Antimalarial plant for Patty's son

[Guest guest]

Elaine, I love your perseverance. It did come through-both times- Your great. Patty

[Guest guest]

Patty --I sent a really good post with how to make a decoction of this plant

and everything, but I've sat up and it has not gone through, so I'm sending

this plain text.. I can send the pic again if you can't get this one to

work. Your son should get acquainted with this plant, it grows everywhere

there is dirt and it is ANTIMALARIAL. Elaine

Bidens Pilosa pic ww1.clunet.edu/wf/chap/flowers/fwr-175.htm

PICAO PRETO

 

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Bidens

Species: pilosa

Common Names: Picao Preto, Amor Seco, Aceitilla, Cadillo, Chilca, Pacunga,

Pirco, Cuambu, Carrapicho, Erva-Picão, Alfiler, Clavelito De Monte,

Romerillo, Saltillo, Yema De Huevo, Z'Aiguille, Jarongan, Ketul, Pau-pau

pasir

Parts Used: Aerial parts, Whole herb

Plant Pictures

DESCRIPTION

Properties/Actions:Antibacterial, Antidysenteric, Anti-inflammatory,

Antimicrobial, Antimalarial, Astringent, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Emollient,

Hepatoprotective, Hypotensive

Phytochemicals:Acetylenes, B-amyrin, B-sitosterol,

beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy-3-hydroxy-6(E)- tetradecen-8, 10,12-triyne,

Esculetin, Flavoniods, Friedelin, Friedelan-3 beta-ol, Limonene, Linolic

acid, Linolenic acid, Lupeol, Phenylheptatriyne, Phytosterin-B, Sterols,

Tannins, tridecapentyn-1-ene, trideca-2,12-diene-4, 6,8,10-tetrayne-1-ol,

trideca-3,11-diene-5,7,9-triyne-1,2-diol, trideca-5-ene-7,9,11-triyne-3-ol

Volatile oil, Xanthophylis

Traditional Remedy:One-half to one cup herb decoction 1-3 times daily or 1-3

ml of a 4:1 tincture twice daily. 1 to 3 grams of powdered herb in tablets

or capsules or stirred into water or juice twice daily can be substituted if

desired.

See Traditional Herbal Remedies Preparation Methods page if necessary for

definitions.

 

Picao Preto is small erect annual herb growing up to one meter high that is

indigenous to the rainforest and other tropical areas of South America,

Africa, the Carribean, and the Philippines. Considered a weed in many

places, it has bright green leaves with serrated prickly edges and produces

small yellow flowers. It is a Southern cousin to Bidens tripartita, the

European Bur Marigold, which has an ancient history in European herbal

medicine.

Picao Preto has a long history of use by the indigenous people of the Amazon

and virtually all parts of the plant are used. In the Peruvian Amazon, Picao

Preto is used for aftosa, angina, diabetes, dysentery, dysmenorrhea, edema,

hepatitis, jaundice, laryngitis and worms. In Piura, a decoction of the

toots is used for alcoholic hepatitis and worms. The Cuna tribe mixes the

crushed leaves with water to treat headaches. Near Pucallpa Peru, the leaf

is balled up and applied to a toothache and the leaves are also used for

headaches. In other parts of the Amazon a decoction of the plant is mixed

with lemon juice and used for angina, sore throat, water retention,

hepatitis, and dropsy. The Exuma tribes grind the sun-dried leaves with

olive oil to make poultices for sores and lacerations, and in Tonga, an

infusion of the flowers is used to treat upset stomach in food poisoning.

Dr. James Duke reports that " Chewing or gargling may help angina and sores

in the mouth: infusions used as emmenagogue, antidysenteric, and to

alleviate chills. " He also reports that indigenous peoples in Brazil use the

plant as a diuretic and to treat jaundice.

In Peruvian herbal medicine today, the plant is called Amor Seco or Cadillo

and is considered diuretic, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective;

commonly used for hepatitis, conjunctivitis, abscesses, mycosis, urinary

infections, as a weight loss aid and to stimulate childbirth. In Brazilian

herbal medicine, it is called Picao Preto or Cuambu and is considered

emollient, astringent, and diuretic being used for fevers, blenorrhagia,

leucorrhea, jaundice, diabetes, sore throat, tonsilitis, obstructions in the

liver and other liver disorders, urinary infections and vaginal infections.

Picao Preto has been the subject of recent clinical studies which has

explained many of its uses in herbal medicine. It's antibacterial activity

against Gram-positive bacteria was demonstrated in a 1997 study. New

bioactive phytochemicals were discovered in 1996 which showed over growing

actions against normal and transformed human cell lines. Also in 1996, a

Picao Preto extract was shown to possess prostaglandin-synthesis inhibitory

activity, a process linked to headaches and inflammatory diseases. A

research group in Taiwan documented its hepatoprotective (liver protecting)

activity, stating that Bidens pilosus can " protect liver injuries from

various hepatotoxins and have potential as broad spectrum antihepatic

agents. " This same research group clinically demonstrated Picao Preto's

significant anti-inflammatory activities one year earlier in 1995. In 1991,

Swiss scientists isolated several known phytochemical with antimicrobial and

anti-inflammatory properties which led them to believe that the presence of

these compounds " may rationalize the use of this plant in traditional

medicine in the treatment of wounds, against inflammation and against

bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract. During the same year,

scientists in Egypt were studying and documenting Bidens pilosa's

antimicrobial activity as well. Even as early as 1979 and 1980, scientists

demonstrated that specific chemicals found in Picao Preto were phototoxic to

bacteria and fungi. The newest research documents Picao Preto's hypotensive

properties suggesting: " Results suggest that the extract is a useful

antihypertensive drug which has no effect on the heart frequency. The

hypotensive effects of the extract may be induced by vasodilation. "

 

 

COUNTRYETHNOBOTANY WORLDWIDE USES

AmazoniaAche(head), Ache(stomach), Ache(tooth), Aftosa, Angina, Chills,

Diabetes, Diuretic, Dysentery, Dysmenorrhea, Edema, Emmenagogue, Hepatitis,

Jaundice, Laryngitis, Sore(throat), Sore(mouth), Vulnerary, Worms, Wounds

BahamasCancer, Carminative, Diuretic, Fever, Heat-Rash Itch, Sore

BrazilAstringent, Blenorrhagia, Diabetes, Diuretic, Emollient, Fever,

Jaundice, Leucorrhea, Liver, Liver(Obstructions), Sclerosis(Glands),

Throat(Sore), Tonsilitis, Urinary Infections, Vaginal Infections

Dominican RepublicDiuretic, Emmenagogue, Lactogogue, Pectoral, Sialogogueue,

Toothache

Elsewhere Boil, Cold, Conjunctivitis, Cough, Dysentery, Eye, Food-Poison,

Inflammation, Liver, Rheumatism, Stomach, Styptic, Toothache

Ghana Allergy, Ear, Eye, Styptic, Urticaria

Haiti Aftosa, Amygdalitis, Angina, Catarrh, Diabetes, Lactogogue, Stomatitis

MalayaAntidote, Cough, Conjunctivitis

MexicoDiabetes, Diuretic, Pectoral

PeruAbscess, Anti-inflammatory, Childbirth, Conjunctivitis, Diuretic,

Hepatitis, Hepatoprotective, Mycosis, Obesity, Urinary Infections,

Weightloss

Philippines Boil, Intoxicant

Upper Volta Bite(Snake),Bronchitis, Colic, Cough, Diarrhea, Intestine

VenezuelaDysentery, Vulnerary