Botanical Index No. 313

Cowslip

primula veris

Medicinal Actions

Allergenic, Analgesic, Antigranulation, Antihistaminic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antiradicular, Antispasmodic, Astringent, Candidicide, Cardiotonic, Decongestant, Diuretic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hemolytic, Hypertensive, Hypnotic, Hypotensive, Laxative, Narcotic, Neurotonic, Piscicide, Secretolytic, Sedative

Primary Conditions Treated

Aperient Nervine Vulnerary Adenopathy Anxiety Apoplexy Arthrosis Asthma Bronchosis Cancer liver spleen Candida Catarrh Cold Congestion Conjunctivosis Constipation Cough Cramp Croup Cystosis Dermatosis Dizziness Dropsy Exanthema Fungus Gastrosis Gout Headache Hepatosis High Blood Pressure Hysteria Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Low Blood Pressure Migraine Mycosis Myocardosis Nephrosis Neuralgia Nervousness Ophthalmia Pain Palsy Pertussis Pyelosis Respirosis Rheumatism Sore Splenosis Stomachache Stomatosis Stress Trachoma Tremor Vertigo Water Retention Wound Yeast

General Dosage

1–2 g flower as tea 3 ×/day; 2–4 g flower; 1–2 ml liquid flower extract 3 ×/day; 2.5–7.5 g flower tincture; 0.5–1.5 g root; 0.2–0.5 g finely cut root; 1.5–3 g root tincture.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Occasional GI distress and nausea recorded. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Commission E reports for flower, contraindications: hypersensitivity; adverse effects: GI disturbances. For root, GI disturbances. The Herbal PDR lists diarrhea, gastric discomfort, nausea, and queasiness as side effects of the root. CAN cautions the quinones are allergenic. May interfere with blood pressure therapy.

!