BUCKWHEAT FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM MOENCH

BUCKWHEAT (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) +++

Synonym :
- F. saggittatum Gilib., F. vulgare Hill.

Activities (Buckwheat) :
- Antiatherosclerotic (f; PHR); Anticapillary Fragility (1; PHR; PH2); Anti-CVI (f; PHR); Antiedemic (1; PHR; PH2); Emollient (f; KAB).

Indications (Buckwheat) :
- Atherosclerosis (f; PHR; PH2); Cancer, colon (1; ABS); Capillary Fragility (1; PHR; PH2); Colic (f; DAA); Chill (f; DAA); CVI (1; PHR; PH2); Congestion (f; HHB); Dermatosis (f; PH2); Diarrhea (f; DAA); Eczema (f; HHB); Edema (1; PHR); Headache (f; PH2); Hepatosis (f; PH2); Itch (f; HHB; PH2); Swelling (1; PHR; PH2); Varicosis (1; PHR; PH2).

Dosages (Buckwheat) :
- Taken orally in teas, as an extract (PHR), or eaten as food. I view it as food farmacy. But as with peanuts, some people can be fatally allergic to the plant.

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Buckwheat) :
- Not covered (AHP). None reported when properly administered (PHR). Not covered by AHP or Commission E. Rutin underlies much of the activity. Not covered in most of my books, more food than medicine. But it is clearly a safe food pharmaceutical for most people (note caveats). Intake of large quantities can cause phototoxic doses in grazing animals (PHR). I know one chemists wife was almost killed eating noodles in Japan made of buckwheat flour. So some people can have fatally anaphylactic reactions to buckwheat. There are some similarities between the globulins in buckwheat and those in pea and soy. Phototoxic fagopyrine may cause fagopyrism in sheep and swine, inducing cramps,
dermatosis, and nausea (HHB). )