MKUSU-TE and MUOGORA-TE

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Hi Are,

 

> Dear friends, I have been asked about the effect of two medical

> teas called " MKUSU-TE " and " MUOGORA-TE " . Then are supposed to

> boost the immunesystem (?). Anybody know? Are

 

GOOGLE has two hits on MKUSU but nothing on MUOGORA:

 

http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5327e/x5327e07.htm has:

 

[uAPACA KIRKIANA (U. GOETZEI) Family Name: EUPHORBIACEAE Common

Names: mkusu, wild loquat Local Names: mhugu (BONDEI, SHAMBAA,

ZIGUA); mguhu (HEHE, BENA); mkusu (HEHE, NYAMWEZI, BENA, BENDE,

LONGO); mgulu, ntalla (HEHE); mhendabogo, mugusu (LONGO); msuku,

mhuku (MATENGO, YAO); mssuku (NGONI); mkuhu (NYAKYUSA); migulu

(LUGURU). Potential Uses: bee plant, beverage (beer), building materials,

charcoal, domestic uses (spoons), firewood, fruit, furniture, medicine, shade,

timber (termite, borer resistant).

 

and

 

http://allafrica.com/stories/200311100875.html has a couple of lines but no

firm

data on it

 

Medline has NO hits for (MKUSU OR MUOGORA)..There are MANY herbal teas

for which there is research evidence on Medline; better stick with those!

 

Note MKUSU (wild loquat) is a relative of Pipaye (CHINESE/JAPANESE Loquat

leaf), which has the following characteristics:

 

Pinyin Name: Pipaye; Pibaye

 

Latin Name: Folium Eriobotryae Japonicae

 

English Name: Loquat leaf, Eriobotrya leaf

 

TCM Herb Class: Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough/Calm Asthma

 

Nature: Bitter; Cool; Mild; Neutral;

 

Channels entered: LU; ST

 

Dose: As Soup (Tea): 6-12g crude Hb: Antiemesis; Fired Hb: Ease Cough

 

TCM Actions: Clear Heat & Downbear/Descend Rising Qi; (1) Clear LU Heat;

Downbear Rising LU Qi; Clear Phlegm+Ease Cough/Calm Asthma; Antidyspnoea;

Antiwheeze; Expectorant; (2) Clear ST Heat; Harmonize ST; Downbear Rising ST

Qi; Rectify ST~Antiemesis; (3) Also Calm Qi Shi; Antiinflammation;

Antimicrobial;

Antibacterical~Staph aureus; Inhibit influenza virus; saponins are Expectorant;

Anticancer

 

TCM Uses: (1) LU Heat/LU Phlegm Heat in Wind Heat/Dryness Heat w

cough~productive w sputum~thick/w dyspnoea; (2) ST Heat w emesis & thirst;

 

Used with other herbs: (1) Pipaye w Nanhashen, Sangbaipi, Zhizi, etc in LU

Heat/LU Phlegm Heat w cough & asthma, bitter taste, Pharynx~dry, etc; Pipaye

w Sangye, Xingren, Jiegeng, Bohe, Gancao, etc in LU Heat/LU Phlegm Heat w

cough w sputum sticky/difficult to expectorate; Pipaye w Baiji, Haigeke, etc in

LU

Heat w LU Bleeding, haemoptysis; Pipaye w Baibu, Xiebai/Congbai, etc in

cough~whooping; (2) Pipaye w Banxia, Fuling, etc in ST Qi Rising w nausea &

emesis; Pipaye w Jianzhuru, Huajuhong, Lugen & Shengjiang in ST Heat w

emesis, regurgitation, hiccup, etc;

 

NOTE: Has no Aristolochic Acid, but BANNED by FDA

 

Note also that Medline [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/medline.html ] has

58 hits for the profile:

(herb* OR phyto*) AND tea AND (allerg* OR infect* OR inflamm* OR

immunostim* OR immunosupp* OR immunomod*)

 

Check them out!

 

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