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RABBIT TOBACCO (Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.) ++Synonym: Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & Burtt.
Activities (Rabbit Tobacco) — Analgesic (f; CEB; DEM); Antiemetic (f; DEM); Aperitif (f; TOM);
Diaphoretic (f; CEB); Diuretic (f; HHB); Expectorant (f; TOM); Pectoral (f; CEB); Vermifuge (f;
CEB); Vulnerary (f; CEB).
Indications (Rabbit Tobacco) — Anorexia (f; TOM); Asthma (f; DEM; TOM); Bite (f; TOM);
Bleeding (f; TOM); Bruise (f; CEB); Cancer (f; HHB; JLH); Catarrh (f; TOM); Chill (f; DEM);
Cold (f; DEM); Coma (f; DEM); Cough (f; DEM); Cramp (f; DEM); Diarrhea (f; CEB); Diphtheria
(f; DEM); Dysentery (f; CEB); Fever (f; CEB; DEM); Gastrosis (f; CEB); Hay Fever (f; TOM);
Headache (f; DEM; TOM); Insanity (f; DEM); Insomnia (f; DEM); Migraine (f; TOM); Myalgia
(f; DEM); Nervousness (f; DEM); Pain (f; CEB; DEM); Parotosis (f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; DEM;
TOM); Quinsy (f; CEB); Rheumatism (f; DEM); Sinusosis (f; TOM); Sore (f; TOM); Sore Throat
(f; DEM); Sprain (f; DEM); Sting (f; TOM); Syncope (f; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Vomiting
(f; DEM); Water Retention (f; HHB); Worm (f; CEB).
Dosages (Rabbit Tobacco) — Handful of tops (flowers and leaves) to boil in 1 pint water, strain
and boil to 0.5 pint, add 0.5 pint milk and heat until milk is at scalding, adults take 0.5 cupful.
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Rabbit Tobacco) — Not covered (AHP;
KOM; PH2).
RABDOSIA (Rabdosia spp. L.) +This is truly a generic entry aggregating data on several species of Rabdosia from 43 abstracts provided
me by Alan Tillotson. Such aggregation unfairly makes the Rabdosia genus look more powerful than
the individual species. So do aggregations of many studies, on an individual species, make the better
studied species appear better than an unstudied species in the same genus. It is, however, interesting
to see what I had to say a decade and a half ago when I published my Medicinal Plants of China
(DAA), “to treat carcinoma of esophagus and stomach ... oridonin being the main active principle.
Activities (Rabdosia) — Antiaggregant (1; X8249632); Antibacterial (1; X9241802); Anticarcio-
genic (1; X8020128); Antiherpetic (1; X10678355); Antileukemic (1; X2776235); Antilymphocytic
(1; X2776235); Antisarcomic (1; X8010060); Antitumor (1; DAA); Antiulcer (1; X9241802);
Antiviral (1; X10678355); Cytotoxic (1; DAA).
Indications (Rabdosia) — Bacteria (1; X9241802); Cancer, esophagus (1; DAA; X8174469);
Cancer, stomach (1; DAA); Caries (1; X8020128); Embolism (1; X8249632); Esophagosis (1;
DAA; X8174469); Gastrosis (1; DAA; X9241802); Helicobacter (1; X9241802); Hepatoma (1;
DAA); Herpes (1; X10678355); Infection (1; X10678355); Leukemia (1; X2776235); Periodontosis
(1; X8020128); Sarcoma (1; X8010060); Thrombus (1; X8249632); Tumor (1; DAA); Ulcer (1;
X9241802); Virus (1; X10678355).