BROWN KELP BUNCHBERRY

BROWN KELP (Macrocystis pyrifera C. Agardh) ++

Activities (Brown Kelp) :
Antiobesity (f; PH2).

Indications (Brown Kelp) :
High Blood Pressure (f; PH2); Obesity (f; PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Brown Kelp) :
Not covered (AHP; KOM).
Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific
quantified dosage! JAD). Not for use in thyropathic-prone families; more than 300 µg/day may cause hyperthyroidism. If the alga contains 0.3% (between the 0.1 and 0.5% cited by PH2), then a gram of wet alga (assuming 90% water) would give you that flagged dangerous dose (300 µg/day).


BUNCHBERRY (Cornus canadensis L.) ++

Synonym :
Chamaepericlymenum canadense (L.) Asch. & Graebn.

Activities (Bunchberry) :
Collyrium (f; FAD); Laxative (f; FAD); Tonic (f; DEM).

Indications (Bunchberry) :
Bleeding (f; MIC); Cold (f; DEM); Colic (f; FAD); Cough (f; FAD; DEM); Enuresis (f; MIC); Fever (f; DEM; FAD); Fit (f; FAD); Gastrosis (f; DEM; MIC); Nephrosis (f; FAD; MIC); Ophthalmia (f; FAD); Pain (f; DEM; FAD); Paralysis (f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; FAD); Side Ache (f; DEM); Sore (f; DEM); Stomachache (f; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; DEM); Wound (f; MIC).