Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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(1; DEP; KAB; WOI); Diuretic (1; KAB; MPI; WOI); Expectorant (f; KAB; MPI); Fungicide (1; FNF;

WOI); Hypokinetic (1; MPI); Laxative (f; KAB); Orexigenic (f; DEP; HHB; KAB; MPI; SUW);

Parasiticide (f; PH2); Rubefacient (1; KAB); Scabicide (f; PH2); Sialagogue (f; DEP); Stimulant (f;

DEP); Tonic (f; DEP); Vermifuge (f; KAB; UPW); Vesicant (1; UPW; WOI); Vulnerary (f; KAB).

Indications (Plumbago) — Abscess (f; DEP); Adenopathy (f; JLH); Alopecia (1; FNF); Amenorrhea

(f; IHB); Anasarca (f; DEP; MPI; SUW; WOI); Anemia (f; KAB; PH2); Anorexia (f; HHB; SUW);

Arthrosis (f; PH2; UPW); Ascites (f; KAB); Bacteria (1; FNF; KAB; WOI); Boil (f; UPW); Bronchosis

(f; KAB); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Childbirth (f; IHB); Constipation (f; KAB); Derma-

tosis (f; DEP; KAB; PH2; MPI; SUW; WOI); Diarrhea (f; DEP; MPI; SUW); Dysentery (f; KAB);

Dyspepsia (f; HHB; SUW); Enterosis (f; JLH; KAB; PH2); Fever (1; DEP; IHB; KAB; MPI; SUW;

WOI); Flu (f; WOI); Framboesia (f; UPW); Fungus (1; FNF; WOI); Gastrosis (f; HHB); Headache (f;

IHB); Hemorrhoid (f; DEP; KAB; SUW; UPW); Hepatosis (f; KAB); Infection (1; FNF; WOI); Itch

(f; IHB); Leprosy (f; DEP; HHB; MPI; SUW; UPW; WOI); Leukoderma (1; FNF); Malaria (f; DEP;

MPI; SUW); Mycosis (1; FNF; WOI); Pain (f; DEP; PH2; UPW); Parasite (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f;

DEP; MPI; PH2); Ringworm (1; KAB; UPW); Salmonella (1; WOI); Scabies (f; DEP; KAB; MPI;

PH2); Sore (f; DEP; MPI; SUW; UPW); Splenosis (f; DEP; KAB); Staphylococcus (1; MPI); Stom-

achache (f; UPW); Tuberculosis (1; FNF; KAB; UPW); Wart (1; JLH; MPI); Worm (f; KAB; UPW).

Dosages (Plumbago) — 9–15 g leaf or root (PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Plumbago) — Not covered (AHP).“Health

hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Plumbagin stimulates the muscles at

low doses, but paralyses at high dose (KAB).

POINSETTIA (Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch) X

Synonyms: E. pulcherrima var. plenissima hort., Poinsettia pulcherrima (Willd. ex Klotzsch) Graham.

Activities (Poinsettia) — Analgesic (f; CRC); Antibacterial (f; CRC); Depilatory (f; CRC); Emetic

(f; CRC); Lactagogue (f; CRC); Piscicide (f; CRC); Poison (f; CRC).

Indications (Poinsettia) — Bacteria (f; CRC); Dermatosis (f; CRC); Erysipelas (f; CRC); Pain (f;

CRC); Toothache (f; CRC); Wart (f; CRC; JLH).

POISON HEMLOCK (Conium maculatum L.) X

Activities (Poison Hemlock) — Alterative (f; CRC); Analgesic (f; CRC); Anaphrodisiac (f; CRC);

Antinicotinic (1; PH2); Antispasmodic (f; CRC); Aphrodisiac (f; CRC); Hypertensive (1; PH2);

Hypotensive (1; PH2); Negative Inotropic (1; PH2); Nervine (f; CRC); Nicotinic (1; PH2); Paralytic

(1; PH2); Poison (2; DEM; PH2); Respiradepressant (1; PH2); Respirastimulant (1; PH2); Sedative

(f; CRC); Teratogenic (1; PHR; PH2).

Indications (Poison Hemlock) — Adenopathy (f; CRC; JLH; PH2); Amenorrhea (f; CRC); Arthrosis

(f; PHR; PH2); Asthma (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Backache (f; PHR; PH2); Bronchosis (f; CRC; PHR;

PH2); Cachexia (f; CRC); Cacoethes (f; CRC); Cancer (f; CRC); Cancer, breast (f; CRC); Cancer, colon

(f; JLH); Cancer, face (f; JLH); Cancer, ganglia (f; JLH); Cancer, gland (f; JLH); Cancer, intestine (f;

CRC); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, mesentery (f; JLH); Cancer, neck (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; CRC);

Cancer, pancreas (f; CRC); Cancer, parotid (f; CRC); Cancer, penis (f; JLH); Cancer, scrotum (f; JLH);

Cancer, skin (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cancer, sternum (f; CRC); Cancer, stomach (f;

JLH); Cancer, testicle (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, viscera (f; CRC); Carcinoma (f;

CRC); Cardosis (f; CRC); Chorea (f; CRC); Colic (f; CRC); Cough (f; CRC; PHR); Cramp (f; CRC;

PHR; PH2); Delirium (f; CRC); Depression (f; PH2); Dermatosis (f; CRC); Dyslactea (f; CRC);