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Purple starthistle

Centaurea calcitrapa
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Introduction

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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.
  • Physician Dr. Jean Valnet (1920-1995) was a French physician and surgeon, specializing in herbal medicine in the fields of phytotherapy and aromatherapy.
  • 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.
  • Researchers Ivica Dimkić, Marija Petrović, Milan Gavrilović, UroÅ¡ GaÅ¡ić, Petar Ristivojević, SlaviÅ¡a Stanković and PeÄ‘a Janaćković are researchers in biology and phytobiology in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Practical information

Family

Asteraceae

Parts used

Picking info

Medicine cabinet

11 traditional uses

Candidiasis 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 3, "candida albicans"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Dermatosis 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 2, "skin disorders"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Dyspepsia 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 2, "digestive […] disorders"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Edema 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 230, "hydropisie"]. Omnibus.
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Escherichia coli 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 15, "e. coli"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Fever 4
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 277, "fièvres intermittentes"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 2, "common fever"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 229, "fièvres intermittentes"]. Omnibus.
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 212, "fièvres"]. Editions Vigot.
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Icterus 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 2, "jaundice"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Kidney stone 1
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 230, "gravelle"]. Omnibus.
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Leucorrhea 2
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 278, "leucorrhée atonique"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 230, "leucorrhée atonique"]. Omnibus.
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Pathogen 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 18, "pathogenic strains"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Staphylococcal infection 1
  • Contemporary Serbian researchers in biology and phytobiology Dimkić, I., Petrović, M., Gavrilović, M., GaÅ¡ić, U., Ristivojević, P., Stanković, S., & Janaćković, P. (2020). New perspectives of purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) leaf extracts: phytochemical analysis, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity [p. 15, "s. aureus"]. Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-01120-5
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Dosages

Internal decoction

Internal infusion

11 plant properties

37 constituents

2 common names

4 scientific names

Conditions of use

Contraindications

Toxicity

Side effects

Drug interactions

Precautions for use

Children

Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Energetics

Tastes

Elementary energies

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