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Purple pitcher plant / Sarracenia purpurea L. / S. purpurea  ~ has a long history of use as a traditional plant remedy across Canada and the continent of North America.  In Canada, the plant has long been recognized among aboriginal peoples as medicinal. During the 19th century, Purple pitcher plant served as a treatment for small pox originating from First Nation plant medicine.  The Cree peoples of Northern Québec refer to S. purpurea as “aygadash”, which translates to ‘frog’s socks’ in reference to the plant’s long slender pitchers and identify preparations from the leaves as beneficial in treating symptoms of in particular slow healing viral pox like skin infections and skin eruptions and skin infections related to diabetes.  Purple Pitcher Plant has proven valid anti viral lesion/pox benefits for reducing viral load - the viral spread and speeding healing + reducing or minimizing scarring of skin eruptions. 
 
"The antiviral properties of Sarracenia purpurea - Purple Pitcher plant was demonstrated in vitro (Arndt et al., 2012). The authors showed that the plant extract was not only active against smallpox, but also against other poxviruses, monkeypox virus (Monkeypox PV is part of the genus Orthopoxvirus, belonging to the Poxviridae family) papovirus SV-40 and various herpes viruses, including papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus-associated carcinomas, usually by inhibiting the virus replication at the level of early transcription (Moore and Langland, 2018)"
AND - "Compelling descriptions of their effectiveness were recorded, such as ‘‘the greatest remedy known for the dreadful scourge’’ or “‘it seemed to arrest the development of the pustules, killing, as it were, the virus from within” (Clarke, 1996)" **
 
**Source: https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/220799/1/Pandemics%20and%20Traditional%20PlantBased%20Remedies.pdf
 
Therapy for Smallpox & Monkeypox & Orthopoxvirus infections.
This work describes + characterizes the antipoxvirus - monkeypox virus (MPXV) - activity associated with this botanical extract Purple pitcher plant / Sarracenia purpurea L. / S. purpurea - 
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-HeLa-cells-were-mock-infected-or-infected-with-monkeypox-virus-MPXV-at-an-MOI10_fig4_221716266
 
Our Purple Pitcher (Sarracenia purpurea L. / S. purpurea) Tincture is formulated with gluten free alcohol ONLY for a maximum old world herbalism protocol extraction potency.
 
Local Purple Pitcher Plant (whole fresh plant) - 1:2 Ratio - 50% spirits & DOUBLE Infused
50 ml glass dropper bottle 
Adult use: 1-2 dropperfuls in a little water 1-2 x daily - (if using as a preventative take 1 dropperful every a.m.)
Children age 2-8 years: Take 5-6 drops, 1-3 times per day in a little water water. Introduce slowly.  
  • 1 bottle will last approx. 2 weeks adult use | If using at onset of symptoms for at least 2 weeks
  • Suited for children age 2+ years to adult
  • Shelf Life in a dark cupboard minimum 5 to 10 years
 
There are no known studies for use of Purple Pitcher Plant during pregnancy or breastfeeding. 
Suitable for Use for Children age 2+years to Adult 
 
ALSO available for topical support - Purple Pitcher Skin Mist (operates as a botanical complexion toner too)   - https://www.stonehouseholistics.com/product-page/lady-s-mantle-skin-spray
 
Sources:
Pitcher Plant Botanical: Sarracenia purpurea (LINN.) Family: N.O. Sarraceniaceae - A Modern Herbal | Pitcher Plant - Grieve M. A Modern Herbal, Revised edn. Surrey (UK): Merchant Book Company Ltd; 1931. 
Link - https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pitche42.html#med
 
Anti-herpetic virus activity of the carnivorous botanical, Sarracenia purpurea / Purple Pitcher Plant - Link - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33144625/
 
 
Native American Ethnobotany - Authors Daniel E Moerman Publication date1998 /10 Volume 879 Publisher Timber Press - Link - https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=cnWb2SUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=cnWb2SUAAAAJ:2KloaMYe4IUC
 
ALSO AVAILABLE -- OUR Farmed LEMON BALM  Extract -  Lemon Balm is noted for the strong role it plays with relieving the varicella-zoster virus & poxvirus family of shingles, chicken pox, molluscum contagiosum, monkeypox - herpes simplex 1 & 2. Viral Poxvirus infections typically result in the formation of blistering lesions, skin eruptions - skin nodules or disseminated rash of the skin - the skin is an extention of the central nervous system - a viral shingles or varciella infection often involves a burning type nerve pain with often itchy oozing spreading lesions that can lead to scarring. These viral infections often happen when the immune system is weak and/or has been traumatized. Poxviruses are brick or oval-shaped viruses with large double-stranded DNA genomes. Poxviruses exist throughout the world and cause disease in humans and many other types of animals.
 
Our Farmed Lemon Balm TEA - with anti varciella poxvirus benefits. 

Purple Pitcher Plant Extract ~ Sarracenea purpurea L.

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  • Purple pitcher plants are a native plant to Canada - they were once in abundance but remain now as hard to find ----they were a First Nation Remedy for small pox ... They were over harvested in the early 19th century due to dire need of a tool to ease the suffering of small pox.
    They can still be found in far northern central Ontario regions and Newfoundland + Labrador I am told - they grow slowly in mossy damp wetland areas + they stick out like a sore thumb due to their almost pre historic appearance and bright purple/pink + lime green hues.
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    They are a carnivorous plant.
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    They grow what are called pitchers that collect rain water + entice insects to become trapped which the plant then absorbs or digests as the critters decompose.
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    Purple pitcher plant has been studied intensely and to date is found to be the only source of speedy relief for small pox spread + recovery by the process of interrupting viral replication...
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    We are surrounded in plant allies.
    First Nation Peoples were kind enough to share their wisdom with our ancestors here in Canada.

    In Vitro Characterization of a Nineteenth-Century Therapy for Smallpox - Orthopox - Monkeypox viruses:

    Link- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302891/#pone.0032610-Chen1

    "In the nineteenth century, smallpox ravaged through the United States and Canada. At this time, a botanical preparation, derived from the carnivorous plant Sarracenia purpurea, was proclaimed as being a successful therapy for smallpox infections. The work described characterizes the antipoxvirus activity associated with this botanical extract against vaccinia virus, monkeypox virus and variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox"  ... "With the renewed threat of poxvirus-related infections, our results indicate Sarracenia purpurea may act as another defensive measure against Orthopoxvirus infections." ... "In regards to broad-spectrum antiviral activity, the data supports that the antiviral activity associated with S. purpurea was at least partially specific to poxviruses" ... "Collectively, the data suggests that S. purpurea targets early viral transcription leading to an inhibition in viral replication. In comparison to other botanicals, the data demonstrate that the anti-poxvirus activity of the S. purpurea extract was not necessarily shared by other botanicals." ... "our work supports the potential of S. purpurea as an additional treatment for poxvirus infections, either individually or in combination with other known antivirals." 

    "Our work demonstrates the in vitro characterization of Sarracenia purpurea as the first effective inhibitor of poxvirus replication at the level of early viral transcription. With the renewed threat of poxvirus-related infections, our results indicate Sarracenia purpurea may act as another defensive measure against Orthopoxvirus infections."

    source: In vitro characterization of a nineteenth-century therapy for smallpox - Purple Pitcher Plant - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22427855/

    Insights Into the Ethnopharmacological Features of Purple Pitcher Plant - http://impactfactor.org/PDF/IJPPR/14/IJPPR,Vol14,Issue3,Article6.pdf

     

     

     

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