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CRC); Lacrimator (f; KAP; WOI); Larvicide (f; BIB; WOI); Laxative (f; BIB; CRC; JFM);
Negative Chronotropic (1; PH2); Parasiticide (f; BIB; CRC); Pediculicide (f; FEL); Piscicide (f;
WBB); Poison (1; CRC; DEP; SUW); Positive Inotropic (1; PH2); Rodenticide (1; CRC);
Spasmogenic (f; KAP; MPI); Sternutator (f; BIB; CRC; JFM); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tonic (f;
CRC; EFS); Vermifuge (f; JFM).Indications (Rose Bay) — Angina (f; MAD); Apoplexy (f; MAD); Aposteme (f; CRC); Arrhyth-
mia (f; MAD); Arthrosis (f; KAB; MAD); Asthma (f; CRC); Atherosclerosis (f; CRC); Bacteria
(1; WBB; WOI); Cancer (1; CRC; MPI); Carcinoma (f; CRC); Cardiopathy (1; BIB; PH2);
Chancre (f; KAB; MPI; SUW; WOI); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC); Constipation (f; BIB; CRC; JFM);
Corn (f; CRC; JLH); Dermatosis (f; CRC; DEP; PH2; SUW; WOI); Dysmenorrhea (f; CRC;
WBB); Dyspnea (f; FEL); Eczema (f; CRC; MAD); Edema (f; FEL; MPI); Epilepsy (f; CRC;
FEL; WBB); Epithelioma (f; CRC; JLH); Fever (1; KAP; MPI); Fungus (1; MPI); Furuncle (f;
HH2); Gingivosis (f; BIB); Headache (f; KAP; MAD); Hemorrhoid (f; KAP; MPI; PH2); Herpes
(f; CRC); High Blood Pressure (f; BIB); Impetigo (f; BIB); Induration (f; JLH); Infection (1;
JFM; MPI; WBB); Inflammation (1; KAB; KAP; MPI); Insomnia (f; MAD); Leprosy (f; BIB;
DEP; SUW); Lice (f; FEL); Lumbago (f; KAB); Maggot (f; CRC); Malaria (f; CRC; MAD;
WBB); Myalgia (f; KAB); Mycosis (1; MPI); Myocardosis (f; MAD); Odontosis (f; BIB);
Ophthalmia (f; CRC; KAP; PH2); Pain (1; KAB; KAP; MPI); Paralysis (f; MAD); Parasite (f;
BIB; CRC; JFM); Psoriasis (f; CRC; SUW); Rhinosis (f; BIB); Ringworm (f; BIB; CRC); Scabies
(f; CRC; MAD; PH2; WBB); Sinusosis (f; CRC); Snakebite (f; CRC; HH2; WBB); Sore (f;
CRC; SUW; WOI); Staphylococcus (1; WBB); Stomatosis (f; BIB); Stress (1; KAP); Swelling
(f; DEP; JFM; KAP; MPI; SUW); Tachycardia (f; MAD); Tumor (f; CRC; JLH); Ulcer (1; MPI);
VD (f; BIB; JFM); Vertigo (f; MAD); Wart (f; CRC); Water Retention (1; BIB; CRC; EFS; KAP;
WOI); Worm (f; JFM).Dosages (Rose Bay) — Equivalent to 1–3 grains fresh bark or dried fruit (FEL); 50 mg leaf (MAD).Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Rose Bay) — Not covered (AHP). “Health
hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific quan-
tified dosage! JAD). Commission E reports accidental and therapeutic use of leaf has resulted in
partially fatal poisonings (AEH). Overdoses may cause arrhythmia, bradycardia, cardiodepression,
confusion, cyanosis, diarrhea, headache, hyperkalemia, nausea, neurodepression, stupor, and vom-
iting (BRU; DEP; MAD; PH2). More than 100 years ago we read, “Several cases are on record of
fatal results from the internal administration” (DEP). 142 bovines died in California over 6 years,
1989–1995 (BRU). During the Persian campaign, Alexander’s army lost horses that had fed on the
shrub, and some soldiers died who had grilled their meat on skewers made from the wood (WBB).
15–20 g fresh leaf can kill a horse, 10–20 a cow, 1–5 a sheep. Children have died after ingesting
a handful of flowers (JFM).ROSE HIPS, DOGROSE (Rosa canina L.) +++Synonym: R. lutetiana Léman.
Much of the German literature refers to cynosbati, referring to the fruits and seeds of this species,
or a fungus thereon (see EFS).
Activities (Rose Hips) — Analgesic (1; JBU); Antidiarrheic (f; PNC); Antioxidant (1; HH3);
Antiradicular (1; HH3); Antiseptic (f; PED); Antispasmodic (f; PED); Astringent (2; APA; KOM;
WAM); Demulcent (1; WAM); Diuretic (1; APA; HH3; PED; PHR; PH2); Hypoglycemic (1; HH3);
Laxative (1; APA; PHR; PH2); Lipoxygenase Inhibitor (1; HH3); Nervine (1; WAM); Vermifuge
(f; HH3; MAD).