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Indications (Common Gromwell) — Bladder Stone (f; EFS); Calculus (f; CEB; FEL); Cystosis
(f; WOI); Dermatosis (f; WOI); Gout (f; WOI); Insomnia (f; WOI); Itch (f; WOI); Kidney Stone
(f; EFS); Measles (f; WOI); Nephrosis (f; EFS); Nervousness (f; WOI); Smallpox (f; WOI); Stone
(f; DEP; EFS; WOI); Water Retention (f; CEB; EFS).
Dosages (Common Gromwell) — 1 oz dry root/pint water; 1 tsp every 3 hours (FEL);^1 / 2 tsp
powdered seed every 44–45 hours (FEL).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Common Gromwell) — Not covered (AHP;
PH2). If it contains the same shikonins and PAs, or nearly so, as the Chinese Lithospermum, it
should probably be avoided.COMMON REED (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) ++Synonyms — Arundo phragmites L., A. vulgaris Lam., P. communis Trin., P. communis var.
longivalvis (Steud.) Miq., P. longivalvis Steud., P. vulgaris (Lam.) Crép., P. vulgaris var. longivalvis
(Steud.) W. Wight.
Activities (Common Reed) — Antiemetic (f; WOI); Diaphoretic (f; EFS; HHB; JFM; PH2; WOI);
Diuretic (f; EFS; HHB; JFM; PH2); Emetic (f; DEM); Expectorant (f; DEM); Litholytic (f; JFM).
Indications (Common Reed) — Bite (f; PH2); Boil (f; DEM); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f;
JLH; PH2); Carbuncle (f; DEM); Dermatosis (f; DEM); Diabetes (f; HHB; PH2; WOI); Diarrhea
(f; DEM); Dropsy (f; EFS); Fever (f; EFS; HHB; JFM; PH2; WOI); Fracture (f; DEM; WOI);
Gastrosis (f; DEM); Gout (f; EFS); Induration (f; JLH); Kidney Stone (f; JFM); Leukemia (f; HHB;
JLH; PH2); Pneumonia (f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; DEM); Rheumatism (f; EFS; WOI); Stone (f;
JFM); Vomiting (f; WOI); Water Retention (f; EFS; HHB; JFM; PH2).
Dosages (Common Reed) — Not covered. Young sprouts eaten as a delicacy in Japan (HHB).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Common Reed) — Not covered (AHP).
“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates
no specific quantified dosage! JAD).CONDOR PLANT, EAGLE VINE (Marsdenia cundurango Rchb. f.) +Synonym — Marsdenia reichenbachii Triana.
Often spelled Condurango (Illustrated in HH2).
Activities (Condor Plant) — Alterative (f; CRC; PNC); Analgesic (f; CRC); Antiemetic (f; PH2);
Antisarcomic (1; HH2); Antiseptic (f; CRC); Antitumor (1; HH2; PHR; PNC); Aperitif (1; PH2;
PNC); Bitter (1; PH2); Convulsant (f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC); Gastrotonic (2; HH2; KOM; PH2);
Hemostat (f; CRC); Nervine (f; CRC); Paralytic (1; CRC); Sialagogue (2; HH2; KOM; PH2);
Stomachic (1; CRC; PNC); Tonic (f; CRC).
Indications (Condor Plant) — Adenopathy (f; CRC); Anorexia (2; CRC; KOM; PHR; PH2;
PNC); Atonia (f; PH2); Beriberi (f; CRC); Bite (f; CRC); Bleeding (f; CRC); Cancer (1; CRC;
HH2; PHR; PNC); Cancer, breast (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, epithelium (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer,
esophagus (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, face (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, lip (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, neck
(1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, pylorus (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, skin (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, stomach
(1; FNF; JLH; PH2); Cancer, uterus (1; FNF; JLH); Carcinoma (1; CRC); Catarrh (f; HHB);
Dermatosis (f; PH2); Dyspepsia (2; PHR); Epithelioma (f; JLH); Gastrosis (f; CRC; PH2); Lymph
(f; CRC); Nausea (f; PH2); Pain (f; CRC); Proctosis (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Sarcoma
(1; CRC); Snakebite (f; CRC); Stomachache (f; HHB); Stomatosis (f; PH2); Syphilis (f; CRC);