LIFE ROOT SQUAW WEED

LIFE-ROOT, SQUAW WEED (Senecio aureus L.) XXX

Golden Ragwort in PH2.

Activities (Life-Root) :
Abortifacient (f; CRC); Analgesic (f; CRC); Antipyretic (f; CRC); Astringent (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Bitter (1; PH2); Carcinogenic (1; PH2); Contraceptive (f; DEM); Depurative (f; DEM); Diaphoretic (f; CRC; DEM; FEL); Diuretic (1; CRC; FAD; PHR; PH2); Emmenagogue (1; APA; CRC; EFS; FEL; PHR; PH2); Expectorant (f; CRC); Hemostat (f; APA); Hepatotoxic (1; APA; PH2); Litholytic (f; CRC); Pectoral (f; CRC; EFS; FEL; PNC); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tonic (f; CRC; EFS); Uterotonic (f; CRC; PNC); Vulnerary (f; APA; CRC; EFS).

Indications (Life-Root) :
Albuminuria (f; FEL); Amenorrhea (f; FEL; PNC); Anemia (f; PHR); Atony (f; FEL); Bleeding (f; APA; CRC; PHR; PH2); Bronchosis (f; FAD); Childbirth (f; APA; CRC); Chlorosis (f; FEL); Circulation (f; CRC); Colic (f; APA); Constipation (f; CRC); Diarrhea (f; CRC); Dysentery (f; FAD; FEL); Dysmenorrhea (f; APA; CRC; FAD; FEL); Dyspepsia (f; FEL); Dysuria (f; CRC; FAD; FEL); Fever (f; CRC; DEM; FEL); Fracture (f; DEM); Gravel (f; CRC); Heart (f; DEM); Hematuria (f; FEL); Hemoptysis (f; FEL); Hepatosis (f; FEL); Hysteria (f; FEL); Infertility (f; FEL); Leukorrhea (f; CRC; FAD; FEL); Menopause (f; PH2; PNC); Menorrhagia (f; FEL); Nephrosis (f; CRC; DEM); Neurosis (f; CRC; HH2); Orchosis (f; FEL); Pain (f; CRC); Parturition (f; FAD); Pulmonosis (f; FEL); Sterility (f; FEL); Stone (f; CRC); Tenesmus (f; FEL); Uterosis (f; CRC; FEL); Vaginosis (f; FEL); Water Retention (1; CRC; FAD; PHR; PH2); Worm (f; APA).

Dosages (Life-Root) :
Do not take it (APA); 1–4 g herb 3 ×/day (HH2); 2–4 g dry herb or root (APA; PNC); 2–4 ml herb and/or root liquid extract (APA; PNC); 4 g herb and/or root liquid extract 3–4 ×/day (HHB; PHR); 4 fluid oz herb and/or root decoction 3–4 ×/day (FEL); 14 g (sic, may be a typo) herb, or in tea, 3 ×/day (CAN); 14 ml liquid herb extract (1:1 in 25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Life-Root):
Not covered (AHP). Contains toxic PAs (FAD). Should not be taken internally (PHR; PH2). Contains PAs in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be genotoxic, carcinogenic, hepatotoxic (CAN), and mutagenic. Animal studies document placental transfer and secretion into breast milk of unsaturated PAs (CAN). Due to PAs, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided. “Liferoot should not be ingested” (CAN). Use of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease in man, with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites. PAs are toxic to man, with liver damage with cirrhosis and ascites, or seneciosis, or VOD reported in almost all cases of severe or fatal intoxications, from intakes of 0.5–3.3 mg/kg (AEH).