PDR for Herbal Medicines

758 /TEAZLE PDR FOR HERBAL MEDICINES

curved upward, thorny and longer than the capitulum. The

outer bracts with their straight, flexible, thorny tips are

longer than the flowers. The calyx is basin-shaped, and the

corolla is fused with 4 tips. There are 4 stamens and 1

inferior ovary. The fruit is a nutlet.

Leaves. Stem and Root: The plant is a biennial that grows 80

to 150 cm high. The stem is erect, angular and thorny. The

basal leaves are rosette-like, crenate-serrate. The cauline

leaves are oblong with a thorny midrib underneath.

Habitat: With the exception of northern Norway, Sweden

and Finland, wild Teazle is grown throughout all of Europe,

North Africa and Asia Minor.

Production: Common Teazle root is the underground part of

Dipsacus silvestris.

Other Names: Barber's Brush, Brushes and Combs, Card

Thistle. Church Broom, Venus' Basin

ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY

COMPOUNDS

Iridoide monoterpenes: including cantleyoside, loganin,

sweroside, sylvestroside III and IV

Caffeic acid derivatives: including chlorogenic acid

EFFECTS

No information is available.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Unproven Uses: Teazle is used externally for small wounds,

fistulae, eczema and as a rub in the treatment of rheumatism.

PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
Health risks or side effects following the proper administra-
tion of designated therapeutic dosages are not recorded.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Teazle is used externally in
alcoholic extracts.
LITERATURE
Hegnauer R, Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11,
Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin 1962-1997.
Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der
Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim, 1979.
Suh HW, Song DK, Son KH, Wie MB, Lee KH, Jung KY, Do
JC, Kim YH, An iridoid glucoside from dipsacus asperoides.
Phytochemistry, 27:239-40, 1996 May.

Suh HW, Song DK, Son KH, Wie MB, Lee KH, Jung KY, Do
JC, Kim YH, Studies on the chemical constituents of Dipsacus
asper Wall. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 27:1167-72, 1996 Oct.

Zhang Y, Kiyohara H, Matsumoto T, Yamada H, Fractionation

and chemical properties of immunomodulating polysaccharides

from roots of Dipsacus asperoides. Planta Med, 27:393-9, 1997

Oct.

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