Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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(f; MAD); Colic (f; EFS); Constipation (f; EFS); Cramp (f; EFS); Cystosis (f; HHB; MAD);
Depression (f; MAD); Diabetes (f; MAD); Diarrhea (f; HHB; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; HHB;
MAD; PH2); Dysuria (f; PH2); Fever (f; EFS); Gastrosis (f; HHB); Gout (f; MAD); Headache
(f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; HHB); Inflammation
(f; PH2); Jaundice (f; MAD); Mastosis (f; MAD); Neurosis (f; MAD); Pain (f; HHB; MAD;
PH2); Phthisis (f; MAD); Plethora (f; MAD); Pregnancy (f; HHB); Rheumatism (f; PH2); Scab
(f; MAD); Sore (f; MAD); Spine (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; PH2); Urogenitosis (f; MAD);
Uterosis (f; MAD); UTI (f; PH2).

Dosages (Tansy Ragwort) — Do not take it (JAD); 1 part herb:5 ethanol (10%) fruit topical
application (HH2; PH2); 2 g herb tincture several ×/day up to 15 g (MAD); 1–3 g fluid herb extract
(MAD); 40–60 g herb juice (MAD).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Tansy Ragwort) — Not covered (AHP). Use
of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) in humans,
with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs)
in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be carcinogenic, hepatotoxic, and mutagenic. PAs
are toxic to humans, with liver damage with cirrhosis and ascites, or seneciosis, or VOD reported
in almost all cases of severe or fatal intoxications, from intakes of 0.5 mg/kg to 3.3 mg/kg (AEH1).
LD50 (mixed alkaloids) = 140 mg/kg orl rat (HH2).

TAPIOCA (Manihot esculenta Crantz) +

Synonyms: Jatropha dulcis J. F. Gmel., J. manihot L., Manihot aipi Pohl, M. dulcis (J. F.
Gmel.) Pax, M. flabellifolia Pohl, M. manihot (L.) Cockerell, M. melanobasis Müll. Arg., M.
utilissima Pohl.

Activities (Tapioca) — Antiseptic (f; CRC); Aperient (f; CRC); Cyanogenic (1; CRC); Demulcent
(f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC); Hemostat (f; DAV); Piscicide (1; CRC); Poison (1; CRC); Sedative
(f; JFM).

Indications (Tapioca) — Abscess (f; CRC); Angina (f; CRC; JFM); Arthrosis (f; IED); Ascariasis
(f; CRC); Ascites (f; CRC); Bite (f; CRC); Bleeding (f; DAV); Boil (f; CRC); Chill (f; DAV);
Condyloma (f; CRC); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC; IED); Dermatosis (f; DAV); Diarrhea (f; CRC;
DAV); Dysentery (f; CRC); Eczema (f; CRC); Erysipelas (f; CRC); Fever (f; DAV; IED); Flu (f;
CRC; JFM); Hernia (f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC; JFM); Infertility (f; DAV); Inflammation (f;
CRC); Insomnia (f; JFM); Marasmus (f; CRC); Mastosis (f; JFM); Myosis (f; DAV); Nervousness
(f; JFM); Neuralgia (f; CRC); Ophthalmia (f; CRC); Orchosis (f; CRC); Pain (f; CRC; IED);
Prostatosis (f; CRC); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Scabies (f; CRC; DAV); Sore (f; CRC); Snakebite (f;
CRC; JFM); Spasm (f; CRC); Sycosis (f; CRC); Toothache (f; CRC); Tumor (f; CRC; JLH); Water
Retention (f; CRC); Whitlow (f; CRC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Tapioca) — Not covered (AHP; KOM; PHR).
36 drops of bitter cassava juice killed a man in 6 convulsive minutes (IED).
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