Echinops, Camel's Thistle Echinops, Camel’s ThistleGlobe Thistle, Camel ThornQasa-Barith, R`ai al-Jamal (Arabic)Barham Dandi , Unta Katera (Unani) Utkantaka, Brahmadandi (Ayurveda)Yu Zhou Lou Lu (TCM)Spyang tsher sngon po (Tibetan Medicine) Greater and Lesser Globe ThistleTheatrum Botanicum, Parkinson, 1640 Echinops echinatusK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Echinops ritroCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1806) Echinops echinatus(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Echinops echinatusE. ritro (Small Globe Thistle) and E. ruthenicus has also been usedParkinson listed several Globe Thistles: Great Globe Thistle Lesser Globe Thistle (probably E. ritro) Smallest Globe Thistle with Most Prickly Leaves Arabian Globe Thistle In TCM, several Echinops spp. are used: E. grijsii (East China Globe Thistle) E. ritro (Small Globe Thistle, used in Xin Jiang) E. latifolius (syn. E. dahuricus, E. gmelinii, Sphaerocephalus dauricus) Tibetan medicine uses E. dahuricus and E. sphaerocephalus As can be seen, at leats one species (Echinops ritro) is common to both the Western tradition and TCM. Parts used: Herb, root Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, Dry. (Unani)Regarded as Cool in TCM Constituents: Alkaloids: echinopsine, echinopsidine and echinozolinoneTaraxasterol acetate (potent anti-inflammatory) Uses: 1. Strengthens Brain and Nerves: (Unani)-believed to strengthen the Brain; enhances Intellect-Nerve tonic; Paralysis2. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: (Unani)-Seminal Debility, Impotence-regarded…

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