Burdock is plant in the group of biennial thistles, genus Arctium, belonging to the family Asteraceae, native to the Euro. It has been used over thousand of years in Chins and other traditional herbal medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and a blood purifying agent and to treat wounds and infections stomach ulcers and other digestive problems.
The immune system is the
set of cells and their activity against antigens or infectious agents
that comprises of the body's defense system against diseases. The
immune system does a great job of keeping people healthy and preventing
infections. Beside foods and nutritional supplements, herbs also play a
important role in helping the immune system defend against viruses and
bacteria attacks.
The benefits
An ethyl acetate fraction (AcOEt) extracted from Arctium
lappa or Burdock has exerted its anti bacterial effective in the
testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus
acidophilus, Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans. Its rough
extracts from leaves of Arctium lappa,
also exhibited specificity against the target microorganisms and may be a
potential effective in the tested endodontic pathogens. Other in the
study of Extracts of 13 Brazilian medicinal plants for their
antimicrobial activity against bacteria
and yeasts, including Burdock, suggested that the herb may be a
ethnobotanical use of the studied species for the treatment of various
infectious diseases.
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References
(1) In vitro evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Arctium
lappa as a phytotherapeutic agent used in intracanal dressings by
Gentil M, Pereira JV, Sousa YT, Pietro R, Neto MD, Vansan LP, de Castro
França S.(PubMed)
(2) Antimicrobial activity of Arctium
lappa constituents against microorganisms commonly found in endodontic
infections by Pereira JV, Bergamo DC, Pereira JO, França Sde C, Pietro
RC, Silva-Sousa YT.(PubMed)
(3) Screening of some plants used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the
treatment of infectious diseases by Holetz FB, Pessini GL, Sanches NR,
Cortez DA, Nakamura CV, Filho BP.(PubMed)
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