PURSLANE PORTULACA OLERACEA

PURSLANE (Portulaca oleracea L.) +++

Activities (Purslane) :
Alterative (f; DAV); Antipyretic (f; AAB); Aperient (f; DAV); Antibacterial (1; AAB; WOI); Antioxidant (1; AAB); Antiscorbutic (1; DAV JFM); Antiseptic (1; AAB; FAD; 60P); Antiviral (f; DAV); Astringent (1; DAV); Cardiotonic (f; JFM); Demulcent (f; DAV); Depurative (f; AAB); Diuretic (1; AAB; DAV; FAD); Emmenagogue (f; JFM); Emollient (f; DAV); Fungicide (f; DAV); Hemostat (1; FAD); Hepatoprotective (f; 60P); Hyperglycemic (1; 60P); Hypoglycemic (1; AAB; WOI); Hypotensive (1; FAD); Laxative (f; JFM); Myorelaxant (1; AAB; 60P); Sedative (f; DAV); Tonic (f; WBB); Uterocontractant (1; 60P); Uterotonic (1; AAB); Vermifuge (f; DAV).

Indications (Purslane) :
Abscess (f; FAD); Anaphylaxis (1; FNF; HAD); Anthrax (f; DAV); Bacteria (1; AAB; WOI); Bite (f; DAV); Bleeding (1; AAB; FAD); Blennorrhagia (f; DAV); Boil (f; DAV); Bruise (f; JFM); Burn (f; FAD; WOI); Cancer, eye (1; JLH); Cancer, testicle (1; JLH); Cancer, uterus (1; JLH); Cardiopathy (1; AAB; FNF; HAD); Cold (f; DAV); Colic (f; DAV); Conjunctivosis (f; JFM); Constipation (f; JFM); Corn (f; JLH); Cough (f; AAB); Cystosis (f; JFM); Dermatosis (f; DAV); Diabetes (1; AAB; WOI); Diarrhea (f; DAV); Dysentery (f; DAV; WOI; 60P); Dysuria (f; FAD; WOI); Earache (f; FAD; WOI); Eczema (f; DAV; FAD); Edema (f; DAV; JFM); Erysipelas (f; DAV; WOI); Fever (f; AAB; 60P); Fungus (f; DAV); Gastrosis (f; 60P); Headache (f; AAB; FAD); Hematuria (f; WOI); Hemoptysis (f; WBB); Hemorrhoid (f; DAV); Hepatosis (f; JFM; WOI); Herpes (f; DAV); High Blood Pressure (1; FAD); Infection (1; AAB; DAV); Insomnia (f; DAV); Hyperglycemia (1; AAB; DAV; WOI); Hypoglycemia (1; 60P); Hypotension (f; DAV); Inflammation (f; FAD; JLH); Itch (f; FAD); Leukorrhea (f; DAV); Low Blood Pressure (1; 60P); Mastosis (f; WOI); Mycosis (f; DAV); Nausea (f; DAV); Nephrosis (f; JFM; 60P); Nervousness (f; DAV); Ophthalmia (f; JFM); Palpitation (f; JFM); Pleurosis (f; DAV); Pulmonosis (f; WBB); Shigella (1; AAB); Snakebite (f; WBB); Sore (1; AAB; FAD); Splenosis (f; WOI); Staphylococcus (1; AAB); Sting (1; FAD; FNF; JAD); Stomachache (f; FAD); Stomatosis (f; WOI); Strangury (f; FAD); Swelling (f; JFM; WOI); Toothache (f; WOI); Tumor (f; DAV); Ulcer (f; AAB); Urethrosis (f; JLH); Virus (f; DAV); Wart (f; JLH); Whitlow (f; JFM); Worm (f; DAV; JFM); Wound (f; AAB).

Dosages (Purslane) :
Food farmacy; treat it like spinach, I like it much better myself.

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Purslane) :
Can cause oxalic acid damage, fatal to animals grazing heavily on it (WOI). Rich source of pre-vitamin A, and vitamins C and E, as well as omega-3-fatty acids.