Herbal Medicine: 100 Key Herbs With All Their Uses as Herbal Remedies for Health and Healing by Christine Adams Md & Herbal Remedies

Author:Christine Adams Md & Herbal Remedies [Adams, Christine MD & Remedies, Herbal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crafts; Hobbies & Home, Gardening & Landscape Design, Herbs, Health; Fitness & Dieting, Alternative Medicine, Herbal Remedies, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Gardening & Horticulture
Amazon: B00LTFTX2Q
Publisher: Fruitful Mind
Published: 2014-07-14T04:00:00+00:00

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), sometimes called orangeroot or yellow puccoon, is a relative of the buttercup that has many medicinal properties: it is at once an alterative, anticatarrhal, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, astringent, bitter, cholagogue, emmenagogue, hepatic, laxative, oxytocic and stimulant. It is widely used in herbalism, often to enhance the effects of other herbal medicines. Native Americans used it as a digestive tonic, eyewash and cancer treatment, and it became a mainstay of the American Eclectic school of natural medicine in the 19th century. More than 20 alkaloids have been isolated from the plant, chiefly berberine and hydrastine, which are potent antimicrobials and also inhibit the ability of bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance. It is highly cooling, and has been advocated for fever but not for chills, and inhibits the cytochrome systems in the liver, which metabolize many drugs, so should not be combined with many pharmaceutical drugs, particularly SSRI antidepressants, neuroleptics and codeine. The herb has been reputed to simulate the presence of poisons such as strychnine and drugs of abuse such as morphine in urine toxicology tests, but this has not been confirmed. There has also been concern about the toxic effects of berberine, which is present in several other plants (Oregon grape, philodendron, coptis, barberry and yellowroot) as well as goldenseal, and berberine-containing herbal preparations are considered potentially hazardous by the drug regulators of the European Union. American agencies and practitioners recommend that goldenseal and other berberine-containing herbs not be used for more than 2 weeks and not by pregnant or nursing women, and that the herb be stopped if digestive upset occurs. Tinctures or capsules prepared from the roots have been used for infections or irritation of the mucous membranes, colds and flu, digestive problems including diarrhea and parasitic infections. Another problem with goldenseal is that the plant is endangered in some places due to overharvesting and habitat destruction, and some of the above-mentioned plants that also contain berberine may be appropriate alternatives.

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