B
(f; MAD); Otosis (f; PH2); Pain (f; CEB; DEM); Rheumatism (f; APA; CAN; CEB; DEM; FEL);
Sarcoma (f; JLH); Scabies (f; PH2); Scrofula (f; CEB; MAD); Seasickness (f; MAD); Sore (f;
JLH); Splenosis (f; HHB; PH2); Stomachache (f; DEM); Stone (f; HHB); Stress (f; EFS);
Swelling (1; FNF); Trigeminal Neuralgia (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; HHB; MAD); Uterosis (f;
FEL); Water Retention (f; CAN; CEB; DAW; MAD); Worm (f; APA; CEB; DAW; FAD; FEL);
Wound (f; MAD).
Dosages (Bogbean) — 0.5–1 tsp chopped leaf one-half hour before meals (APA); 10–25 grains
powdered leaf (FEL); 1–2 tsp (1.5-3 g) leaf in hot or cold tea (MAD); 1–2 g, perhaps in tea, 3
×/day (CAN); 1 tsp (= 0.9 g) or 0.5–1 g/cup tea,^1 / 2 cup before each meal (PH2); 1–2 ml liquid
extract (1:1 in 25% alcohol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–3 ml liquid extract (1:5 in 45% alcohol) 3 ×/day
(CAN); 1–15 drops tincture with sugar for seasickness (MAD); 0.5–1.5 ml liquid herb extract
(PNC). Food farmacy; emergency food in Russia; hops substitute in Germany; tea substitute
elsewhere (WOI). Roots used for making mission or famine bread.
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bogbean) — AHP Class 2b, 2d (JAD).
None known (KOM). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”
(PH2). Not for patients with colitis, diarrhea, or dysentery (PH2). Should be avoided during
pregnancy and lactation (CAN). Large doses may induce diarrhea, gripping pain, nausea, and
vomiting (CAN; PH2). Unidentified hemolytic principle. Large doses are emetic and laxative.
Betulinic acid is a promising antimelanomic compound. Europeans report success in treating
glomerulnephrosis. Decoctions show dose-dependent antiedemic, antiinflammatory, antileukot-
riene, and antiprostaglandin activity; induced exocytosis.
BOG BILBERRY, BOG BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium uliginosum L.) ++Activities (Bog Bilberry) — Narcotic (f; CEB; EFS).
Indications (Bog Bilberry) — Catarrh (f; HH2); Childbirth (f; DEM); Cystosis (f; EFS; HH2;
PH2); Debility (f; DEM); Diarrhea (f; HH2; PH2); Enterosis (f; EFS; PH2); Gastrosis (f; EFS;
HH2; PH2).
Dosages (Bog Bilberry) — 2 heaping tsp fruit/250 ml cold water (HH2; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bog Bilberry) — Not covered (AHP). “Haz-
ards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Overeating possibly
fungal contaminated fruits may cause debility, dizziness, intoxication, queasiness, and vomiting
(PH2).
Extracts (Bog Bilberry) — Anthocyanins and polyphenols in berries of several Ribes, Rubus, and
Vaccinium spp. have in vitro antiradical activity on chemically generated superoxide radicals. The
extracts also inhibit xanthine oxidase. All crude extracts were highly active toward chemically
generated superoxide radicals. Ribes nigrum extracts exhibited most activity, being the richest in
both anthocyanins and polyphenols. But Ribes rubrum extracts seem to contain more active sub-
stances (X1332092).
BOLDO (Peumus boldus Molina) +Synonym — Boldea fragrans (Ruiz & Pav.) Gay, Peumus fragrans Ruiz & Pav.
Activities (Boldo) — Analgesic (f; BGB; CRC); Anticholinergic (1; BRU); Antiinflammatory
(1; APA); Antioxidant (1; APA; BGB); Antirheumatic (f; EFS); Antiseptic (1; CAN; CRC; EFS);
Antispasmodic (2; APA; BRU; KOM; PH2; SHT); Aperitif (2; PHR); Carcinogenic (1; CRC);
Carminative (f; BGB); Cholagogue (2; APA; CAN; SHT); Cholekinetic (2; SHT); Choleretic (2;