PDR for Herbal Medicines

HERBAL MONOGRAPHS BURR MARIGOLD / 131

DOSAGE

BURNING BUSH ROOT

Mode of Administration: Mostly obsolete as a drug. It is

occasionally used in tea mixtures.

Preparation: To prepare a tea infusion, add l teaspoon of

drug to 2 glasses of hot water.

Daily Dosage: Drink the tea preparation throughout the day.

BURNING BUSH HERB

Mode of Administration: Mostly obsolete as a drug. The herb

is sometimes used internally as an infusion.

Preparation: An infusion is prepared by adding 20 gm 01"

dried herb to I liter of water; or l gm fresh or 2 gm dried

herb to l cup of water.

Daily Dosage: Drink one cup of the infusion 2 to 3 times

daily after meals.

LITERATURE

Kanamori H, Sakamoto I, Mizuta M. Chem Pharm Bull

34:1826. 1986.

Reisch J, PM 15:320. 1967.

Renner W, PA 12:763-776. 1962.

Renner W, PA 17:763. 1962.

Szenedrei K, Novak I, Varga E, Buzas G, PA 23:76-77. 1968.

Further information in:

Hansel R, Keller K, Rimpler H, Schneider G (Hrsg.), Hagers

Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 5. Aufl., Bde 4-6

(Drogen), Springer Verlag Berlin. Heidelberg, New York, 1992-

1994.

Hausen B, Allergiepflanzen, Pflanzenallergene, ecomed

Verlagsgesellsch. mbH, Landsberg 1988.

Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,

Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.

Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte,

4. Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
   Teuscher E, Lindequist U, Biogene Gifte - Biologie, Chemie,
   Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl. Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.

Burr Marigold

^ Bidens tripartita

DESCRIPTION

Medicinal Parts: The whole Burr Marigold plant is used

medicinally.

Flower and Fruit: The flower heads are solitary, erect or

inclined, 15 to 25 mm long and wide, generally with no

lingual blossoms. There are two rows of bracts. The inner

row is ovate and brownish-yellow; die outer is oblong and

green. The petals are brownish-yellow. The fruit is glabrous,

distinctly compressed, brownish-green, with thorny edges

and 2 to 4 awns.

Leaves, Stem and Root: Bidens tripartita is an erect annual

growing 15 to 100 cm high with a fibrous fusiform root. The

stem is erect, heavily branched, glabrous or somewhat

downy ,and often brownish-red. The leaves are dark green,

opposite and narrow to a short, winged petiole. The leaves

are usually 3 to 5 lobed, ovate-rhomboid to lanceolate with

pointed, roughly dentate tips and straight or narrowly curved

teeth.

Habitat: The plant is found in damp regions throughout

Europe.

Production: Burr Marigold is the aerial part of Bidens

tripartita.

Other Names: Water Agrimony

ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY

COMPOUNDS

Flavonoids: including isookanin-7-O-glucoside and tride-

cane derivatives such as trideca-l,12-dien-3,5,7,9-tetrain

Hydroxycoumarins: including umbelliferone, scopoletin

Polyynes (tridecane derivatives): including trideca-i, 12-

dien-3,5,7,9-tetrain

Water-soluble polysaccharides

Bitter principles

Tannins

Volatile oil: including eugenol, ocimene, cosmene

EFFECTS

Astringent, diaphoretic and diuretic effects are attributed to

the plant, but remain unproven. In a study that has not been

described in detail, a choleretic effect caused by the flavones

and flavonoids was proven.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Unproven Uses: Folk medicine uses include gout, hematuria,

loss of hair, scurvy and toothache. The roots were used for

scorpion bites. It was used for other indications when a

diuretic, diaphoretic or astringent effect was desired.

PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS

No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction

with the proper administration of designated therapeutic

dosages.

DOSAGE

No information is available.