BUTCHERS BROOM RUSCUS ACULEATUS

BUTCHERS BROOM (Ruscus aculeatus L.) ++

Activities (Butchers Broom) :
- Alpha-Adrenergic (1; PNC); Antiaggregant (f; PED); Anticapillary Fragility (1; PH2; SKY); Antiinflammatory (2; KOM; PHR; PH2; SKY); Antipyretic (f; EFS); Aperient (f; PNC); Aperitif (f; EFS); Bitter (f; PED); Deobstruent (f; EFS); Diaphoretic (f; EFS; PNC); Diuretic (2; KOM; PED; PH2); Emmenagogue (f; EFS); Expectorant (f; BIB); Laxative (f; APA; BGB; EFS); Tonic (1; PH2); Vasoconstrictor (1; APA; PNC; PED; SKY).

Indications (Butchers Broom) :
- Anorexia (f; EFS); Arthrosis (1; APA); Atherosclerosis (f; PED; SKY); Cancer, prostate (f; HHB; JLH); Capillary Fragility (1; PH2; PNC; SKY); Catarrh (f; BIB); Chilblain (f; BIB); Constipation (f; APA; BGB; EFS); Cramp (1; APA; KOM; PH2); CVI (2; APA; BGB; PH2); Dropsy (f; BIB); Dyspnea (f; BIB); Dysuria (f; BIB); Fever (f; EFS; PNC); Fracture (f; APA; BGB); Hemorrhoid (2; APA; KOM; MAB; PH2; SKY); Hypertriglyceridemia (1; BGB); Inflammation (2; APA; KOM; PHR; PH2; SKY); Itch (1; APA; KOM; PH2); Jaundice (f; BIB; EFS); Nephrosis (f; BIB); Pain (1; KOM); Phlebitis (1; PED); Pulmonosis (f; EFS); Prostatosis (f; JLH); Respirosis (f; BIB); Retinosis (2; BGB); Rheumatism (f; APA); Scrofula (f; BIB); Swelling (1; APA; KOM; PH2); Thrombosis (1; HHB; PED); Ulcus cruris (f; HHB); Uterosis (f; BGB);
Varicosis (1; APA; MAB; SKY); Water Retention (2; BIB; KOM; PED; PH2).

Dosages (Butchers Broom) :
- 300-mg tablets (APA); 7 - 11 mg ruscogenin (or neoruscogenin + ruscogenin)/day or equivalent in raw extract (KOM; PH2); 1 - 2 tbsp fresh root (PED); 1.5 - 3 g dry root (PED); 2 g dry root :10 ml alcohol/10 ml water (PED); 1 g extract 3 ×/day (SKY); StX (50 - 100 mg ruscogenin)/day) (SKY).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Butchers Broom) :
- Class 1 (AHP; SKY). Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages (PH2). Commission E reports rhizome permitted for oral use. No contraindications or interactions. Adverse effects: rarely gastric complaints, nausea, queasiness (AEH; KOM; PHR; PH2). Ruscogenins and neoruscogenins, similar to diosgenin, are responsible for decreasing inflammation and vascular permeability (SKY). Saponins are antiaggregant, antiinflammatory, capillarifortificant, and diuretic (PED).