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Activities (Poke Root) — Abortifacient (f; WBB); Alterative (f; CRC); Analgesic (f; DEM;
ZUL); Antialzheimeran (1; COX; FNF); Antiarthritic (1; COX; FNF); Anticancer (1; COX; FNF);
Anticatarrhal (f; HH3); Antiedemic (1; HH3; MAB; PH2); Antiexudative (1; ZUL); Antigranu-
loma (f; ZUL); Anti-HIV (1; APA; MAB); Antiinflammatory (1; APA; MAB; PHR); Antileukemic
(f; APA); Antimelanomic (f; ZUL); Antirheumatic (1; MAB; PHR); Antiviral (1; APA; HH3;
MAB; PH2); Depurative (f; DEM; MAB); Digestive (1; PHR); Emetic (1; APA; FEL; PHR;
PH2); Expectorant (1; DEM; MAB); Fungicide (1; FNF); Hematinic (f; DEM); Hepatoprotective
(1; HH3; PH2; ZUL); Immunostimulant (1; HH3; MAB; PH2); Laxative (1; APA; CAN; FAD;
FEL; ZUL); Lymphatic (1; APA; MAB); Mitogenic (1; APA; CRC; MAB); Molluscicide (1;
ZUL); Narcotic (f; CRC); Nervine (f; CRC); Parasiticide (f; ZUL); Poison (1; CRC); Sedative
(f; ZUL); Sternutator (f; ZUL); Stimulant (f; CRC; DEM); Taenifuge (f; MAD); Thymolytic (f;
ZUL).
Indications (Poke Root) — Acne (f; DEM; FAD; MAB); Adenopathy (1; DEM; JLH; MAB;
MAD); Alzheimer’s (1; COX; FNF); Angina (f; MAD); Aphtha (f; FEL); Arthrosis (1; APA;
COX; FAD; FNF; MAD); Blackhead (f; DEM; FAD); Bleeding (f; DEM; MAB); Boil (f; FEL);
Bruise (f; FAD); Bunion (f; DEM); Burn (f; FEL); Cancer (1; APA; COX; CRC; FNF); Cancer,
breast (1; MAB; f; JLH); Cancer, face (f; JLH); Cancer, lip (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; JLH);
Cancer, skin (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (1; MAB); Carbuncle (f; FEL); Cardiopathy (f; FEL);
Catarrh (f; CRC; FEL; PH2); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC; HH3; PH2); Constipation (1; APA; CAN;
FAD; FEL; ZUL); Dermatosis (f; APA; DEM; FEL; MAB; PH2); Diphtheria (f; MAD); Dys-
crasia (f; FEL); Dysentery (f; DEM; FAD); Dyslactea (f; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; APA; CRC;
PH2); Dyspepsia (f; APA; CRC; PH2); Eczema (f; DEM; FEL); Edema (1; MAB; PH2); Fever
(f; PH2); Fibroid (f; ZUL); Flu (1; FEL; MAD; PHR; ZUL); Fungus (1; FNF); Headache (f;
CRC); Hemorrhoid (f; APA; CRC; DEM; FEL; MAD); Hepatosis (1; DEM; FEL; HH3); Herpes
(f; PHR); HIV (1; APA; MAB); Immunodepression (1; HH3; MAB; PH2); Infection (1; FNF;
MAB; PH2); Inflammation (1; APA; MAB; PHR; PH2; ZUL); Insomnia (f; ZUL); Ischiosis (f;
MAD); Itch (f; HH3); Laryngosis (f; CRC; MAB; MAD); Leukemia (f; APA); Lumbago (f;
MAD); Lymphadenosis (f; MAB); Marasmus (f; MAD); Mastosis (f; DEM; FEL; MAB; PH2);
Melanoma (f; ZUL); Metastasis (f; FEL); Mucososis (f; PH2); Mumps (f; CRC; MAB); Mycosis
(1; FNF; HH3); Nephrosis (f; DEM); Nervousness (f; ZUL); Neuralgia (f; DEM; FAD; MAD);
Obesity (f; FEL); Oliguria (f; MAB); Ophthalmia (f; FEL); Orchosis (f; FEL); Otosis (f; MAD);
Ovarosis (f; MAB); Ozoena (f; FEL); Pain (f; DEM; ZUL); Parasite (f; ZUL); Parotosis (f;
MAD; PH2); Pharyngosis (f; FEL; MAB; MAD; PH2); Poison Ivy (f; DEM); Polio (f; PHR);
Psoriasis (f; FEL); Pulmonosis (f; ZUL); Respirosis (f; PH2); Rheumatism (1; APA; COX; FAD;
MAB; MAD; PHR; PH2); Rhinosis (f; FEL); Ringworm (f; CRC; HH3; PH2); Scabies (f; CRC;
FEL; MAB; PH2); Scrofula (f; FEL); Snakebite (f; ZUL); Sore (f; APA; CRC; FAD; PH2);
Sore Throat (f; FEL); Splenosis (f; FEL); Sprain (f; DEM; FAD); Stomatosis (f; FEL; MAB);
Swelling (1; DEM; HH3; FAD; MAB; PH2; ZUL); Sycosis (f; FEL); Syphilis (f; CRC; FEL;
MAD; PH2); Tapeworm (f; MAD); Tinea (f; FEL; MAB); Tonsilosis (f; CAN; FEL; MAB;
PH2); Tracheosis (f; FEL); Tuberculosis (f; FEL); Tumor (f; APA); Ulcer (f; CRC; PH2);
Uterosis (f; ZUL); VD (f; CRC; MAD; PH2); Virus (1; APA; HH3; MAB; PH2); Wart (f; DEM);
Worm (1; MAD); Wound (f; ZUL).
Dosages (Poke Root) — Do not use (APA); 0.2–1 g dry root/day (MAB); 60–300 mg root (MAD);
0.06–0.3 g powdered root (CAN; PNC); 0.1–0.5 ml liquid root extract (PNC); 0.1–0.5 ml liquid
root extract (1:1 in 45% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 0.2–0.6 ml root tincture (CAN; PNC); saturated
gin berry tincture for arthrosis (FEL); 2–4 dry berries/day for arthrosis (JAD); 0.15–0.7 ml tincture
(1:5)/day (MAB); 60–100 mg (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Poke Root) — Class 3 (AHP). CAN reports
lectins to be mitogenic and toxic, and to cause cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Because of toxic