Shepherds Purse

Shepherd s purse has antihemorrhagic and urinary antiseptic properties. Traditionally, it is used for menorrhagia, hematemesis, diarrhea, and acute catarrhal cystitis. 

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Anise 2. Asian ginseng 3. Cereus 4. Ephedra 5. Ginseng 6. Parsley 7. Shepherds purse 8. Verbena (vervain) 9. Capsicum 1. Phenelzine 2. Tranylcypromine 3. Modobemide May cause T blood pressure with anise and ephedra. T risk of side-effects such as psychosis and hallucinations with Asian ginseng. Headache, tremulousness and manic episodes have been reported with ginseng and phenelzine Unknown mechanism (anise, Asian ginseng) Inhibits metabolism of ephedra (MAOIs inhibit the metabolism of ephedra) Avoid concomitant use... 

Hemp sesbania Sesbania exalta (Raf.) Cory, hairy nightshade Solanum sarrachoides Sendtner), longspine sandbur Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fern., Kochia Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad., shepherd s-purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.), green foxtail Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. 

Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medicus Jie Cai (Shepherd s purse) (whole plant) Bursic acid, alkaloids, vitamin A, choline, citric acid.33 Hemostatic, antihypertensive, chyluria, nephritis, edema, hematuria. 

DIURETICS Enhance the secretion of urine.—Broom, Buchu, Celery, Clivers, Eryngo, Gravel Root, Juniper, Parsley Piert, Pellitory-of-the-Wall, Shepherd s Purse, Wild Carrot. 

Saturn, amaranthus, barley, corn, beet, comfrey, dodder, elm, fumitory, horsetail, holly, ivy, mullein, nightshade, shepherd s-purse, blackthorn, woad, wintergreen, yew. 

Prevention and Control Once it is in the soil, the causal fungus can infect wild cabbage family plants (such as wild mustard and shepherd s purse) or survive for years even in the absence of a host plant. This fungus, however, thrives only in acidic soils, so you can completely check the disease by adjusting the soil pH to 7.2 or slightly above. Soil solarization can also reduce the incidence of club root. Remove and destroy seriously infected plants. 

Amaranthus, Barrenwort, Beets, Birdsfoot, Coffee, Elm-tree, Fleawort, Goutwort, Groundmoss, Hawkweed, Heartsease, Knapweed, Knotgrass, Navelwort, Oakmoss, Pansy, Parsnip, Quince, Rhubarb roots. Rupturewort, Rye, Sassafras, Sciatica-wort. Shepherd s Purse, Sloes, Spinach, Tamarind. 

H.S., Lee, S.Y., Kim, S.C. Characterization and cDNA cloning of two glycine- and histidine-rich antimicrobial peptides from the roots of shepherd s purse, Capsella bursa-pas-toris. Plant Mol. Biol. 2000, 44, 187-197... 

Histamine (7) and two other unidentified alkaloids have been isolated from Capsella bursapastoris (shepherd s purse). 

Early references note, and contemporary herbalists maintain, that extracts made from the fresh herb are more active than those from the dried herb (Felter and Lloyd 1898, 1901). While this does not relate to the safety of the extract itself, one of the primary indications of shepherd s purse is to stop postpartum bleeding, a setting in which the use of a nonefficacious product may present a safety concern. 

Limited information on the safety of shepherd s purse in pregnancy or lactation was identified. Older animal and in vitro studies indicate that shepherd s purse may stimulate uterine contractions (Kuroda and Takagi 1968, 1969 Shipochliev 1981). Older, primarily ethnobotanical surveys report that shepherd s purse was traditionally used as an emmenagogue and abortifacient (Casey 1960 de Laszlo and Henshaw 1954 Palma 1964 Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Based on this information, use during pregnancy is not recommended except under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner. 

Shepherd s purse contains glucosinolates, compounds present in many plants in the Brassicaceae family (e.g., cauliflower and Brussels sprouts). These compounds have been shown to cross the placenta and to be present in breast milk (Panter and James 1990). At high concentrations, glucosinolates inhibit iodine uptake by the thyroid, although at lower concentrations cancer-preventive effects have been shown (Stoewsand 1995). 

Hypotensive activity of shepherd s purse observed in rats is inhibited by a 3-adrenoceptor blocker but not by atropine, dismissing earlier reports of cholinergic activity (Jurisson 1971 Kuroda and Takagi 1968). 

Palma 1964 Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). The ancient Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote that shepherd s purse "moves the menstrual and destroys the embrya," an early observation of some of the physiological activity reported above (Dioscorides 512). 

The LD50 of an intraperitoneally administered ethanol extract of shepherd s purse in rats is 1000 mg/kg (Sharma et al. 1978). Other LD50 values of shepherd s purse (type of extract not available in English language information) are 1500 mg/kg for intraperitoneal administration and 3100 mg/kg for subcutaneous administration. Symptoms of toxicity included sedation, dilation of pupils, paralysis of hind limbs, respiratory difficulty, and death (Jurisson 1971). Fractions of an ethanol extract of shepherd s purse in mice showed "low" toxicity (Kuroda and Takagi 1969). 

In guinea pigs administered shepherd s purse as 20 or 40% of the diet, no effects on fertility were observed at the 20% level at 40%, temporary infertility was observed in males and females, and a reduction in ovulation was observed. No estrogenic activity was demonstrated (East 1955). 

The therapeutic ratio of anti-HIV activity of an aqueous extract of shepherd s purse versus toxicity to MT2 lympho-blastoid cells was less than 1 (Abdel-Malek et al. 1996). 

Shepherd s purse see Cap-sella bursa-pastoris Sinapis alba (mustard) 9,... 

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