Plants and Food
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Emilia sonchifolia
Emilia spp. (Red Pualele)
PLANT NAME: Emilia spp.
COMMON NAMES: Red pualele [Hawai'i]; yang ti cao (goatsfoot grass), yi dian hong, yang ti gen [China]; floras paintbrush, cupid's shaving brush, lilac tasselflower [English]; banasurya [India]; emilienkraut [German].
FAMILY: Asteraceae.
TOXICITY: Possibly some long term chronic toxicity.
CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS: May contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Not in pregnancy. Not in liver disease.
ENERGETIC CAUTIONS: Caution in deficient spleen stomach ~.
RESEARCH:
• Water and alcohol extracts of Emilia sonchifolia leaf are anti-inflammatory in rats [Muko 2000].
• Alcohol extract of Emilia sonchifolia is cytotoxic in vitro to Daltons lymphoma, Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and mouse lung fibroblast cells, but not in vitro to human lymphocytes [Shylesh 2000].
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Much of this information is through the grace oand kindness of my
Hawaiian and Chinese teachers and my gratitude goes out to
them. Any errors are mine alone.
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