Periwinkle WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Periwinkle
The periwinkle plant is a medicinal herb that, while effective, is not recommended for inexperienced herbalists to experiment with. Vinblastine and vincristine, both chemotherapy drugs are made from derivatives of the periwinkle plant.1 While the periwinkle plant can be helpful to cancer patients, it can be toxic if ingested.2
Fast Facts:
- A tea or salve made from periwinkle can treat minor skin irritations such as acne.3
- Has been used to treat wasp stings.1
- Was used to cure muscle cramps by wrapping wet leaves around the area as early as 1657.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herbs2000: Rosy Periwinkle
- ↑ DrugDigest: Periwinkle
- ↑ AllNatural: Periwinkle
- ↑ Botanical.com: Periwinkle
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Rosy Periwinkle, Uses for Periwinkle, Dangers of Periwinkle, Muscle Cramps and Periwinkle, Ancient use of Periwinkle, Medicinal Periwinkle
- Last update: Jun. 11, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
