{"id":782,"date":"2012-11-07T01:54:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T01:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=782"},"modified":"2013-01-27T06:09:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T06:09:56","slug":"burdock-arctium-lappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"Burdock ~ Arctium lappa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Arctium-lappa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1303\" title=\"Arctium lappa\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Arctium-lappa-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Arctium-lappa-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Arctium-lappa-332x375.jpg 332w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Arctium-lappa.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>Burdock<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Arctium lappa<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: herb, root (mainly), fruits<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: hedges and ditches in Europe, Asia, naturalized toN. America<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: lignans (arctigenin), polyacetylenes, arctic acid, sesquiterpenes (arctiol), amino acids, inulin, dietary fiber; polysaccharides (in herb and root)<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: initially sweet, later bitter; cooling<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">alterative<\/span>, diuretic, diaphoretic, anti-rheumatic, antiseptic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antimicrobial, removes catabolic by-products, digestive stimulant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: tumors, chronic skin eruptions, arthritis, sciatica, urinary calculi<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: mastitis, gout<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion or decoction: 1 heaping tsp\/cup water; poultice; tincture: 2-8 ml qd (root), 0.5-2 ml (fruit)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregancy<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: urinary tract irritation<\/p>\n<p><em>Notes<\/em>: Root is premier alterative in Western herbalism, also used in Asian systems<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burdock Latin name: Arctium lappa Family: Asteraceae Part used: herb, root (mainly), fruits Habitat: hedges and ditches in Europe, Asia, naturalized toN. America Main constituents: lignans (arctigenin), polyacetylenes, arctic acid, sesquiterpenes (arctiol), amino acids, inulin, dietary fiber; polysaccharides (in herb and root) Energetics: initially sweet, later bitter; cooling Main herbal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,142,94,39,290,37,95,41,36,32,203,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-antirheumatic","category-antiseptic","category-bitter","category-bitter-later","category-cooling","category-diaphoretic","category-diuretic","category-energetics-taste","category-properties","category-sweet-initially","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}