Skunk cabbage

Skunk cabbage is stated to possess expectorant, antispasmodic, and mild sedative properties. Traditionally, it has been used for bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma, and specifically for bronchitic asthma. 

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Plants Many herbs, skunk cabbage (Veratrum californicum) in sheep and cattle, parasites in frogs... 

Only in three tissues — in two plant tissues (the Arum lily flower and the skunk cabbage spadix) and in mammalian brown adipose tissue — has a direct thermogenic role of mitochondria been substantiated. 

The name Arisaema is derived from the Greek word Aris (arum) and Haema (blood). Arum constitutes a large family of plants that includes 2000 species and includes members from the Arum, Arisaema, Calla, Dieffenbachia, and Philodendron genera. Common names included in this family include calla lilies, dumb cane, jack-in-the-pulpit, taro, and skunk cabbage. 

Symplocarpus Foetidus Common Names Meadow Cabbage, Skunk Collard, Skunk Cabbage, Skunkweed, Stinking Poke, Swamp Cabbage... 

Although it i common to think that only mammals keep warm, in truth, all plants and animals maintain a temperature at which their enzymes function best. Plants keep from freezing because heat is produced as a by-product of respiration and photosynthesis. One of the first plants to poke through the snow in early spring is the heat-producing skunk cabbage. The heat it releases allows it to get a head start on other plants and also contributes to the unpleasant odor that gives it its name. 

In Wyoming, it is said that a cow that eats skunk cabbage on the 21st day of pregnancy will bear a calf with a Cyclops eye. 

I. Thus when electrons enter the alternative respiratory pathway through the rotenone-insensitive NADH dehydrogenase, the external NADH dehydrogenase, or succinate dehydrogenase (Complex II), and pass to O2 via the cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase, energy is not conserved as ATP but is released as heat. A skunk cabbage can use the heat to melt snow, produce a foul stench, or attract beetles or flies. 

S, Tincture of Skunk-Cabbage. Take 3 ounr.es skunk-cabbage root in powder, and 1 pint diluted alcohol. Make a tincture by maceration, or displace 1 pint from a percolator. (Am, Dis,)... 

Sudorific, or Fever Powder, Crawley root, 1 ounce lobelia herb, ounce pleurisy root, 1 ounce skunk cabbage, 4 ounce. Powder, and mix them together. Dose, from i to 4 tea-spoonful every one hour and a half till perspiration is produced. It may be given in balm or common tea. In fevers, infliftmmations, inflnenxa, and colds, this powder is invaluable. It subdues irritation, corrects the pulse, improves respiration, and promotes sound natural sleep. It is sure, if propel iy administered, to arrest a fever. Keep It in a bottle, well corked. 

Snuff skunk cabbage (Lysichiton spp. or Lysichitum spp. or Symplocarpus foetidus), Oregon grape, barberry, coptis. 

Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus 2a Calcium oxalate crystals... 

Individuals with a history of kidney stones should use skunk cabbage with caution (McGuffin et al. 1997). 

Large doses of skunk cabbage have been associated with nausea and vomiting, headache, dizziness, and dimness of vision (Felter and Lloyd 1898 Wood and LaWall 1918). 

No information on the safety of skunk cabbage in pregnancy or lactation was identified in the scientific or traditional literature. Although this review did not identify any concerns for use while pregnant or nursing, safety has not been conclusively established. 

No information on the safety of skunk cabbage during pregnancy or lactation was identified. 

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