Botanical Index No. 813

Poplar

populus spp.

Medicinal Actions

Colic, Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antiinflammatory, Antipyretic, Antirheumatic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Astringent, Cholagogue, Depurative, Diuretic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hypouricemic, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Uricosuric

Primary Conditions Treated

FAD; MIC) Congestion Cough Cramp Cut Cystosis Debility Dermatosis Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Earache Eczema Enterosis Enuresis Fever Flu Frostbite Fungus Gleet Gonorrhea Gout Headache Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hysteria Incontinence Infection Inflammation Irritated Nostril Laryngosis Malaria Menorrhagia Mycosis Myosis Nephrosis Neuralgia Pain Respirosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Sciatica Scurvy Sprain Sore Stomach Pain Strangury Sunburn Swelling Syncope Tenesmus Toothache Uterosis UTI VD Worm Wound Collyrium Vermifuge Vulnerary Acne Anorexia Arthrosis Bacteria BO BPH Bruise Burn Cancer Childbirth Cold

General Dosage

5 g bud externally; 10 g bark and leaf; 1–4 g bark, or in tea, 3 ×/day; 1–4 ml liquid bark extract 3 ×/day; 5 g drug.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Subject to usual salicylates and tannin warnings. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. In view of the lack of toxicological data, excessive use, especially during lactation and pregnancy, should be avoided. Individuals with aspirin or salicylate hypersensitivity, asthma, diabetes, gout, hemophilia, hepatosis, hypothrombinemia, nephrosis, and peptic ulcers should be cautious with salicylates. Alcohol, barbiturates, and oral sedatives may potentiate salicylate toxicity. Beware of salicylate interaction with oral anticoagulants, methotrexate, metoclopramide, phenytoin, pronebecid, spironolactone, and valproate. Salicylates excreted in breast milk reportedly can cause macular rashes in breast-fed babies.

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