Fwd: Aleurites moluccana - Special Report - Medicine at your Feet

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> PLANT NAME: Aleurites moluccana

> OTHER NAMES: Aleurites triloba, Croton moluccanu

> SIMILARLY USED SPECIES:

> COMMON NAMES: KUKUI ( " Light " ) [Hawai'i], Candlenut [uSA], Tuitui [Tonga],

> Lama [samoa], Ti'a'iri [Tahiti], 'Ama [Marquesas], Tutui [Austral Islands]

> Shi li [China]

> FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)

> CATEGORY: Downward draining herbs - Purgatives

> PROPERTIES: Astringent bitter cold

> STATUS IN HAWAI'I: Polynesian Introduction. Low to moderate pest factor.

> MERIDIAN AFFINITIES: Stomach, Large Intestine ~

> PHARMACEUTICAL NAME: Nope.

> WESTERN FUNCTIONS: Anti-infective, anti-mycotic, aperient, aphrodisiac,

> emollient, laxative, purgative, stimulant, sudorific

> TRADITIONAL CHINESE ENERGETIC FUNCTIONS (~ = extrapolated): Drains

> downward

> and moves the bowels~; Clears Damp Heat~; Clears Stomach Heat and Stomach

> Fire~; Mends the tissue, stops pain~.

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> COMMON MEDICINAL USES:

> * Oil for massage

> * Roasted nuts for constipation or as a cleanser

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> MEDICINAL USES

> COSMETIC

> * Oil is used topically to stimulate hair growth in Fiji.

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> DERMATOLOGICAL

> * Oil topical for burns, stretch marks, and " lump in stomach " [Hawaii]

> Salve

> made from nuts for external ulcers and sores [Hawai'i, Malaya]

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> DIGESTIVE

> * Whole plant used for constipation or cleansing, but especially the

> roasted

> nuts. [Hawai'i];

> * Diarrhea, dysentery [Java]; Sprue (A tropical digestive disease)

> [Malaya];

> Stomach ache [Celebes]; " lump in stomach " [Hawaii (oil topical)]; voracious

> appetite [Hawai'i]

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> HEAD AND THROAT

> * Sap, flowers, and bark infusion for thrush, sore throats, tonsillitis,

> toothache, canker sores, bad breath [Hawai'i]

> * Headache (boiled leaves topical) [Malaya]

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> INFECTION

> * Sap topical, or salve made from nuts for external ulcers, infections and

> sores.[Hawai'i, Malaya]

> * Fever [Malaya]

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> MUSCULOSKELETAL / TRAUMA

> * Young leaves topical (sometimes heated) for broken bones, bruises,

> wounds,

> pain [Hawai'i, Samoa]; sciatica [Malaya]; swelling [Hawai'i, Malaya]

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> ONCOLOGY

> * Tumors (bark topical) [Japan]

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> PEDIATRIC

> * Teething (sap from nut) [Hawai'i] thrush (sap from nut [Hawai'i]; Dried

> flowers used in childhood coma [Hawai'i]

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> PSYCHOSPIRITUAL

> * Kukui means " light " or " enlightenment " in Hawaiian.

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> REPRODUCTIVE

> * Groin swelling, " swollen womb " Sap used, and also smoke used as a

> " douche "

> [Hawai'i]; gonorrhea (boiled leaves topical) [Malaya]

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> RESPIRATORY

> * Bark and green fruit used for asthma, wheezing [Hawai'i]

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> OTHER MEDICINAL USES

> * Weakness, debility [Hawai'i]; unconsciousness [Fiji, Hawai'i];

> " cositiveness " (charred nuts topical on navel).[sumatra]

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> USE AS FOOD: Kukui nut is roasted, mixed with pa'akai (Hawaiian sea salt)

> and made into a tasty condiment called " Inamona " . Inamona was also

> traditionally eaten to help deliver a child.

> OTHER USES: Kukui nuts are used to make leis and torches. In old Hawai'i

> soot from burning nuts were used for tatoos and fixed with the juice of

> Plumbago zeylanica.

> ESSENTIAL OIL: Dries faster than linseed oil. Used in formula-one

> racecars.

> As a wood preservative, varnish or paint oil, for making soap and for

> waterproofing paper.

> PLANT PART USED: Whole plant

> CONSTITUENTS: Oil: Linoleic acids. Nuts have 626 calories, 7.grams of

> water,

> 19 grams of protein, and 63 grams of fat. They also contain 8 grams of

> carbohydrates, 3 grams of ash, 80 milligrams of calcium, 200 milligrams

> of

> potassium, 2 milligrams of iron, and 0.06 milligrams of thiamine.

> TOXICITY: TOXIC

> CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS: Not in pregnancy. Not with diarrhea.

> ENERGETIC CAUTIONS: Not with weak central Qi. ~

> POSSIBLE DRUG INTERACTIONS:

> PREPARATION OF MEDICINE: For oil, nuts are roasted and set in a jar in the

> sun. To obtain sap, young fruits are pulled from the tree and the sap is

> taken from the fruit.

> DOSAGE: For constipation, 1 roasted nut. Topical as needed

> CLINICAL COMBINATIONS:

> TRADITIONAL COMBINATIONS:

> * For children (6 months to two years) with weakness due to disturbed

> digestion: With Peperomia spp. ('Ala'alawainui) stems, Jambosa malaecensis

> (Ohi'a 'Ai) bark, onion, Morinda citrifolia (Noni), Saccarum spp. (Ko /

> White Sugar Cane). [Hawai'i]

> * For asthma with Jambosa malaecensis (Ohi'a 'Ai) , Acacia koa, Peperomia

> spp. ('Ala'alawainui), Bidens pilosa (Kinehi), kokohe, Morinda citrifolia

> (Noni), Waltheria americana ('Uhuloa), Solanum nigrum (Popolo) [Hawai'i]

> * For very bad skin infections with Bobea spp. [Hawai'i]

> * Emetic/Purgative: Green nut sap with Chamaesyce hirta (Akoko) bark or

> sap.

> With Morinda citrifolia (Noni) and Saccarum spp. (Ko / White Sugar Cane)

> juice. If treatment was too strong, raw sweet potato or arrowroot was

> given.

> [Hawai'i]

> * Enema with salt water, and juices of Kukui, Sida fallax ('Ilima),

> Osteomeies anthyllidifolia ('Ulei ) bark and Cordyline fruticosa (La'i)

> shoots. [Hawai'i]

> * Bark juice with Cocos nucifera (Coconut) milk for " sprue " . [Java]

> RANGE: Pan tropical. Native to Malaysia.

> HABITAT: Likes moist valleys. Up to 1200 meters.

> GATHERING: Fruits twice per year. Gather fruits from trees or nuts from

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> ground. The kinolau is Lono or Kamapua'a.

> PROPAGATION & CULTIVATION: From seed: Use nuts that sink. Soak in hot

> water

> 5 minutes before planting. Seeds take 3-4 months to germinate. To

> transplant

> seedling, keep soil surrounding the start intact.

> RESEARCH:

> NOTES 'N QUOTES:

> * Inner bark for canoe paint. Fish bait with baked Niu (Coconut) meat.

> * Oil and dye is used for making kapa, Hawaiian paper bark cloth, and to

> dye

> fish nets. The wood was used for fish net floats.

> * Kukui is used as a " poison " in Haiti and Turkey.

> * Kernals chewed and blown into the water to improve line of sight and

> calm

> the water.

> * Kukui oil is used today in high performance racecars.

> * Two useful fungi called Pepeaio (Auricularia auricularia) and Yun zhi

> (Trametes versicolor) grow on rotting Aleurites logs.

> * Kukui is considered the " kinolau " (physical manifestation) of the

> prankster Hawaiian pig-god Kamapua'a, who throughout the millennia has

> toyed

> with, annoyed, and intrigued the volcano goddess Pele.

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