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Indications (Catechu) — Alactea (f; DEP); Anemia (f; KAB); Anorexia (f; KAB); Bleeding
(f; DAA; PH2); Boil (f; KAB; WO2); Bronchosis (f; DEP; KAB); Burn (f; DEP); Cancer (f;
JLH); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Catarrh (f; PH2; PNC); Chancre (f; DEP); Childbirth (f; SKJ);
Colitis (f; HH2; PH2); Congestion (f; DEP); Conjunctivosis (f; DEP); Cough (f; DEP; WO2);
Depression (f; KAB); Dermatosis (f; DEP; PH2); Diarrhea (f; BRU; DEP; WO2); Dysentery
(f; DEP; PH2); Dyspepsia (f; KAB); Dysuria (f; KAB); Elephantiasis (f; KAB); Enterosis (f;
JLH); Erysipelas (f; KAB); Fever (f; DAA; KAB); Gingivosis (f; PH2); Gleet (f; DEP);
Gonorrhea (f; DEP; KAB); Gravel (f; SKJ); Hemoptysis (f; DEP; KAB); Hemorrhoid (f; DEP;
KAB); High Blood Pressure (1; HH2; PNC); Infection (f; PH2); Inflammation (f; DAA; DEP);
Itch (f; DEP); Leprosy (f; KAB; WO2); Leukoderma (f; KAB); Leukorrhea (f; DEP; KAB);
Malaria (f; DEP); Menorrhagia (f; DEP; KAB); Mucososis (f; PH2); Otosis (f; DEP); Pharyn-
gosis (f; HH2; PH2); Proctosis (f; DEP); Prolapse (f; DEP); Psoriasis (f; KAB); Ptyalism (f;
DEP); Puerperium (f; DEP); Pulmonosis (f; KAB); Satyrism (f; DEP); Scurvy (f; DEP);
Snakebite (f; KAB); Sore (f; PH2; SKJ); Sore Throat (f; DEP); Stomatosis (f; DEP; PH2);
Syphilis (f; DEP); Tonsilosis (f; DEP); Toothache (f; HH2; PH2); Tuberculosis (f; SKJ); Uvulosis
(f; DEP); VD (f; DEP).
Dosages (Catechu) — 5–20 grains to 1 drachm gum, only 1–4 grains as expectorant (DEP). 0.3–2
g gum to 3 ×/day (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Catechu) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). But 100 years ago, “Believed
to be anaphrodisiac and to cause impotence when used in excess” (DEP).
CATGUT (Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.) +Synonym — Cracca virginiana L.
Activities (Catgut) — Allergenic (1; CRC); Analgesic (f; DEM); Anticancer (1; CRC);
Anthelminthic (1; CRC); Antileukemic (1; CRC); Carcinogenic (1; CRC); Diaphoretic (f;
CRC); Insecticide (1; CRC); Laxative (f; CRC); Piscicide (1; CRC); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tonic
(f; CRC).
Indications (Catgut) — Alopecia (f; CRC; DEM); Cancer (1; CRC); Cholecystosis (f; CRC);
Constipation (f; CRC); Cough (f; CRC; DEM); Cystosis (f; CRC); Debility (f; DEM); Dysmenor-
rhea (f; DEM); Fever (f; CRC; DEM); Impotence (f; CRC); Leukemia (1; CRC); Pain (f; DEM);
Pulmonosis (f; DEM); Rheumatism (f; DEM); Syphilis (f; CRC); Tuberculosis (f; CRC; DEM);
VD (f; CRC); Worm (1; CRC; DEM).