CHANCE STONE
phyllanthus niruri
CHANCE STONE
phyllanthus niruri
Popular names:
Stone Chanca,
Quebra
Pedra, Pitirishi, Cachón Stone, shakes Stone, Sasha encourages, Seed On The Road, Derrière Two, Derrière Two, Two
D
, Feuilles La fièvre, Quinine Criolla, Dukong of Anak (the selections Child of
a
back) Memeniran, Meniran, buah of Rami, Tamalaka, hutan of Turi.
Used parts:
the Air, the whole plant.
Stone Chanca is an annual plant, which grows upright and small from 30 to 40 centimeters in height and is originating in the jungle of the
Amazon
and other tropical areas including the Bahamas, India and southern China. Niruri Phyllanthus is quite prevalent in the
Amazon
and other rain forests where they grow freely, uncommon.
Chanca Stone is the name for the Spanish niruri Phyllanthus and translated, means "Cachón Stone" or "shattered stone. " Stone
has
been named Cachón because it
has
used for generations by Indians of the
Amazon
as an effective remedy to remove
kidney
and
bladder
stones
and other
kidney
problems
. The plant is used for numerous other conditions including
gonorrhea
, colic,
diabetes
, dysentery, fever,
influenza
,
tumors
, Jaundice, vaginitis, and
dyspepsia
. The Chanca Stone is
a
small
wonder
it is recommended in many pathologies.
Chanca Stone is used extensively in medicine, botany in South
America
, and is the most popular choice for
stones
in the
kidney
and
bladder
across the continent. In Peruvian
herbal
medicine, is also used for
hepatitis
,
urinary tract infections
, and as
a
diuretic. In the
Brazilian
natural
medicine is called
Quebra
Pedra and is considered an excellent remedy for lowering uric acid in urine and to remove
stones
. It is also used in
Brazil
for dropsy, and
infections
of the
urinary
bladder
and blocking the indisposition of the
liver
, painful joints,
cystitis
,
prostate
disorders
,
kidney
disorders
,
hepatitis
,
diabetes
and as
a
muscle
relaxant. antispasmodico
specific
to the
urinary
system
. Chanca
Piedra
, indigenous to India calls Pitirishi or where Budhatri, are
a
common
home
remedy for
asthma
,
bronchitis
and to cure
a
cough, extreme thirst,
anemia
,
tuberculosis
. He is known in ttambién in the Bahamas where he is called grass or grass hurricane winds of gale. It is used in folk medicine to stimulate the appetite, constipation,
typhoid fever
,
influenza
and colds.
Chanca Stone
has
been
a
subject of much research to determine the active components and their pharmacological activities that begin in mid - 1960's. The
Indian
and
Brazilian
research groups were the first to conduct such studies because this plant
was
known to all peoples its therapeutic effect on many
diseases
.
The latest research shows that in Chanca Stone is the antiviral
activity
of lying to the virus (HIV) human immunodeficiency.
A
Japanese
research group discovered niruri Phyllanthus properties HIV - 1 reverse transcriptase inhibition of in 1992 with
a
simple water extract of the plant. The Research Institute of Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical isolated at least one of the components in the plant responsible for this
activity
-
a
novel compound they called "niruriside" and described in
a
1996 study. Meanwhile, Chanca Stone, with its many uses effective for
a
variety of indications, are one of the most important
remedies
that come from the jungle and gain in popularity with herbalists and practitioners of
natural
health
worldwide. Most importantly, there have been no side effects or toxicity reported in any of the clinical studies nor in his many years of use reported in
herbal
medicine.
Certainly much more research to
develop
a
drug to control
hepatitis
, in the meantime we Chancre
Piedras
.
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