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Botanical Profile

Dusty-miller

senecio cineraria

Medicinal Actions

Emmenagogue

Conditions Treated

Cataract Migraine Ophthalmia

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be carcinogenic, hepatotoxic, and mutagenic. PAs are toxic to humans. Use of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease in humans, with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites, or seneciosis, reported in almost all cases of severe or fatal intoxications, from intakes of 0.5 mg/kg to 3.3 mg/kg.