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Activin, Black Grape Raisins, Calzin, Concord Grape, Draksha, Enocianina, European Wine Grape, Extrait De Pepins De Raisin, Flame Grape, Flame Raisins, Flame Seedless, Folia Vitis Viniferae, Grape Fruit, Grape Fruit Skin, Grape Juice, Grape Leaf, Grape Leaf Extract, Grape Seed, Grape Seed Extract, Grape Seed Oil, Grape Skin, Grape Skin Extract, Grapes, Grapeseed, Kali Draksha, Leucoanthocyanin, Muskat, Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins, Oligomeric Procyanidins, OPC, OPCs, PCO, PCOs, Petite Sirah, Proanthodyn, Procyanidolic Oligomers, Purple Grape, Raisin, Raisins, Red Globe, Red Grape, Red Malaga, Red Vine Leaf AS 195, Red Vine Leaf Extract, Sultanas, Table Grapes, Thompson Seedless, White Grape, Wine Grape, Wine Grapes.
CAUTION: See separate listings for Grapefruit, Pycnogenol, Resveratrol, and Wine. |
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Vitis vinifera.
Family: Vitaceae. |
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Orally, grape is used for preventing cardiovascular disease, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, atherosclerosis, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, edema associated with injury or surgery, and myocardial or cerebral infarction. Grape is also used and as a mild laxative for constipation. Grape "fasts" have been used for "detoxification."
Grape seed is used for diabetes complications such as neuropathy or retinopathy, improving wound healing, preventing dental caries, cancer prevention, age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), poor night vision, liver cirrhosis, allergic rhinitis, and prevention of collagen breakdown.
Dried grapes, raisins or sultanas, are used as an expectorant for cough.
Grape leaf is used orally for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), diarrhea, heavy menstrual bleeding, uterine hemorrhage, and canker sores.
Intravaginally, grape leaf infusions are used as a douche.
Grape leaf is used as a food, particularly in Greek cooking.
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