WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Felter's Materia Medica on Pichi
FABIANAFABIA
...f Fabiana imbricata, Ruiz and Pavon (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae). A Chilean tree-like shrub. Common Name: Pichi. Principal Constituents.Resin, fabianine (?), a supposed alkaloid, and an aesculin-like body......blood in the urine, and due chiefly to renal hyperemia, but should be avoided in chronic nephritis. Pichi has no curative effects upon pathologic tissues, but is a remedy for functional defects alone.1
...f Fabiana imbricata, Ruiz and Pavon (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae). A Chilean tree-like shrub. Common Name: Pichi. Principal Constituents.Resin, fabianine (?), a supposed alkaloid, and an aesculin-like body......blood in the urine, and due chiefly to renal hyperemia, but should be avoided in chronic nephritis. Pichi has no curative effects upon pathologic tissues, but is a remedy for functional defects alone.1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Pichi
PICHI
The leafy twigs of FABIANA IMBRICATA, R. & Pav. Diuretic, urinary antiseptic and hepatic stimulant. Employed in catarrhal affections of the genito.urinary tract, in pyuria, in lithiasis, in jaundice and in some forms of dyspepsia.2
The leafy twigs of FABIANA IMBRICATA, R. & Pav. Diuretic, urinary antiseptic and hepatic stimulant. Employed in catarrhal affections of the genito.urinary tract, in pyuria, in lithiasis, in jaundice and in some forms of dyspepsia.2
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.