Blackroot
veronicastrum virginicum
Medicinal Actions
Antiseptic, Carminative, Choleretic, Cholagogue, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Emetic, Hepatotonic, Laxative, Tonic, Toxic, Colic
Primary Conditions Treated
Ague
Atrophy
Backache
Biliousness
Cancer
Cardiopathy
Childbirth
Chill
Cholangosis
Cholera
Cholecystosis
Constipation
Convulsion
Debility
Dermatosis
Diarrhea
Dropsy
Dysentery
Enterosis
Fever
Flu
Gallstone
Gas
Gastrosis
Gravel
Heartburn
Hematuria
Hemorrhoid
Hepatosis
Infection
Inflammation
Jaundice
Malaria
Pulmonosis
Scrofula
Sore
Stone
Typhus
General Dosage
Homeopathic; Homeopathic; 0.2–0.3 g extract.
Safety & Contraindications
Class 1 for the dry root; Class 2b for fresh root, violently cathartic.“Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Traditionally, dried root is used, not fresh root. Potentially toxic. Overdoses may cause catharsis and emesis.
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