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Indications (Upland Cotton) — Asthma (f; CRC); Bite (f; PH2); Bleeding (f; CRC); Bronchosis
(f; CRC); Cancer (1; CRC; FNF); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Cancer,
colon (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Childbirth (f; HHB; PH2);
Climacteric (f; PH2); Cold (f; JFM); Constipation (f; PH2); Cough (f; PH2); Cramp (f; JFM);
Cystosis (f; PH2); Diarrhea (f; CRC); Dysentery (f; CRC; JFM); Dyslactea (f; JFM; PH2);
Dysuria (f; JFM); Earache (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM); Epilepsy (f; PH2); Fever (f; HHB; JFM);
Fibroid (1; CRC; FNF); Gonorrhea (f; PH2); Headache (f; CRC; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; CRC;
JFM); High Blood Pressure (f; JFM); High Cholesterol (f; PH2); Hypochondria (f; CRC);
Inflammation (f; JFM); Laryngosis (f; JFM); Pain (f; JFM); Polyp (f; CRC; FNF); Pulmonosis
(f; JFM); Rheumatism (f; JFM); Snakebite (f; PH2); Tumor (1; CRC; FNF); Uterosis (f; CRC;
FNF); UTI (f; JFM); Water Retention (f; CRC).
Dosages (Upland Cotton) — 100 g root/1 liter water, reduced by boiling to 0.5 liter, take 50 g
liquid every half hour (dangerous formula for abortion, CRC); 3 leaves in 1 liter water for hyper-
tension (JFM); 6–8 g seed/150 g water or milk, 3 ×/day as lactagogue (f; JFM); 1–2 tbsp fluid
extract during childbirth (HHB).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Upland Cotton) — Class 2b (AHP). Con-
traindicated in urogenital irritation or tendency to inflammation; may sterilize men (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Drug is toxic due to gossypol.
Animals fed seed press cakes for 3–4 weeks showed enterosis, gastrosis, hematuria, jaundice,
nephritis, and ophthalmic disorders (PH2).USNEA (Usnea spp.) ++Activities (Usnea) — Analgesic (1; BGB); Antibacterial (1; FNF; WAM); Antiinflammatory (1;
FNF); Antisarcomic (1; BGB); Antiseptic (2; BGB; KOM; PH2); Antitumor (1; BGB); Candidicide
(1; BGB); Deodorant (1; BGB); Expectorant (f; BGB); Fungicide (1; BGB; WAM); Parasiticide
(1; WAM).
Indications (Usnea) — Bacteria (1; FNF; WAM); Boil (f; BGB); Bronchosis (f; BGB); Cancer
(1; BGB; JLH); Candida (1; BGB); Cough (1; WAM); Cystosis (f; BGB); Fungus (1; BGB; WAM);
Headache (f; BGB); Heatstroke (f; BGB); Infection (1; BGB; WAM); Inflammation (1; FNF; PH2);
Lymphadenosis (f; BGB); Mucososis (2; HHB; KOM; PH2); Mycosis (1; BGB; WAM); Nephrosis
(f; BGB); Pain (1; BGB); Parasite (1; WAM); Pharyngosis (2; KOM; PH2); Pleurosis (f; BGB);
Scrofula (f; BGB); Sore (f; BGB); Sore Throat (f; BGB; PH2); Stomatosis (2; KOM; PH2); Strep
Throat (f; BGB); Swelling (f; BGB; JLH); Tuberculosis (f; BGB; HHB); Tumor (1; BGB); UTI
(f; BGB); Wart (f; JLH); Wound (f; BGB); Yeast (1; BGB).
Dosages (Usnea) — 1 lozenge (equivalent to 100 mg herb) 3–6 ×/day (KOM; PHR); 60 mg
drug/day (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Usnea) — None known (KOM; WAM). How’s
this for a template, “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).
“Following overdosage, signs of poisoning could appear. These signs have yet to be described”
(PHR; PH2).UZARA (Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) R. Brown) +Synonym: Asclepias undulata L.
Activities (Uzara) — Cardioactive (2; KOM; PIP); Digitalic (1; PH2); Motility Inhibitor (2;
KOM; PIP).