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Geaster mammosum: a bactericidal fungus used in Himalayan Folklore

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1982 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Ethnopharmacology, volume 6, pages 361-364 (issn: 0378-8741,

Authors: V.P. Tewari; P. Joshi; G.C. Joshi;

doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(82)90057-5

pmid: 7154703

Geaster mammosum: a bactericidal fungus used in Himalayan Folklore

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Abstract

The discovery is described of the high bactericidal and healing properties of basidiospores of a "star fungus" identified as Geaster mammosum Chev. (family: Geastraceae) growing saprophytically in pine forests. It is used in folk medicine for burns by the inhabitants of Kumaon. This drug was clinically tried on 25 patients with karnasrava (otorrhoea), 8 with karnasula (earache), 7 with vrana (wounds) and 2 with nabhipaka (umbilical sepsis) showing an improvement/cure in almost all cases. The drug offers potential for development as a therapeutic agent.

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Central Council for Research in Siddha
India

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Adult, Male, Adolescent, Basidiomycota, India, Infant, Bacterial Infections, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Medicine, Traditional, Burns, Child

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