Botanical Index No. 413

Figwort

scrophularia nodosa

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Depurative, Diuretic, Hypotensive, Laxative, Myocardio-contractant, Narcotic, Sedative

Primary Conditions Treated

Vermifuge Vulnerary Adenopathy Bite Boil Bruise Caked Breast Cancer breast Cardiopathy Condyloma Constipation Dermatosis Dropsy Dysmenorrhea Earache Eczema Fistula Goiter Hematuria Hemorrhoid Hepatosis High Blood Pressure Hypertony Impotence Inflammation Insomnia Itch Kernel Mastosis Nephrosis Nervousness Pain Pemphigus Psoriasis Pulmonosis Rabies Ringworm Scab Scabies Sclerosis Scrofula Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Swelling Syphilis Tonsilosis VD Vulvosis Wart Water Retention Wen Worm

General Dosage

1 tsp root in hot tea; 2–8 g herb as tea 3 ×/day; 2–8 ml liquid herb extract; 4–8 ml liquid herb extract; 2–4 ml herb tincture.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2d. Contraindicated in ventricular tachycardia.“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”

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