Botanical Index No. 412

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ficus carica

Medicinal Actions

Deodorant, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Hypoglycemic, Lactagogue, Laxative, Litholytic, Phototoxic, Proteolytic, Restorative, Stomachic, Tonic, High Triglyceride, Alexeteric, Allergenic, Anticancer, Antileukemic, Antilymphomic, Antisarcomic, Antiseptic, Antitumor, Ascaricide, Catabolic

Primary Conditions Treated

Ulcent Emollient Pectoral Vermifuge Abscess Adenopathy Acne Alopecia Anemia Ascaris Asthma Boil Callus Cancer abdomen bladder breast cervix colon eye foot gum kidney liver mouth neck parotid prostate spleen stomach testicle throat uterus vulva Candida Carbuncle Catarrh Cervicosis Cold Condyloma Constipation Conjunctivosis Corn Cough Cystosis Diabetes Diphtheria Dysentery Enterosis Epistaxis Fibroid Flu Gastrosis Gingivosis Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hyperglycemia Induration Inflammation Leprosy Leukemia Lymphoma Measles Mole Mucososis Myrmecia Nephrosis Obesity Ophthalmia Orchosis Pain Paralysis Parotosis Pertussis Phymata Polyp Pulmonosis Rhinosis Sarcoma Sclerosis Scrofula Sore Sore Throat Splenosis Stomachache Stomatosis Stone Swelling Thirst Toothache Tumor Uterosis VD Wart Water Retention Wen Worm Wound Yeast Aperient Aphrodisiac Demulcent

General Dosage

Food farmacy; 30 g fig syrup; steep 2 fruits in wine or booze overnight, then eat on an empty stomach for whooping cough; boil 3 sun-dried leaves for 15 minutes in 300 g water for diabetes.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Poultice of dried figs in milk is said to deodorize malignant cancers.

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