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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot

Bloodroot, Redroot, Puccoon
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Sanguinaria canadensis
The Botanical Magazine, Curtis, 1792

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Mary Vaux Walcott, North American wild flowers (1925-1927)

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Bloodroot
A Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882


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Botanical name:
Sanguinaria canadensis

Parts used:
Rhizome, root

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent

Uses:
1. Clears Lung Heat:

-Cough, Bronchitis

2. Clears Heat and Damp, Resists Poison:
-Fevers

3. Stimulates Digestion:
-Dyspepsia

4. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea

5. Benefits the Kidneys:

6. Externally:
-juice is applied to Warts



Dose:
Powder: 60–500mg (typically 125mg)
Dried Root Tincture (1:5 in 60% alcohol): 5–10 drops

Comment:
... available in PRO version

Substitute:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
1. Hepatitis, Liver heat:
i. Bloodroot with ... available in PRO version
ii. Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
2. Cough, Lung disorders:
i. Bloodroot with ... available in PRO version
ii. Bloodroot with ... available in PRO version
iii. Whooping Cough, Tincture of Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
iv. Tincture of Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
3. Amenorrhea:
i. Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
ii. Tincture of Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
4. Cancer, Bloodroot and ... available in PRO version
5. Mouth Cancer, a syrup of Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version
6. Topically to tumors, ... available in PRO version
7. Escharotic applied to skin cancer ... available in PRO version
8. Chronic Catarrh, Nasal Polyps, ... available in PRO version
9. Mouth and Throat Sores, Bloodroot, ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:

Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy. Regarded as abortifacient.
2. Avoid overdose. Large doses (8–20 grains) cause Nausea and Vomiting, Heartburn, Vertigo, Cardiac irregularity etc. Death has reportedly occurred from overdose.
3. Seeds are narcotic, with effects said to be similar to Datura seed.

Toxicity:
Acute oral LD50 in rats for sanguinarine was calculated to be 1658 mg/kg

Main Preparations used:
Tincture

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