PINEAPPLE ANANAS COMOSUS

PINEAPPLE (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) +++

Synonyms :
A. ananas (L.) Voss, A. duckei hort., A. sativus Schult. & Schult. f., A. sativus var. duckei Camargo, Bromelia ananas L., B. comosa L.

Activities (Pineapple) :
Abortifacient (1; DAV; WO2); Analgesic (1; APA); Anorectic (1; APA; CRC); Antiaggregant (1; APA; KOM; PH2); Antibacterial (1; BGB); Antiedemic (1; KOM); Antifertility (1; WO2); Antiinflammatory (1; APA; PH2; WO2); Antinitrosaminic (1; JNU); Antioxidant (1; WO2); Antipyretic (f; CRC; IED); Antiscorbutic (1; IED); Antitumor (1; BGB; PH2); Antiulcer (1; APA); Astringent (1; DAV); Cholagogue (f; IED); Decongestant (f; JFM); Depurative (f; CRC); Diaphoretic (f; IED); Digestive (1; APA; CRC); Discutient (1; CRC); Diuretic (1; APA; WO2); Emmenagogue (1; APA; IED); Estrogenic (f; CRC); Fibrinolytic (1; APA; BGB; PH2); Hydragogue (f; CRC); Intoxicant (f; CRC); Laxative (1; IED; WO2); Lipolytic (1; CRC; FNF); Myocontractant (1; CRC); Myorelaxant (1; APA; CRC); Necrolytic (1; WO2); Parasiticide (1; CRC; FNF); Proteolytic (1; APA; BGB; PH2); Taenicide (1; WO2); Tonic (f; APA); Uterocontractant (1; CRC); Uterotonic (f; APA); Vermifuge (1; CRC; DAV); Vulnerary (1; APA).

Indications (Pineapple) :
Abscess (f; CRC); Amenorrhea (f; PH2); Antidote (f; JFM); Asthma (f; PH2); Bacteria (1; BGB); Bite (f; IED); Bleeding (1; CRC; DAV); Blennorrhagia (f; DAV); Bronchosis (f; JFM); Bruise (1; CRC); Burn (2; BGB; PH2); Cancer (1; APA; BGB; PH2); Childbirth (f; APA; CRC); Congestion (f; JFM); Constipation (1; APA; CRC; IED; PH2; WO2); Corn (f; CRC); Cystosis (f; APA; CRC); Diarrhea (1; APA); Dysmenorrhea (f; APA; PH2); Dyspepsia (f; APA; DAV; PH2); Dysuria (f; JFM); Edema (1; CRC; KOM); Exocrine Hepatic Insufficiency (f; BGB); Fever (f; CRC; IED; PH2); Gas (f; APA; DAV); Hematoma (f; CRC; WO3); Hemorrhoid (f; JFM); Hepatosis (f; JFM); Hiccup (f; CRC); Hypochondria (f; CRC); Infection (1; IED); Inflammation (1; APA; PH2; WO2); Jaundice (f; IED); Kidney Stone (f; APA; DAV); Nasal Parasinusosis (1; KOM); Neurasthenia (f; APA); Obesity (1; CRC; PH2); Pain (1; APA); Pancreatosis (f; PH2); Parasite (1; CRC; FNF); Phlebitis (f; APA); Pulmonosis (f; JFM); Respirosis (f; APA; CRC); Rheumatism (1; DAV); Scarlet Fever (f; CRC); Sea Sickness Seasickness (f; JFM); Sinusosis (f; APA; CRC); Sore (1; CRC; WO3); Sore Throat (f; JFM); Sprain (1; CRC); Sting (f; IED); Swelling (1; APA; KOM; PH2); Tapeworm (1; WO2); Thrombophlebitis (f; APA); Tumor (1; BGB; CRC; PH2); Ulcer (1; APA; CRC); UTI (1; APA); Varicosis (f; APA); VD (f; APA; CRC); Wart (f; CRC); Worm (1; APA; CRC; DAV; PH2); Wound (2; APA; PH2).

Dosages (Pineapple) :
250–500 mg bromelain 3 ×/day (APA); 80–320 raw mg bromelain/day (KOM; PH2). Fruit food farmacy.

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Pineapple) :
Class 1 (JAD). Not covered (AHP). “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Some people may be allergic to bromelain. Side effects include allergy, diarrhea, GI problems, metrorrhagia, nausea, and vomiting (APA; KOM). May augment antiaggregant or anticoagulant activity of other blood thinners (KOM). Bromelain may increase blood and urinary levels of tetracyclines or other antibiotics (KOM; PH2). Large doses of ripe (I would have said unripe) fruit juice are reported to cause uterocontractions, so it might be contraindicated in pregnancy (APA). This is the only case I remember of Fleming et al., missing a Blumenthal et al. Commission E approved drug, the American food plant, pineapple, with its proteolytic bromelain, a very active compound indeed.