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  • Physician Dr. François-Joseph Cazin (1788-1864) was a French physician. Author of an imposing Practical and Reasoned Treatise on Indigenous Medicinal Plants, he is considered the ancestor of the French school of phytotherapy.
  • Researcher, Pharmacist & Herbalist Dr Monique Simmonds is Deputy Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has over 30 years' experience in different aspects of medicinal plant research. Dr Melanie-Jayne Howes, a registered pharmacist and chemist, completed a PhD in pharmacognosy before being appointed Plant Chemist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Jason Irving is an herbalist and over the past five years has taught hundreds of people how to find, identify and use wild plants at his foraging and herbal medicine courses in London.
  • Herbalist Paul-Victor Fournier (1877-1964) was a French canon and botanist. His major work, 'Les quatre flores de France', published between 1934 and 1940, remains a reference work for the identification of plants in the field.
  • Herbalist Andrew Chevallier is an experienced medical herbalist and author of books on botanical medicine. He is a member and past president of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a member of the College of Practitioners of Herbal Medicine. He also helped found the Herbal Medicine Course at Middlesex University.
  • Herbalist Paul Iserin is head of the phytotherapy department at the Bobigny Faculty of Medicine.
  • Herbalist Michel Dubray is an herbalist, a diploma approved by the French community in Belgium. He is also a nutritherapist who graduated from the School of Natural Medicine and Ethnomedicine in Paris.
  • Herbalist Yves Vanopdenbosch is a graduate hospital nurse trained in Belgium, he directs the École des Plantes where he teaches traditional European phytotherapy.
  • Researchers Dr Nadire Ă–zenver, Dr Monika Efferth and Dr Thomas Efferth are researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in Mainz, Germany.

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Acanthaceae

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24 traditional uses

Abscess 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "abscesses"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Bone fracture 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "fractures"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Burn 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 163, "burns"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes mĂ©dicinales: identification, prĂ©paration, soins [p. 159, "brĂ»lures"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "burns"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Cut 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "cuts"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Dermatitis 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 163, "irritation"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes mĂ©dicinales et vĂ©nĂ©neuses de France [p. 31, "irritations de la peau"]. Omnibus.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes mĂ©dicinales: identification, prĂ©paration, soins [p. 159, "irritations"]. Larousse.
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Dermatosis 3
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). TraitĂ© pratique et raisonnĂ© des plantes mĂ©dicinales indigènes et acclimatĂ©es : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiĂ©es (4e ed.) [p. 9, "maladies de la peau"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la facultĂ© de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 1, "dermatological ailments"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 14, "skin diseases"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Ecchymosis 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "bruises"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Edema 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "swollen legs"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Enteritis 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes mĂ©dicinales et vĂ©nĂ©neuses de France [p. 31, "tĂ©nesme"]. Omnibus.
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Headache 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "headaches"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Hemorrhoids 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes mĂ©dicinales et vĂ©nĂ©neuses de France [p. 31, "hĂ©morroĂŻdes"]. Omnibus.
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Pharyngitis 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "throat inflammations"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Pimple 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "pimples"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Pruritus 1
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). TraitĂ© pratique et raisonnĂ© des plantes mĂ©dicinales indigènes et acclimatĂ©es : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiĂ©es (4e ed.) [p. 9, "prurit"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la facultĂ© de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
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Psoriasis 2
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "psoriasis"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 14, "psoriasis"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Rheumatism 1
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes mĂ©dicinales: identification, prĂ©paration, soins [p. 159, "traumatismes articulaires"]. Larousse.
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Scab 2
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). TraitĂ© pratique et raisonnĂ© des plantes mĂ©dicinales indigènes et acclimatĂ©es : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiĂ©es (4e ed.) [p. 9, "dartres"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la facultĂ© de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes mĂ©dicinales et vĂ©nĂ©neuses de France [p. 31, "dartre"]. Omnibus.
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Skin graze 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "abrasions"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Sore 2
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "wounds"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 14, "wounds"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Sprain 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 163, "dislocated joints"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes mĂ©dicinales: identification, prĂ©paration, soins [p. 159, "entorses"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "sprains"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Stomach ulcer 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "ulcers"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Stomatitis 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "mouth […] inflammations"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Toothache 1
  • Contemporary German researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences Ă–zenver, N., Efferth, M., & Efferth, T. (2022). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, chemical ecology and invasion biology of Acanthus mollis L. [p. 4, "toothache"]. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2021.114833
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Venomous bite 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes mĂ©dicinales et vĂ©nĂ©neuses de France [p. 31, "morsures de la tarentule"]. Omnibus.
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Poultice externally

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20 constituents

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2 scientific names

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