Botanical Index No. 796

Pineapple

ananas comosus

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Anorectic, Antiaggregant, Antibacterial, Antiedemic, Antifertility, Antiinflammatory, Antinitrosaminic, Antioxidant, Antipyretic, Antiscorbutic, Antitumor, Antiulcer, Astringent, Cholagogue, Decongestant, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Estrogenic, Fibrinolytic, Hydragogue, Intoxicant, Laxative, Lipolytic, Myocontractant, Myorelaxant, Necrolytic, Parasiticide, Proteolytic, Taenicide, Tonic, Uterocontractant, Uterotonic, Antidote, Antiedemic (1;

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Discutient Vermifuge Vulnerary Abscess Amenorrhea Asthma Bacteria Bite Bleeding Blennorrhagia Bronchosis Bruise Burn Cancer Childbirth Congestion Constipation Corn Cystosis Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Edema Exocrine Hepatic Insufficiency Fever Gas Hematoma Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hiccup Hypochondria Infection Inflammation Jaundice Kidney Stone Nasal Parasinusosis Neurasthenia Obesity Pain Pancreatosis Parasite Phlebitis Pulmonosis Respirosis Rheumatism Scarlet Fever Seasickness Sinusosis Sore Sore Throat Sprain Sting Swelling Tapeworm Thrombophlebitis Tumor Ulcer UTI Varicosis VD Wart Worm Wound

General Dosage

250–500 mg bromelain 3 ×/day; 80–320 raw mg bromelain/day. Fruit food farmacy.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Not covered. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Some people may be allergic to bromelain. Side effects include allergy, diarrhea, GI problems, metrorrhagia, nausea, and vomiting. May augment antiaggregant or anticoagulant activity of other blood thinners. Bromelain may increase blood and urinary levels of tetracyclines or other antibiotics. Large doses of ripe fruit juice are reported to cause uterocontractions, so it might be contraindicated in pregnancy.

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