Jaundice root

Common/vernacular names Orange root, yellow root, jaundice root, Indian turmerie, eye root, and eye balm. 

Herbal remedies that have been reported to be he-patotoxic include chaparral (Larrea tridentata), germander (Teucrium chamaedrys), and life root (Senecio aureus) [18]. Cases reported patients developing jaundice, fatigue, pruritus, markedly elevated serum liver enzyme levels, severe cholestasis, hepatitis, and hepatocellular injury or necrosis documented by serial liver biopsies [19-21]. Signs and symptoms may occur as early as 3 weeks to as late as 7 months following ingestion [20,21]. 

In China and Tibet, the plant is held in great esteem. It was believed that the color of the plant was caused by transformed human blood. The root is used to treat rheumatism, jaundice, hemorrhages, and all sorts of exhausting discharges. In Korea, the root is used to treat rheumatism, jaundice and menstrual disorders. In the Philippines, a decoction of roots is drunk as a remedy for urinary disorders. One might have observed the obvious relationship between the red color of the sap and the blood-related medicinal uses of the plant it illustrates the doctrine of signatures of Paracelsus. 

India. Decoction of the fresh root is taken orally for jaundice and inflammation, as an anthelmintic, and externally for leprosy " " . 

Arundo donax L. A. phragmites L. (Syn. Phragmites communis) Lu Zhu Lu Gen (root) Glycosides, protein, asparagin.49 Stomachic, antiemetic, antipyretic, in acute arthritis, jaundice, pulmonary abscess, food poisoning. 

Papaver rhoeaes L. Li Chun Hua (Corn poppy) (flower, root) Rhoeadine, rhoeagenine.72 For jaundice, as a gargle or ingested as bechic. 

Culpeper knew of the virtues of Celandine in jaundice, and refers to it thus "The herb or roots boiled in white wine and drunk, a few Aniseeds being boiled therewith, openeth obstructions of the liver and gall, helpeth the yellow jaundice."... 

Jaundice and other liver disorders, gout and rheumatism. This root, when roasted and ground, is mixed with coffee, to the benefit of drinkers of that beverage. 

Picrorhiza kurrooa Kutak Scrophulaceae Herb Root Typhoid fever, Jaundice... 

Raphanus sativa Muli Brassicaceae Herb Root Jaundice... 

Thalictrum javanicum Peeli jari Ranunculaceae Herb Root Diabetes, Jaundice... 

Nardostachys jatamansi DC. Valeriananceae Jatamansi Roots The root used for blood purification, stomach disorder, cardiac problems and jaundice. Local people use root as incense. 

The root of the plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt (Periplocaceae) is used in traditional African medicine to treat a variety of diseases including malaria, jaundice, hepatitis, urinary tract infections, hypertension, inflammatory conditions and stomach ache. Extracts of the roots are also used as a tonic often taken daily for years without evidence of toxicity. Various studies indicate that the crude extracts as well as the isolated alkaloidal constituents of the plant possess a number of interesting pharmacological properties. The focus of this overview is to highlight the potential of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta in modem health care. 

In cases of severe overdose, melia bark or root bark may cause gastrointestinal bleeding, jaundice, hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes, toxic hepatitis, visual impairment, and respiratory or circulatory failure (Bensky et al. 2004 Chen and Chen 2004). 

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). 

TVaditional use In folk medicine, the fruits are used as a heart tonic, to treat neurasthenia, as an antipyretic, to relieve thirst and as an antidiarrheal remedy. The root decoction is used to treat rheumatism, fever, eye diseases, and as oral rinse for wounds of the mouth (Khalmatov 1964). The residue from a dehydrated water extract of the root is eaten, mixed with hot water and drunk, or applied to a cloth and applied externally, to treat jaundice, stomach aches, back pain and arthralgia... 

Traditional use The aboveground parts are used to treat hysteria, hypertension, epilepsy, fainting, gout, jaundice, and rheumatism. A tea made from the herb is used to treat gastrointestinal pain, hemoptysis, respiratory disease, inflammation of the kidneys, and bladder, and is also used as a sedative. An infusion of the roots is used as a laxative (Khodzhimatov... 

Traditional use In folk medicine infusions of fruits and leaves are used to treat sore throats, jaundice, hemorrhoids, fatigue, uterine bleeding, and children with diarrhea. Fresh leaves are applied to old skin ulcers (Akopov 1990). Fresh fruits are used to treat kidney stones, inflammation of the gaU bladder and bile duct, gout, stomach catarrh, constipation, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis, and is used as a vermifuge. Crushed fruits are apphed to the skin to treat eczema. A decoction of the dried fruits is used as a diaphoretic and of the leaves as a diaphoretic and diuretic. A decoction of the roots is used as a hemostatic (Altimishev 1991). 

IVaditional use An infusion of the berries is used to treat urogenital diseases. A decoction of the berries is drunk to treat kidneys and bladder illnesses, kidney stones, liver diseases, rheumatism, scurvy, jaundice, and to improve choleretic action. The berries are eaten to treat stomach ulcers and to improve appetite. A decoction of the roots is used for stomach ulcers, bronchitis, tuberculosis, kidney stones, and skin illnesses. A tincture of the bark and roots is drunk to treat arthritis. A decoction of the bark is used to raise the libido. The cones and green branches are also used in baths to treat rheumatism (Makhlayuk 1992). 

Traditional use A root decoction is used to treat edema and jaundice, and is used as mouthwash to treat bumps in the mouth. A fruit decoction is prescribed externally to treat eczema (Khalmatov 1964). 

Traditional use The seeds are used to treat jaundice, hepatitis, chronic coughing and hemoptysis, gall-stones and inflammation of the gall bladder and bile duct, liver and spleen diseases, fevers, hemorrhoids, and other diseases. Juice from the leaves is drunk as a choleretic and diuretic and to treat colitis and constipation. A decoction of the root is drunk to treat stomach catarrh. Currently, an alcohol-water extraction of the seeds is used to treat liver diseases (Khalmatov 1964 Khodzhimatov 1989). 

Traditional use The plant is used as an antiemetic. In Tibetan medicine this species is used to treat edema and gynecological diseases (Akopov 1990). Decoction or tea of the aboveground parts is recommended to treat epilepsy, jaundice, edema, lung tuberculosis, nose bleeds, gastrointestinal ailments, common colds, and gynecological diseases, as well as a general tonic. The herb is used in a poultice to treat bruises, wounds, abscesses, and rheumatism. A decoction of the roots is drunk to treat diarrhea, ulcers, and hver and kidney diseases. A tea of the seeds and herb is drank to treat side pains, headache, dizziness, and bronchitis (Khodzhimatov 1989 Mamedov et al. 2004). 

Traditional use hi Tajikistan a tea made from the aboveground parts is used to treat fever, chest pain, and as an anticonvul-sive. A decoction of the herb is drunk to treat epilepsy, jaundice, tachycardia, nose bleeds, lung tuberculosis, gastrointestinal, and feminine diseases. A decoction of the roots is drunk to treat stomach ulcers, liver and kidney disease, and high blood pressure. A tea of the seeds is recommended to treat dizziness, high blood pressure, bronchitis, and edema (Khodzhimatov 1989). An infusion of the plant is used to treat diarrhea, jaundice, malaria, epilepsy and lung tuberculosis, and is used externally to treat skin diseases (Khalmatov 1964). 

Traditional use In folk medicine a decoction of the seeds and roots is used to treat dysentery, scrofula, and bladder diseases. A tincture of the entire plant in vodka is drunk to treat goiters, rheumatism and common colds, and inflammatory diseases and is also used as a diaphoretic, antipyretic, and sedative. A tea made from the entire plant is used to treat cancer. An infusion is used to stimulate digestion, to treat intestinal atonia, stomach spasms, liver inflammation, jaundice, acnte and chronic bronchitis, pertussis, painful menstruation, kidney stones, goiters, cancer, and to reduce sexual excitabihty. It is used externally in dry and damp compresses and aromatic baths. Fruits and seeds are used to treat eczema, itchy dermatosis, insect stings, and paralysis. A decoction of the root is used externally to treat skin diseases and furunculosis. A decoction of the entire plant is applied to the face after shaving, especially on pimples and fungal skin diseases (Maznev 2004). 

As the chemical constituents of the stems and roots of O. japonica, quinoline alkaloids, such as kokusagine and orixine, were isolated [1]. On the other hand, dictamnine was obtained from Dictamnus albus subsp. dasycarpus [2].The root bark of this plant is used for the symptoms of jaundice in Western medicine, under the name of Hakusen-pi in the Eastern system of medicine. 

The root of Picrorriza kurroa has been described as having a mild laxative effect. It also stimulates digestion, and has a choleretic effect. It is particularly useful in jaundice, reducing some of the symptoms associated with this condition. It has been described as having anthelminthic and antipyretic effects and has been claimed to reduce edema, thus reducing the preload on the heart. 

AAM is not a definitive clinical diagnosis, no more than is anemia, or jaundice, or stroke it is a reason to look carefully, in each individual patient, for a cause, and especially for a treatable cause. Several known causes are described below and in Chapters 2 and 3 in this volume. Whether there is also an as-yet-unidentified general pervasive cause (or causes) that eventually harms the muscles of every aging person is not known. Biochemical studies seeking a general, nearly universal cause typically do not intensively seek, in individual patients and in experimental animals, the possible presence of an identifiable and potentially treatable primary cause (such as peripheral neuropathy, nerve-root radicu-... 

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. ... 

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