)

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Trifolium pratense

  1. Family
  2. part used
  3. Energetics
  4. Constituents
  5. Actions
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Family: Fabaceae

Part Used: Flower

Energetics: Cooling

Constituents: Trifoliin, coumarin, flavonoids, resin, tannin. phytoestrogen

Actions: Alterative, Antitumor, Antitussive, Antispasmodic, Phytoestrogenic

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Trifolium partense

1. Indications

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Cancer					
Cachexia
Gout, arthritis			 
Burns with poor healing
Acne					
Ulcers of the skin or mucous membranes
Spasmodic Cough		 
TB or inflammation of the lungs
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14
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Preparation and dosage of Trillium partense

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Tincture:
Infusion/Decoction
Standardized Extract to 25% isoflavone (Promensil)

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15
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Trifolium partense

1. Cautions and contraindications

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Caution with blood thinners (But unlikely to be a problem)

Caution with oral contraceptives and estrogen positive cancers.

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Arctium Lappa

  1. family
  2. Part used
  3. Energetics
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Family: Asteraceae
Part Used: Root (primarily), seed, leaf
Energetics: Cooling

17
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Artium lappa

Constituents

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Root – inulin, tannins, mucilage, vitamins and minerals, lignins, phytosterols.

Seed – flavonoids, lignins, volatile oils, fixed oils. Leaves – terpenoids, inulin, tannins, mucilage, volatile oils.

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Articum lappa

Actions

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Root: alterative, mild digestive bitter, antitumor, antimutagenic, nutritive, antirheumatic, phytoestrogenic, liver tonic

Leaves: used topically as a antimicrobial, anti- inflammatory poultice

Seeds: alterative, diuretic, urinary tonic, vulnerary

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Atricum lappa

Indications

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Root: dry and scaly skin conditions – psoriasis, eczema, dandruff, rheumatic/arthritic conditions, anorexia nervosa, cystitis, wounds and ulcers (poultice).

Leaves: mastitis, joint sprains (poultice)

Seeds: cystitis, skin conditions including exanthem

20
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Atricum lappa Preparation and dosage

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Tincture (root): 
Fluid Extract 
Decoction (root): 
Seeds: 3-9g QD
infusion – 35-40 ground seeds per cup of water, ½-cup up to 6x/day
21
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Atricum lappa harvesting

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Roots can be dug in the spring or early Fall in the 2nd to 4th year.
Seeds are collected in the fall of the second year.

22
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Mahonia spp. (berberis spp.)

  1. family
  2. part used
  3. energetics
  4. constituents
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Family: Berberidaceae

Part Used: Root bark and stem bark

Energetics: Cooling, drying

Constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids – berberine, hydrastine, oxycanthine

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Mahonia

  1. Actions
  2. specificity of seat
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Actions: alterative, digestive bitter, anticatartic, antimicrobial, cholagogue, mild laxative.

Specificity of Seat: Liver

24
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Mahonia

indications

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Skin conditions – psoriasis, eczema, herpes, pityriasis, acne, syphilis.

Poor gallbladder function – nausea, fat malabsorption, digestive upset

Infections: skin, eye, and intestinal tract (bacterial, fungal and protozoa)

Contraindications: Pregnancy

25
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Mahonia Prep and dosage

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Tincture
Decoction
Dried Root Bark

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Mahonia Harvesting

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The root bark can be harvested mid-Summer through Winter. Strip the bark from the stem and roots with a knife when the root is fresh.

27
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Rumex crispus

  1. family
  2. Parts used
  3. Energetics
  4. Constituents
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Family: Polygonaceae
Part Used: Root
Energetics: Cooling
Constituents: small amount of anthraquinone glycosides, tannins, oxalic acid, chyrosaphoric acid, iron, beta-carotene, volatile oil.

28
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Rumex crispus

  1. Actions
  2. Specificity of seat
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  1. alterative, digestive bitter, nutritive (high in iron), cholagogue, mild laxative, GI tonic, calms irritation of the larynx in chronic cough.
  2. Liver GI Larynx
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Rumex Indications

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Skin conditions – chronic skin conditions - psoriasis, eczema, acne

Lax bowels, constipation
Liver congestion

30
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Rumex contraindications

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oxalate kidney stones, kidney disease, iron overload, pregnancy

31
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rumen prep and dosage

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Tincture:
Decoction:
Fluid Extract:

32
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rumex harvest

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Don’t eat the leaves. The leaves are very high in oxalic acid, and can cause poisoning – oxalic acid chelates calcium in the blood.

33
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Urtica Diocia

  1. family
  2. part used
  3. energetics
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Family: Urticaceae

Part Used: Leaf, Root, Seed

Energetics: Drying

34
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Utica Diocia

Constituents

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Leaf: lots of vitamins and minerals, amino acids, organic acids, glucoquinines, flavonoids: isoquercetin, quercetin, rutin, kaempherol

Root: Isolectins, 3-beta-sistosterol, 3-D-glucoside, lignans, fatty acids, scopoletin, tannins, formic acid (on root hairs)

35
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Urtica Actions

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Leaf: alterative, nutritive, anti-inflammatory, urinary tract tonic

Root: astringent, anti-inflammatory, multiple influences of hormone transformation related to BPH

36
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Utica indications

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Leaf: Skin conditions – chronic skin conditions( psoriasis, eczema, acne)
Allergic Rhinitis – freeze-dried leaf

Root: BPH, diarrhea

37
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Utica Contraindications

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Allergy to nettle

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