{"id":848,"date":"2012-11-10T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=848"},"modified":"2012-11-11T22:15:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T22:15:50","slug":"coltsfoot-tussilago-farfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Coltsfoot ~ Tussilago farfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Coltsfoot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Tussilago farfara<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: whole plant, esp. leaves and flowers<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: damp places inBritain andEurope<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: tussilagone, flavonoids, mucilage L-652-469<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: sweet<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">antitussive<\/span>, expectorant, sedative, demulcent, anticatarrhal<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antispasmodic, cardiovascular and immune stimulant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: asthma, emphysema<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: coughs, laryngitis<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 Tbsp\/cup water; 1:5 tincture: 10-50 gtt qd-qid; tea: 30-100 grams, dry herb weight (Khalsa) (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: use for longer than 6 wks\/yr (concern is for pyrrolizidine alkaloid content- debated); pregnancy, nursing<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (negative effects debated)<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coltsfoot Latin name: Tussilago farfara Family: Asteraceae Part used: whole plant, esp. leaves and flowers Habitat: damp places inBritain andEurope Main constituents: tussilagone, flavonoids, mucilage L-652-469 Energetics: sweet Main herbal actions: antitussive, expectorant, sedative, demulcent, anticatarrhal Minor herbal actions: antispasmodic, cardiovascular and immune stimulant Main medicinal uses: asthma, emphysema Minor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,104,33,36,71,1,32,76,78,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anticatarrhal","category-antitussive","category-demulcent","category-energetics-taste","category-expectorant","category-module1","category-properties","category-sedative-properties","category-sweet","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","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=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}