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| − | [[File:Mistel_2002.jpg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Viscum album|Viscum album]]|alt=]]'''Mistletoe therapy''' is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly [[Wikipedia:Viscum album|viscum album]]). A main field of use in [[anthroposophic medicine]] is the treatment of [[cancer]], there is also nononcological uses for example in [[Wikipedia:Rheumatic disorders|rheumatic disorders]]. | + | === Botany === |
| + | Mistletoe is the general term given to the plants of the family Viscaceae which contains four genera of mistletoe: | ||
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| + | # Arceuthobium (dwarf mistletoe) | ||
| + | # Phoradendron (American mistletoe) | ||
| + | # Viscum (mistletoe)<ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Agrios, G. N.)) | date= 2005 | chapter=Plant Pathology | title=PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, INVASIVE CLIMBING PLANTS, AND PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE | publisher=Elsevier | pages=705–722 | url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780080473789500191 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-08-047378-9.50019-1 | isbn=9780120445653}}</ref></ref> | ||
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| + | American Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) has a history of use in Mexican and South American traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer.<ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Alonso-Castro, A. J.)), ((Juárez-Vázquez, M. del C.)), ((Domínguez, F.)), ((González-Sánchez, I.)), ((Estrada-Castillón, E.)), ((López-Toledo, G.)), ((Chávez, M.)), ((Cerbón, M. A.)), ((García-Carranca, A.)) | journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology | title=The antitumoral effect of the American mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst. (Viscaceae) is associated with the release of immunity-related cytokines | volume=142 | issue=3 | pages=857–864 | date=1 August 2012 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112004175 | doi=10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.018 | access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref></ref> | ||
| + | <references />European Mistletoe (Viscum Album) | ||
| + | <br />[[File:Mistel_2002.jpg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Viscum album|Viscum album]]|alt=]]'''Mistletoe therapy''' is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly [[Wikipedia:Viscum album|viscum album]]). A main field of use in [[anthroposophic medicine]] is the treatment of [[cancer]], there is also nononcological uses for example in [[Wikipedia:Rheumatic disorders|rheumatic disorders]]. | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 13 March 2023
Botany
Mistletoe is the general term given to the plants of the family Viscaceae which contains four genera of mistletoe:
- Arceuthobium (dwarf mistletoe)
- Phoradendron (American mistletoe)
- Viscum (mistletoe)Cite error: Closing
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American Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) has a history of use in Mexican and South American traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag</ref>
European Mistletoe (Viscum Album)
Mistletoe therapy is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly viscum album). A main field of use in anthroposophic medicine is the treatment of cancer, there is also nononcological uses for example in rheumatic disorders.
Literature
- Johnson, Steven; Winters, Nasha; Blanning, Adam; Debus, Marion; Faust, Paul; Hancock, Mark; Hinderberger, Peter (2022-02-25). Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology. SteinerBooks, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-938685-33-0.
Weblinks
- https://www.mistletoe-therapy.org/
- Anthromedics: Principles and Application of Mistletoe Therapy in Oncology: https://www.anthromedics.org/PRA-0897-EN