#dracunculus

[chrismlink]

Inktober 2019: Day 20 - Tread

Dracunculus medinensis female emerging from foot.

Dracunculus medinensis, aka the Guinea worm, is a parasite found in poor, remote parts of Africa with stagnant water sources. People become infected by drinking from these water sources. Once inside a host, the Guinea worm larva penetrate the stomach and intestinal wall where they mature and reproduce. The female Guinea worm migrates to the skin surface, causing a painful, burning blister to form. This blister eventually ruptures, exposing the worm. The infected person might submerge the blister in water to relieve discomfort, upon doing so, the Guinea worm releases hundreds of thousands of larvae into the water.

Thanks to the efforts of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program (a program that educates people on Guinea worm transmission and prevention), only 28 human cases were reported in 2018.

[clinicalherbalist]

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus). Closely related to wormwood and iixogadaagi (prairie 'sage'), but less bitter and not poisonous in any reasonable dose. It's also an antidepressant, antipsychotic, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and stimulant to the central nervous system like the other artemisias. . . . Both the common name Tarragon and the latin name Dracunculus mean dragon. Dracunculus is "little dragon" in latin and tarragon is seemingly from the greek word δράχων by way of the Arabic borrowing طرخون . The dragon in question might be the devil or demons, to whose influence psychoses have often been attributed; or it may be parasitic worms such as the the oasis-dwelling Guinea worm (also called dracunculus!), which i have had the honour of seeing two cases of, and which may very well be extinct soon. In any case, it is a medium-strength antiparasitic. . . . In my clinical practice, I mostly use tarragon for people with depressive type tendencies, as it's very uplifting. My Spagyric (alchemist) ancestors, ten generations or so ago, would have said that the bitterness helps to purge the melancholy humours and the sweetness helps to uplift the sanguine humors. I mostly think of it as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor that favorably alters the action of neurotransmitter receptors. Hopefully ten generations from now my descendants will be amused by my primitive and oversimplistic understanding of things. . . . . #tarragon #herbs #monoamineoxidaseinhibitor #antipsychotics #dracunculus #herbalmedicine #naturalhealth #spagyric #anthroposophy

[jelp-mi]

dracunculus vulgaris

lirio vudú

dragoneta

[chat-chouage]

apparently the latin word for tarragon literally translates to little dragon

[morphons]

Voodoo lily (Dracunculus vulgaris). June 2013.

[dreamzs338]

Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus)

This is hardy perennial becomes a woody shrub, normally about three tall. Tarragon is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family and it is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America, and is cultivated for culinary and medicinal purposes in many lands. It is long, slender, dark green leaves have a strong, slightly licorice like flavor that you either enjoy or you…

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Dracunculiasis is infection with Dracunculus medinensis, a nematode worm. It is caused by drinking water containing water fleas (Cyclops species) that have ingested Dracunculus larvae.

In the human body, the larvae are released and migrate through the intestinal wall into body tissues, where they develop into adult worms. The female worms move through the person’s subcutaneous tissue, causing intense pain, and eventually emerge through the skin, usually at the feet, producing oedema, a blister and eventually an ulcer, accompanied by fever, nausea, and vomiting. If they come into contact with water as they are emerging, the female worms discharge their larvae, setting in motion a new life cycle.

There are no drugs available for the treatment of this disease. However, it can be prevented by protecting water sources and filtering potentially contaminated water.

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