Botanical Index No. 825

Pulsatilla, Pasqueflower

anemone pulsatilla l.

Medicinal Actions

Allergenic, Alterative, Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antidote, Antimotility, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Candidicide, Carcinogenic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Fungicide, Sedative, Teratogenic, Uterotonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Nervine Poison Amaurosis Amblyopia Amenorrhea Anemia Arthrosis Asthma Bacteria Biliousness BPH Bronchosis Cancer Candida Caries Cataract Catarrh Childbirth Chlorosis Cholecystosis Convulsion Cornea Cough Cramp Cystosis Depression Dermatosis Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Earache Endometriosis Enterosis Epididymosis Erysipelas Escherichia Exanthema Fever Fungus Gastrosis Glaucoma Gout Headache Hemicrania Hemorrhoid Hyperactivity Hyperemesis Hysteria Infection Inflammation Insomnia Irosis Itch Leukorrhea Measles Migraine Mucososis Mycosis Nausea Nervousness Neuralgia Nyctalopia Ophthalmia Orchosis Otosis Ovariosis Pain Paralysis Parotosis Pertussis Pharyngosis Pterygium Pulmonosis Restlessness Rheumatism Rhinosis Salmonella Sclerite Scrofula Shigella Sore Sore Throat Staphylococcus Stomachache Toothache Tuberculosis Ulcus cruris Urogenosis Urticaria Wart Yeast

General Dosage

Don’t take it!; 0.12–0.3 g herb, or in tea, 3 ×/day; 0.1–0.4 g powdered herb; 0.12–0.3 ml liquid herb extract; 0.12–0.3 ml liquid herbal extract 3 ×/day; 0.3–1.0 ml herb tincture 3 ×/day; 0.3–2 ml herb tincture.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages of the dehydrated herbs”. Commission E reports higher doses of herb may irritate the kidneys and urinary tract, and pregnancy is an absolute contraindication. CAN does not recommend it for internal use and caution protanemonin is allergenic and irritant. Pulsatilla contact has caused hyperpigmentative vesicles. Because it is an irritant, and reputed to affect the menstrual cycle and cause uterine activity, in vitro and in vivo, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided. Inhalation of EO can irritate conjunctiva and nasal mucosa.

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