Ulcers remedies

Borrelli, F. and Izzo, A. A., The plant kingdom as a source of anti-ulcer remedies, Phytother. Res., 14,581-591,... 

Paracelsus. Paracelsus his dispensatory and chirurgery. The dispenlsatory contains the choisest of his physical remedies. And all that can be desired of his chirurgery, you have in the treatises of wounds, ulcers, and aposthumes. Faithfully Englished, by W.D. London Printed by T.M. for Philip Chetwind, and are to be sold by stationers, 1656. 

Artemisia stelleriana Bess., or dusty miller sagewort, beach wormwood old woman, or pai hao, fan, lu (Chinese), is a shrub that grows to 1.20 m in Japan, Korea, China, and Siberia. The whole plant is covered with a glaucous indumentum. The leaves are compound, and the lobes are rounded. The flowers are small, yellowish, and packed in globose capitula (Fig. 53). The medicinal values of Artemisia stelleriana Bess, were mentioned by Su Sung (11th century). It has been used internally for food, as carminative, to promote the growth of hair, and to stimulate mental faculties, and externally it provides a remedy for ulcers. 

Improvements in medical treatments have been substantial, so much so that benefits of recently introduced medicines over existing ones are smaller than when these standard treatments were originally developed and compared with remedies that existed then. The mean difference in some clinical efficacy endpoints between treatments maybe less than 20%. This requires a large population sample in clinical trials in order to achieve sufficient power to detect a difference, if it really exists, with confidence. Most medical conditions (for instance, peptic ulcers) present rather infrequently at any single hospital centre and it would therefore be impossible for a single... 

In modern European medicine, St. John s wort extracts are included in many over-the-counter and prescription drugs for management of mild depression, and have clinical implications for bed-wetting and nightmares in children. The extracts are included in diuretic preparations and the oil is taken orally using a teaspoon to help heal gastritis, gastric ulcers, and inflammatory conditions of the colon. The oil is also used extensively externally in burn and wound remedies. 

Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wigg. Western Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion) (root) Inulin, essential oils, choline, hydroxycinnamic acids, carotenes, ether oils, monoterpene, oxalic acids, hydrocyanic acids, sesquiterpene glucosides, flavonoids, hydroxybenzoic acid, coumarins, anthocyanidines, anthraquinones, phytosterines, squalene, cerylic alcohol, arabinose, vitamins , , C.88-222-450 Sudorific, stomachic, tonic, a remedy for sores, boils, ulcers, abscesses, snakebites. 

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) O. Kuntz. Fan Xing (leaf, stem)60 Phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidyl-ethanolamine, phosphatidyl-serine, phosphatidyl-inositol, tetragonin, trigonelline, choline, adenine.56 A remedy for carcinoma, treat ventriculi, stomach ulcers, leukemia. 

Gnaphalium uliginosum L. China Fat, resin, phytosterol, essential oils, carotene, vitamin B[, 48 49 50 Remedy for lung disease, antifabrile, antimalarial, reduce blood pressure and stomach and intestinal ulcers. Externally for wounds. 

Elemi is occasionally used as a topical remedy in the form of an ointment, more particularly in ulcerous complaints of nn old and indolent nature. It is extensively employed for varnishes. 

Many species of phyllanthus have been used in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 2000 years. It is a traditional remedy for ailments such as jaundice, dysentery, diabetes, skin ulcers, and urinary tract infections. Phyllanthus s principal constituents — lignans, alkaloids, and bioflavonoids — have been found to act primarily on the liver, which confirms its traditional use in the treatment of jaundice. Phyllanthus amarus attracted the attention of Nobel prize winner Baruch Blumberg. He and others studied its uses in preventing hepatitis B and devised a vaccine. 

The powdered or crushed fresh roots make a first-rate poultice, and the leaves also are used as a fomentation in inflammation. The addition of Slippery Elm powder improves the poultice, and the two remedies are frequently made up into an ointment for skin diseases, boils and ulcers. 

Meadowsweet was used widely as a headache remedy. It is considered that just walking through it clears the head. Analysis of the compounds in the plant shows that it contains flavonoids, salicylates, tannins, volatile oils and other compounds such as coumarin, mucilage and ascorbic acid. It is currently used as a food flavouring, in beverages. It is also reported to be used for dyspepsia, muscular pains and peptic ulcers. 

Generally in West Africa, the fruit is widely used in traditional remedies for the treatment of disease conditions including convulsion, gastric ulcer, rheumatism, fevers, whitlow, skin rashes, smallpox, malaria and dysentery (2, 39, 40, 104). It is also used to manage diabetes and cardiovascular diseases like hypertension and stroke in some parts of Ghana (Amoako-Atta, CBUD Director, KNUST, personal communication). The fruits are used to flavor foods and alcoholic beverages 2, 40). 

Many of our traditional Western medicines stem from centuries-old folklore remedies. For example, aspirin from witchhazel or the administration of bismuth for intestinal ulceration originating in soil deposits in central Africa. 

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