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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Grindelia camporum |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Grindelia camporum (Grindelia)
| Botanic Name | Grindelia camporum |
| Common Name | Grindelia, Hardy Grindelia, Gum Plant, California Gum Plant, Scaly Grindelia, Rosin Weed (Grieve) |
| Family | Asteraceae (Compositae) |
| Parts Used | Herb (Mills)
Dried Aerial Parts (Hoffmann) |
| Habitat | Coastal areas of western North America (Mills) |
| Constituents | Saponins
(including grindelin) (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Volatile oils (Mills),(Hoffmann) Bitter alkaloid (grindeline) (Mills),(Hoffmann) Resin (Mills),(Hoffmann) Tannin (Mills),(Hoffmann) |
| Actions | Relaxing
expectorant (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Antispasmodic (Mills),(Hoffmann) Bradycardic action on the heart (Mills) Hypotensive (Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Bronchial
spasm in asthma, asthmatic bronchitis (Mills),(Hoffmann)
Nervous irritable dry cough (Mills) When conditions are associated with tachycardia (Mills) Whooping cough (Hoffmann) Upper respiratory catarrh (Hoffmann) High blood pressure (Hoffmann) As a lotion to treat dermatitis caused by poison ivy (Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Respiratory, Integumentary, Cardiovascular |
| Dosage | 1 –3 gm
dried herb tds (Mills)
1 –2 ml tincture tds (Hoffmann) 1:1 22.5% 0.6-1.2mls tds (BHP) Lotion 1:10 10% (BHP) 1:10 60% 0.5-1mls tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | Lobelia inflata and Euphorbia pilulifera in asthmatic conditions(Hoffmann),(BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | Large doses may irritate the kidneys(Mills),(McGuffin) |
| BHP S/I | Bronchial asthma associated with tachycardia |