Botanical Index No. 1021

Tansy Ragwort

senecio jacobaea

Medicinal Actions

Antiperistaltic, Antispasmodic, Carcinogenic, Depurative, Detergent, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Hepatotoxic, Laxative, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Hemostat Pectoral Poison Amenorrhea Anemia Arthrosis Bleeding Catarrh Cerebrosis Chlorosis Constipation Cramp Cystosis Depression Diabetes Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysuria Fever Gastrosis Gout Headache Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure Inflammation Jaundice Mastosis Neurosis Pain Phthisis Plethora Pregnancy Rheumatism Scab Sore Spine Tuberculosis Urogenitosis Uterosis UTI

General Dosage

Do not take it; 1 part herb:5 ethanol fruit topical application; 2 g herb tincture several ×/day up to 15 g; 1–3 g fluid herb extract; 40–60 g herb juice.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. Use of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease in humans, with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be carcinogenic, hepatotoxic, and mutagenic. PAs are toxic to humans, with liver damage with cirrhosis and ascites, or seneciosis, or VOD reported in almost all cases of severe or fatal intoxications, from intakes of 0.5 mg/kg to 3.3 mg/kg. LD50 = 140 mg/kg orl rat. Madaus rightly or wrongly says that S. jacobaea L. and S. vulgaris L. have the same effects. Activities include Carcinogenic, Hepatotoxic, and Poison.

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