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Botanical Medicine - NPLEX II Questions and
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Achillea millefolium
✓ -:- PART USED: herb
ACTIONS: bitter, styptic, inflammation modulating, vulnerary, diaphoretic, emmenagogue,
antispasmodic
INDICATIONS: wounds/ulcers; hemorrhage (eg. menorrhagia); digestive tonic/carminative;
fever
CONTRAINDICATIONS: peptic ulcers, gastritis, GERD, biliary obstruction, cholelithiasis,
acute diarrhea, pregnancy
TOXICITY/SIDE EFFECTS: nausea
SPECIAL NOTES: increases gut motility
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Aconitum napellus
✓ -:- PART USED: root
ACTIONS: anodyne, antineuralgic
INDICATIONS: neuralgia, acute pain (eg. ovarian cyst)
CONTRAINDICATIONS: pregnancy, lactation, high doses
TOXICITY/SIDE EFFECTS: n/v, HA, miosis, hypotension, chest pain, chills, pallor, collapse,
dyspnea, V-fib
SPECIAL NOTES: highly toxic (potentially lethal)
Actea racemosa (Cimicifuga racemosa)
✓ -:- PART USED: root
ACTIONS: uterine tonic, serotonergic, parturifacient, antirheumatic, spasmolytic
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INDICATIONS: dysmenorrhea, infertility (fem), menopausal sxs, PMS, threatened
miscarriage, premature labor, myalgia, osteoarthritis, rheumatism, RA, depression
(menopausal)
CONTRAINDICATIONS: early pregnancy
TOXICITY/SIDE EFFECTS: rarely nausea
Aesculus hippocastanum
✓ -:- PART USED: fruit (Horse Chestnut)
ACTIONS: venotonic, inflammation modulating
INDICATIONS: bruises (topical), edema, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, hemorrhoids,
chronic venous insufficiency, chronic prostatitis
CONTRAINDICATIONS: high doses
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TOXICITY/SIDE EFFECTS: occasional nausea
SPECIAL NOTES: unprocessed fruit is highly toxic; IM aescin not a good idea
Allium cepa
Allium sativum
✓ -:- PART USED: bulb
ACTIONS: anti-atherosclerotic, hypolipidemic, antiplatelet, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anti H
pylori, possibly immunomodulating, antihelminthic (garlic)
INDICATIONS: dyslipidemia, ischemic conditions, atherosclerosis, hypercoagulative states,
angina, impotence, HTN (mild), DM, insufficient lactation, candidiasis, gastroenteritis,
intestinal parasites, H. pylori, infections in general; topical for fungus, warts, otitis media,
infectious vaginitis
CONTRAINDICATIONS: excessive bleeding, thyroid disease (high doses), allergy to garlic
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