squash vine borers

[Tanya Marquette]

According to Kaviraj's Materia Medica

Ricinus--as Maria noted is good for vine mites, pests,scale.

Kavi lists pests in cucurbitae which includes squash.

He then goes on to talk about the leaves are known to affect the breast and generative organs

so he posits it will be good for flowers and fruits on plants. Provings bear this out with the squash vine borer.

He then finishes by noting high doses/potencies on vermifuges can be detrimental to the host animal and
should be used with caution.

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[Dale Moss]

Ricin affects primarily the gastrointestinal tract, causing gastroenteritis and diarrhea. But it also acts on a cellular level (see below).
From my notes (various sources):

The seeds from the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, are poisonous to people, animals and insects. One of the main toxic proteins is "ricin", named by Stillmark in 1888 when he tested the beans extract on red blood cells and saw them agglutinate. Now we know that the agglutination was due to another toxin that was also present, called RCA (Ricinus communis agglutinin). Ricin is a potent cytotoxin but a weak hemagglutinin, whereas RCA is a weak cytotoxin and a powerful hemagglutinin. Poisoning by ingestion of the castor bean is due to ricin, not RCA, because RCA does not penetrate the intestinal wall, and does not affect red blood cells unless given intravenously. If RCA is injected into the blood, it will cause the red blood cells to agglutinate and burst by hemolysis.

If the seed is swallowed without chewing, and there is no damage to the seed coat, it will most likely pass harmlessly through the digestive tract. However, if it is chewed or broken and then swallowed, the ricin toxin will be absorbed by the intestines.

Fatal effects have followed eating three seeds, and one seed has caused violent effects. After twenty seeds gastroenteritis and death preceded by general convulsions and collapse occurred... it acts as a toxin by inhibiting protein synthesis . It prevents cells from assembling various amino acids into proteins according to the messages it receives from messenger RNA in a process conducted by the cell's ribosome (the protein-making machinery)—that is, the most basic level of cell metabolism, essential to all living cells.
Peace,
Dale

[Tanya Marquette]

Are you disagreeing with me? Or just adding information?
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[Dale Moss]

I'm not disagreeing. Additional information on Ricinus was requested, and I complied.

Peace,
Dale
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[Tanya Marquette]

Thanx. Just checking realities.

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