Botanical Index No. 756

Orange

citrus sinensis

Medicinal Actions

Antibilious, Anticancer, Antigastric, Antihistaminic, Antihomocysteine, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antitussive, Antiulcer, Antiviral, Cardioprotective, Carminative, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Gastrostimulant, Hepatoprotective, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Hypolipemic, Hypotensive, Hypouricemic, Immunostimulant, Laxative, Myorelaxant, Orexigenic, Respiradepressant, Secretolytic, Sedative, Stomachic, Tonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Acne Anorexia Asthma Biliousness Bronchosis Cancer breast cervix esophagus mouth skin stomach Candida Cardiopathy Catarrh Cervicosis Childbirth Conjunctivosis Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Dyspepsia Earache Epilepsy Esophagosis Fever Flu Gas Gastrosis Gout Headache Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hyperglycemia Hysteria Immunodepression Infection Inflammation Insomnia Malaria Nervousness Obesity Palpitation Pneumonia Polio Psoriasis Sore Splenomegaly Stroke Toothache Ulcer Virus Worm

General Dosage

Juice is a food pharmaceutical; 1 tsp chopped rind/cup water; 20 drops tincture 3 ×/day for Citrus aurantium; 10–15 g pericarp.

Safety & Contraindications

Other species are Class 1; this species is a food, and is not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Commission E reports possible photosensitivity. None known. Coumarins may photosensitize and may interact with other anticoagulants. Convulsions, enteric colic, and even death are reported in children following ingestion of large amounts of orange peel. Extract LD50 = 7000 mg/kg mouse; safe dose 5000, surely fatal dose 10,000.

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