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Botanical Profile

Alpine Ragwort

senecio nemorensis

Medicinal Actions

Uterostimulant

Conditions Treated

Bleeding Diabetes High Blood Pressure Hyperglycemia Odontosis

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be carcinogenic, hepatotoxic, and mutagenic. Use of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease in humans, with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites. PAs are toxic to humans, with liver damage with cirrhosis and ascites, or seneciosis reported in almost all cases of severe or fatal intoxications, from intakes of 0.5 mg/kg to 3.3 mg/kg.