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Potentiates CNS sedatives, [3] chronic use might cause a reversible dry skin condition. [18] Khat: qat Catha edulis: Chronic liver dysfunction [3] [19] Kratom: Mitragyna speciosa: Hepatotoxicity [20] [19] Liquorice root Glycyrrhiza glabra: Hypokalemia, hypertension, arrhythmias, edema [5] Lobelia: asthma weed, pukeweed, vomit wort Lobelia inflata
Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.
A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine. In the traditional Austrian medicine Plantago lanceolata leaves have been used internally (as syrup or tea) or externally (fresh leaves) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, skin, insect bites, and infections. [18] Platycodon grandiflorus: Platycodon, balloon flower
Dendrobium canaliculatum, commonly known as the brown tea tree orchid or thin tea tree orchid, [2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cone-shaped or onion-shaped pseudobulbs, up to six deeply channelled, dark green leaves and up to thirty star-shaped, light brown to caramel-coloured white or greenish to apricot-coloured flowers with darker tips.
Dendrobium sect. Macrostachya Kraenzl 1910; Dendrobium sect. Nobilia [Pfitzer] Kraenzl 1910; Dendrobium sect. Nobilia subsect. Fimbrilabia Kraenzl 1910; Dendrobium sect. Nobilia subsect. Integrilabia Kraenzl 1910; Dendrobium sect. Onynchium Bl 1825; Dendrobium sect. Planifolia Rchb.f 1861; Dendrobium subg. Eudendrobium Kraenzl 1910; Dendrobium ...
Dendrobium schuetzei grows to around 6 to 16 in (15 to 41 cm) tall. The stems are somewhat cylindrical and erect, thickened at the middle and lined with grooves. The leaves are elliptic to oblong in shape, leathery, and somewhat spreading, each around 3 to 4 in (7.6 to 10.2 cm) in length and 1 to 1.25 in (2.5 to 3.2 cm) in width.
Dendrobium speciosum is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with spreading roots and cylindrical or tapered pseudobulbs 50–1,800 mm (2–70 in) long and 10–60 mm (0.4–2 in) wide. Each pseudobulb has up to seven, usually thick, leathery leaves originating from its top, the leaves 50–250 mm (2–10 in) long and 10–80 mm (0.4–3 in) wide.
The methanol extract of D. plicatile has been shown to scavenge the superoxide anion radical ·O 2 −. [2] Flower extracts from the closely related species Dendrobium officinale have also been proven to reduce fatty liver disease, oxidative stress, and inflammation, protecting against alcohol-induced liver injury.