Plant Eriodictyon californicum (Hydrophyllaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Yerba Santa; California Yerba Santa; Hierba Santa; Mountain Balm; Bear's Weed; Consumptive's Weed; Tarweed; Gum Bush; Holy Herb

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
XANTHOERIDOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOERIODICTYOL	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.4	1.7	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMDR	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	3	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.