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Fumaria, Fumitory

Traditionally called Fuma Terra ('Earth Smoke')
Parpata (Ayurveda)
Shaahtara (Unani)
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Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

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Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892

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Florigraphia Britannica, Deakin, 1857

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Botanical name:
Fumaria officinalis
Various related species are used including F. parviflora

Parts used:
Herb in flower

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Classifications:
2A APERIENT.    2F. PURIFYING
3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.    3E. DIURETIC
4e. STOMACHIC.    4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC

Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat:

2. Clears Melancholy and Heat from the Blood

3. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:

4. Promotes Menstruation:


Dose:
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Correctives:
 ... available in PRO version

Substitutes:
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Main Combinations:
Borage & Fumitory
Hops & Fumitory

1.. Chronic Skin diseases, Psoriasis, Leprosy, Fibroid Tumors:
i. Fumitory with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
iii. Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
iv. Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
v. Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
2. Pruritus, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
3. Eczema, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
4. Cleanse Heat and Melancholy from the Blood, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
5. Scrofula:
i. Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
6. Clear Heat from the Stomach, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
7. Liver Heat, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
8. Liver heat and obstruction, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
9. Gall Stones, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version
10. Fever, Fumitory has been combined with ... available in PRO version
11. Leukoderma, Fumitory with ... available in PRO version

Major Formula
Decoction of Fumitory of Mesue
Decoction of Fumitory of Andernacus
Syrup of Fumitory
Syrup of Fumitory Lesser (Mesue)
Syrup of Fumitory Greater (Mesue)
Syrup of Fumitory Compound (Augustana)
Electuary of Dodder and Fumitory (Mesue)
Electuary for Scabies and Pruritis (Rhasis)
Pills of Fumitory (Avicenna)
Pills of Fumitory and Senna (Unani)

Cautions:
1. Not used during pregnancy.

Main Preparations used:
Water of the Herb, Distilled Oil, Dehydrated Juice, Conserve of the Tops, Syrup of the Juice, Salt of the Ashes

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