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Cardiopathy (f; DEM; FAD); Catarrh (f; FEL); Cholera (f; FEL); Coccus (f; MAD); Cold (f; DEM;
FAD; HH3); Colic (f; FEL; HH3; PH2); Constipation (f; FEL); Convulsion (f; DEM); Cough (f;
DEM; FAD; PH2); Cramp (f; CAN; HHB; MAD; PH2); Diarrhea (f; PH2); Dropsy (f; FEL);
Dysentery (f; FAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; FEL; MAD); Dyspepsia (f; FAD; FEL; PH2); Earache (F;
HH3); Enterosis (f; FEL); Fever (f; CAN; DEM; FEL; MAD; PHR; PH2); Gas (f; FEL; PH2);
Gastrosis (f; FEL); Gonorrhea (f; DEM; HH3); Headache (f; PH2); Helicobacter (1; X9781854);
Hemiplegia (f; FEL; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; APA); Hip Ache (f; MAD); Hypotension (f;
PHR; PH2); Hysteria (f; HH3; MAD); Impaired Peripheral Circulation (f; CAN); Inflammation (1;
APA; PHR; PH2); Intermittent Claudication (f; CAN); Ischiosis (f; HH3; MAD); Itch (f; DEM);
Leprosy (f; PH2); Leukorrhea (f; MAD); Lumbago (f; FEL; MAD); Malaria (f; FEL); Mucososis (f;
FEL); Myalgia (f; FEL); Nephrosis (f; DEM; FAD); Neuralgia (f; FEL; MAD); Neurosis (f; FAD;
HH3; MAD); Ophthalmia (f; PH2); Otosis (f; HH3; PH2); Ovariosis (f; MAD); Pain (1; APA; DEM);
Pancreatosis (f; FAD); Paralysis (f; FEL; PH2); Pharyngosis (f; FEL); Pulmonosis (f; DEM; FAD);
Raynaud’s Syndrome (f; CAN); Rheumatism (f; APA; CAN; DEM; FAD; FEL; MAD; PHR; PH2);
Scrofula (f; FEL); Sickle Cell (1; JAD; FNF); Sore (f; FEL); Sore Throat (f; DEM; FAD; FEL; HH3);
Stomatosis (f; FEL); Syphilis (f; FEL; HH3; MAD); Tonsilosis (f; DEM; FAD); Toothache (1; DEM;
FAD; FEL; FNF; JAD; MAD; PH2); Torticollis (f; FEL); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Typhoid (f; FEL);
Ulcer (1; X9781854); VD (f; DEM; FEL); Vomiting (f; DEM); Worm (f; DEM; PH2); Yeast (1; FNF).
Dosages (Prickly Ash) — 1–3 g dry bark, or in tea, 3 ×/day (APA; CAN); 0.6–1.8 g powdered
bark (MAD); 1–3 ml liquid bark extract (PNC); 1–3 ml liquid bark extract (1:1 in 45% ethanol) 3
×/day (APA; CAN); 2–5 ml bark tincture (1:5 in 45% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 0.5–1.5 g dry berries
(CAN); 0.5–1.5 ml liquid berry extract (1:1 in 45% ethanol) (APA; CAN); 0.5–1.5 ml liquid fruit
extract (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Prickly Ash) — Class 2b (AHP). None
reported (PHR). Reported to be toxic to animals (CAN). Because of pharmacologically active
alkaloids and coumarins, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided. May interfere with
anticoagulant therapy. Excessive use should be avoided (CAN).
Extracts (Prickly Ash) — Bark extracts act as a reversible neuromuscular blocking agent. A single
hypotensive dose of nitidine chloride (2 mg/kg) lowered blood pressure 20% in mice within 90
minutes, persisting for 6 hours. Nitidine also antagonizes the hypertensive effects of angiotensin.
Chelerythrine, at 10 mg/kg (orl rat), was comparable in antiinflammatory activity to indomethacin
at 5 mg/kg. Chelerythrine also works against Candida and Gram-positive, if not Gram-negative,
bacteria. Chelerythrine potentiates the analgesia of morphine, prolongs barbiturate sleep, and is
hypotensive following an immediate hypertensive thrust (in cats, mice, and rats). Asirinin has
antitubercular activity; neoherculin is insecticidal and sialagogue.PRICKLY PEAR (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) ++Synonyms: Cactus ficus-indica L., Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C. Weber). Speg.
Activities (Prickly Pear) — Analgesic (f; DAV); Astringent (f; EFS); Diuretic (f; WOI); Emollient
(f; WOI); Sedative (f; DAV).
Indications (Prickly Pear) — Acne (f; JFM); Alopecia (f; AAB); Arthrosis (f; AAB); Callus (f;
JLH); Childbirth (f; AAB); Conjunctivosis (f; JFM); Corn (f; JLH); Cystosis (f; AAB); Dermatosis
(f; JFM); Diabetes (f; DAV); Diarrhea (f; EFS; JFM); Dysentery (f; EFS; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM);
Epistaxis (f; DAV); Fever (f; AAB; JFM); Gonorrhea (f; JFM); Hepatosis (f; JFM); High Blood
Pressure (f; AAB); Insomnia (f; DAV); Malaise (f; AAB); Nervousness (f; DAV); Pain (f; DAV;
JFM); Prostatosis (f; DAV); Pulmonosis (f; JFM); Rabies (f; JFM); Radiation Burn (f; JFM);
Rheumatism (f; DAV); Stomachache (f; JFM); Tumor (f; JFM); Wart (f; JLH).