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Dosages (Water Avens) — From Geum urbanum: 1 g herb in tea 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–4 ml liquid
herb extract (1:1 in 25% alcohol) (CAN); 10–15 drops herb tincture 2–3 ×/day (MAD); 0.5–1 tsp
herb in hot water several ×/day (PH2); 1–4 ml liquid root extract (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Water Avens) — Not covered (AHP). “Haz-
ards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no
specific quantified dosage! JAD).WATERCRESS (Nasturtium officinale R. Brown) ++Synonyms: N. nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) H. Karst., Radicula nasturtium Cav., R. nasturtium-
aquaticum (L.) Rendle & Britten, Rorippa nasturtium Beck, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.)
Hayek, Sisymbrium nasturtium Thunb., S. nasturtium-aquaticum L.Activities (Watercress) — Antibacterial (1; BGB; WOI); Anticancer (1; BGB; JAD); Antidote,
nicotine (f; BIB); Antiimplantation (f; BIB); Antimitotic (1; HH2); Antisarcomic (1; HH2); Anti-
septic (1; HH2; PHR; PH2); Antitumor (1; BGB; PH2); Aperitif (1; APA; DEP; EFS; PHR; PH2);
Bitter (1; PHR); Cholagogue (1; APA; BGB); Contraceptive (f; BIB); Decongestant (1; APA);
Depurative (f; APA; BGB; FAD; JFM; MAD); Detoxicant (1; JNU); Digestive (1; APA; PH2);
Diuretic (1; APA; FAD; MAD; PH2); Emmenagogue (f; MAD); Expectorant (f; BGB; EFS; MAD);
Goitrogenic (1; WO2); Stimulant (f; EFS); Tonic (1; APA); Vermifuge (f; EFS; MAD); Vulnerary
(f; MAD).Indications (Watercress) — Acne (f; BIB; MAD); Adenopathy (f; JLH); Alopecia (f; JNU);
Anemia (f; JFM); Anorexia (1; APA; DEP; EFS; PHR; PH2); Anthrax (f; BIB); Arthrosis (f;
HH2; PHR; PH2); Ascites (f; MAD); Asthenia (f; BGB); Asthma (f; BIB; WOI); Bacteria (1;
BGB; WOI); Blemish (f; BGB); Boil (f; JLH); Bronchosis (2; FAD; PHR); Cancer (1; APA;
BGB; JAD; JLH; PH2); Cancer, breast (1; APA; JLH); Cancer, esophagus (1; JNU); Cancer,
face (1; APA; JLH); Cancer, gland (1; APA; JLH); Cancer, lung (1; APA; JNU); Cancer, nose
(1; APA; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; FAD); Catarrh (2; BGB; KOM; PH2); Cold (1; BIB; FNF);
Congestion (2; APA; KOM); Cough (2; APA; MAD; PHR); Cystosis (f; MAD); Dermatosis (f;
BIB; JFM; JNU); Diabetes (f; MAD); Dropsy (f; MAD); Dyscrasia (f; MAD); Dysmenorrhea
(f; BIB); Dyspepsia (f; APA; MAD); Earache (f; MAD); Eczema (f; MAD); Exanthema (f;
MAD); Fever (f; MAD); Freckle (f; BIB); Gingivosis (f; MAD); Glossosis (f; MAD); Goiter
(f; BIB; FAD; WOI); Gout (f; MAD); Gravel (f; MAD); Head Cold (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f;
JFM; MAD); Herpes (f; MAD); Infection (f; MAD); Inflammation (2; APA); Insomnia (f; BIB;
MAD); Ischiosis (f; MAD); Jaundice (f; MAD); Kidney Stone (f; MAD); Lethargy (f; FAD);
Liver Fluke (f; BGB); Liver Spot (f; BIB); Mucososis (KOM); Nephrosis (f; BIB); Nervousness
(f; APA); Polyp (f; BIB; JLH; WOI); Pulmonosis (f; BIB; MAD); Respirosis (2; APA; BGB;
KOM; PH2); Rheumatism (f; FAD; MAD; PHR); Rhinosis (f; BIB; JLH; WOI); Scrofula (f;
MAD); Scurvy (3; FAD); Sore (f; MAD); Sore Throat (f; WOI); Splenosis (f; MAD); Staphy-
lococcus (1; HH2); Stomatosis (f; MAD); Stone (f; MAD); Strangury (f; WOI); Swelling (f;
HH2); Toothache (f; JNU; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; BIB; JFM; MAD); Tumor (1; BGB; PH2);
UTI (1; BGB; BIB; PH2); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (1; APA; FAD; MAD; PH2); Wen
(f; JLH); Worm (f; EFS; MAD).Dosages (Watercress) — Food farmacy, eat some almost every day but don’t overdo it. 4–6 g
dry herb/day (KOM); 2 g fresh herb/cup tea (APA); 20–30 g fresh herb/day (APA; KOM); 20–30
g fresh herb up to 3 ×/day (HH2); 60–150 g freshly pressed plant juice (APA; KOM); 4 tbsp
fresh plant juice with cold Guazuma bark tea (like slippery elm bark) with 4 tbsp red wine 2–3
×/day (JFM); 2–3 cups preprandial herb tea, 2 g (1–2 tsp) steeped 10–15 minutes in 150 ml
boiled water (PH2).