Botanical Index No. 117

Black Currant

ribes nigrum

Medicinal Actions

Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Alcoholism Alzheimer’s Angina Arthrosis Bacteria Bruise Calculus Cancer Cardiopathy Chill Cholecystosis Cholera Cold Cough Cramp CVI Cystosis Diarrhea Dropsy Dysuria Felon Fever Flu Gastrosis Gout Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure Hoarseness Infection Inflammation Mucososis Pain Quinsy Rheumatism Sore Throat Stomachache Stomatosis Strep Throat Water Retention Wound Bite Bladder Stone Convulsion Fungus Hepatosis Jaundice Migraine Mycosis Nephrosis Pertussis Pharyngosis Stone Eczema PMS Stroke Syndrome-X

General Dosage

600–6000 mg/day; 4 capsules 2 ×/day; 1–2 tsp chopped leaf, up to several ×/day; 5–10 ml fruit syrup, 1–several ×/day; 1 glassful fruit juice/day; gargle with 1 part juice/1 part water. 1–2 tsp leaf/150 ml boiling water, strain after 10 minutes, 3–4 ×/day.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Not covered by Commission E. None known. Not covered. Leaves not covered. Leaves contraindicated in edema stemming from reduced cardiac or renal activity.

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