{"id":2260,"date":"2013-06-02T03:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T03:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2013-06-02T04:02:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T04:02:48","slug":"yucca-yucca-spp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2260","title":{"rendered":"Yucca ~ Yucca spp."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yucca <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Yucca spp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Agavaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: SW USA<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: steroidal saponins (root, leaves); the root also contains vitamins A, B-complex, and some vitamin C, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and copper<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: cooling<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, alterative (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: analgesic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: arthritis,<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: skin disorders, eruptions, slow-healing ulcerations, cuts to stop bleeding (topically), breaks and sprains (poultices)<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water tid, tincture: 10-50 gtt 1-4x\/d (saponins are not alcohol soluble- Khalsa), food- ad lib (Khalsa), capsules- up to 15 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, unless used under the guidance of a health care practitioner<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/em>\u00c2\u00a0saponins mimic steroidal action for inflammation (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www2.itexas.net\/~sparrow\/aroma.html#yucca, http:\/\/medplant.nmsu.edu\/yucca.html, Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yucca Latin name: Yucca spp. Family: Agavaceae Part used: root Habitat: SW USA Main constituents: steroidal saponins (root, leaves); the root also contains vitamins A, B-complex, and some vitamin C, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and copper Energetics: cooling Main herbal actions: antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, alterative (Khalsa) Minor herbal actions: analgesic …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,85,34,70,37,512,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-analgesic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antispasmodic","category-cooling","category-module-3","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2262,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}