{"id":208,"date":"2012-10-18T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=208"},"modified":"2012-11-04T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T20:00:21","slug":"guggul-gum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Guggul ~ Commiphora mukul"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Circulatory System<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"Cholesterol Remedies\" href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?page_id=60\">Cholesterol Remedies<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"Atherosclerosis\" href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?page_id=62\">Atherosclerosis<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guggul<\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>:\u00c2\u00a0Commiphora mukul<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Burseraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: resin<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: India<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>:\u00c2\u00a0 gum, resin, essential oil<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: resinous<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anti-inflammatory, hypolipidemic, hypocholesterolemic<\/span>, antioxidant, antiseptic, carminative, expectorant<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antifungal, thyroid gland stimulator<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: pharyngitis, mucous membrane irritation, hypercholesterolemia, inflammatory arthritis<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: sore mouths and gums<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: topical: wash; 1:3 tinture: 10-40 gtt qd-qid; gargle, powder in capsules: 2-20 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: hyperthyroidism, pregnancy (possible)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; http:\/\/www.himalayahealthcare.com\/herbfinder\/h_commip.htm<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"ALL\" \/> From Lecture below<\/p>\n<p>Guggul gum is the de facto cholesterol lowering herb. \u00c2\u00a0You can take 5 gms a day to start; wait 45 to 60 days before re-testing your cholesterol levels, then adjust the dose to 2 gms to 10 gms a day.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for Guggul here in the western world has become higher than the supply. \u00c2\u00a0Right now (October) is the end of the harvest season, and it has been out of stock for 3 months. \u00c2\u00a0Normally, you can get it 9 months out of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in India, they have killed all their guggul trees, in an unconscious way, so the prices went up from $25\/lb to $90\/lb. \u00c2\u00a0Guggul is still grown in Pakistan, though the number of guggul trees has unfortunately drastically declined.<\/p>\n<p>At 5 gms a day this comes to $10\/day for a patient.<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"color: #808080;\">lecture Oct17th, 2012 : class members please edit for corrections of any content on this study site.<\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circulatory System Cholesterol Remedies Atherosclerosis Guggul Latin name:\u00c2\u00a0Commiphora mukul Family: Burseraceae Part used: resin Habitat: India Main constituents:\u00c2\u00a0 gum, resin, essential oil Energetics: resinous Main herbal actions: anti-inflammatory, hypolipidemic, hypocholesterolemic, antioxidant, antiseptic, carminative, expectorant Minor herbal actions: antifungal, thyroid gland stimulator Main medicinal uses: pharyngitis, mucous membrane irritation, hypercholesterolemia, inflammatory &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,175,94,4,72,30,6,36,71,188,187,29,1,32,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antioxidant","category-antiseptic","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-carminative","category-cholesterol","category-circulatory-system","category-energetics-taste","category-expectorant","category-hypocholesterolemic","category-hypolipidemic","category-lecture-2","category-module1","category-properties","category-resinous","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}