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Understanding Your Allergic Diagnosis: Botanical Families

February 12, 2019 Dr Paul Smith & Team
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After reading your allergy results, take a look at this list. If you see your specific allergy outlined at some point, make sure you take note of those allergens that are related to the reactive allergens on your test, because they all constitute potential allergies that you may have. For example, a person who is allergic to grass, may be also allergic wheat, oats and/or  rice, among others. It is important to pay close attention to these, while adapting to a new diet.

Let’s start , by reading this list of Botanical Families:

Algae: Dulse, kelp, irish moss (carrageenan), hiziki, sea, palm.

Seaweed: Sea lettuce, agar, nori, wakame, arame, spirulina, chlorella

Grass: Bamboo (subfamily), Wheat (subfamily: wheat, rye, triticale, barley), Oat (subfamily), Rice (subfamily) Lemon Grass (lemon grass, citronella), Millet (subfamily), Sugar Cane (subfamily: sorghum, sugar cane), Corn, Maize (subfamily).

Sedge: Chinese water, chestnuts, chufa (groundnut), sedge

Mushroom: Mushroom, truffle

Molds: Mold, mildew, fungus.

Yeasts: Bakers yeast, brewers yeast, torula yeast.

Coconut: Coconut, sago, date palm.

Taro: Taro(poi), malanga, yautia.

Lily: Asparagus, onion, chives, leek, shallot, garlic, yucca, African lily, hyacinth, lily, bluebell, aloe vera, tullip.

Yam: Yam, Yampi.

Agave: Agave, mescal, Peruvian lily, Narcissus, lily of the field, belladonna lily.

Iris: Saffron, Orris Root, gladiolus, iris.

Banana: Banana, plantain, arrowroot.

Ginger: Cardamon, Ginger, Tumeric

Orchid: Vanilla

Pepper: Black pepper.

Walnut: English walnut, Black walnut, Butternut, Heartnut, Pecan, Hickory.

Beech: Beechut, Chinquapin, Chestnut, Oak.

Birch: Filbert (Hazelnut).

Mulberry: Fig, Hops, Breadfruit, Marijuana

Carnation: Carnation, pink, baby's breath.

Iceplant: Iceplant, New Zeland spinach.

Amaranth: Amaranth cebsia (cockscomb)

Cactus: Prickly pear.

Purslane: Purslane (pigweed)

Buttercup: Delphinium, fenne flower, buttercup, anemone (wildflower)

Buckwheat: Buckwheat, rhubarb, sorrel

Acerola: Barbados cherry.

Spinach: Common beet, sugar beet, swiss card, spinach, quinoa, lambs.

Brazil Nut: Paradise and Brazil nut.

Passion fruit: Passion fruit, granadilla.

Vioet: Violet, pansy

Primerose: Primerose, cowslip

Carrot: Carrot, celery, celeriac root, parsley, parsnip, anise. Caraway, dill, chervil, fennel, angelica, sweet cicely, lovage, coriander (cilantro), cumin, gotukola, papaya.

Heather: Wintergreen, blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry, bearberry, azalea, rhododendrom, heather.

Persimmon: Persimmon, kaki.

Chicle: chewing gum

Jasmine: jasmine, liliac, olive.

Oleander: Oleander periwinkle.

Potato: Petunia, potato, tomato, tomatillo, eggplant, tobacco, all red and green peppers (bell, pimiento, chili, cayenne etc..) curry powder.

Mint: Coleus, mint, basil, lavender, marjoram, rosemary, sage, horehound, savory, oregano, chia, catnip, pennyroyal, balm, thyme, chinese artichoke, bergamot, clary, dittany, hyssop.

Morning Glory: Morning Glory, sweet potato, bindweed.

Sesame: Sesame (tahini)

Snapdragon: snapdragon, foxglove, monkey flower (musk), nemesia

Gardenia: Gardenia, coffee.

Honeysuckle: Honeysuckle, elderberry

Squash: Cucumber, zuchini, loofa, gherkin, wonter squash, pumpkin, summer squash, muskmelon, Crenshaw, canteloupe.

Lettuce: Lettuce, endive, chicory, common artichoke, jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), sunflower, marigold, aster, chrysanthemum, cape marigold,, zinnia, dandelion, chamomile, goldenrod, safflower, floss flower, Felicia (Marguerite), boneset (comfrey, sympgtum), burdock root, escarole, tarragon coltsfoot, salsify, santolina, yarrow, wormwood, tansy.

Holly: Holly, yerba mate.

Horsetail (shavetail)

Cedar: Cedar, ash, juniper(gin), cypress.

Pine Redwood: Pine, pine nuts, fir quarters.

Pawpaw: Pawpaw, custard-apple.

Mace: True nut-meg, mace.

Avocado: Avocado, cinammon, bay leaf, sassafras.

Rose: Rose subfamily(Hawthorne, blackberry, rasberry, strawberry, boysenberry, loganberry, dewberry, longberry, youngberry, rubus, rose). Apple subfamily( Apple, pear, quince, rosehips, crabapple, pectin). Peach subfamily(Peach, plum, prune, almond, apricot, cherry, nectarine, sloe -blackthorn).

Currant: Hydrangea, currant, gooseberry

Legume: Mimosa subfamily(acacia, gum acacia, caro. Soybean subfamily: licorice, lentil, peanut(oil and butter), kidney bean, navy bean, bush bean, string bean, pinto bean, lima bean, mung bean, tonka bean. Pea, black-eyed pea, chickpea (garbanzo), soybean (sprouts, oil, frits, milk, protein, sauce, tamari, tofu, miso, tempeh, lechitin, most natural vitamin E). Windsor bean, broad bean, gum tragacanth, senna, cassia, indigo, ;aburnum, sweet pea, gorse, wosteria, clover, tamarind, alfalfa, fenugreek.

Mustard: Jicama, kudzu, kale, collards, common cabbage, savory cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, kholrabi, cardoon, mustard, watercress, Turnip, rutabaga, radish, horseradish, mugwort.

Poppy:  california poppy, common poppy.

Rue: Citrus subfamily( citron, lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, tangelo, tangerine, pomelo, kumquat.

Euphorbia: Poinsettia, tapioca, rubber tree, cassava yucca,castor oil plant.

Oxalis: Oxalis, carambola.

Horse Chestnut: Horse chestnut, lychee nut, soapberry.

Cashew: Cashew, pistachio, mango, poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac.

Maple: Maple sugar.

Grape: Grape, raisin, cream of tartar.

Cotton: Hollychock, okra, althea, cotton, hibiscus.

Cocoa: Gum karaya, cocoa, chocolate, kola.

Basswood: Basswood, linden.

Camellia: camellia, tea.

Dogwood: Dogwood, cornel

Myrtle: Guava allspice, clove, bottle brush flower, myrtle, eucalyptus.


Source:

https://www.mcmaster.ca/

Other Sources:
https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0021-8707(30)90099-8/pdf

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