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Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Laminaria) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific
quantified dosage! JAD). With doses over 150 μg/day iodide, one may induce or worsen hyperthy-
roid (PH2). May be allergenic (PH2).LANGSAT, DUKU (Lansium domesticum Correa) ++ (for fruit pulp)Activities (Langsat) — Analgesic (f; LMP); Antipyretic (f; WOI); Antispasmodic (f; WOI);
Astringent (f; WOI); Diuretic (f; LMP); Stomachic (f; LMP);Vermifuge (f; WOI).
Indications (Langsat) — Conjunctivosis (f; IHB); Cramp (f; WOI); Diarrhea (f; WOI); Dysentery
(f; WOI); Enterosis (f; LMP; WOI); Fever (f; IHB; LMP; WOI); Gastrosis (f; LMP); Malaria (f;
IHB); Ophthalmia (f; IHB); Pain (f; LMP); Sting (f; IHB; LMP); Tuberculosis (f; LMP); Water
Retention (f; LMP); Worm (f; IHB; LMP; WOI).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Langsat) — Diabetics are warned against
using the seed decoction (LMP). Children are forbidden from eating the fruits because exocarp
(peel) causes pain in the larynx and small lumps on the mucous membrane (LMP). Peel of fruit is
burned as a mosquito repellent in Java (LMP; WOI). Lansium acid, injected into a frog, caused
heart failure in 3–4 hours (LMP).LARKSPUR, FORKING LARKSPUR (Consolida regalis S. F. Gray) XSynonym: Delphinium consolida L.
I hope the nonbotanists who wrote Commission E and the Herbal PDR have figured out the larkspurs
better than I have. Otherwise, they know not of which larkspur they speak. There are more than a
dozen Consolidas and Delphiniums, many called larkspurs. And don’t forget the pediculicide
stavesacre, D. staphisagria (the USDA did). After wasting a day with the nomenclatorial nuances,
I feel I should treat three species or lump them all into one, larkspur, Consolida regalis (formerly
Delphinium consolida), the slightly different rocket larkspur, Consolida ajacis, and finally the
stavesacre, Delphinium staphasiagria, not covered by the USDA. All are poisonous and dangerous,
and probably not reliably distinguished by nonbotanists. So it is, methinks, a bit presumptuous to
believe the data in the literature were based on better speculations than mine.
Activities (Forking Larkspur) — Aperitif (f; KOM); Bradycardic (f; KOM); Cardiodepressant (f;
KOM); CNS-Depressant (f; KOM); Curare (f; KOM); Diuretic (f; HHB; KOM; PH2); Hypotensive
(f; KOM); Laxative (f; HHB); Respiradepressant (f; KOM); Sedative (f; KOM; PH2); Vermifuge
(f; HHB; KOM; PH2).
Indications (Forking Larkspur) — Anorexia (f; KOM); Constipation (f; HHB); High Blood
Pressure (f; KOM); Insomnia (f; KOM; PH2); Nervousness (f; KOM; PH2); Water Retention (f;
HHB; KOM; PH2); Worm (f; HHB; KOM; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Forking Larkspur) — Not covered (AHP).
No health risks or side effects reported from proper administration of designated therapeutic
dosages (PH2). But the LD50 in rabbits, intravenously, is only 1.5–3 mg/kg (PH2). Commission
E reports flower is not permitted for therapeutic use (KOM), while citing unapproved folk usage
as diuretic, orexigenic, sedative, and vermifuge. The plant contains toxic alkaloids, but there are
no reliable data on the alkaloid level in the flowers (AEH). Alkaloids are bradycardic, cardiode-
pressant, CNS-depressant, hypotensive, and respiradepressant. Seed and leaf of some species are
dermatitigenic. Ajacine and delphinine occur in seed and young plants of many Delphinium spp.
Ingestion of such species may upset nerves and stomach, death may occur if the plant is eaten