Colic root

Dutchman s pipe, Birthwort, Snakeroot, wild (Indian) Ginger, False Coltsfoot, Colic root, Chocolate vine. Virgin bower, Indian cockle,... 

Dioscorea. Wild yam colic root rheumatism root. Dtied rhizome of Dioscorea villosa L.. Dioscoreaceae. Habit. North America. Cottslit. Saponin, acrid resin. Account of the nature, origins, cultivation and utilization of the useful members of the Dioscoreaceae D. G. Coutsey, Yams (Lon -don. Longmans. 1967) 230 pp. See also Yam. Mexican. 

OCN blazing star colic root star grass true unicorn... 

OCN China root colic root North American wild yam rheumatism root... 

Colestyramin. See Cholestyramine Colflo 67. See Food starch, modified Colic root extract. See Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) extract... 

Common/vernacular names Ague grass, ague root, aletris, blazing star, colic root, stargrass, starwort, true unicorn root, unicorn root, and whitetube stargrass. 

Mauritius. Hot water extract of the dried root is taken orally as an emmenagogue . Mexico. Decoction of the entire plant is taken orally with honey as an emmenagogue and to soothe colic . Hot water extract of the rhizome is taken orally for stomachache . 

Blumea riparia (Blume) DC var. megacephala Randeria Sha Hong Fan Cao (root) No information is available in the literature. Treat headache, relieve colic. 

Sesbinia grandiflora (L.) Persoon Da Hua Tian Qing (bark, root) Agathin, xanthoagathin.57 A tonic, antipyretic, for gastric troubles, colic with diarrhea, and dysentery. 

Sophora tomatosa L. Ling Nan Huai (seed, leaf, root) Cytisine (sophorine).88 For diarrhea, cholera, colic, dysentery. 

Vemonia andersonii . B. Carke V. cinerea (L.) Less. V. patula (Ait.) Merr. Ban Jiu Jiu Shang Han Cao Xian Xia Hua (leaf, root) Triterpinoid, alkaloid, saponin.89 As restorative, febrifuge and antidiarrheic, treat colic, stomachache. 

The levels of Elephantopus spicatus [syw. Pseudelephantopus spicatus C.F. Baker, Vernon-ieae] are used for the treatment of cough and headache. Applied topically, they are employed as an antipyretic, for the treatment of erysipelas, skin infections, and measles. A preparation made from the roots is taken as a remedy for colic the whole plant helps against diarrhea. It is one of the most popular cough remedies of middle America. 

In Chinese medicine cloves are used as a kidney tonic (especially for impotence associated with deficient yang), to warm the body, increase circulation and as a digestive aid. They are also used for nausea, vomiting, flatulence, hiccups, stomach chills, fever, caries, toothache, cholera, colic, cracked nipples, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, halitosis (chewing on the whole clove), unusual uterine bleeding, nasal polyps and impotence. The root is used for a weaker effect. The oil is employed for diarrhoea, halitosis, hernia, nausea and toothache. 

Sweet flag The aromatic root of the Acorus calamus, used as a carminative and tonic In dyspepsia and colic. 

Mitragyna alkaloids. Alkaloids ( monoterpenoid indole alkaloids) from the genus Mitragyna (Rubiaceae), containing more than 10 species of trees found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia. Use The leaves, the bark and roots are used in traditional medicine in West Africa for the treatment of leprosy wounds, blood poisonings, colics, and as an emetic and diuretic also as yellow dye (bark, M. af-ricana). In India the dried leaves are smoked (like opium) and are supposed to be a substitute for opium... 

Traditional use A water infusion of the aboveground parts is used to treat colitis, intestinal colic, and as a laxative for constipation, as well as a hemostatic to treat hemoptysis, and menstrual and hemorrhoid hemorrhages. A water extract of the dried plant collected during flowering stage is used as an antiprotist and antibacterial. A decoction of the roots is used to treat guinea worm and jaundice. Young stems are used as a source of vitamins. Leaves are used as a diuretic and a decoction of the leaves is used to treat headaches (Zolotnitskaya 1965 Makhlayuk 1967). 

Traditional Medicine. Tea made from the leaves was used by the Catawba Indians to relieve colic and stomach disorders and to treat dysentery the Cherokee Indians ingested the leaves to treat rheumatism, flatulent colic, fever in children, coughs, lung diseases, cough, jaundice, and painful urination Mic-mac used the root as an emmenagogue and stomachic Rappahannock Indians used tea made from the plant for female problems. ... 

Regulatory Status. Leaves and roots, calculated to specified levels of tropaue alkaloids, are the subject of a Germau therapeutic monograph, indicated for treatment of spasms and colic pains in the gastrointestinal tract and bile ducts (blumenthal 1). 

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