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HHB; JFM; KAP); Pectoral (f; DEM); Piscicide (1; UPW); Tonic (f; KAB); Vermifuge (1;
DAA; JFM; UPW).
Indications (Smooth Loofah) — Anorexia (f; KAP); Apoplexy (f; UPW); Asthma (f; JLH);
Biliousness (f; KAB); Bleeding (1; DAA; JFM); Boil (f; DAA); Bronchosis (f; KAB; PH2);
Cancer (1; HHB; JLH; KAP); Cancer, nose (f; JLH); Carbuncle (f; DAA); Caries (f; DAA);
Catarrh (f; PH2); Cold (f; PH2); Constipation (f; DEP; HHB; JFM; KAP); Cough (f; PH2);
Dermatosis (f; DAA; KAP); Dysentery (f; DAA); Dysmenorrhea (f; DAA); Dysuria (f; PH2);
Enterosis (f; DAA); Fever (f; DAA; KAB); Filaria (f; UPW); Gas (f; DAA); Gonorrhea (f; JFM);
Headache (f; JFM); Hematuria (f; KAB); Hemorrhoid (f; DAA; KAB); Hernia (f; DAA); Infection
(1; DAA; PH2); Jaundice (f; DAA); Leprosy (f; KAB; PH2); Leukemia (1; KAP); Melanoma
(1; ABS); Menorrhagia (f; DAA); Orchosis (f; DAA); Ozena (f; DAA); Paralysis (f; PH2); Parasite
(f; DAA); Respirosis (f; UPW); Rhinosis (f; PH2); Scarlet Fever (f; DAA); Sinusosis (f; PH2);
Smallpox (f; DAA); Sore (f; UPW); Splenosis (f; PH2); Swelling (f; DAA; UPW); Syphilis (f;
JFM; KAB; PH2); VD (f; JFM; KAB; PH2); Water Retention (f; HHB; KAP); Worm (1; DAA;
JFM; UPW); Wound (f; UPW).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Smooth Loofah) — Not covered (AHP).
“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates
no specific quantified dosage! JAD). Extracts are antimelanomic, and inactivate ribosomes
(IJP35:212). Aqueous seed extract is active against leukemia at 4–8 mg/kg (KAP).SMOOTH SUMAC (Rhus glabra L.) ++Synonyms: R. cismontana Greene, R. glabra var. cismontana (Greene) Cockerell.
Activities (Smooth Sumac) — Antibacterial (1; ABS); Antidiabetic (f; PNC); Antipyretic (f; PNC);
Antiseptic (1; ABS; FAD); Astringent (1; FAD; PNC); Diuretic (f; PNC); Emetic (f; FAD); Hemostat
(f; FAD); Tonic (f; FAD; PNC).
Indications (Smooth Sumac) — Asthma (f; FAD); Bacteria (1; ABS; JE42:95); Bleeding (f; FAD);
Debility (f; FAD); Diarrhea (f; FAD); Diabetes (f; PNC); Dysentery (f; FAD); Enuresis (f; FAD);
Fever (f; FAD; PNC); Gangrene (f; ABS); Gonorrhea (f; JE42:95); Incontinence (PNC); Laryngosis
(f; FAD); Leukorrhea (f; FAD); Prolapse (f; FAD); Scrofula (f; FAD); Sore Throat (f; FAD);
Stomatosis (f; FAD); Syphilis (f; JE42:95); Toothache (f; FAD); Urethrosis (f; FAD); Water Reten-
tion (f; PNC).
Dosages (Smooth Sumac) — 1 tsp fruit in tea 1–2 ×/day (AHP); 0.6–2 g powdered fruit (PNC);
4–8 ml liquid fruit extract (PNC); 4–8 ml liquid root bark extract (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Smooth Sumac) — Class 1 (AHP). May
cause dermatosis (FAD). Too much bark is a laxative (AHP). Tannins (24.3–35% in bark) may
explain many activities.
Extracts (Smooth Sumac) — The most active of 100 medicinal species screened for antibiotic
activity, and active against Escherichia, Pseudomonas, and Staphylococcus, due largely to gallic
acid, 4-methoxygallic acid, and methyl gallate. Methanolic extracts of Rhus glabra exhibited both
the widest zone of inhibition in a disc assay, and the broadest spectrum of activity (against all 11
bacteria tested) (JE42:95).SNAKE PLANT (Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf.) +Synonyms: Convolvulus corymbosum L., Ipomoea burmannii Choisy, Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hallier f.