Eplingiella fruticosa
StarEplingiella fruticosa
Synonyms: Mesosphaerum fruticosum, Hyptis fruticosa
Safety at a glance
No rule in our tables for this herb: pregnancy, breastfeeding, incompatible pairs (十八反 / 十九畏), herb–drug, dose ceiling. This is not a safety clearance.
Not graded — No toxicity grade is recorded. Most herbs in the catalogue carry none.
Traditionally used for
- Pain & joints
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In the folk medicine of northeastern Brazil the leaves of Eplingiella fruticosa (alecrim-de-vaqueiro) are used as an anti-inflammatory and to relieve pain (Menezes et al., 2007). Species-specific pharmacological studies have substantiated these uses: the essential oil produced dose-dependent antinociceptive effects in mice, and oil and extracts have shown anti-inflammatory and vasodilatory activity, with later work demonstrating anti-hyperalgesic and neuroprotective effects of the leaf oil in rodent models (Menezes et al., 2007; Beserra-Filho et al., 2019).
Botanical Description
Eplingiella fruticosa, formerly placed in the genus Hyptis, is an aromatic, woody-based subshrub of the mint family native to northeastern Brazil, where it grows in open campo, dry scrub, and disturbed ground. The plant forms a much-branched bushy habit with quadrangular stems bearing opposite, ovate, toothed leaves that are strongly scented when crushed, releasing a resinous, eucalyptus-like aroma owing to a volatile oil rich in 1,8-cineole and caryophyllene. Small, two-lipped flowers are clustered in dense axillary or terminal heads typical of the tribe, and are followed by tiny nutlets. Well adapted to the seasonally dry climate of the Brazilian sertao, it is a familiar component of caatinga and cerrado margins and is locally known as alecrim-de-vaqueiro.
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