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Tanacetum Parthenium, Feverfew

Parthenium, Matricaria, Febrifuga
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Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

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Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804

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Botanical name:
Tanacetum parthenium (previously Chrysanthemum parthenium, Matricaria parthenium)

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool (Warm in the West), dry. Bitter, Pungent

Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD
3G. EMMENAGOGUE
4i. UTERINE

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Wind-Heat, Eases Pain:


2. Calms the Mind, Regulates the Qi:

3. Moves the Blood and Qi, Clears Stasis, Promotes Menstruation:

4. Clears Phlegm, Stops Coughs:

5. Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:

6. Resists Poison:

7. Externally:


Dose:
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION: 2–6 grams (dried)
POWDER: 1–3 grams (250mg taken as a prophylactic against Migraines)
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Main Combinations:
1. Headache and Migraines:
i. Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Feverfew with ... available in PRO version
iii. Feverfew with ... available in PRO version
iv. acute headache, Feverfew with ... available in PRO version
v. Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
2. Wind diseases such as Apoplexy, Epilepsy, Cramps, Convulsions, Vertigo, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
3. To promote Menstruation, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
4. Dysmenorrhea with strong pain, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
5. Hysteria, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
6. Menopausal Hot flushes, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
7. Infertility, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
8. To bring down the Lochia, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
9. Pain due to Blood stagnation, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version
10. Ointment for Bruises, Feverfew with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Betony Infusion Compound
Decoction to Promote Menstruation (Wirtzung)
Syrup of Mugwort (Augustana)
Pills Against Barrenness (Turner)

Cautions:
1. Generally not used during Pregnancy; it has been used for Threatened Miscarriage
2. Not used in Hot and dry (Yin deficient-Heat) bodies
3. Some people may have allergic reactions.

Drug Interactions:
Possible interactions with anticoagulant and blood-thinning medicines may occur.

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water; Tincture

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