Pelargonium sidoides

Taxobox
name = Umckaloabo

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Geraniales
familia = Geraniaceae
genus = "Pelargonium"
species = "P. sidoides"
binomial = "Pelargonium sidoides"
binomial_authority = DC.

"Pelargonium sidoides" (Umckaloabo, South African Geranium) is a medicinal plant native to South Africa.

Studies have found extracts from the plant to be superior to placebo in treating acute bronchitis [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12807337&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum] [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16781588&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum] , acute non-GABHS tonsillopharyngitis (strep throat) in children [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=14526713&ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum] , and the common cold. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=18005909&ordinalpos=6&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum]

External links

* [http://www.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=2703 American Botanical Council: "Pelargonium sidoides"]
* [http://herbalafrica.co.za/HerbsPelargonium.htm Herbal Africa: "Pelargonium sidoides"]