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Sunflower Properties

Helianthus annuus

Names	History	Constituents	Uses
Known as chimalati in Mexico Marigold of Peru Coronasolis Sola Indianus Chrysanthemum Peruvianum	The Common Sunflower is a native of Peru,introduced to Europe in the 16th c.It was revered by the Aztecs;priestesses wore crowns of Sunflowers, also carrying them in their hands Grown for seed by Amerindians with maize (corn). Early belief had it that Sunflowers grown near the home protected the dwellers from Malaria. The name Helianthus derives from the Greek helios (sun) and anthos (a flower). During wartime, Sunflower cropping increases, the products of oil and seed becoming important. One bushel yields one gallon of oil. An average acre produces 50 bushels of viable seed.	Unsaturated fixed oil (30%) albumin lecithin betaine choline plant: Potassium nitrate Potassium carbonate tannins helianthitanic acid a flavonic glycoside quercimetrin Inulin Levulin dextro-rotatory sugar violet colouring matter.	cooking oil trailmix bread coffee sub poultry feed cattlefeed sheepsfodder soapmaking candlemaking wooldressing pith used in life-saving appliances moxa seeds: diuretic expectorant bronchial infection laryngeal infection pulmonary affection coughs colds whooping cough Tincture of Helianthus for Malarial fever leaves in herb tobaccos

The name Helianthus derives from the Greek helios (sun) and anthos (a flower).
During wartime, Sunflower cropping increases, the products of oil and seed becoming important.

One bushel yields one gallon of oil. An average acre produces 50 bushels of viable seed.

Folk remedies

Relief of Whooping Cough:

brown seeds in the oven and make into an infusion.

Relief of Malarial Fever

Leaves are spread upon a bed covered with cloth and moistened with warm milk, then the patient is wrapped in it.

Contra-Indications None

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BRONCHIOECSTASIS

*chest medicine*;
Persistent and progressive dilation of bronchi  or bronchioles as a consequence of inflammatory disease lung infections), obstruction (tumour) or abnormality (for example cystic fibrosis).
Symptoms include fetid breath and paroxysmal coughing, with the expectoration of mucopurulentmatter.
It may affect the bronchioles uniformly (cylindric bronchiectasis) or occur in irregular pockets (sacculated bronchiectasis) or the dilated bronchi may have terminal bulbous enlargements
(fusiform).Although rarely congenital, it is most often an acquired condition in childhood.

TAKE TINCTURE OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES IN COMBINATION WITH BALSAMICS.

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