B
Dosages (Broccoli) — Food farmacy; eat some almost every day, but don’t overdo it.
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Broccoli) — Not covered (AHP; KOM;
PH2). In huge quantities, glucosinolate/isothiocyanate containing crucifers might upset the thy-
roid. And in huge doses, hard to get dietarily, indole-3-carbinol might stimulate breast cancer
rather than prevent it, because it does so at levels reasonably attainable through dietary con-
sumption of crucifers (Brassicaceae).
BROMELAIN (from Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) +See Pineapple.
Activities (Bromelain) — Antiaggregant (2; KOM); Antibacterial (1; BGB); Antiedemic (2; BGB;
KOM); Antiinflammatory (1; APA; BGB); Antitumor (1; BGB); Digestive (1; APA); Fibrinolytic
(1; BGB); Proteolytic (1; APA).
Indications (Bromelain) — Bacteria (1; BGB); Burn (1; BGB); Cancer (1; APA; BGB); Diarrhea
(1; APA; BGB); Dysmenorrhea (f; APA); Dyspepsia (1; BGB); Edema (2; BGB; KOM); Exocrine
Hepatic Insufficiency (f; BGB); Inflammation (1; APA; BGB); Nasal Parasinusosis (2; KOM); Pain
(1; APA); Swelling (2; APA; BGB; KOM); Thrombophlebitis (f; APA); Tumor (1; BGB); Ulcer
(1; APA); Varicosis (f; APA); Wound (1; APA; BGB).
Dosages (Bromelain) — 250–500 mg 3 ×/day (APA); 80–320 mg bromelain/day (KOM).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Bromelain) — Contraindications: some peo-
ple may be allergic to Bromelain. Side effects: allergy, diarrhea, GI problems (KOM). May augment
antiaggregant or anticoagulant activity of other blood thinners (KOM). May increase blood and
urinary levels of tetracyclines (KOM). This is the only case of Fleming et al., missing a Blumenthal
et al. Commission E–approved drug, the American food plant, pineapple, with its proteolytic
bromelain, a very active compound indeed.
BROOKLIME (Veronica beccabunga L.) ++Activities (Brooklime) — Alterative (f; EFS); Antipyretic (f; FEL); Antiscorbutic (f; FEL); Aperitif
(f; EFS; WOI); Depurative (f; EFS); Diuretic (f; EFS; PH2); Emmenagogue (f; FEL); Litholytic
(f; WOI).
Indications (Brooklime) — Amenorrhea (f; FEL); Anorexia (f; EFS; WOI); Bladder Stone
(f; WOI); Bleeding (f; HH2); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, anus (f; JLH); Condyloma (f; JLH);
Constipation (f; PH2); Cough (f; FEL); Cystosis (f; WOI); Dermatosis (f; HH2; WOI); Dys-
entery (f; HH2; PH2); Dyspepsia (f; FEL); Fever (f; FEL); Gallstone (f; HH2); Gingivosis (f;
PH2); Hepatosis (f; PH2); Odontosis (f; HH2); Proctosis (f; JLH); Pulmonosis (f; HH2; PH2);
Scrofula (f; EFS; HH2); Stone (f; WOI); Swelling (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; EFS; PH2);
Whitlow (f; JLH).
Dosages (Brooklime) — Food farmacy; shoots eaten like cress (JAD). Decoction may be eaten
freely (FEL).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Brooklime) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific
quantified dosage! JAD). LD50 (unspecific extract) 681 mg/kg ipr mouse (HH2); 1000 mg/kg ipr
rat (HH2).