{"id":3616,"date":"2019-10-23T16:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/?page_id=3616"},"modified":"2025-05-24T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:52:20","slug":"seven-star-needle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/1herbs\/seven-star-needle\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Star Needle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<h5>Contents:<\/h5>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"#Names\">Common Names<\/a> | <a href=\"#Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a> | <a href=\"#Description\">Plant(s) &amp; Culture<\/a> | <a href=\"#Where\">Where Found<\/a> | <a href=\"#Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#Legends\">Legends, Myths and Stories<\/a> | <a href=\"#Uses\">Uses<\/a> | <a href=\"#Dosages\">Formulas or Dosages<\/a> | <a href=\"#Nutrient\">Nutrient Content<\/a> | <a href=\"#Links\">Resource Links<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Scientific Names<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/SevenStarNeedle.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Star Needle\" width=\"375\" height=\"423\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cactus bleo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Leuenbergeria bleo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pereskia bleo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pereskia corrugata<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pereskia panamensis<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rhodocactus bleo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rhodocactus corrugatus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cactaceae family<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"Names\">Common Names<\/a> <\/h3>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auguja de arra (Nicaragua)<\/li>\n<li>Bleo<\/li>\n<li>Bleo pereskia<\/li>\n<li>Bleo de chupa (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Butarrar (Kuna Indian)<\/li>\n<li>Cak Sing Cam (Chinese)<\/li>\n<li>Chat Sim Chan (Chinese)<\/li>\n<li>Chinese rose<\/li>\n<li>Chupa (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Chupa mel\u00f3n (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Clarol (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Jarum tujuh bilah (Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>Jarum tujuh (Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>Leaf cactus<\/li>\n<li>Naji\u00ed (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Najii De Culebra (Panama)<\/li>\n<li>Naj\u00fa de culebra (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Naj\u00fa de esoubas (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Naj\u00fa de espinas (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Orange rose cactus<\/li>\n<li>Pokok kanser (Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>Perescia<\/li>\n<li>P\u00e9reskia bleo (French)<\/li>\n<li>Pipchuelo (Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>Pokok Jarum Tujuh Bilah (Malay)<\/li>\n<li>Qi xing zhen (Chinese)<\/li>\n<li>Rose cactus<\/li>\n<li>Rose-coloured Pereskia<\/li>\n<li>Seven Star Needle<\/li>\n<li>Spinach cactus<\/li>\n<li>Wax rose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/b> <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Parts\">Parts Usually Used<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Most commonly the leaves, but also sometimes the fruit or flower<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Description\">Description of Plant(s) and Culture<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Pereskia bleo is an unusual form of cactus since it has leaves. It&#8217;s a shrubby, deciduous, tree-like plant that grows to 6-8 meters tall. The trunk has spines that are up to 1-2 cm long. red-orange flowers adorn this plant along with yelow, fleshy, thick-walled fruits that measure up to 5 cm in length and 6-8 mm in diameter.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n            <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Where\">Where Found<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Pereskia bleo originates from Central America and Western South America but is now found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Properties\">Medicinal Properties<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This plant has shown to have antiproliferative and cancer protective properties as well as antimicrobial, antiparasitic and antioxidant effects.  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/282845958_A_Preliminary_Survey_on_the_Medicinal_Uses_and_Effectiveness_of_Pereskia_bleo_Used_by_People_of_Three_Villages_in_the_State_of_Kelantan_Malaysia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ResearchGate<\/a>: In-vitro  cytotoxicity screening  and  cytotoxic  effects  on  cancer  cell  lines of  P.  bleo  leaf  had shown different findings  from previous studies.  For  example, an early study  by  Tan found that  methanol  extract  of  P.  bleo  plant  contains  bioactive  compound  that  is  able  to  induce apoptosis  in  breast  carcinoma.  Similar  findings  from  Sri  Nurestri,  Sim,  Abdul  Wahab  and Yaacob and Sri Nurestri et al. showed that P. bleo contains natural constituents such as \u03b1-tocopherol, which possessed very remarkable cytotoxic activity against human nasopharyngeal epidermoid carcinoma cell line.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Legends\">Legends, Myths and Stories<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This plant is often used as a barrier hedge, since it has sharp spines and a strong stem.<\/p>\n<p><P>It is also used as an insect repellant.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n            <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Uses\">Uses<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>It is used traditionally as a dietary vegetable, water purifier, and insect repellant and for maintaining health, It is also used for treatment of hypertension, infections, detoxification, headache, ulcers, prevention of cancer, and\/or treatment of cancer, hemorrhoids, stomach ache, muscle pain, diabetes, inflammation, asthma, dermatitis and rheumatism. <\/p>\n<p>Some people use this plant to neutralize the effects of snakebites, although no scientific studies have been done to test the effectiveness of this.<\/p>\n<p>People often eat the raw leaf, flower, or fruit for general health maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>\n            <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Dosages\">Formulas or Dosages<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_86677\"  width=\"650\" height=\"366\"  data-origwidth=\"650\" data-origheight=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FH2TpMGle8?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Treatment for cancer prevention and detoxification involves making tea by boiling the fruit and\/or the leaves, then drinking it.<\/p>\n<p>A daily drink for overall good health is made by juicing the leaves, then boiling with water.<\/p>\n<p>Make a decoction using the leaves, then use as a warm bath to relieve muscle aches.<\/p>\n<p>To treat boils, pound the leaves into a paste, then apply to the affected area.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n            <a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Nutrient\">Nutrient Content<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Seven Star Needle is known to contain these minerals: carbon 50.6%, oxygen 35.4%, magnesium 0.4%, phosphorus 0.4%, sulfur 1.5%, chlorine 1.2%, potassium 10.2% and calcium 0.3%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=3 width=80% COLOR=\"#004040\" align=\"center\">\n<h3><a name=\"Links\">Resource Links<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/2019\/10\/23\/recent-studies-show-seven-herbs-help-stop-cancer-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recent Studies Show Seven Herbs Help Stop Cancer Growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/medicinal-plants-cancer-growth-2070422-2\/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&#038;utm_campaign=2fe8a2dba3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_24_02_40&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-2fe8a2dba3-206311805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Futurity.org: These Medicinal Plants Put Brakes on Cancer Growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0378874118345859?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of Ethnopharmacology: Evaluation of anti-proliferative activity of medicinal plants used in Asian Traditional Medicine to treat cancer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/research\/anti-cancer-properties-uncovered-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National University of Singapore: Anti-cancer properties uncovered in plants<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/ecam\/2014\/326107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindawi: A Review of Botanical Characteristics, Traditional Usage, Chemical Components, Pharmacological Activities, and Safety of Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2881650\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health: Acute oral toxicity of Pereskia bleo and Pereskia grandifolia in mice<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.llifle.com\/Encyclopedia\/CACTI\/Family\/Cactaceae\/28898\/Pereskia_bleo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Encyclopedias of Living Forms: Pereskia bleo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/282845958_A_Preliminary_Survey_on_the_Medicinal_Uses_and_Effectiveness_of_Pereskia_bleo_Used_by_People_of_Three_Villages_in_the_State_of_Kelantan_Malaysia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ResearchGate: A Preliminary Survey on the Medicinal Uses and Effectiveness of Pereskia bleo Used by People of Three Villages in the State of Kelantan, Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leuenbergeria_bleo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia: Leuenbergeria bleo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\"><font size=\"-1\">Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4390707348229770\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- MHI-wide-728x90 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4390707348229770\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5012760358\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents: Common Names | Parts Usually Used | Plant(s) &amp; Culture | Where Found | Medicinal Properties Legends, Myths and Stories | Uses | Formulas or Dosages | Nutrient Content | Resource Links Scientific Names Cactus bleo Leuenbergeria bleo Pereskia bleo Pereskia corrugata Pereskia panamensis Rhodocactus bleo Rhodocactus corrugatus Cactaceae family Common Names Auguja de&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicinalherbinfo.org\/000Herbs2016\/1herbs\/seven-star-needle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Seven Star Needle&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"iawp_total_views":1052,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seven Star Needle - Medicinal Herb Info<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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