Pelargonium sidoides is a flowering plant native to South Africa. It's used as medicine by the native populations of South Africa. Pelargonium sidoides might work by killing bacteria or...

Sep 23, 2024 · Pelargonium sidoides has been studied for cold, bronchitis, or sinus infection symptoms. It's also been used for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, further scientific study must be conducted before it can be suggested.

Jul 24, 2023 · Pelargonium sidoides is an herb that has been used in traditional medicine in South Africa for centuries to treat infectious respiratory disease, dysentery, and diarrhea.

Pelargonium sidoides is a plant native to South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho. Its common names include African geranium and South African geranium. The current conservation status is Least concern. [1]

Oct 12, 2022 · Pelargonium sidoides, known by common names like the South African geranium, cape pelargonium and black geranium, are herbs used as traditional medicine in South Africa. Its plant roots are distilled into an extract.

Pelargonium sidoides DC. (Geraniaceae), a popular medicinal plant used in traditional medicine in the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments has been transformed into a phytopharmaceutical (EPs® 7360) for treating respiratory tract infections.

In numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews such as those published by the Cochrane Collaboration, Pelargonium sidoides extract EPs ® 7630 was shown to be effective in acute respiratory tract infections (aRTI) in all investigated age-groups.

P. sidoides is a small geranium-like plant that grows in a rosette from thick and very dark brown underground roots that grow up to 15 cm in length. Sparsely branched stems grow from the base and display deep red to black flowers, and the species is distinguished by the cordate or heart-shaped leaves. The pollen of the plant species is yellow.

Pelargonium sidoides DC. (Geraniaceae) is a widely recognized medicinal plant whose natural extract exhibits therapeutic effects through a multi-target approach. Existing literature encompasses investigations of antimicrobial and cellular effects, including clinical trials.

Pelargonium sidoides DC was first documented by the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1824 hence the author abbreviation DC after the species name. P. sidoides is a perennial native flowering plant of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and the adjacent Lesotho highlands.