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CAPRIFOLIACEAE(Honeysuckle family)• Medicinal / Folk-medicinal aspects: The use of decoctions and ointments to treat various skin affections and wounds has been reported, as has an essentially cosmetic use as a perfumed hair tonic. • This family of 900 species of shrubs, lianes and herbs in 33 genera is distributed through northern temperate regions, also occurring in South Africa and on tropical mountains. The principal genera are Lonicera L., (180 spp.), Scabiosa L. (80 spp.), Valeriana L. (about 200 spp.), and Valerianella Mill. (50 spp.). Until recently, the genera Sambucus L. and Viburnum L. were also included in this family, these now having been moved to the Adoxaceae. Also, genera previously classified in the Dipsacaceae and the Valerianaceae are now regarded as belonging to the Caprifoliaceae (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2003, Mabberley 2008). Some authorities place the genera Diervilla Mill., and Weigela Thunb. in the Diervillaceae (the bush honeysuckle family). Honeysuckles of the genus Lonicera L., and snowberries of the genus Symphoricarpos Duhamel are found in Europe both in the wild and in cultivation as ornamental shrubs. Various species and cultivars of Diervilla Mill. and especially of Weigela Thunb. ("weigelias") are also grown, as are red valerian (Centranthus ruber DC.) and various Patrinia Juss., Scabiosa L., and Valeriana L. species (Hunt 1968/70). Horn of plenty (Fedia cornucopiae Gaertner) is sometimes cultivated as a salad crop, as is lambs' lettuce or Lewiston cornsalad (Valerianella locusta Laterr., syn. Valerianella olitoria Pollich). The flower heads of Dipsacus fullonum L. ssp sativus (L.) Thell., the fuller's teasel, have hooked spiny bracts. This has led to the use of the matured and dried flower heads ("burrs") for raising a nap on cloth. The fuller's teasel is regarded as a cultivated form of the wild teasel Dipsacus fullonum L. ssp fullonum (Ryder 1996). Dispacus fullonum ssp sativus and Dipsacus fullonum ssp fullonum have some horticultural value especially for use in dried flower arrangements.
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Piffard (1881) referred to an earlier report in which it was noted that Dipsacus sylvestris has proven useful in the local treatment of warts, but provided no detail. Ripps (1958) provided a case report of recurring pruritic allergic dermatitis in a dachshund. The owner noticed an odour of jasmine when the dog came into the house, indicating that the dog had been in contact with Lonicera [species not identified] bushes that were flowering at the time. No further episodes of dermatitis occurred after the bushes were removed.
A case report of dermatitis from this species in a 46-year old female was provided by Schönfeld (1936). [Further information available but not yet included in database]
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This species is the source of oil of spikenard or Indian valerian root oil, a fragrance raw material. Arctander (1960) noted that the oil is a scarce commodity and, when available, is frequently adulterated. The oil from the false jatamansi (Selinum vaginatum C.B. Clarke, fam. Umbelliferae) is a possible adulterant (Srivastava et al. 2010). Valeriana jatamansi Jones (see below), is also known as Indian valerian and also recognised as a source of Indian spikenard oil. The two species are considered to be distinct by Mabberley (2008) and by other authorities but are seemingly widely regarded as one and the same plant in the general literature. The nomenclatural confusion (see Weberling 1975) has its origins in the work of early botanists who sought to equate the jatamansi of the Hindus with the spikenard mentioned in the Bible. [Further information available but not yet included in database] Several species in this genus of 100 hardy biennial and perennial herbaceous plants are cultivated in gardens. A patch test to an unidentified species of Scabiosa in a 67-year old gardener who had developed dermatitis of the hands and face from chrysanthemums (fam. Compositae) and primulas (fam. Primulaceae), produced a negative reaction (Leipold 1938).
According to Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk (1962), the dried plant is in common use among the African as a perfumed dusting powder, especially for infants; and the Xhosa use a preparation of the root as an application to sore eyes. They also noted that an ointment made from the charred root and kerosene is applied by the Sotho to venereal sores. The Tswana use a decoction of the root as a lotion for sore eyes (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962).
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The Songish, Saanich, and Cowichan Indians of the north-western coast of North America rubbed the berries on rashes, sores, and burns (Turner & Bell 1971). [Further information available but not yet included in database] Pammel (1911) listed Symphoricarpos racemosus as having irritant properties, but may have been referring to gastro-intestinal rather than dermatologic effects. Referring to earlier literature, Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) noted that in the traditional medicine of southern Africa, the root is used externally and internally as an irritant. [Information available but not yet included in database]
Valeriana Jatamansi Extract (CAS No. 94280-15-6), which is an extract of the roots, is a recognised European cosmetic product ingredients used for "skin conditioning" (Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products 2006). An oil distilled from the roots is known as sugandhawal oil in India and Nepal. It is used in perfumery (ANSAB 2006). See also Nardostachys jatamansi DC. above, which is also known as Indian valerian.
The crude drug Radix Valerianae is obtained the dried rhizome and roots of this plant (Remington et al. 1918). This has a long history of use as a herbal sedative. The fragrance raw materials valerian oil and valerian absolute are also derived from this plant (Arctander 1960). Bateman (1836) noted that "both vesicular and pustular affections are excited by the local irritation of blisters, stimulating plasters, and cataplasms of … Arsenic, Valerian root, &c." The use of this plant in Italian folk veterinary medicine for the treatment of [unspecified] skin conditions in mules is noted by Viegi et al. (2003).
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