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Dosages (Foam-Flower) — 1 oz herb/pint infusion; take 4 oz tea 2–3 ×/day (GMH).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Foam-Flower) — Not covered (AHP; KOM).
“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates
no specific quantified dosage! JAD).
FOOL’S PARSLEY (Aethusa cynapium L.) XActivities (Fool’s Parsley) — Antispasmodic (f; EFS); Hallucinogen (f; CRC); Poison (1; CRC;
EFS); Sedative (f; CRC; EFS; GMH); Stomachic (f; CRC; EFS; GMH).
Indications (Fool’s Parsley) — Cancer (f; CRC); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, mesentery (f;
JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cholera (f; PHR; PH2); Colic (f; CRC); Congestion (f; HH2);
Convulsion (f; PHR; PH2); Cramp (f; CRC; EFS); Diarrhea (f; PHR; PH2); Dysuria (f; CRC);
Enterosis (f; PH2; PHR); Fever (f; HH2); Gastrosis (f; PHR; PH2); Hepatosis (f; JLH); Insomnia
(f; CRC; EFS; GMH); Jaundice (f; HH2); Lactose Intolerance (f; PH2); Leprosy (f; HH2); Mange
(f; HH2); Mucososis (f; HH2); Nervousness (f; CRC; EFS; GMH); Pain (f; HH2); Pylorosis (f;
PH2); Scirrhus (f; JLH); Spasm (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; HH2; JLH); Stomachache (f; CRC); Stone
(f; HH2); Syphilis (f; HH2); Tumor (f; CRC); VD (f; HH2); Vomiting (f; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Fool’s Parsley) — Toxic; human fatalities
reported (PHR). Sometimes fatally confused with parsley (CRC). Poisonous, but less so than poison
hemlock (PH2). Aethusanol-A: LD50 = 100.8 mg/kg ipr mouse (HH2), aethusin: LD50 = 93.3
mg/kg ipr mouse (HH2).
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill.) +Synonym — M. scorpioides var. arvensis L.
Indications (Forget-Me-Not) — Bite (f; MAD); Bleeding (f; MAD); Bronchosis (f; MAD); Cancer
(f; JLH); Cancer, genital (f; JLH); Cancer, oral (f; JLH); Catarrh (f; MAD); Cough (f; MAD);
Epistaxis (f; MAD; PH2); Hemoptysis (f; MAD); Ophthalmia (f; HHB); Pulmonosis (f; MAD);
Respirosis (f; PH2); Snakebite (f; MAD); Stomatosis (f; JLH); Tuberculosis (f; MAD).
Dosages (Forget-Me-Not) — 0.5 tsp herb 5 ×/day in tea (MAD).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Forget-Me-Not) — Not covered (AHP;
KOM). Should not be taken because it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PH2).
FORSYTHIA, GOLDEN BELLS (Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl) ++Synonym — Syringa suspensa Thunb.
Activities (Forsythia) — Analgesic (1; X10726898); Antibacterial (1; DAA); Antiinflammatory
(1; DAA; FAY); Anti-itch (1; X10726898; X10823672); Antinauseant (1; FAY); Antioxidant (1;
X10630110); Antipyretic (1; DAA); Antitussive (f; DAA; FAY); Antiseptic (1; DAA; FNF); Anti-
viral (1; FAY; FNF); Bitter (1; FAY); Cardiotonic (1; FAY); Diuretic (1; DAA; FAY); Emmenagogue
(1; AHP; DAA); Hepatoprotective (1; FAY); Hypotensive (f; FAY); Laxative (f; DAA); Tonic (f;
DAA); Uterotonic (1; AHP).
Indications (Forsythia) — Adenopathy (f; DAA); Bacteria (1; DAA; FAY); Bleeding (f; FAY);
Boil (f; DAA); Cancer (1; DAA); Cancer, breast (1; DAA); Carbuncle (f; DAA); Chickenpox (f;
DAA); Cold (f; DAA); Constipation (f; DAA); Cough (f; DAA); Dermatosis (f; DAA; FAY);
Dropsy (f; DAA); Edema (1; FAY); Encephalosis (f; DAA); Erysipelas (f; DAA); Fever (1; DAA);