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FlaxSeedOil2 From: Fenris Wolf Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:53:49 +0100[FlaxSeedOil2] Oil producing plantsStrange how we stumble onto information purely by accident. I wentlooking for biodiesels, and from this site http://www.jatropha.de/I found my way to http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Copaifera_langsdorfii.htmlFolk MedicineAccording to Hartwell (1967-1971), balsam of one species is used in folkremedies as a fomentation, for tumors of the prostate gland. Grieve(1931) describes the balsam as stimulant, diuretic, carminative,laxative; in large doses purgative, causing nausea, vomiting, strangury,bloody

urine, and fever. A good remedy for chronic catarrh andbronchitis, as it assists expectoration and is antiseptic; given withadvantage in leucorrhoea, chronic cystitis, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids.It is chiefly used in gonorrhea (though not advocated for chroniccases), often combined with cubebs and sandal. It has also beenrecommended externally for chilblains. Both the volatile oil and resinare greatly altered when expelled in the urine, and when precipitated bynitric acid might be mistaken for albumen; it is considered a valuablehydragogue diuretic in obstinate dropsy. It creates an irritant actionthe whole mucous membrane, imparts a peculiar odor to the urine andbreath, causes an eruption resembling measles attended with irritationand tingling; it is the resin, not the oleoresin, that is used asdiuretic. Duke and Wain (1981) note that this species is a folk remedyfor dermatosis, eczema, and gonorrhea. In Panama, Yaviza negros

mixcabismo resin with honey and give it to the newborne, to impartknowledge and ward off hexes. The gum is also used for treating venerealdiseases, for massage, and for hair oil (Duke, 1972, under "cabismo").andhttp://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Pongamia_pinnata.htmlFolk MedicineAccording to Hartwell (1967–1971), the fruits and sprouts are used infolk remedies for abdominal tumors in India, the seeds for keloid tumorsin Sri Lanka, and a powder derived from the plant for tumors in Vietnam.In sanskritic India, seeds were used for skin ailments. Today the oil isused as a liniment for rheumatism. Leaves are active againstMicrococcus; their juice is used for colds, coughs, diarrhea, dyspepsia,flatulence, gonorrhea, and leprosy. Roots are used for cleaning gums,teeth, and ulcers. Bark is used internally for

bleeding piles. Juicesfrom the plant, as well as the oil, are antiseptic. It is said to be anexcellent remedy for itch, herpes, and pityriasis versicolor. Powderedseeds are valued as a febrifuge, tonic and in bronchitis and whoopingcough. Flowers are used for diabetes. Bark has been used for beriberi.Juice of the root is used for cleansing foul ulcers and closingfistulous sores. Young shoots have been recommended for rheumatism.Ayurvedic medicine described the root and bark as alexipharmic,anthelmintic, and useful in abdominal enlargement, ascites, biliousness,diseases of the eye, skin, and vagina, itch, piles, splenomegaly,tumors, ulcers, and wounds; the sprouts, considered alexeteric,anthelmintic, apertif, and stomachic, for inflammation, piles and skindiseases; the leaves, anthelmintic, digestive, and laxative, forinflammations, piles and wounds; the flowers for biliousness anddiabetes; the fruit and seed for keratitis,

piles, urinary discharges,and diseases of the brain, eye, head, and skin, the oil for biliousness,eye ailments, itch, leucoderma, rheumatism, skin diseases, worms, andwounds. Yunani use the ash to strengthen the teeth, the seed,carminative and depurative, for chest complaints, chronic fevers,earache, hydrocele, and lumbago; the oil, styptic and vermifuge, forfever, hepatalgia, leprosy, lumbago, piles, scabies, and ulcers.So, at least some oil producing plants, like flax, seem to be active intreating cancers. Wonder if it would be worth taking a look at oilproducing plants in general and their constituents and effects? Or has this been done before?-- Fenris WolfRSPCA-Animadversionhttp://cheetah.webtribe.net/~animadversion/SHGhttp://cheetah.webtribe.net/~shg/Note:The contents of the posts on FlaxSeedOil2 are purely educational and are not intended to diagnose or treat any illness. Always consult your doctor about the diagnosis and treatment of health problems.