Botanical Index No. 308

Costus, Kuth

saussurea costus

Medicinal Actions

Analysis pending research update.

Primary Conditions Treated

Angina Anorexia Arthrosis Asthma Bacteria Bronchosis Cancer abdomen colon liver spleen Candida Cardiopathy Childbirth Cholera Constipation Cough Cramp Dermatosis Dyspepsia Enterosis Epilepsy Erysipelas Fever Fungus Gas Gastrosis Headache Hepatosis Hiccup High Blood Pressure Hysteria Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Itch Leprosy Leukoderma Malaria Mycosis Nervousness Pain Paralysis Rheumatism Ringworm Scabies Schistosoma Shigella Smallpox Sore Splenosis Staphylococcus Stomachache Streptococcus Stress Toothache Trematode Tuberculosis Typhus Ulcer Water Retention Worm Wound Yeast

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. EO LD50 = 2660–4350 mg/kg orl rat.

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