Potatoe

Branched perennial with angular, hairy stems, green foliage leaves and white, reddish to purple flowers, as well as large underground tubers, the actual potatoes. Flowering time: early potatoes: April to June, mid-early potatoes: August, late potatoes: September to October.

Phytotherapeutic no monograph, from empirical medicine:

External: raw, cold, grated potatoes for burns, warm as mashed potatoes to open abscesses, pain, arthrosis without inflammation, coughs, bronchitis or muscle tension.
Internal: raw, scraped as protection against scurvy. Cooked (potato soup) gastroenteritis, flatulence, constipation, dysentery.

Studies indicate the efficacy of raw potato juice for heartburn and hyperacid indigestion, dyspepsia (Chrubasik S et al. 2005).

In the cosmetics industry: Solanum tuberosum extract (INCI), Solanum tuberosum starch (INCI); Hydrolyzed potato protein (INCI)

Allergy: Cross-reaction with natural latex (oral allergy syndrome, rarely anaphylaxis), with birch pollen or stone and pome fruit,

Toxic reaction to steroid alkaloids, cave especially potato berries, cabbage and sprouts, green tubers. Solanine is heat-resistant!

1. https://natuerlich.thieme.de/therapieverfahren/ernaehrung/detail/naehrstofflieferant-kartoffel-die-tolle-knolle-874
2. Montag A (2023) Plants and skin. Springer-Verlag GmbH. P. 613-615 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63014-3_7
3. https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fileadmin/mediapool/08_institute/rechtsmedizin/pdf/MTP08S19.pdf
4. Chrubasik S et al. (2005) Efficacy and tolerability of potato juice in dyspeptic patients: a pilot study. Phytomedicine ;13(1-2):11-5. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.03.005. Epub 2005 Aug 15. PMID: 16360927.