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ASIAN MEADOW-RUE (Thalictrum foliolosum DC.) +Activities (Asian Meadow-Rue) — Antipyretic (f; KAP; SUW); Aperient (f; KAB; SUW; WOI);
Bitter (f; KAB); Cerebrotonic (f; KAB); Collyrium (f; KAB); Deobstruent (f; KAP); Diuretic (f;
KAB; KAP; SUW; WOI); Laxative (f; KAB; SUW); Tonic (f; KAB; KAP; SUW).
Indications (Asian Meadow-Rue) — Atony (f; KAB); Conjunctivosis (f; KAP); Corneosis (f;
KAP); Coryza (f; KAP); Dermatosis (f; KAB); Diarrhea (f; KAB); Dyspepsia (f; KAB; SUW);
Fever (f; KAB; KAP; SUW); Gas (f; KAP); Hemorrhoid (f; KAB); Jaundice (f; KAP); Malaria (f;
KAB; WOI); Onychosis (f; KAB); Ophthalmia (f; KAB; SUW); Toothache (f; KAB; KAP); Water
Retention (f; KAB; KAP; SUW; WOI).
Dosages (Asian Meadow-Rue) — 14–28 ml tea (KAP); 1–2 ml root tincture (KAP); 0.5–1 g powder
root (KAP). After 6 months storage, berberine was reduced to^1 / 4 , and magnoflorine to traces (WOI).
ASIATIC DOGWOOD, JAPANESE CORNEL
(Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc.) ++Activities (Asiatic Dogwood) — Antiallergic (1; DAA); Antibacterial (1; DAA); Astringent (1;
DAA; PH2); Diuretic (1; DAA; PH2); Hypotensive (1; DAA; PH2); Leukocytogenic (1; PH2);
Tonic (f; DAA).
Indications (Asiatic Dogwood) — Allergy (1; DAA); Arthrosis (f; DAA; PH2); Backache (f; DAA;
PH2); Bacteria (1; DAA); Cancer (f; DAA); Diabetes (f; DAA); Dysuria (f; DAA); Fever (f; DAA);
Hepatosis (f; DAA; PH2); High Blood Pressure (1; DAA; PH2); Hyperhydrosis (f; PH2); Impotence
(f; DAA; PH2); Lumbago (f; DAA; PH2); Malaria (f; DAA); Menorrhagia (f; DAA); Metrorrhagia
(f; DAA); Nephrosis (f; PH2); Night Sweats (f; DAA; PH2); Pain (f; PH2); Polyuria (f; DAA);
Sciatica (f; PH2); Spermatorrhea (f; DAA; PH2); Staphylococcus (1; DAA); Stone (f; DAA);
Tinnitus (f; DAA; PH2); Vertigo (f; PH2); Water Retention (1; DAA; PH2).
Dosages (Asiatic Dogwood) — 3–12 g fruit (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Asiatic Dogwood) — Class 2d. Contraindi-
cated in those with difficult or painful urination (AHP). “Health hazards not known with proper
therapeutic dosages” (PH2).
ASOKA (Saraca indica L.) +Synonym — Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde.
Activities (Asoka) — Abortifacient (1; WOI); Androgenic (1; WOI); Antibacterial (1; WOI);
Anticarcinomic (1; WOI); Antisarcomic (1; WOI); Astringent (f; DEP; KAB; SUW); Bitter (f;
KAB); Demulcent (f; KAB); Depurative (f; KAB); Emollient (f; KAB); Myorelaxant (1; WOI);
Myostimulant (1; WOI); Uterosedative (f; KAP); Uterotonic (1; WOI); Vermifuge (f; KAB).
Indications (Asoka) — Bacteria (1; WOI); Biliousness (f; KAB; SKJ; WOI); Bleeding (f; KAB;
KAP); Cancer (1; KAB; WOI); Carcinoma (1; WOI); Colic (f; KAB; WOI); Complexion (f;
KAB); Diabetes (f; WOI); Dysentery (f; KAB; KAP; SKJ); Dysmenorrhea (f; SKJ; WOI);
Dyspepsia (f; KAB; WOI); Dysuria (f; KAB); Enterosis (f; KAB); Fatigue (f; KAB); Fibroid (f;
WOI); Fracture (f; KAB); Gastrosis (f; WOI); Hemorrhoid (f; DEP; KAB; WOI); Leukorrhea
(f; SKJ); Menorrhagia (1; DEP; KAB; KAP; SUW); Oxytocic (f; WOI); Snakebite (f; KAB);
Sting (f; KAB; SUW); Stomachache (f; WOI); Syphilis (f; WOI); Thirst (f; KAB); Uterosis (f;
KAB; SUW); VD (f; WOI); Worm (f; KAB).
Dosages (Asoka) — 1–3 g powdered bark (KAP); 28–112 ml bark decoction (KAP).