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Epilepsy/Seizures
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Cilantro: Cilantro is an herb often used in making salsa and in pickling. It also has a folk medicine history as an anticonvulsant. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), reported that the cilantro leaf, or Coriandrum sativum, harbors a potent potassium channel-activating anticonvulsant. A metabolite, (E)-2-dodecenal, activated several potassium channels that regulate electrical activity in the brain. Dodecenal bound to a specific part of the potassium channels, opening them, and reducing cellular excitability and seizure activity.30 The results provide a molecular basis for the therapeutic actions of cilantro.
Monographs of essential oils that have caused contact allergy / allergic contact dermatitis
Published in Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, 2021
Coriander (synonyms: Chinese parsley, cilantro) is a glabrous, aromatic, herbaceous annual plant with a height of 30 -90 cm. It is native to Mediterranean Europe and Western Asia and naturalized worldwide. It is now extensively cultivated as an important vegetable (leaves), spice and medicinal plant (fruits). The main exporters of coriander fruits are Russia, Egypt, India, Bulgaria, Morocco, Canada, China, Romania, Poland, the USA and Italy (9).
Apiaceae Plants Growing in the East
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, 2021
Sherweit El-Ahmady, Nehal Ibrahim, Nermeen Farag, Sara Gabr
Coriandrum sativum L. was one of the earliest spices used by mankind. Coriander, also called cilantro or Chinese parsley, is an annual herb that reaches 0.20–1.40 m high at flowering (Diederichsen 1996). It probably originated from the Eastern-Mediterranean area and is currently cultivated all over the world (Small 2006, Wei et al. 2019). The plant’s name is derived from the Greek name of bug “Korion” because of the characteristic odor of the green herb which is similar to that of bugs (Diederichsen 1996). This odor is due to different aldehydic components of the essential oil that disappear upon ripening leaving linalool as the major component of coriander essential oil (Msaada et al. 2007). This is why the odor of ripe fruits (schizocarpic cremocarp) is very different from the green plant (Parthasarathy et al. 2008). It is worth noting that the genus Coriandrum constitutes the cultivated species Coriandrum sativum (coriander) and the wild species Coriandrum tordylium. The mature fruits, incorrectly termed seeds, are largely used all over the world for flavoring sweets, beverages and tobacco products and in perfumery, besides their culinary uses, especially in Middle-Eastern cuisine where both the fruits and the herbaceous aerial parts are widely used.
Self-compassion and healthcare chaplaincy: a need for integration into clinical pastoral education
Published in Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 2021
Meanwhile, SC004 states, “I guess the way I would describe self-compassion is that I would treat myself in the gentle, kind, compassionate way that I would treat somebody else who’s going through the same thing. Such a description is an indication of the basic tenets of the term. However, when asked how elements of self-compassion have enhanced visits with patients, families, and staff SC07 related:I think that because of my meditation practice I’m aware of the ways, the harsh and angry mean ways that I talk to myself, that I was probably doing for a long time without really engaging with it. I feel like I recognize the in-voices more quickly when other people are speaking. It’s like, someone in my family has a horrible reaction to cilantro, and she can spot cilantro if there is one little leaf in an entire pot of soup, and I feel like I have got that kind of an ear for someone being not aware of how harshly they are engaging with themselves.
An Examination of the Folk Healing Practice of Curanderismo in the Hispanic Community
Published in Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2018
Nurses should be aware of folk beliefs that Hispanics may bring into the treatment setting such as the qualities of hot and cold that are believed to create or disrupt equilibrium in the body. Maduro (1983) notes that penicillin is considered to have “hot” qualities and therefore patients may reject taking it if they believe they have a “hot” illness. Similarly Hispanic patients may ask for cilantro after childbirth, or refuse to eat pork in an attempt to reestablish balance in their bodies (Maduro, 1983). Patients may also request to use objects that have significant meaning to them such as religious materials, pictures, or amulets. Nurses should allow patients to incorporate such objects into their treatment as long as they do not pose a risk to the patient or others. Nurses can avoid conflict with their patients if they respect these requests and are sensitive to their patient’s cultural heritage and beliefs (Maduro, 1983).
Establishing a campus garden and food pantry to address food insecurity: lessons learned
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2021
Sarah L. Ullevig, Liset L. Vasquez, Lindsay G. Ratcliffe, Sara B. Oswalt, Nikki Lee, C. Austin Lobitz
Since the garden’s construction, volunteers have planted and harvested every fall and spring semester with produce including potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes, cabbage, watermelon, cucumber, lettuce, beans, rosemary, basil, and cilantro. The Campus Garden has established a volunteer service-learning opportunity for student organizations to earn hours while learning about food production and sustainability. The involvement of diverse student organizations, encompassing sustainability and nutrition student groups along with professional, minority, and political student groups, reinforces that gardening has widespread appeal and that despite their varying missions, members of these organizations have found common ground working in the garden.