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BUTCHER’S BROOM (Ruscus aculeatus L.) ++Activities (Butcher’s Broom) — Alpha-Adrenergic (1; PNC); Antiaggregant (f; PED); Anticapil-
lary Fragility (1; PH2; SKY); Antiinflammatory (2; KOM; PHR; PH2; SKY); Antipyretic (f; EFS);
Aperient (f; PNC); Aperitif (f; EFS); Bitter (f; PED); Deobstruent (f; EFS); Diaphoretic (f; EFS;
PNC); Diuretic (2; KOM; PED; PH2); Emmenagogue (f; EFS); Expectorant (f; BIB); Laxative (f;
APA; BGB; EFS); Tonic (1; PH2); Vasoconstrictor (1; APA; PNC; PED; SKY).
Indications (Butcher’s Broom) — Anorexia (f; EFS); Arthrosis (1; APA); Atherosclerosis (f; PED;
SKY); Cancer, prostate (f; HHB; JLH); Capillary Fragility (1; PH2; PNC; SKY); Catarrh (f; BIB);
Chilblain (f; BIB); Constipation (f; APA; BGB; EFS); Cramp (1; APA; KOM; PH2); CVI (2; APA;
BGB; PH2); Dropsy (f; BIB); Dyspnea (f; BIB); Dysuria (f; BIB); Fever (f; EFS; PNC); Fracture
(f; APA; BGB); Hemorrhoid (2; APA; KOM; MAB; PH2; SKY); Hypertriglyceridemia (1; BGB);
Inflammation (2; APA; KOM; PHR; PH2; SKY); Itch (1; APA; KOM; PH2); Jaundice (f; BIB;
EFS); Nephrosis (f; BIB); Pain (1; KOM); Phlebitis (1; PED); Pulmonosis (f; EFS); Prostatosis (f;
JLH); Respirosis (f; BIB); Retinosis (2; BGB); Rheumatism (f; APA); Scrofula (f; BIB); Swelling
(1; APA; KOM; PH2); Thrombosis (1; HHB; PED); Ulcus cruris (f; HHB); Uterosis (f; BGB);
Varicosis (1; APA; MAB; SKY); Water Retention (2; BIB; KOM; PED; PH2).
Dosages (Butcher’s Broom) — 300-mg tablets (APA); 7–11 mg ruscogenin (or neoruscogenin +
ruscogenin)/day or equivalent in raw extract (KOM; PH2); 1–2 tbsp fresh root (PED); 1.5–3 g dry
root (PED); 2 g dry root :10 ml alcohol/10 ml water (PED); 1 g extract 3 ×/day (SKY); StX (50–100
mg ruscogenin)/day) (SKY).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Butcher’s Broom) — Class 1 (AHP; SKY).
“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Commission E