{"id":840,"date":"2012-11-10T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T21:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=840"},"modified":"2013-01-31T03:14:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T03:14:45","slug":"chaparral-larrea-mexicana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Chaparral ~ Larrea mexicana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Larrea-mexicana-branch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1339\" title=\"Larrea mexicana \" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Larrea-mexicana-branch-150x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>Chaparral<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Larrea mexicana<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Zygophyllaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: resinous new leaves<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to the southernU.S. andMexico<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, acrid, resinous; tendencies are drying and cooling<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, increase white cell count (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antioxidant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: liver congestion, arthritis, infections of respiratory and urinary tracts, yeast (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: mosquito repellant, skin malignancies, bursitis<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water; tincture: 1:1.4 10-60 gtt qd-qid, powder in capsules: 1-15 grams (Khalsa) (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, allergic hypersensitivity in some individuals<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: nausea, fever, fatigue, jaundice, dark urine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Notes<\/em>: Chaparral is currently under suspicion in theUS due to concerns over liver indications<\/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.purplesage.org.uk\/profiles\/chaparral.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaparral Latin name: Larrea mexicana Family: Zygophyllaceae Part used: resinous new leaves Habitat: native to the southernU.S. andMexico Main constituents: Energetics: bitter, acrid, resinous; tendencies are drying and cooling Main herbal actions: antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, increase white cell count (Khalsa) Minor herbal actions: antioxidant Main medicinal uses: liver congestion, arthritis, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,34,67,68,39,37,38,36,217,32,186,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acrid","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antibacterial","category-antifungal","category-bitter","category-cooling","category-drying","category-energetics-taste","category-increase-white-cell-count-khalsa","category-properties","category-resinous","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","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=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}