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JAVA TEA (Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.) ++Synonyms: Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li, Clerodendrum spicatum
Thunb., Ocimum aristatum Blume.
Activities (Java Tea) — Antibacterial (2; KOM; PIP); Anticancer (f; PH2); Antiedemic (1; WOI);
Antiinflammatory (2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Antiseptic (1; PHR; PH2); Antispasmodic (1; KOM);
Aquaretic (SHT); Astringent (1; PHR); Choleretic (f; HHB); Diuretic (1; HHB; PH2; PIP);
Glycogenic (f; WOI); Hypertensive (1; WOI); Hypoglycemic (1; WOI); Insulin-Sparing (f; HHB);
Saluretic (1; BIS); Sympathicolytic (1; WOI); Uricosuric (f; WOI).
Indications (Java Tea) — Albuminuria (f; PH2); Atherosclerosis (f; MAD); Arthrosis (f; MAD);
Bacteria (2; KOM; PIP); Bacteriuria (1; BIS); Bladder Stone (2; PHR; PH2); Cancer (f; PH2); Catarrh
(1; BIS); Cholecystosis (f; PHR); Cramp (1; KOM); Cystosis (f; HHB); Diabetes (1; HHB); Dropsy
(f; MAD); Dysuria (f; PH2); Edema (1; WOI); Gallstone (f; PHR); Gout (f; PHR; PH2; WOI); Gravel
(2; KOM; PIP); Hematuria (f; PH2); Hepatosis (2; PHR); Inflammation (2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Kidney
Stone (2; PHR; PH2); Low Blood Pressure (1; WOI); Nephrocirrhosis (1; WOI); Nephrosis (2; HHB;
KOM; PHR); Phosphaturia (f; WOI); Rheumatism (f; PHR; PH2); Stone (2; KOM; PH2; SHT);
Swelling (1; WOI); UTI (2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Water Retention (1; HHB; PH2; PIP).
Dosages (Java Tea) — 2.5 g/cup leaf tea (HHB); 6–12 g/day leaf in tea with at least 2 liters water
(BIS; KOM; PH2; SHT); 2 tsp (3.6 g) leaf in cold infusion (MAD).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Java Tea) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). None reported for oral dosing.
Irrigation therapy contraindicated for edema due to reduced cardiac or renal function (KOM; PH2;
PIP). No single compound underlies the diuretic effect. It is presumed due to the high content of
potassium salts, saponins, and flavonoids. In hot water extracts, like tea, caffeic-acid derivatives
may constitute 95% of the phenolics (BIS).
JEQUIRITY (Abrus precatorius L.) XSynonym: Glycine abrus L.
Activities (Jequirity) — Abortifacient (1; DEP; MPI; PH2; PNC; UPW); Alexeteric (f; KAB); Anal-
gesic (f; UPW); Antiestrogenic (1; MPI); Antifertility (1; PH2; UPW); Antihistaminic (1; MPI);
Antiinflammatory (f; DEP); Antitumor (1; WO2); Aphrodisiac (f; IED; UPW); Cerebrotonic (f; KAB);
Cicatrizant (f; UPW); CNS-Depressant (f; UPW); Contraceptive (1; PH2; UPW); Cytotoxic (f; WO2);
Depurative (f; KAB; UPW); Diaphoretic (f; DAA); Diuretic (f; IED; UPW); Emetic (f; DEP); Emollient
(f; UPW); Expectorant (f; UPW); Hemolytic (1; PNC); Hemostat (f; UPW); Hypotensive (1; MPI);
Irritant (f; PH2); Negative Chronotropic (1; MPI); Negative Inotropic (1; MPI); Parasympathomimetic
(1; MPI); Poison (f; PH2); Pressor (1; ZUL); Propecic (f; WO2); Schistosomicide (1; ZUL); Teratogenic
(1; PNC); Tonic (f; UPW); Uterotonic (f; ZUL); Vermifuge (1; UPW; ZUL).
Indications (Jequirity) — Adenopathy (f; KAB); Alopecia (f; KAB); Anemia (f; UPW); Anuria
(f; UPW); Aphthosa (f; DAA); Ascites (1; WO2); Asthma (f; KAB); Bite (f; UPW); Bleeding (f;
UPW); Blennorrhea (f; UPW); Bronchosis (f; DEP; PH2); Bruise (f; KAB); Cancer (1; JLH; WO2);
Cancer, face (1; JLH; WO2); Cancer, hand (1; JLH; WO2); Cancer, skin (1; JLH; UPW; WO2);
Cancer, vagina (1; JLH; WO2); Cancer, vulva (1; JLH; WO2); Cardiopathy (f; UPW); Cholera (f;
DEP); Cold (f; ZUL); Colic (f; UPW); Conjunctivosis (f; PH2; UPW); Convulsion (f; UPW);
Corneosis (f; DEP); Cough (f; PH2; UPW; ZUL); Cystosis (f; UPW); Dermatosis (f; DEP; JLH);
Diarrhea (f; UPW); Diphtheria (f; DEP); Dropsy (f; DAA); Dysentery (f; KAB); Dusgeusia (f;
KAB); Dysuria (f; SKJ); Enterosis (f; UPW); Epithelioma (f; JLH); Fever (f; DAA; KAB); Freckle
(f; UPW); Fungus (1; MPI); Gastrosis (f; UPW); Gingivosis (f; UPW); Gonorrhea (f; UPW); Gravel
(f; SKJ); Headache (f; IED); Hemorrhoid (f; DEP); Hepatosis (f; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1;