Burdock

Burdock is considered to have diuretic and orexigenic properties. It is used to treat cutaneous eruptions, rheumatism, cystitis, gout, anorexia nervosa, and especially eczema and psoriasis. 

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Arctium lappa L. (burdock) is used as food, preventive and medical remedy. East medicine usually uses it as a fresh root of its first year of vegetation. In some countries burdock is cultivated for use as food and a medicinal herb. Thus the development of analytical documentation for this plant raw material is essential. 

Separation of chloroformic fraction of raw material by a polyamide sorbent with the following individual fractions elution and crystallization allowed to study lignans of burdock with IR-, mass- and NMR spectroscopy. In result, aixtiin, arctigenin, lappaols were identified. Sepai ation of essential oils was provided by the method two of State Phaiiuacopeias of the Ukraine. Essential oils were analyzed by the means of gas chromatography. 

Kletten-bombe, /. (Mil.) adhesive bomb, -erz, n. bur ore, -wurzel, /, (Pharm.) lappa, burdock root, -wurzelol, n. burdock oil. klettem, v.i. climb. 

For improving skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, make a tea of elder with equal parts chickweed (Stellaria media), marshmallow root (.Althaea officinalis) and burdock root Arctium lappa). 

Foundation or J J Enterprizes. An anonymous user provided the ingredients list dandelion root, burdock root, red clover top, chamomile flower, alfalfa leaf, licorice root, slippery elm inner bark, hibiscus flower, dog rose hips, natural fruit flavors. Dandelion root is said to be the effective diuretic. 

Johnson G, Gershon S, Burdock E, et al Comparative effects of lithium and chlorpromazine in the treatment of manic states. Br J Psychiatry 119 267-276, 1971... 

Burdock GA (2004) Fenaroli s handbook of flavor ingredients, 5th edn. CRC, Washington... 

Cinnamyl anthranilate can be synthesized by esterification of anthranilic acid with cinnamyl alcohol (Burdock, 1995). Annual production in the United States in the 1970 was in the range of a few hundred kg (lARC, 1983). It has not been commercially available, except for research purposes, since 1985 (Lucas et al, 1999 Food and Drug Administration, 1999). 

Pyridine is found among the volatile eomponents of black tea (Vitzthum et al, 1975) and in the leaves and roots oiAtropa belladonna (Burdock, 1995). 

Burdick Jackson (1997) Burdick Jackson Solvent Guide, Muskegon, MI, pp. 240-243 Burdock, GA. (1995) Fenaroli s Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Volttme II, 3rd Ed., Boca Raton, CRC Press... 

Soni MG, Burdock GA, Taylor SL, et al. Safety assessment of propyl paraben a review of the published literature. Food Chem Tox 2001 39 513. 

Kotsonis FN, Burdock GA, Flamm WG. Food toxicology. In Klaassen CD, ed. Cassarett and DouII s Toxicology, The Basic Science of Toxicology. 6th ed. New York McGraw Hill, 2001. 

Certain selenium compounds exhibit bactericidal and fungicidal action,4 and selenious acid may be used as a herbicide against dandelion, Canada thistle and burdock. 

Recently, Maruta et al. [112] have found that methanol extracts of roots of burdock show a significant antioxidant activity in an in vitro lipid peroxidation assay, and have isolated five caffeoylquinic acid derivatives (CQAs) from the roots of burdock (Arctium lappa L ), an edible plant in Japan. Antioxidant activities of DCQAs and related compounds have been investigated by measuring the hydroperoxidation of methyl linolate via radical chain reaction. This study indicates that in this particular system caffeic acid and CQAs are more effective than a-tocopherol. These results approximately agree with our findings [38], Additionally, CQAs as the principle antioxidative substance in burdock root have been characterized. 

Burdock, G. A Encyclopedia of Food and Color Addilhes." CRC Press, LLC, Boca Raton. FL. 1996. 

Benefits In traditional terms, burdock is used as a blood purifier it is claimed that it helps the kidneys to remove toxins from the blood. 

Folklore Burdock was traditionally used to heat skin complaints and inflammations. The roots can be eaten raw in salads or cooked like carrots and the young leaf stalks can be scraped and cooked like celery (Bown, 2003 British Herbal Medicine Association, 1983 Hutchens, 1973 Shealy, 1998 Tierra, 1998). 

O Burdock-like brownish, slightly bell pepper, galbanum green 0 0.2 ppm/water s 75... 

Burdock (Lappa tamentosa Lam. and Lappa major Gaertn.) honey is of a dark olive color and has a sharp spicy aroma and a high viscosity. 

Habitat This large plant, which grows to a height of five feet, is very commonly met along roadsides and in all waste places—indeed, wherever we see nettles, there also will be found Burdock. 

The liquid from 1 ounce of the root boiled in 1A pints of water simmered down to 1 pint, is taken four times daily in wineglass doses for many forms of skin trouble, noticeably boils, carbuncles and similar eruptions. Obstinate cases of eczema and even psoriasis have been known to yield to these decoctions of Burdock root, either alone or combined with other remedies. 

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