Sarsaparilla

Sarsaparilla is stated to possess antirheumatic, antiseptic, and antipruritic properties. Traditionally, it has been used for psoriasis and other cutaneous conditions, chronic rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, as an adjunct to other treatments for leprosy, and specifically for psoriasis. 

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By far the greatest consumption of pure aqueous phosphoric acid is in the preparation of various salts for use in the food, detergent and tooth-paste industries (p. 524). When highly diluted the free acid is non-toxic and devoid of odour, and is extensively used to impart the sour or tart taste to many soft drinks ( carbonated beverages ) such as the various colas ( 0,05% H3PO4, pH 2,3), root beers ( 0.01% H3PO4, pH 5,0), and sarsaparilla ( 0.01% H3PO4, pH 4.5). 

Cereal flour, buckwheat flour, soy flour, seafood allergens, pork, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, lupin, spinach, sarsaparilla root dust, cocoa, coffee dusts, green tea, egg protein, lactalbumin, milk powder, casein, honey, a-amylase, glucoamylase, pectinase, gluconase, pepsin, pectin, spices, carmine, flavorings... 

Vandenplas, O., Depelchin, S., Toussaint, G., Delwiche, J. P., Vande Weyer, R., and Saint-Remy, J. M. (1996). Occupational asthma caused by sarsaparilla root dust /. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 97, 1416-1418. 

Used in the manufacture of piperonal used to modify oriental perfumes used to strengthen soap perfumes used in small quantities, together with methyl salicylate, in root beer and sarsaparilla flavours also used as a pesticide. 

Mexican sarsaparilla/sarsaponin, 4iose agiycon is sarsapogoiin... 

Benefits Sarsaparilla has long been used for skin complaints such as psoriasis it is also believed to be a good diuretic and diaphoretic so it has been used as a blood purifier and for kidney complaints. 

Folklore Although there are steroidal compounds present in sarsaparilla, the rumoured presence of testosterone, which made it of interest to body-builders, has not been substantiated. The root has been used in soft drinks and root beers. Sarsaparilla was introduced into Europe following the Spanish colonization of South America. It was regarded as a cure-all and was established in pharmacopoeias until the early twentieth century (Bown, 2003 British Herbal Medicine Association, 1983 Giuenwald et al, 2002 Tierra, 1998). 

Tropical and warm zones, particularly of the southern hemisphere, are the major areas of distribution of (his family, which has yielded sarsaparilla used as a medicinal tonic and as the base for refreshing drinks. Some species are also cultivated as ornamentals. 

Habitat Sarsaparilla is imported from the West Indies and Mexico. 

The "Brown" Jamaica Sarsaparilla comes from Costa Rica. The Honduras variety reaches us in long, thin bundles with a few rootlets attached, and further supplies are imported from Mexico. 

Compound decoctions of Sarsaparilla are very popular as a springtime medicine, and Coffin s prescription will be found in the Herbal Formulas section of this volume. 

Poke Root, Red Clover, Sarsaparilla, Soapwort, Spikenard, Water Dock. 

Blue Flag Root Burdock Red Clover Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Wild Ginger... 

Take of sarsaparilla-root and sassafras-chips, sliced, of each one ounce snake-root, bruised, liquorice-root, sliced, of each half-an-ounce macerate them in one quart of water for ten minutes, then take out the sarsaparilla and bruise it, return it to the liquor, and boil for ten minutes let it stand till cool, then strain. Dose, a wineglassful three or four times a day."... 

Sarsapariiiin (= Panllin) Smilax aristobchiaefolia (sarsaparilla) Bitter [haemolytic,... 

Lobelia 178 lb Acid Acetic 1 lb Acid Tartaric 2 lb Ether spiritus 2 lb Ammon. Carb. 3 lb Asafoetida tinct. 32 oz Camphor 5 lb Strmonii 1 V2 lb Ext. Sarsaparilla 3 lb Ext. Colocynth C. 1 lb Ext. Gentian 20 lb Ext. Rhii Elor 24 oz... 

Wild sarsaparilla Avalia nudicaulis) has long been an ingredient of soft drinks. Aloe Aloe vera) once provided needles for early phonographs and remains important today as a salve in the treatment of bums and in cosmetics. Meadow saffron or fall crocus Colchicum au-tumnale) was used to treat gout (a painful disease of inflamed Joints), and is still much used in research. Cochic ine is extracted from the plant and used to pre-... 

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