Botanical Index No. 1059

Upland Cotton

gossypium hirsutum

Medicinal Actions

Astringent, Contraceptive, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Hypercholesterolemic, Hypertriglyceridemic, Hypocholesterolemic, Lactagogue, Oxytocic, Uterotonic, Climacteric

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Aphrodisiac Cytostat Emollient Hemostat Vasoconstrictor Asthma Bite Bleeding Bronchosis Cancer abdomen breast colon nose uterus Childbirth Cold Constipation Cough Cramp Cystosis Diarrhea Dysentery Dyslactea Dysuria Earache Enterosis Epilepsy Fever Fibroid Gonorrhea Headache Hemorrhoid High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hypochondria Inflammation Laryngosis Pain Polyp Pulmonosis Rheumatism Snakebite Tumor Uterosis UTI Water Retention

General Dosage

100 g root/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; 1–2 tbsp fluid extract during childbirth.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. Contraindicated in urogenital irritation or tendency to inflammation; may sterilize men. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Drug is toxic due to gossypol. Animals fed seed press cakes for 3–4 weeks showed enterosis, gastrosis, hematuria, jaundice, nephritis, and ophthalmic disorders.

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