Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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HELIOTROPE (Heliotropium europaeum L.) +

Activities (Heliotrope) — Antipyretic (f; CRC; EFS); Carcinogenic (1; CRC; FNF); Cholagogue

(f; CRC; EFS); Emmenagogue (f; CRC; EFS); Hepatotoxic (1; CRC); Poison (1; CRC).

Indications (Heliotrope) — Bite (f; CRC); Callus (f; JLH); Cancer (1; CRC; JLH); Carcinoma

(1; FNF; JLF); Fever (f; CRC; EFS); Gravel (f; CRC); Polyp (f; CRC; JLH); Snakebite (f; CRC);

Sting (f; CRC); Ulcer (f; CRC); Wart (f; CRC); Wen (f; JLH).

HEMLOCK (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) ++

Synonyms: Abies canadensis var. gracilis Waterer ex Gordon, Picea canadensis (L.) Link, Pinus

canadensis L., Tsuga canadensis f. fastigiata (Beissner) C. K. Schneid., T. canadensis f. gracilis

(Waterer ex Gordon) Beissner.

It may be OK in the U.K. and Germany to call Tsuga canadensis “Pinus bark” colloquially as does

GMH and PH2. I prefer Hemlock or Canada Pitch (JAD).

Activities (Hemlock) — Abortifacient (f; CEB; GMH); Antiinflammatory (f; PHR; PH2); Anti-

septic (f; PNC); Astringent (1; CEB; FAD; PH2); Diaphoretic (f; CEB; FAD; PH2); Diuretic (f;

FEL; PH2; PNC); Hemostat (f; CEB; FAD); Rubefacient (f; FEL; GMH); Stimulant (f; CEB; FEL).

Indications (Hemlock) — Arthrosis (f; DEM); Back (f; CEB); Bleeding (f; CEB; DEM; FAD);

Blood (f; DEM); Boil (f; CEB); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Catarrh (f; HHB); Chafing

(f; CEB; DEM); Childbirth (f; DEM); Cholera (f; DEM); Cold (f; DEM; FAD; MIC); Colic (f;

CEB); Colitis (f; PNC); Cough (f; CEB; DEM; FAD); Croup (f; CEB); Cystosis (f; CEB; DEM;

PNC); Dermatosis (f; DEM); Diarrhea (f; CEB; DEM; FAD; PH2); Dysentery (f; DEM); Dyspepsia

(f; PH2); Eczema (f; DEM); Enterosis (f; CEB; DEM); Fever (f; CEB; DEM; FAD; PH2); Flu (f;

CEB; DEM); Gastrosis (f; CEB; DEM; FAD); Gingivosis (f; CEB; PNC); Hyperacidity (f; CEB);

Induration (f; JLH); Infection (f; DEM); Inflammation (f; PHR; PH2); Itch (f; DEM); Laryngosis

(f; PNC); Lethargy (f; DEM); Leukorrhea (f; CEB; PNC); Mastosis (JLH); Myosis (f; DEM);

Nephrosis (f; DEM; FAD); Pain (f; DEM); Penis (f; DEM); Pharyngosis (f; PHR; PH2); Prickly

Heat (f; DEM); Prolapse (f; CEB); Pyorrhea (f; CEB); Rheumatism (f; CEB; DEM; FAD); Scurvy

(f; CEB; DEM; FAD; PH2); Smallpox (f; CEB); Sore (f; CEB; DEM); Stomachache (f; CEB);

Stomatosis (f; PHR; PH2); Swelling (f; CEB; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Uterosis (f; CEB);

VD (f; CEB); Water Retention (f; FEL; PH2; PNC); Wound (f; CEB; DEM; FAD).

Dosages (Hemlock) — 1–5 ml liquid leaf extract (PNC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Hemlock) — Not covered (AHP; KOM).

“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates

no specific quantified dosage! JAD). Tannins probably explain most of the folklore, but vitamin C

explains the chronic reference to scurvy (JAD).

HEMP AGRIMONY (Eupatorium cannabinum L.) X

Activities (Hemp Agrimony) — Alterative (f; EFS); Analgesic (f; EFS); Antipyretic (f; EFS); Aperitif

(f; EFS); Bitter (1; PH2); Cholagogue (f; HHB); Cytotoxic (1; PH2); Depurative (f; EFS); Diaphoretic

(f; EFS); Diuretic (f; HHB); Emetic (f; HHB); Hemostat (f; EFS); Immunostimulant (1; PH2); Laxative

(f; EFS); Nervine (f; EFS); Tonic (f; PH2); Vermifuge (f; EFS); Vulnerary (f; EFS).

Indications (Hemp Agrimony) — Anorexia (f; EFS); Bleeding (f; EFS); Bronchosis (f; HHB);

Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cholecystosis (f; HHB; PH2); Constipation (f; EFS);

Dermatosis (f; HHB); Eczema (f; HHB); Fever (f; EFS; HHB; PH2); Flu (f; HHB); Gastrosis (f;