B
(f; CRC; EFS); Fistula (f; CRC); Gangrene (f; CRC); Gas (f; CRC; EFS); Gastrosis (f; PHR);
Hangover (f; CRC); Hemoptysis (f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC); Induration (f; CRC; JLH); Inflam-
mation (f; PHR); Jaundice (f; CRC); Laryngosis (1; PHR); Leukorrhea (f; MPG); Quinsy (f; CRC);
Rheumatism (f; CRC); Sore (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; CRC); Stomatosis (1; PHR); Tumor (f; JLH);
Ulcer (f; CRC); Uterosis (f; CRC; JLH); Vaginosis (f; MPG); Water Retention (f; CRC); Wound
(1; PHR).
Dosages (Bugle) — Not given (PHR). 60 g herb boiled in 1 liter water for biliary disorders (CRC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bugle) — None stated (PHR).
BUGLEWEED (Lycopus europaeus L. or L. virginicus L.) +++Activities (Bugleweed) — Antideiodinater (T4) (2; KOM); Antigonadotropic (2; KOM; PH2; SHT);
Antihormonal (2; PNC); Antilactagogue (f; MAB); Antioxidant (1; APA); Antiprolactin (1; PH2);
Antipyretic (f; APA); Antithyrotropic (2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Antitumor (f; APA); Arteriosedative
(f; MAD); Astringent (f; MAD; PNC); Cardiotonic (f; APA; FEL; MAD); Depurative (f; FEL);
Digitalic (f; MAD); Hemostat (f; MAD); Narcotic (f; CEB); Poison (f; DEM); Sedative (f; APA;
CEB; FEL; PNC); Tonic (f; FEL; HHB).
Indications (Bugleweed) — Albuminuria (f; FEL); Anxiety (f; APA; FEL); Bite (f; DEM);
Bleeding (f; FEL; MAD); Bright’s Disease (f; MAD); Burn (f; FEL); Cardiopathy (f; FAD;
PH2); Cough (1; FEL; PNC); Debility (f; FEL); Diabetes (f; CEB; FAD; FEL); Diarrhea (f;
CEB; FEL); Dysentery (f; CEB; FEL); Dyspepsia (f; FEL); Dystonia (f; HHB); Endocardosis
(f; MAD); Enterosis (f; FEL); Epistaxis (f; FEL); Exophthalmia (f; MAD); Fever (f; APA; FEL);
Gastrosis (f; CEB; FEL); Goiter (f; FEL; MAD); Grave’s Disease (1; PNC); Hematuria (f; FEL);
Hemoptysis (f; CEB; FEL; MAD); Hemorrhoid (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f; MAD; PH2); Hyper-
thyroidism (mild only) (2; APA; HHB; PHR; SHT); Inflammation (f; CEB); Insomnia (2; APA;
CEB; FEL; MAD; PHR; PH2; PNC); Jaundice (f; MAD); Malaria (f; FEL); Mastosis (2; KOM;
PHR; SHT); Menorrhagia (1; SHT); Nephrosis (f; MAD; PH2); Nervousness (2; APA; CEB;
FEL; PHR; PH2; PNC); Palpitation (f; APA; MAD); Pericardosis (f; MAD); Phthisis (1; FEL);
PMS (2; PHR; SHT); Pneumonia (f; FEL); Polyuria (f; CEB); Pulmonosis (f; FAD; FEL);
Snakebite (f; DEM); Swelling (f; MAD); Tension (f; PH2); Thyroidosis (2; PHR); Tuberculosis
(f; FEL; MAD); Tumor (f; APA).
Dosages (Bugleweed) — Take only under doctor’s supervision (APA); 1–2 drachms dried herb
(FEL); 2 drachms to 4 fluid oz strong tincture (FEL); 1–2 g dry herb/tea (PH2); 0.7–2 ml liquid
herb extract (PNC); 0.2–2 g/day crude drug (SHT).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bugleweed) — Class 2b, 2c, 2d. Contraindi-
cated in thyroid enlargement or hypothyroid, and in simultaneous administration of other thyroid
treatments (AHP). Long-term use can cause thyroid enlargement. “Hazards and/or side effects not
known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Avoid sudden withdrawal; may increase prolactin
secretion (SHT).
Extracts (Bugleweed) — Extracts have demonstrated antigonadotropic, antithyrotropic, and prolac-
tin-lowering activities (SHT). Freeze-dried extract induces pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone
(TSH) repletion in hypothyroid rats, and reduction of TSH levels in euthyroid rats. Extracts also
prevent bovine TSH binding to and stimulating adenyl cyclase in human thyroid membranes. Extracts
used empirically in the treatment of Grave’s disease, in which a thyroid-stimulating antibody is found
in the blood; “this antibody has been shown to bind to and be inhibited by the plant extract” (PNC).