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Cytisus, Broom

Also called Genista, Genesta, Genestra, Scoparius, Spartium, Scotch Broom
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Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562

Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832
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BROOM TOPS
1. Stem showing the two wings ending in a node.  2. A large flower and a
flower bud.  3. The hairy pistil..  4. Fruit.  5. Three foliate leaves.

Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919

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Botanical name:
Cytisus scoparius (syn. Spartium scoparium; Genista scoparius, Sarothamnus scoparius)

Parts used:
Flowering tops

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Warm), Dry. Sweet, Bitter

Classifications:
2F. PURIFYING
4f. SPLENETIC

Uses:

1. Opens obstructions of the Spleen, Liver and Mesentery
-Swelling or Hardness of the Liver, Spleen or Abdominal Organs

2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, clears Stones:
-Nephritic, good for Edema, fluid retention;

3. Moves the Blood, Regulates the Heart:

-Cardiac Arrhythmia's (specific); used for Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation.

4. Moves the Blood, clears Wind and Damp:
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Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lower Back and Hip Pain, Arthritis, Gout

5. Stops Bleeding, Regulates the Uterus:
-excess Menstruation, Postpartum Hemorrhage

6. Emetic:

7. Externally:

-The liquid extracted from the ends of the storks of the heated herb was applied to the tooth for Toothache.
-Sores or Abscesses of the Mouth are helped by gargling the decoction.
-For Pain in the Sides and Stitches the juice was made into an ointment or oil was anointed on.
-the seed paste was applied to Nodes and Scrofula.
-the juice boiled in oil ‘is the safest and surest medicines to kill Lice in the Head or Body of any’. (Culpeper)
-the juice or fresh herb boiled in oil is also ‘an especial remedy for Joint aches, and swollen knees’. (Culpeper)

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Main Combinations:
1. To promote Urine, Edema:
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6. Hypertension:
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7. As a bath for Eczema, Broom with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Wine for Edema
Pills Against Barrenness (Turner)


Cautions:
1. Toxic in excess
2. Not used during Pregnancy
3. Avoid in Hypertension

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the whole Herb in Flower, Conserve of the Flowers, Salt of the Ashes

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