Transmutation, Protection, Purification
Habitat: Common in gardens in warm tropical regions.
Action: fruit—used as a purgative.
Flowers contain aloifoline. Seeds contain indole melanins. The leaves contain tigogenin (76%), sarsasapo- genin, gitogenin, hecogenin, smila- genin, neotigogenin and samogenin.Aloifoline is specifically active against Lewis lung-tumour as well as other transplanted mouse neoplasms.Several spirostanol saponin glyco- sides from rhizomes and inflorescence have been isolated.... yucca aloifoliaHabitat: Indigenous to southern United States; introduced into Indian gardens.
English: Adam's Needle.Action: Rhizomes and leaves—used for the treatment of glandular and liver and gallbladder disorders; in bilious headaches accompanied by yellow tongue; in despondency and irritability. Root—tincture is used in the treatment of rheumatism; a poultice or salve is used in inflammations.
The leaves contain steroidal sapo- genins sarsasapogenin, gitogenin, tigogenin, diosgenin, kammogenin, yuccagenin, hecogenin, manogenin, mexogenin, chlorogenin and smila- genin. The rhizomes contain mainly sarsasapogenin.Tincture of the herb is used in Homoeopathic medicine for bilious symptoms with headache.... yucca filamentosaHabitat: Native to Central America; introduced into India as a garden plant.
English: Spanish Dagger-Plant, Adam's Needle.Action: Fruit—anti-inflammatory, blood purifier, cholagogue. Used in rheumatism, oedema, bronchitis, asthma and chest diseases; also for ulcers, sores, dysentery and haemorrhagic septicaemia.
Yuccas are an important source of steroidal sapogenins, precursors of sex-hormones and steroids. Related species, Yucca bacata, Y. glauca, and Y brevifolica, are used for hormonal disturbances, menstrual disorders, varicose veins, arthritis and rheumatism.Oxycanthin, extracted from Yucca plant, is used for the treatment of pruritus. It also stimulates hair growth.The leaves of Yucca gloriosa contain sapogenins—titogenin derivatives, smilagenin, hecogenin, diosgenin, glo- riogenin, 12-beta-hydroxysmilagenin and chlorogenin. Beta-sitosterol is also reported from leaves.Essential oil from leaves contains cis- 9-nonadecene and cis-8-heptadecene as major constituents.... yucca gloriosa