ADAMS NEEDLES SPANISHN BAYONET

ADAMS NEEDLES, SPANISH BAYONET (Yucca filamentosa L.)

- Few taxonomists and herbalists and even fewer pharmacists and physicians can distinguish the
Yucca species in the field. How then can they distinguish them ground and powdered in the capsule?
APA covers also Yucca brevifolia, Y. glauca, and Y. schidigera.

Activities (Adams Needles): 
- Antiarthritic (1; APA); Antiherpetic (1; APA); Antiinflammatory (f; WOI); Antimelanomic (1; APA); Antitumor (1; APA); Antiviral (1; APA); Hemolytic (1; APA); Piscicide (2; DEM; FAD); Sedative (f; DEM).

Indications (Adams Needles): 
- Adenopathy (f; WOI); Arthrosis (1; APA); Biliousness (f; WOI); Bleeding (f; APA); Cholecystosis (f; PHR; PH2); Cytomegalovirus (1; APA); Depression (f; WOI); Dermatosis (f; APA; DEM; FAD); Diabetes (f; DEM); Gonorrhea (f; WOI); Headache (1; APA; WOI); Hepatosis (f; PHR; PH2); Herpes (1; APA); High Blood Pressure (1; APA); High Cholesterol (1; APA); Inflammation (f; APA; WOI); Insomnia (f; DEM); Melanoma (1; APA); Migraine (f; APA); Nervousness (f; DEM); Pain (1; APA); Rheumatism (1; APA; WOI); Sore (f; APA; DEM; FAD); Sprain (f; DEM; FAD); Stomatosis (f; WOI); Swelling (1; APA); Tumor (1; APA); VD (f; WOI); Virus (1; APA).

Dosages (Adams Needles): 
- 3 (490 mg) capsules 3 ×/day (APA). Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Adams Needles)  AHP classifies four other Yuccas as Class 1. Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages (PH2). (but PH2 designates no specific quantified dosage! JAD). Root compounds toxic to lower life forms (FAD). Saponins can cause gastric discomfort (PHR).