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| CIPÓ CABELUDO |
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Mikania
Species: hirsutissima
Common Names: Cipó Cabeludo, Guaco-Cabeludo, Erva Dutra, Cipó-almecega-cabeludo |
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| PLANT DESCRIPTION |
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Properties/Actions: |
Anti-albuminuric, Antirheumatic, Diuretic, Molluscacidal,
Stimulant |
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Traditional Remedy: |
One-half cup bark or leaf decoction 2 times daily or 1-3 ml of a
4:1 tincture twice daily. 1 to 2 grams of powdered leaf in tablets
or capsules twice daily can be substituted if desired. See Traditional Herbal Remedies
Preparation Methods page if necessary for definitions. |
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| COUNTRY |
ETHNOBOTANY WORLDWIDE USES
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Brazil |
Albuminuria, Cystitis, Diuretic, Anti-albuminuric, Blennorrhagia,
Molluscacidal,Nephritis, Renal Disorders,
Urethritis, Urinary Tract Disorders |
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Cipó cabeludo is a very small undershrub growing to only
13-18 centimeters in height and producing small white flowers. It is
indigenous to many parts of Brazil including the Brazilian Amazon
Rainforest. |
Cipó cabeludo is widely used in Brazilian herbal medicine and highly
regarded as a powerful diuretic, to help remove uric acid from the blood
and urine, and used to treat cystitis, urethritis, urinary tract
disorders and infections, diarrhea, blennorrhagia, renal disorders, and
is a leading remedy and highly effective at treating nephritis. (1-4) |
Very little research has been performed on Cipó cabeludo. Brazilian
scientists in the mid 1980's did document that an extract of Cipó
cabeludo had powerful molluscacidal effects, proving to have a lethal
effect to adult snails at only 10 ppm concentration.(5) |
| Footnotes: |
- Cruz, G.L. 1995. Dicionario Das Plantas Uteis Do Brasil,
5th ed., Bertrand: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Coimbra, Raul, 1994. Manual de Fitoterapia 2nd Ed.,
Editora Cejup: Belem, Brazil.
- de Almeida, E.R., 1993. Plantas Medicinais Brasileiras,
Conhecimentos Populares E Cientificos. Hemus Editora Ltda.: Sau
Paulo, Brazil.
- Dr. Jose Caribe & Dr. Jose Maria Campos, Plantas Que Ajudam
O Homem, 5th Ed., 1997, Cultrix/Pensamento, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- de Souza CP, et al. [Chemoprophylaxis of schistosomiasis:
molluscacidal activity of natural products--assays with adult snails
and oviposition]. 1984 Sep; 56(3): 333-338.
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| Clinical References |
- Oliveira F de. [Contribution to the botanical study of Mikania
hirsutissima DC. var. hirsutissima. II. Eternal morphology and anatomy
of the leaf, flower, fruit and seed]. Rev Farm Bioquim Univ
Sao Paulo. 1972 Jan; 10(1): 15-36
- Oliveira F de. [Contribution to the botanical study of Mikania
hirsutissima DC. Hirsutissima variety. I. External morphology and
anatomy of the axophyte]. Rev Farm Bioquim Univ Sao Paulo.
1971 Jan; 9(1): 79-100.
- de Souza CP, et al. [Chemoprophylaxis of schistosomiasis:
molluscacidal activity of natural products--assays with adult snails
and oviposition]. An Acad Bras Cienc 1984 Sep;56(3):333-338
- Sarti, Sj., et.al., Atividade Moluscidida de Produtos Naturais,
Quimioprofilaxia da Esquitossomose, VIII Simposio de Plantas
Medicinais do Brasil, p. 81, September, 1984, Manaus, Brazil.
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[Chemoprophylaxis of schistosomiasis: molluscacidal activity of
natural products--assays with adult snails and oviposition].
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Acad Bras Cienc 1984 Sep;56(3):333-338
de Souza CP, et.al.
Data
concerning the molluscicidal activity of 159 extracts from 84 Brazilian
plants on Biomphalaria glabrata, the most important intermediate host of
Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil, are presented. Seventy eight extracts
(49,0%) showed activity against snails or eggs, but only twenty nine
(18.2%) were active on both, snails and eggs. Extracts of two species
(Mikania hirsutissima and Qualea multiflora) have shown to be lethals to
adult snails at 10 ppm concentration. |
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