Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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breast (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Childbirth (f;
CRC; HHB; PH2); Climacteric (f; PH2); Cold (f; CRC; JFM); Colic (f; CRC); Cramp (f; JFM);
Diarrhea (f; CRC); Dysentery (f; CRC; JFM); Dyslactea (f; JFM); Dysmenorrhea (f; CRC); Dysuria
(f; JFM); Earache (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM); Fever (f; CRC; JFM); Fibroid (1; CRC; FNF);
Headache (f; CRC); Hemorrhoid (f; CRC; JFM); High Blood Pressure (f; CRC; JFM); Hypochondria
(f; CRC); Inflammation (f; CRC; JFM); Laryngosis (f; JFM); Leukemia (1; FNF; JLH); Lymph (1;
CRC); Ovary (f; CRC); Pain (f; JFM); Polyp (f; CRC; FNF; JLH); Pulmonosis (f; JLH; JFM);
Rheumatism (f; CRC; JFM); Rhinosis (f; JLH); Sterility (f; CRC); Stomachache (f; CRC); Strangury
(f; CRC); Tumor (1; CRC; FNF); Uterosis (f; CRC; FNF); UTI (f; JFM); Water Retention (f; CRC).


Dosages (Sea Island Cotton) — 100 g root in 1 liter water, reduced by boiling to 0.5 liter, take
50 g liquid every half hour (dangerous formula for abortion; CRC); 3 leaves in 1 liter water for
hypertension (JFM); 6–8 g seed/150 g water or milk, 3 ×/day as lactagogue (f; JFM).


Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Sea Island Cotton) — Class 2b. Contraindi-
cated in urogenital irritation or tendency to inflammation; may sterilize men (AHP). LD50 gossypol
10–20 mg/kg ipr rat.


SELF-HEAL, HEAL ALL (Prunella vulgaris L.) +++

Activities (Self-Heal) — Alterative (f; SKJ); Analgesic (f; DEM); Antiinflammatory (1; FNF; JAD);
Antimutagenic (1; FAD; X3278214); Antioxidant (2; FNF; JAD); Antipyretic (f; EFS); Antirheu-
matic (f; SKJ); Antiseptic (1; DAA; FAD; EFS; FNF); Antispasmodic (f; DEP; SKJ); Antitumor
(1; FAD); Antiviral (1; FNF; JAD); Astringent (f; FEL; PNC); Bitter (f; FEL); Carminative (f;
DAA); Collyrium (f; DEM); COX-2 Inhibitor (1; FNF; JAD); Depurative (f; DEM); Diuretic (1;
FAD; KAB); Emetic (f; DEM); Expectorant (f; DEP; SKJ); Hemostat (f; EFS; PNC); Hepatopro-

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