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Indications (Ribwort) — Adenopathy (f; JLH); Aposteme (f; JLH); Asthma (f; MAD);
Atherosclerosis (1; BGB); Bacteria (1; BGB; HH2; KOM; PIP); Bleeding (1; PHR; PH2);
Blister (1; FAD); Bronchosis (2; BGB; PHR; PH2); Bug Bite (f; FAD); Cancer (1; HH2; JLH);
Cancer, eye (1; JLH); Cancer, lip (1; JLH); Cancer, parotid (f; JLH); Catarrh (2; BGB; KOM;
MAD; PIP); Cold (2; PHR; PH2); Colitis (1; PH2); Congestion (1; BGB); Conjunctivosis (f;
FAD; PH2); Constipation (2; BGB; DEP; PH2); Cough (2; PHR; PH2); Cramp (f; PH2);
Cystosis (f; PH2); Dermatosis (2; BGB; KOM; PH2; PIP); Diabetes (1; PH2); Diarrhea (2;
DEP; FAD; PH2); Dysentery (1; FAD; PH2); Earache (f; FAD); Enterosis (1; PH2); Enuresis
(f; PH2); Escherichia (1; HHB); Fever (2; PHR; PH2); Furuncle (f; PH2); Gallstone (1; PH2);
Gas (f; PH2); Gastrosis (f; PH2); Gonorrhea (f; PH2); Gout (f; PH2); Hematuria (1; FAD);
Hepatosis (1; BGB; CAN; FNF; HH2; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1; CAN); High Cholesterol
(1; BGB; CAN; PH2); Hypercholesterolemia (2; BGB; CAN; PH2); Hyperglycemia (1; PH2);
Hypertriglyceridemia (2; BGB; CAN; PH2); IBS (2; PH2); Infection (2; PHR); Inflammation
(1; BGB; HH2); Mucososis (2; KOM; PH2; PIP); Nephrosis (f; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; JLH);
Pain (1; PH2); Parotosis (f; JLH); Pertussis (f; MAD); Pharyngosis (2; KOM; PH2; PIP);
Pulmonosis (1; MAD); Respirosis (2; BGB; KOM; MAD; PIP); Rheumatism (f; PH2); Sore
(2; DEP; FAD); Staphylococcus (f; HH2); Stomatosis (2; KOM; PH2; PIP); Swelling (1; BGB);
Tuberculosis (f; MAD); Ulcer (f; PH2); Ulcerative Colitis (1; PH2); Urogenitosis (f; PH2);
VD (f; PH2); Water Retention (1; BGB; PH2); Wound (1; DEP; HH2; PH2).Dosages (Ribwort) — 2–6 g shoot/dose up to 12–40 g/day (KOM; PH2; PIP); 2–4 g shoot/cup
water (PHR).Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Ribwort) — Class 1 (AHP). None known or
reported (KOM; PIP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”
(PH2). Some plantains may cause dermatosis (FAD). Contraindicated in GI stenosis, obstructed
bowel (ileus), or poorly managed diabetes (PH2). Often causes allergy in hospital professionals.
Like all high-fiber products, this may hinder absorption and/or uptake of more dangerous drugs.
Mucilage from any plantain seed may lower cholesterol (FAD).RICE (Oryza sativa L.) +++Synonyms: O. glutinosa Lour., O. sativa cv. italica Alef., O. sativa subsp. indica Kato, O. sativa
var. affinis Körn., O. sativa var. erythroceros Körn., O. sativa var. flavoacies Kara-Murza ex Zhuk.,
O. sativa var. melanacra Körn., O. sativa var. suberythroceros Kanevsk, O. sativa var. vulgaris
Körn., O. sativa var. zeravschanica Brches ex Katzaroff.Activities (Rice) — Abortifacient (f; LMP); Analgesic (1; PH2); Antidote (f; LMP); Antiin-
flammatory (f; KAB); Antiperspirant (f; PH2); Antipyretic (f; LMP); Aphrodisiac (f; KAB);
Astringent (f; DEP); Carminative (f; KAB); Demulcent (f; PNC); Digestive (f; PNC); Diuretic
(f; UPW); Emollient (f; LMP); Pectoral (f; KAB); Sedative (1; PH2); Stomachic (f; LMP);
Tonic (f; KAB).Indications (Rice) — Anorexia (f; DAA); Biliousness (f; KAB); Bleeding (f; DAA); Bruise (f;
LMP); Cancer (f; DAA; JLH; UPW); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Catarrh (f; DEP); Cholera (f;
DEP); Colitis (f; PH2); Debility (f; PH2); Dermatosis (f; KAB; UPW); Diabetes (f; PH2);
Diarrhea (1; DEP; PH2); Dysentery (f; DAA; DEP; KAB); Dyspepsia (f; DEP; KAB); Dysuria
(f; DEP; UPW); Enterosis (1; DEP; KAB; PH2); Epistaxis (f; LMP); Fever (f; DEP; LMP);
Gas (f; KAB); Gastrosis (1; PH2; PNC); Gout (f; DAA; LMP); Hemoptysis (f; KAB); Hemate-
mesis (f; LMP); Hemorrhoid (f; DAA); Induration (f; JLH); Inflammation (f; DEP; KAB);