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DEM; FAD); Bacteria (1; FAD); Bleeding (f; DEM); Blister (f; DEM); Bot (f; DEM); BPH (1;
HHB); Cancer (1; COX; FAD; PH2); Candida (1; FAD); Cardiopathy (f; HHB); Catarrh (f;
HHB); Childbirth (f; DEM; PH2); Cold (f; CEB; DEM); Conjunctivosis (f; DEM); Cough (f;
FAD); Cystosis (f; CEB; DEM; HHB; PH2; PNC); Depression (f; DEM); Dermatosis (f; DEM;
PH2); Diabetes (f; PNC); Dropsy (f; CEB; PH2); Dysmenorrhea (f; PH2); Edema (f; HHB;
PH2); Fever (f; CEB; DEM); Gastrosis (f; DEM); Gonorrhea (f; CEB; DEM); Gravel (f; CEB);
Head Cold (f; DEM); Heart (f; DEM); Hemoptysis (f; DEM); Hepatosis (f; CEB); Infection (1;
PH2); Inflammation (f; DEM; PH2); Mastosis (f; PH2); Mucososis (f; DEM); Myalgia (f; DEM);
Nephrosis (f; CEB; DEM; HHB; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Pain (f; CEB; DEM); Prostatosis
(f; PH2); Pulmonosis (f; CEB); Rheumatism (f; CEB; DEM; PH2; PNC); Rhinosis (f; DEM);
Scrofula (f; CEB; DEM); Smallpox (f; DEM; PH2); Sore (f; CEB); Stomachache (f; FAD);
Swelling (f; CEB; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; CEB; DEM; MIC); Typhus (f; CEB); Urethrosis (f;
PNC); VD (f; CEB; DEM); Water Retention (1; CEB); Worm (f; DEM); Wound (f; HHB); Yeast
(1; FAD).
Dosages (Pipsissewa) — 1–3 g/tea (PH2); 1–4 ml liquid extract (PH2); 2.5–5 ml (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Pipsissewa) — Class 1. Salicylates and
tannins (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).
Unsuitable for long-term use because of hydroquinone glycoside content (PH2). Hypoglycemic.
I question the accuracy of the report of quinine, but believe the reports of hydroquinone in
several members of the Ericaceae, including this one. For snakebite, one chews the pulp,
swallows the juice, and poultice the cud onto the bite after it has bled. It is also considered
abortive. Native Americans poke crushed stems in their nose to alleviate snoring (GMJ).
“Secoyas” mixed ground rhizome with water for fever, flu, and fright (SAR). In Piura, the
chopped shoots are considered hemostatic and vulnerary.
PIRIPIRI (Cyperus articulatus L.) ++Synonym: C. corymbosus Rottb.
Thank goodness for scientific names. Of all the common names offered by JFM, PH2 picked Adrue,
not selecting Enea, Hadsrow, Junco, Bravo, Piripiri, Sontul. I picked Piripiri (Del Vibora) because
that’s the name used in my Amazon haunts. In India, it is called Guinea Rush.
Activities (Piripiri) — Abortifacient (f; DAV); Antiemetic (1; PH2); Aphrodisiac (f; UPW);
Carminative (1; PH2); Hemostat (f; DAV); Insectifuge (1; UPW); Sedative (1; PH2); Stimulant (f;
SKJ); Tonic (f; SKJ); Vermifuge (f; UPW; WBB); Vulnerary (f; DAV).
Indications (Piripiri) — Amenorrhea (f; PH2); Bite (f; DAV); Bleeding (f; DAV); Colic (f; WBB);
Cough (f; JFM; UPW); Diarrhea (f; JFM); Dysmenorrhea (f; PH2); Dyspepsia (1; WOI; PH2);
Edema (f; UPW); Enterosis (f; JFM); Epigastrosis (f; PH2); Fever (f; DAV; JFM); Flu (f; DAV);
Fright (f; DAV); Gas (1; PH2); Headache (f; PH2); Hematemesis (f; PH2); Hematuria (f; PH2);
Insomnia (1; PH2); Leukorrhea (f; PH2); Malaria (f; UPW); Mastosis (f; PH2); Migraine (f; UPW);
Morning Sickness (f; JFM); Nausea (1; PH2); Nervousness (1; PH2); Pain (f; JFM; PH2); PMS
(f; PH2); Respirosis (f; UPW); Rheumatism (f; UPW); Snakebite (f; DAV); Snoring (f; DAV);
Swelling (f; UPW); Toothache (f; WBB); Vomiting (1; PH2); Worm (f; UPW; WBB); Wound (f;
DAV); Yellow Fever (f; JFM).
Dosages (Piripiri) — 6–9 g root (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Piripiri) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).