Semester 4, Week 1, Day 6

Been a busy day already and it's not going to slow down!  I have to go a bunch of chores, finish my essay for Health and Wellness then get ready for a birthday party!  We won't tell her it's 2 weeks early...  I learned some cool information in the portion below on the constituents and hope you enjoy the information I found.  I thought I had one of those done already and was shocked to see I didn't which makes me think I missed one with an herb I've already covered.  Since a lot of these entries say "and more" or "and others" it's quite possible. Hubby is on his way home but he needs to make a detour and drop off his trailer.  Since he's in Huston, I hope the traffic cooperates to get him home in time to distract the birthday girl so the decorations can go up.  I'm planning on just doing pizza for dinner, though I might do a frozen lasagna.  I'll see how the clock goes.  I can't wait to have the time to make my lasagna from scratch again.  The family loves it!  Hubby voted for lasagna so that's what we'll have.  I'm thinking of doing a book entry as my class project for my capstone class.  I'll need to see if I posted the rosemary herbarium because I will be building off that for my project since I can easily take the pictures I need until I'm happy with them for my entry.  I think I'll run it past my teacher and see what she thinks.  The purpose of the capstone is to demonstrate what we learned (for those who don't know that - My bachelors was just to write a paper on a topic taught in any class).  Okay, hubby says he should be home around 6 tonight...  I wanted the party to be at 7...  We shall see what happens.  Time to get house work done and see what else can be done after that.

On to the constituents of eucalyptus!

1,8-cineole has anthelmintic, expectorant, and antiseptic properties and repels cockroaches. Ganora adds antimicrobial and it is also called monoterpene cineole.  It also has another name which I'll add when I find it.  The spelling makes it a "twenty-dollar-word". She goes on to add it has anti-cancer properties and is great for upper respiratory issues  (Hoffman, 2003, p. 66; Ganora, 2009, p. 68, 135).

Eucalyptol has anthelmintic, expectorant, and antiseptic properties and repels cockroaches (Hoffman, 2003, p. 66).

Ferulic Acid increases phagocytosis (Hoffman, 2003, p. 152).

Gallic Acid, parent compound of gallotannins, has astringent, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antianaphylactic, anitmutagenic, choleretic, and bronchodilatory properties.  It also relaxes smooth muscles and inhibits the degradation of insulin. Ganora adds this is an antioxidant. These are found in grapes, nuts, and many berries. She continues they are anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic and detoxify the liver. This acid is also easily absorbed and bioavailable which means there isn't much keeping it from getting into the body and beating up on some bad cells. She says historically, this was used as an astringent for gastrointestinal and urinary system issues and topically for purulent conjuctivitis. This compound is soluble in hot water (Hoffman, 2003, p. 92, 114; Ganora, 2009, p. 65, 81, 107, 108, 118, 123).

Constituents: Volatile oil (a-poinene, p-pinene, d-limonene, a-phellandrene), polyphenolic acids (protocatechuic), flavonoids (eucalyptin)

Have a Great Day!