PDR for Herbal Medicines

564/OX-EYE DAISY PDR FOR HERBAL MEDICINES

Teuscher E, Lindequist U, Biogene Gifte - Biologie, Chemie,

Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl., Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.

Oxalis acetosella

See Wood Sorrel

Paeonia officinalis

See European Peony

Banana Tree

Sophora japonica

DESCRIPTION

Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the ripe seeds.

Flower and Fruit: The white flowers are in large, broad,

sweeping terminal panicles made up of racemes. The flowers

are papilionaceous with a patent standard. The lower edge of

the lateral wing petals are bent over so that one surrounds the

others. The fruit is a round pod tied in around the seeds like a

string of pearls.

Leaves, Stem and Trunk: The tree is reminiscent of the

robinia, with a densely branched crown. It grows 12 to 15 m

high. It has smooth, green branches. The leaves are odd-

pinnate with 11 to 15 leaflets. The leaflets are ovate, acute,

dark green above and glaucous beneath. The main leaf

petiole is very thick at the base.

Habitat: The plant is indigenous to China and Japan, and is

found in Europe as an ornamental and roadside tree.

Production: Pagoda Tree seeds are the ripe seeds of Sophora

japonica.

ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY

COMPOUNDS•

Quinolizidine alkaloids (0-0.04%): including among others

cytisine, N-methyl cytisine, matrine, sophocarpine

Flavonoids: including rutin, sophorine

Toxic lectins

Polysaccharides: galactomannans

Fatty oil

Proteins

EFFECTS

The active agent, rutin, increases the permeability of the

capillaries.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Homeopathic Uses: Pagoda Tree is used in homeopathy for

dysentery.

PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS

No health hazards, side effects, or cases of poisoning are

known in conjunction with the proper administration of

designated therapeutic dosages. Nevertheless, according to

older reports, regular consumption of the seed meal can

cause facial edema and even death. Cystine poisonings are

possible through the intake of very high dosages.

DOSAGE

Mode of Administration: As a mother tincture in homeopath-

ic dilutions. Sophora is used by the pharmaceutical industry

in the production of rutin (a substance that influences the

resolution and porousness of the dilation of the capillaries).

The drug is contained in medicinal preparations, which are

used to stabilize blood circulation and as a cure for nervous

disorders and inflammation.

LITERATURE

Izaddoost M, PH 14:203. 1975.

Kem W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der

Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8: Springer Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.

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

4. Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
   Tang W, Eisenbrand G, Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin,
   Springer Verlag Heidelberg 1992.
   Teuscher E, Lindequist U, Biogene Gifte - Biologie, Chemie,
   Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl., Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.

Panax ginseng

See Ginseng

Papaver rhoeas

See Corn Poppy

Papaver somniferum

See Poppyseed