Botanical Index No. 39

Anemarrhena

anemarrhena asphodelioides

Medicinal Actions

Antiaggregant, Antiinflammatory, Antipyretic, Depurative, Diuretic, Expectorant, Hypoglycemic, Laxative, Peristaltic

Primary Conditions Treated

Bitter Agitation Bronchosis Cancer Childbirth Cough Dehydration Diabetes Dysentery Dysuria Fever Flu Hyperemesis Hyperglycemia Inflammation Lumbago Morning Sickness Osteosis Pain Pneumonia Scarlet Fever Spermatorrhea Strangury Thirst Tinnitus Tuberculosis Typhoid Typhus Vertigo Water Retention

General Dosage

6–12 g in tea. 6–12 g in tea.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Not for use with diarrhea. Large doses may cause colic, diarrhea, enteritis, gastrosis. Mangiferin in large doses may repress nerves and heart.

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