HERBAL MONOGRAPHS TANSY /755INDICATIONS AND USAGE
TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
Unproven Uses: Tansy preparations are used as an anthel-
mintic, for migraine, neuralgia, rheumatism, bloating and
loss of appetite.TANSY OIL
Unproven Uses: Tansy oil is used internally for gout,
rheumatic complaints, joint pains, stomach cramps, gastroin-
testinal infections, intermittent fever, dizziness and dysme-
norrhea. It is used externally for rheumatism, gout,
contusions, sprains and wounds.CONTRAINDICATIONS
The drug should not be used during pregnancy.PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
The administration of therapeutic dosages of drugs that have
a high thujone content (see Tanaceti aetheroleum) can lead to
poisoning. Beyond that, there is a medium potential for
sensitization via skin contact with the drug. Internal adminis-
tration of the drug in allopathic dosages is to be avoided.
s.
TANSY OIL
Particularly toxic are volatile oils with high thujone content.
Poisonings occur chiefly through the misuse of the drug as
an abortifacient. Administration in allopathic dosages is to be
avoided.OVERDOSAGE
TANSY OIL
Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, abdominal pain,
gastroenteritis, severe reddening of the face, mydriasis, fixed
pupil, tonic-clonic spasms, cardiac arrhythmias, uterine
bleeding, kidney damage and liver damage. Death occurs
after 1 to 3.5 hours. The lethal dosage is approximately 15-
30 gm. The treatment for poisonings can only proceed
symptomatically.DOSAGE
TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
Daily Dosage: Administration in allopathic dosages is to be
avoided.TANSY OIL
Mode of Administration: The drug is found in extract form in
a small number of combination preparations.Daily Dosage: Administration in allopathic dosages is to be
avoided. The documented single dose is 0.1 gm.LITERATURE
TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
Banthorpe DV et al., (1973) Planta Med 23:64.
Brown AMG et al., Tissue culture, biochemistry and
pharmacology of Tanacetum ssp. In: PM 62, Abstracts of the
44th Ann Congress of GA, 33. 1996.
Hendriks H, Bos R, Woerdenbag, Der Rainfarn - eine
potentielle Arzneipflanze? In: ZPT I4(6):333. 1993.
Holopainen M, (1968) Planta Med (6):20P.
Nano GM et al., (1983) Fitoterapia (4): 135.
Ognyanov I, Tochorova M, (1983) Planta Med 48:181.
Schearer WR, (1984) J Nat Prod 47(6):964.
Frohne D, Pfander HJ. Giftpflanzen - Ein Handbuch fur
Apotheker, Toxikologen und Biologen, 4. Aufl., Wiss.
Verlagsges. mbH Stuttgart 1997.
Hausen B, Allergiepflanzen, Pflanzenallergene, ecomed
Verlagsgesellsch. mbH. Landsberg 1988.
Kern W. List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der
Pharmazeutischen Praxis. 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck, Haug
Verlag, Heidelberg 1992.
Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.
Roth L, Daunderer M, Kormann K, Giftpflanzen, Pflanzengifte,- Aufl., Ecomed Fachverlag Landsberg Lech 1993.
Teuscher E, Lindequist U, Biogene Gifte - Biologie, Chemie,
Pharmakologie, 2. Aufl., Fischer Verlag Stuttgart 1994.
TANSY OIL
Banthorpe DV et al., (1973) Planta Med 23:64.
Brown AMG et al., Tissue culture, biochemistry and
pharmacology of Tanacetum ssp. In: PM 62, Abstracts of the
44th Ann Congress of GA, 33. 1996.
Hendriks H, Bos R, Woerdenbag, Der Rainfarn - eine
potentielle Arzneipflanze? In: ZPT 14(6):333. 1993.
Holopainen M, (1968) Planta Med (6):20P.
Nano GM et al., (1983) Fitoterapia (4): 135.
Ognyanov I, Tochorova M, (1983) Planta Med 48:181.
Schearer WR, (1984) J Nat Prod 47(6):964.
Further information in:
Frohne D, Pfander HJ, Giftpflanzen - Ein Handbuch fur.
Apotheker, Toxikologen und Biologen, 4. Aufl., Wiss.
Verlagsges. mbH Stuttgart 1997.
Hausen B, Allergiepflanzen, Pflanzenallergene, ecomed
Verlagsgesellsch. mbH, Landsberg 1988.
Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der
Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck, Haug
Verlag, Heidelberg 1992.
Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3,
Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.