LEVANT COTTON GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM

LEVANT COTTON (Gossypium herbaceum L.) +

Synonym:
Gossypium transvaalense G. Watt.

Species not necessarily distinguishable, activities and indications often lumped; see, e.g., JFM and CRC entries related to G. hirsutum, MAD entries assigned to G. herbaceum, many JLH entries assigned to the species.

Activities (Levant Cotton) :
Abortifacient (1; CRC; FNF; PH2); Aphrodisiac (f; PH2); Astringent (f; CRC); Contraceptive (1; CRC; PH2); Cytostat (1; PH2); Diuretic (f; CRC); Emmenagogue (1; AHP; CRC; PH2); Emollient (f; CRC); Hemostat (f; CRC; MAD); Hypercholesterolemic (1; PH2); Hypertriglyceridemic (f; PH2); Hypocholesterolemic (f; PH2); Lactagogue (f; CRC); Oxytocic (f; CRC; PH2); Uterotonic (1; AHP); Vasoconstrictor (f; CRC).

Indications (Levant Cotton) :
Adenopathy (f; JLH); Amenorrhea (1; MAD; PH2); Anemia (f; MAD); Asthma (f; CRC; MAD); Bite (f; PH2); Bleeding (f; CRC; MAD; PH2); Bronchosis (f; CRC); Burn (f; JLH); Cancer (1; CRC; FNF); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Childbirth (f; HHB; PH2); Climacteric (f; PH2); Cold (f; JFM); Constipation (f; PH2); Corn (f; JLH); Cough (f; MAD; PH2); Cramp (f; JFM); Cystosis (f; PH2); Debility (f; MAD); Diarrhea (f; CRC; PH2); Dysentery (f; CRC; JFM; PH2); Dyslactea (f; JFM; PH2); Dysmenorrhea (1; MAD; PH2); Dysuria (f; JFM); Earache (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM); Epilepsy (f; PH2); Fever (f; HHB; JFM; MAD); Fibroid (1; CRC; JLH); Gonorrhea (f; PH2); Headache (f; CRC; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; CRC; JFM); High Blood Pressure (f; JFM); High Cholesterol (f; PH2); Hypochondria (f; CRC); Infertility (f; MAD); Inflammation (f; JFM; PH2); Laryngosis (f; JFM); Menorrhagia (f; PH2); Metrorrhagia (f; PH2); Morning Sickness (f; MAD; PH2); Nausea (f; PH2); Neurosis (f; PH2); Pain (f; JFM; PH2); Polyp (f; CRC; FNF); Pulmonosis (f; JFM; MAD); Rheumatism (f; JFM); Rhinosis (f; JLH); Snakebite (f; PH2); Tumor (1; CRC; FNF); Urethrosis (f; PH2); Uterosis (f; CRC; FNF); UTI (f; JFM); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; CRC).

Dosages (Levant Cotton) :
100 g root in 1 liter water, reduced by boiling to 0.5 liter, take 50 g liquid every half hour (dangerous formula for abortion; CRC); 1 - 2 tbsp fluid extract during childbirth (HHB); 3 leaves in 1 liter water for hypertension (JFM); 6 - 8 g seed/150 g water or milk, 3 ×/day as lactagogue (f; JFM); 1.8 - 3.75 g root bark, 20 - 40 drops liquid extract (PH2); 2 - 4 ml liquid extract (PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Levant Cotton) :
Class 2b (AHP). Contraindicated in urogenital irritation or tendency to inflammation; may sterilize men (AHP). Hazards and/or side effects not recorded for proper therapeutic dosages (PH2). Drug toxic due to gossypol. Animals fed seed press cakes 3 - 4 weeks showed enterosis, gastrosis, hematuria, jaundice, nephritis, and ophthalmic disorders (PH2).