| | | | Common Name | | | Hydrangea
| | | Botanical Latin Name / Classification | | | Hydrangea arborescens
| | | Parts Used | | | Dried rhizome, roots
| | | Other Names | | | Wild Hydrangea, Seven Barks, Hydrangea vulgaris, Common Hydrangea.
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| | | Scientific Name / Nomenclature | | | N.O. Saxifragaceae
| | | Description | | | The Hydrangeas are marsh or aquatic plants, and hence the name is derived
from a Greek compound signifying water-vessel. Four of the known species
are natives of America; one, the garden Hydrangea (Hydrangea hortensis),
is widely cultivated in the gardens of China and Japan. Many methods are
employed in this country for imparting the blue tinge to its petals. The
oak-leaved Hydrangea (H. quercifolia), a native of Florida, is also
cultivated for its beauty.
The bark of H. arborescens is
rough, with a tendency to peel, each layer being of a different colour,
from which it has probably derived its name 'Seven Barks.' The roots are
of variable length and thickness, having numerous radicles, reaching a
diameter of more than half an inch. They are externally pale grey, tough,
with splintery fracture; white inside, without odour, having a sweetish,
rather pungent taste. When fresh, the root and stalks are very succulent,
containing much water, and can easily be cut. When dry, they are tough and
resistant, so that they should be bruised or cut into short, transverse
sections while fresh. The taste of the bark of the dried root resembles
that of cascarilla. The stalks contain a pith which is easily removed, and
they are used in some parts of the country for pipe-stems.
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| | | Indications | | | Back Pain, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), Calculi, Kidney Disorders, Kidney Stones, Urinary Tract Infections and Inflammation
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| | | Actions | | | Cathartic, Diuretic, Tonic
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| | | Constituents / Nutrients | | | The root has been found to contain two resins, gum, sugar, starch,
albumen, soda, lime potassa, magnesia, sulphuric and phosphoric acids, a
protosalt of iron, and a glucoside, Hydrangin. No tannin has been found,
but a fixed oil and a volatile oil have been obtained. From the alcoholic
extract of the flowers of H. hortensia, two crystalline substances were
isolated, Hydragenol and Hydrangeaic acid.
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| | | Scientific Research and Pharmacologicial Actions | | | Diuretic, cathartic, tonic. The decoction is said to have been used with
great advantage by the Cherokee Indians, and later, by the settlers, for
calculous diseases. It does not cure stone in the bladder, but, as
demonstrated to the medical profession by Dr. S. W. Butler, of Burlington,
N.J., it removes gravelly deposits and relieves the pain consequent on
their emission. As many as 120 calculi have been known to come from one
person under its use.
The fluid extract is principally used for
earthy deposits, alkaline urine, chronic gleet, and mucous irritations of
the bladder in aged persons. A concentrated syrup with sugar or honey, or
a simple decoction of the root, may also be used. In overdoses, it will
cause vertigo, oppressions of the chest, etc. The leaves are said by Dr.
Eoff to be tonic, silagogue, cathartic and diuretic.
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| | | Precautions / Contraindications | | | None documented.
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| | | Interaction with Medications | | | None documented.
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| | | Possible Side Effects | | | None documented.
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Botanical Latin Name: Hydrangea arborescens
Plant Part: Dried rhizome, roots | |
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