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Purported Uses: Sometimes used for the treatment of skin itches, as an antiseptic for wounds, and externally for leprosy and scabies. . WARNING: AVOID IN PREGNANCY. PRODUCT DATA Distillation Method: hydrodistilled Harvest Method: wildharvested Part of Plant: flower Country of Origin: Madagascar Purported Uses: Sometimes used for the treatment of skin itches, as an antiseptic for wounds, and externally for leprosy and scabies. Kamala's Description: Red Sage is an aromatic shrub with rough, opposite or whorled leaves and four-angled, prickly or smooth stems, showy heads of small flowers and dark-blue or blackish fruits. Native from tropical America north to lower Texas and southern Georgia, the bird-distributed plant has become naturalized in the Caribbean area, the Pacific islands, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and southern Asia. Hundreds of cultivars are grown as ornamentals in temperate climates. In warm regions, L. camara is a pest in farms, pastures and forests, providing breeding places for diseases, detrimental animals and insects, including the tsetse fly. Of 29 named races in Australia, 19 are toxic or gravely pestiferous. Active principles are the triterpenes lantadene A and B. Ingestion of 340-453 g of leaves causes liver and kidney damage, photosensitization, intestinal hemorrhage, paralysis of the gall bladder, and death in 1-4 days in horses, cattle and sheep. Ripe fruits are edible, but green, unripe fruits have caused illness and one known fatality in children in Florida. Leaves and roots are popular folk remedies. Stems are used as toothbrushes, and the leaves for polishing wood. Prickly races are grown as protective hedges around forest dwellings. The majority of the medicinal uses of this plant are for the leaf oil. However, this is the flower oil, and we at this point cannot find any verified uses, only a line in a treatise on how to eradicate the plant that . | |
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