A
CEB); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Ulcer (f; DEM); VD (f; DEM); Water Retention (1; DEM; FAD;
PH2); Wound (f; FAD).
Dosages (American Bittersweet) — Make decoction, boiling down 1 lb of bark in 1 gallon water;
reduce to 2 quarts; take wineglassful 2–3 ×/day (CEB but XXX for Jim Duke). For anemia, a fistful
of root bark to 1 gallon water; reduce to 1 pint; mix with wine and infusion of wild grape vine (CEB).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (American Bittersweet) — Not covered
(AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Fruit toxic;
all parts potentially toxic (FAD).
AMERICAN CORN MINT, CANADIAN MINT, JAPANESE MINT
(Mentha canadensis L.) ++Synonyms — M. arvensis var. glabrata Fernald, M. arvensis var. piperascens Malinv. ex L. H. Bailey
Activities (American Corn Mint) — Analgesic (f; DEM); Antiemetic (f; DEM); Antipyretic (f;
DEM); Carminative (f; DEM); Depurative (f; DEM); Diaphoretic (f; DEM); Hemostat (f; DEM);
Sedative (f; DEM); Stomachic (f; DEM).
Indications (American Corn Mint) — Bleeding (f; DEM); Cardiopathy (f; DEM); Cold (f; DEM);
Colic (f; DEM); Cough (f; DEM); Croup (f; DEM); Dentition (f; DEM); Diarrhea (f; DEM);
Dyspepsia (f; DEM); Epistaxis (f; DEM); Fever (f; DEM); Gas (f; DEM); Gastrosis (f; DEM);
Gingivosis (f; DEM); Headache (f; DEM); Hemoptysis (f; DEM); Hemorrhoid (f; DEM); Insomnia
(f; DEM); Nausea (f; DEM); Nervousness (f; DEM); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Pain (f; DEM); Pleurisy
(f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; DEM); Rheumatism (f; DEM); Sore Throat (f; DEM); Stomachache (f;
DEM); Stomatosis (f; DEM); Swelling (f; DEM); Toothache (f; DEM); Vomiting (f; DEM).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (American Corn Mint) — Commission E
reports contraindications for EO: biliary obstruction, gallbladder inflammation, severe liver damage;
adverse effects: gastric complaints. Not to be inhaled by small children (AEH).