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Indications (Pigeonpea) — Biliousness (f; KAB); Bite (f; JFM); Bladder Stone (f; JFM);
Bleeding (f; KAB); Bronchosis (f; JFM; KAB); Cancer (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, abdomen (1;
FNF; JLH); Cancer, colon (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, intestine (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, liver (1;
FNF; JLH); Cancer, stomach (1; FNF; JLH); Childbirth (f; JFM); Constipation (f; KAB); Cough
(f; JFM); Cramp (f; JFM); Dermatosis (f; JFM); Diabetes (1; WO2); Dysgeusia (f; KAB);
Dysentery (f; KAB); Dysmenorrhea (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; JLH); Fungus (f; WO2); Gastrosis
(f; JLH); Headache (f; JFM); Hemorrhoid (f; KAB); Hepatosis (f; JLH); High Cholesterol (1;
WO2); High Triglycerides (1; WO2); High Urea (1; WO2); Hyperglycemia (1; WO2); Hypogly-
cemia (1; WO2); Infection (f; WO2); Infertility (f; JFM); Inflammation (f; JFM); Jaundice (f;
WO2); Leprosy (f; KAB); Leukorrhea (f; JFM); Measles (f; WO2); Mycosis (f; WO2); Obesity
(1; WO2); Ophthalmia (f; JFM); Respirosis (f; JFM); Snakebite (f; KAB); Sore (f; JFM);
Stomatosis (f; WO2); Stone (f; JFM); Swelling (f; JFM; KAB); Toothache (f; JFM); Vertigo (f;
JFM); Virus (1; WO2); Worm (f; KAB); Wound (f; JFM).
Dosages (Pigeonpea) — Pods and pulses are food farmacy, some of the best! (JAD); 20–40 g leaf
boiled in water for dermatosis, sore, swelling, and wound (JFM).
PILEWORT (Ranunculus ficaria L.) +Synonym: Ficaria ranunculoides Moench.
Activities (Pilewort) — Astringent (f; EFS; PNC); Antiseptic (f; PNC); Demulcent (f; EFS);
Diuretic (f; EFS); Fungicide (f; PNC).
Indications (Pilewort) — Arthrosis (f; PH2); Bleeding (f; PH2); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, breast
(f; JLH); Cancer, mouth (f; JLH); Fungus (f; PNC); Gingivosis (f; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; HAD;
MAD; PNC); Infection (f; PNC); Mastosis (f; JLH); Mycosis (f; PNC); Scurvy (f; PH2); Sore (f;
JLH); Stomatosis (f; JLH); Swelling (f; PH2); Wen (f; JLH); Wound (f; PH2).
Dosages (Pilewort) — 2–5 g herb, or in tea, 3 ×/day (CAN); 2–5 ml liquid herb extract (1:1 in
25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 2.5–5 ml liquid extract (PNC); 3% topical root ointment (CAN);
30% fresh pilewort in benzoinated lard (CAN).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Pilewort) — In view of the data, excessive
use, especially during lactation and pregnancy, should be avoided. Not recommended for internal
consumption (CAN). I am not ready to accept the Herbal PDR statement, “Active agents are tannin,
the alkaloids chelidonin and cholerytrin, the saponin fikarin” (PH2). I fear their choice of common
names, lesser celandine, may have mal-influenced their listing of active ingredients. So far, I find
no reports of chelidonine or chelerythrine in any Ranunculus, although I expect them in true
celandine (Chelidonium), of a different plant family.
PIMPINELLA (Pimpinella saxifraga L.) ++KOM treats P. saxifraga L. and P. major (L.) Huds. as one. PHR and PH2 call it just P. major, not
covering P. saxifraga. HHB treats both, admitting that there is a H. saxifraga var. maior, giving
uses as though they were interchangeable. HH2 treats them as two distinct species. I treat them as
an aggregate, although still maintaining the HDR entries as separate.
Activities (Pimpinella) — Antispasmodic (f; MAD); Diuretic (f; MAD); Emmenagogue (f; HHB);
Expectorant (f; HHB; PH2); Lactagogue (f; MAD); Secretolytic (2; PHR); Secretomotor (2; PHR);
Vermifuge (f; HHB); Vulnerary (f; MAD).
Indications (Pimpinella) — Angina (f; HHB; MAD); Asthma (f; HHB); Backache (f; PH2);
Bacteria (f; PH2); Bladder Stone (f; MAD; PHR); Bronchosis (2; HHB; PHR); Cardiopathy (f;