Botanical Index No. 919

Sea Island Cotton, Upland Cotton

gossypium barbadense

Medicinal Actions

Climacteric, Colic, Astringent, Contraceptive, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Lactagogue, Oxytocic, Uterotonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Ague Amenorrhea Asthma Bleeding Bronchosis Cancer abdomen breast colon nose uterus Childbirth Cold Cramp Diarrhea Dysentery Dyslactea Dysmenorrhea Dysuria Earache Enterosis Fever Fibroid Headache Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure Hypochondria Inflammation Laryngosis Leukemia Lymph Ovary Pain Polyp Pulmonosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Sterility Stomachache Strangury Tumor Uterosis UTI Water Retention Abortifacient Emollient Hemostat Pectoral Vasoconstrictor

General Dosage

100 g root in 1 liter water, reduced by boiling to 0.5 liter, take 50 g liquid every half hour; 3 leaves in 1 liter water for hypertension; 6–8 g seed/150 g water or milk, 3 ×/day as lactagogue.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. Contraindi-cated in urogenital irritation or tendency to inflammation; may sterilize men. LD50 gossypol 10–20 mg/kg ipr rat.

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