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(f; CRC); Cyanogenic (1; TAD); Cytotoxic (1; PH2); Diaphoretic (f; CRC; DAA); Diuretic (f;
FAY); Emollient (f; DAA); Expectorant (f; CRC); Fungicide (1; WOI); Hypocholesterolemic (1;
PH2); Hypotensive (1; HH3); Hypotriglyceridemic (1; PH2); Immunostimulant (f; HH3); Lipolytic
(1; PH2); Pectoral (f; CRC; DAA); Peristaltic (1; PH2); Piscicide (f; CRC; HHB); Poison (1; CRC);
Sedative (1; CRC; FAY; HH3; PH2); Stomachic (f; CRC; DAA); Tonic (f; CRC; DAA).
Indications (Perilla) — Alzheimer’s (1; COX; FNF); Arthrosis (1; COX; FNF); Asthma (f;
CRC; DAA; FAY); Bacteria (1; PH2); Bite (f; FAY); Bronchosis (f; CRC; DAA; FAY); Cancer
(1; COX; FNF; PH2); Cancer, breast (1; HH3); Cancer, skin (1; HH3); Cataract (1; HH3); Chest
(f; CRC); Childbirth (f; CRC; DAA); Chill (f; HH3; PH2); Cholera (f; CRC; DAA); Cold (f;
CRC; DAA; PH2); Constipation (f; FAY); Cough (f; CRC; FAY; PH2); Cramp (1; CRC; FAY;
HHB); Dyspepsia (f; CRC; FAY); Dyspnea (f; DAA; PH2); Edema (1; FAY); Enterosis (f;
DAA); Escherichia (1; HH3); Fever (1; CRC; DAA; FAY; PH2); Flu (f; CRC; DAA); Fungus
(1; WOI); Glomerulonephrosis (1; X11270716); Gout (1; FNF); Headache (f; CRC; DAA; FAY;
PH2); Heatstroke (f; CRC); Hiccup (f; FAY); High Blood Pressure (1; HH3); High Cholesterol
(1; PH2); High Triglycerides (1; PH2); Immunodepression (f; HH3); Infection (1; CRC; FAY;
PH2; WOI); Insomnia (1; CRC; FAY; HH3; PH2); Malaria (f; CRC); Mastosis (1; FAY; HH3);
Melanoma (1; HH3); Morning Sickness (f; FAY; LMP); Mucososis (f; PH2); Mycosis (1; WOI);
Nausea (f; CRC; DAA; HH3); Nephrosis (1; TAD; X11270716); Nervousness (1; CRC; FAY;
HH3; PH2); Obesity (f; PH2); Pain (f; CRC); Pregnancy (f; CRC); Pulmonosis (f; CRC; FAY);
Respirosis (f; DAA); Rheumatism (1; COX; CRC); Rhinosis (f; PH2); Salmonella (1; HH3);
Sclerosis (f; TAD); Snakebite (f; FAY); Spasm (f; CRC); Spermatorrhea (f; DAA); Splenosis
(f; HH3); Staphylococcus (1; FAY); Stomatosis (f; PH2); Streptococcus (1; HH3); Swelling (1;
FAY; PH2); Ulcer (1; HH3); Uterosis (f; CRC; FAY); Vibrio (1; HH3); Wart (1; FAY); Wound
(f; FAY).
Dosages (Perilla) — 3–10 g seed (FAY); 4.5–9 g seed (FAY); 3–9 g leaf (FAY); 3–10 g aqueous
extract (HH3; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Perilla) — Not covered (AHP; KOM;
PHR). “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Isolated furan can
cause lung lesions in animals, grazing cattle may develop emphysema (FAY). Perillaldehyde
may be mutagenic, perilla ketone may be edemagenic. Methanol extracts are sedative perhaps
due to the combined effect of perillaldehyde and stigmasterol (HH3). The ethanolic leaf extract
with the dihydroxyphenylethenyl esters of caffeic acid at IC50’s 0.021–0.124 μg/ml, cf.
allopurinol at 0.021.
PETROLEUM PLANT (Euphorbia tirucalli L.) X
Synonym: E. laro Drake.
Activities (Petroleum Plant) — Allergenic (1; CRC); Antiseptic (1; CRC); Antitumor (1; CRC);
Avicide (f; CRC); Carcinogen (1; JFM); Emetic (f; CRC; WBB); Insecticide (f; WBB); Insectifuge
(f; CRC); Laxative (f; CRC); Piscicide (f; WBB); Poison (1; CRC); Rubefacient (f; WBB).
Indications (Petroleum Plant) — Abscess (f; CRC); Asthma (f; CRC); Bite (f; WBB); Cancer (1;
CRC); Carcinoma (f; CRC); Chancre (f; CRC); Childbirth (f; CRC); Colic (f; CRC); Constipation
(f; CRC); Cough (f; CRC); Dandruff (f; CRC); Dermatosis (f; CRC); Earache (f; CRC); Epithelioma
(f; CRC); Fracture (f; CRC); Gastrosis (f; CRC); Impotence (f; CRC; WBB); Infection (1; CRC);
Infertility (f; CRC); Leprosy (f; CRC); Neuralgia (f; CRC); Osteosis (f; CRC); Pain (f; CRC);
Paralysis (f; CRC); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Sarcoma (f; CRC); Snakebite (f; WBB); Staphylococcus
(1; CRC); Swelling (f; CRC); Syphilis (f; CRC); Toothache (f; CRC); Tumor (1; CRC); VD (f;
CRC); Wart (f; CRC).