Probao Opuntiu... Nije loše, evo šta sve kažu za Opuntiu...
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PLANT NAME: Opuntia spp.
PREPARATION OF MEDICINE: It can be tinctured or cooked fresh. Medicine must be made from fresh materials, not dried. When cooked, keep the slimy material (pectin) and don't rinse it off, as it is medicinal. Please note: Pads are always used peeled or with the spines burned off.
DOSAGE: Fresh 30-60 grams.
COSMETIC
• Balding [Belize]; hair conditioner (fruit poulticed on hair then rinsed) [Barbados, Belize, Carribean, USA]; increase hair growth (roots).
• Body lotion, hair gel, shampoo, and face cream [Mexico]; moisturizer & sunscreen [Native American (leaves juiced)].
• Moles [Blackfoot]; pimples [India].
CARDIOVASCULAR
• Arteriosclerosis; high blood pressure [Belize (pad decocted)]; high cholesterol [Mexico (pads)].
• Bleeding [Kiowa (pads topical)].
DERMATOLOGICAL
• Hematoma [China (rhizome)].
• Inflammation [Barbados, Carribean, Mexico, Sri Lanka].
• Rashes, sunburn (juice topical)
• Skin ulcers [Belize (pad topical)].
• Warts [Blackfoot, Nanticoke (topical fruit juice), Shoshone].
DIGESTIVE
• Colitis (dried flowers); diarrhea (flower as tea, root chewed, or stem infused) [China, Flathead, Hopi, Seri, Turkey, USA]; dysentery [China, Colonial USA, Turkey], irritable bowel syndrome (flower as tea).
• Gastric and duodenal ulcer [China]; gastric pain [Barbados (pads peeled and boiled in seawater)].
• Diverticulosis (dried flowers).
• Dyspepsia [Kickapoo]; gastrointestinal complaints (pads eaten or flower as tea) [Canary Islands, Pima].
• Hemorrhoids [China]; obesity [Mexico (pads)].
ENDOCRINE
• Diabetes [Mexico (pads ingested broiled, blended or as juice)].
HEAD AND THROAT
• Canker sores (pads poulticed); sore throat [China, Costanoan, Dakota, Pawnee, Shoshone, Shuswap]; epidemic parotitis [China (pads topical)]; toothache [Seri (Mexico)].
• Headaches (pad poulticed or decocted topical) [Barbados, Belize, Native American].
• Eye problems [Native American (pads, decocted topical)]; ophthalmia.
INFECTION
• Boils [Bahamas, India (latex topical), Navaho, Sri Lanka].
• Fever [Belize (pads topical, decocted)].
• Popliteal abscess [China (pads topical)].
MUSCULOSKELETAL / TRAUMA
• Arthritis [Belize]; back ache [Flathead]; fruit used as heating pads for muscle pain and to reduce swelling.joint pain (pad topical) [Costanoan, Dakota, Pawnee, Shoshone, Shuswap]; rheumatic conditions (heated pad topical) [USA].
• Bruises (Veterinary) [Kickapoo]; pain (pad poulticed) [Barbados]; spasms; swelling (pad poulticed) [Barbados, Kickapoo, USA].
• Burns [China]; cuts and burns [Cahuilla (pad ash topical)]; wounds (flowers poulticed or pad topical) [Bahamas, Blackfoot, Costanoan, Dakota, Pawnee, Shoshone, Shuswap].
• Dog bites (pads topical) [China]; snake bite [China, Native American (indigestible seeds reclaimed and ground... yum!)]; tarantula bites (poultice)
• Fractures [Mexico].
• Gout (pads topical) [Bahamas].
ONCOLOGY
• Tumors [Chile, Haiti, Mauritius, USA].
PARASITES
• Favus (a scalp parasite) [China].
PEDIATRIC
• Measles [Sicily].
• Mumps [Kickapoo].
• Pertussis.
PSYCHOSPIRITUAL
• Used in magickal traditions for protection against negativity, unwanted intrusions, burglaries, and to induce chastity. (I bet!)
• Insomnia [Native American (pads, decocted)].
• Malaise [Belize (pad decocted)].
REPRODUCTIVE
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy [British Herbal Pharmacopeia (flowers)].
• Chronic vaginitis (dried flowers)
• Excess menstruation [Barbados (pads peeled and boiled in seawater)].
• Gonorrhea [USA]; syphilis [India].
• Mastitis [China]; sore breasts from nursing (topical) [Sri Lanka]; to increase lactation [Shoshone (heated pad tropical)].
• To facilitate childbirth [Belize, Lummi (pads infused)].
• Used by Navaho midwives to lubricate their hands before removing the placenta.
RESPIRATORY
• Asthma [USA (dried flowers or heated pad topical)].
• Bronchial problems [Africa, Canary Islands]; cough [Africa]; lung ailments (pad in tea); mild bronchiectasis (dried flowers).
• Lung abscess [China].
• Pulmonary tuberculosis [Bahamas, China].
URINARY
• "Bladder conditions" [Belize]; dysuria [Bahamas]; male urinary discomforts [Native American]; urinary tract infections [Mexico (juiced)].
• Kidney problems [Sicily]; kidney stones (pads juiced)
OTHER MEDICINAL USES
• For "organ pain" a mold of the patient's foot is cut from the skinned pad and dried over a fire [Belize].
• Calluses [South Africa]; corns [Argentina].
• Leprosy [Ethiopia].
• Radiation burns.
• Shortwindedness [Seri (Mexico)].
• Thirst.
USE AS FOOD:
• The use of cactus as food has been carbon dated to 65 B.C.
• In Mexico, Opuntia fruit ("tuna") is made into jam, marmalade, syrup, and a paste called queso de tuna.
• Eaten during lent in Mexico, when Catholics don't eat meat.
• One of Hawai'i's tastiest psychopaths, Opuntia fruit is marvelous. They can be eaten fresh or dried for storage [Cahuilla]. They can be boiled like greens, pickled, cooked like eggplant, or put in scrambled eggs.
• Pads are despined, peeled, boiled and eaten. Young pads are preferable and can be breaded with seasonings and fried, sauteed, or boiled.
• Flowers roasted and eaten [Pima].
• Dried seeds are used as a soup thickener.
• In Mexico, a beverage called Tecuin is made with Opuntia fruit and Acacia bark.
• A Central American beer, Colonche, (reputed to be over 2,000 years old) is made from Opuntia fruit. The fresh juice of pänini can be blended with orange or grapefruit juice, or made into wine (which reportedly ferments in a day). Interestingly, in a double blind crossover clinical trial, Opuntia ficus-indica was shown to be moderately effective against hangover [Wiese 2004]. Perhaps a "net-sum-game" dandelion / pänini wine is waiting to be born.
• The annual amount of Nopalitos eaten in Mexico is the same as the annual amount of cauliflower eaten in the US.
OTHER USES:
• Dye (fruit) [Barbados, Mexico].
• Hunting poison (?) [Navaho].
• The Pima tribe makes the dried plant into, napkin rings, canes, and souvenirs. Some tribes added the juice to mortar or whitewash [Native American].
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