Botanical Index No. 421

Fool’s Parsley

aethusa cynapium

Medicinal Actions

Antispasmodic, Sedative, Stomachic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Hallucinogen Poison Cancer liver mesentery spleen Cholera Congestion Convulsion Cramp Diarrhea Dysuria Enterosis Fever Gastrosis Hepatosis Insomnia Jaundice Lactose Intolerance Leprosy Mange Mucososis Nervousness Pain Pylorosis Scirrhus Spasm Splenosis Stomachache Stone Syphilis Tumor VD Vomiting

Safety & Contraindications

Toxic; human fatalities reported. Sometimes fatally confused with parsley. Poisonous, but less so than poison hemlock. Aethusanol-A: LD50 = 100.8 mg/kg ipr mouse, aethusin: LD50 = 93.3 mg/kg ipr mouse.

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