English names:
Odollam tree, pink-eyed cerbera, dog-bane.
Description:
Medium-sized tree, nearly 10m. high. Bark thick and scabrous. Leaves alternate, usually crowded at the end of branches, shining glabrous on the upper side. Inflorescence in terminal cyme; flowers white with a reddish-pink centre, fragrant. Drupe oval, with two flattened seeds. All parts of the plant contain a milky latex.
Flowering period:
March - May.
Distribution:
Grows wild in coastal areas.
Parts used:
Seeds of the ripe fruit. The fruit can be harvested when ripe. After the pulp has been removed, the seeds are pressed for oil.
Chemical composition:
The seeds contain glucosides: cerberin, cerberoside, neriifolin and thevetin.
Therapeutic uses:
The seed oil in plasters applied to the skin is effective for scabies and prurigo, and applied to the hair kills head-lice. The glycosides extracted from the seeds are active on heart failure. The trunk bark or the leaves are occasionally used as a purgative, but strict precautions must be taken because of their high toxicity.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Odollam tree, pink-eyed cerbera, dog-bane.
Description:
Medium-sized tree, nearly 10m. high. Bark thick and scabrous. Leaves alternate, usually crowded at the end of branches, shining glabrous on the upper side. Inflorescence in terminal cyme; flowers white with a reddish-pink centre, fragrant. Drupe oval, with two flattened seeds. All parts of the plant contain a milky latex.
Flowering period:
March - May.
Distribution:
Grows wild in coastal areas.
Parts used:
Seeds of the ripe fruit. The fruit can be harvested when ripe. After the pulp has been removed, the seeds are pressed for oil.
Chemical composition:
The seeds contain glucosides: cerberin, cerberoside, neriifolin and thevetin.
Therapeutic uses:
The seed oil in plasters applied to the skin is effective for scabies and prurigo, and applied to the hair kills head-lice. The glycosides extracted from the seeds are active on heart failure. The trunk bark or the leaves are occasionally used as a purgative, but strict precautions must be taken because of their high toxicity.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
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ReplyDeleteMy 11-year-old Maltese, who weighs 10 pounds, was chewing her paw until it was raw.
ReplyDeleteI took her to the vet because I thought she had something imbedded in the foot that she was trying to dig out. The vet diagnosed an allergy and put her on an antibiotic and steroid pills for 10 days. The allergy cleared up immediately, only to return as soon as we stopped the meds. I was unwilling to continue with the medications, so turned to herbs.
I gave her a 10-day round of Probiotic 11 to rebuild the good bacteria and started her on one teaspoon of Flax Seed Oil and one Histablock a day. After 3 days, she stopped chewing and the problem has not returned.
She had a side benefit: Since starting this program and continuing it daily, her arthritis has improved markedly and she is now willing to take long walks with me and my other two dogs. Must be the Flax Seed Oil "oiling" her joints.
Hi Carol,
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I don't know. The Extra Virgin Organic Tea Seed Oil is used for a variety of different things. It is used as a base for essential oils, lotions, as well as culinary uses. It may very well be used in your technique. The consistency of the oil is just a little lighter than olive oil. The nice thing is that there is really no smell to the oil which would probably be nice for you. The tea seed oil comes from the Camelia Oliefera which is a close cousin to the camelia sinensis. I will dig around a little more and see if anything comes up. If it does, I will post it. Is there a place online that I can see an example of what you make?
Cheers!
Quinn