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for therapeutic use. Other sources report thallus permitted as laxative. Usefulness is not documented
adequately. There are no risks from daily doses up to 150 μg iodine per day, but higher doses may
induce or exacerbate hyperthyreosis and cause hypersensitivity reactions (rarely) (PHR). The adult
intake of iodine should not exceed 120 μg per day (AEH). Iodine content may cause hyperthyroidism
or hypothyroidism (I suspect that there are also cases where it can help one and the other) (CAN).
Because of thyroid gland activity and possible heavy metal contamination, its use in pregnancy
and lactation is to be avoided (CAN). One fraction is half as antiaggregant as heparin. High in
vitro activity to mammalian digestive enzymes (amylase, lipase, and trypsin). Lectin-like muco-
polysaccharides modulate the immune system, inducing lymphocyte transformation. Alginic acid
is a laxative (CAN).FUMITORY (Fumaria officinalis L.) +Activities (Fumitory) — Amphicholeretic (1; BRU; HHB; PHR; PH2); Anesthetic (1; HHB);
Antiarrhythmic (1; BRU); Anticholinergic (1; BRU); Antihistaminic (1; CAN); Antiinflammatory
(f; MAD; PNC); Antilithic (1; CAN); Antiseptic (1; PNC); Antispasmodic (2; APA; KOM; PH2;
SHT); Aphrodisiac (f; MAD); Bradycardic (1; CAN); Cholagogue (f; CAN; SHT); Cholekinetic
(SHT); Choleretic (1; PH2; SHT); Depurative (f; HHB; PHR; PH2); Diaphoretic (f; MAD); Diuretic
(f; APA; CAN; MAD; PNC); Emetic (f; MAD); Hypertensive (1; HHB); Hypotensive (1; CAN;
HHB); Laxative (f; APA; CAN; PNC); Litholytic (f; MAD); Poison (1; HHB); Sedative (1; CAN);
Stomachic (f; HHB); Tonic (f; PNC).
Indications (Fumitory) — Acne (f; PNC); Alopecia (f; MAD); Amenorrhea (f; MAD); Arrhythmia
(1; BRU); Arthrosis (f; PHR; PH2); Atherosclerosis (f; MAD; PHR; PH2); Bile-Duct Spasm (2;
KOM; PH2); Bladder Stone (f; MAD); Cancer (f; JLH; MAD); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer,
gut (f; JLH); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (1; APA; BRU); Chole-
cystosis (2; KOM; MAD; PH2); Colic (1; APA); Conjunctivosis (f; CAN; MAD); Constipation (1;
APA; CAN; PH2; PNC); Cramp (2; APA; KOM; PH2; SHT); Cystosis (f; PHR; PH2); Dermatosis
(1; APA; CAN; PHR; PH2); Dropsy (f; MAD); Dyskinesia (1; APA); Eczema (f; CAN; HHB;
PH2); Enterosis (2; KOM; PH2); Exanthema (f; MAD); Fever (f; MAD); Gas (f; MAD); Gastrosis
(2; APA; KOM; PH2); Gout (f; MAD); Halitosis (f; MAD); Headache (1; APA); Hepatosis (2;
JLH; MAD; PHR; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1; APA; CAN; HHB); Hypoglycemia (f; PHR;
PH2); Infection (f; PHR; PH2); Inflammation (f; MAD; PNC); Insomnia (1; CAN); Itch (f; PH2);
Jaundice (f; MAD); Leprosy (f; MAD); Low Blood Pressure (1; HHB); Melancholy (f; MAD);
Nausea (1; APA); Nervousness (1; CAN); Ophthalmia (f; MAD); Pain (1; HHB); Psoriasis (1;
APA); Rheumatism (f; PHR; PH2); Scabies (f; MAD); Sclerosis (f; JLH); Sore (f; MAD); Sore
Throat (f; MAD); Spasm (2; KOM); Splenosis (f; MAD); Stomachache (f; HHB; MAD); Stone (f;
MAD); Syphilis (f; MAD); Uterosis (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; APA; CAN; MAD; PNC).
Dosages (Fumitory) — 1.25–2 tsp (2–3 g) herb/cup water up to 2 ×/day (APA); 2–3 tsp (2.4–3.6
g) herb/cup tea/day (MAD); 2–4 g herb, or in tea, 3 ×/day (CAN); 6 g herb/day, drink 1 cup warm
tea (2–3 g/cup, steeped 20 minutes) 30 minutes before meals (PH2); 6 g/day (APA; KOM; SHT);
2–4 ml liquid herb extract (1:1 in 25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 2–4 ml liquid herb extract (PNC);
2–4 g aqueous extract (HHB); 1–4 ml herb tincture (1:5 in 45% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 3.65 g
sap/day (MAD); 2–3 tsp (2.4–3.5 g) expressed juice in hot or cold infusion (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Fumitory) — Not listed (AHP). None
reported (KOM). HH3 says protopine is spasmogenic; I’m more inclined to believe BRU, which
calls it antispasmodic.