PIPSISSEWA CHIMAPHILA SPP

PIPSISSEWA (Chimaphila spp.) ++

Activities (Pipsissewa) :
Alterative (f; PNC); Analgesic (f; DEM); Antiaggregant (1; FAD); Antibacterial (1; FAD); Antiseptic (1; FAD; PH2); Astringent (f; CEB; FAD); Candidicide (1; FAD); Collyrium (f; DEM); Depurative (f; DEM); Diaphoretic (f; CEB; DEM); Diuretic (1; CEB; FAD); Expectorant (f; DEM); Orexigenic (f; DEM); Rubefacient (f; CEB); Stimulant (f; CEB); Tonic (1; FAD); Urinary Antiseptic (1; FAD; PH2; PNC).

Indications (Pipsissewa) :
Adenopathy (f; PH2); Ague (f; CEB; DEM); Alzheimer’s (1; COX; FAD); Angina (f; DEM); Anorexia (f; DEM); Arthrosis (1; COX; FAD; PNC); Backache (f; DEM; FAD); Bacteria (1; FAD); Bleeding (f; DEM); Blister (f; DEM); Bot (f; DEM); BPH (1; HHB); Cancer (1; COX; FAD; PH2); Candida (1; FAD); Cardiopathy (f; HHB); Catarrh (f; HHB); Childbirth (f; DEM; PH2); Cold (f; CEB; DEM); Conjunctivosis (f; DEM); Cough (f; FAD); Cystosis (f; CEB; DEM; HHB; PH2; PNC); Depression (f; DEM); Dermatosis (f; DEM; PH2); Diabetes (f; PNC); Dropsy (f; CEB; PH2); Dysmenorrhea (f; PH2); Edema (f; HHB; PH2); Fever (f; CEB; DEM); Gastrosis (f; DEM); Gonorrhea (f; CEB; DEM); Gravel (f; CEB); Head Cold (f; DEM); Heart (f; DEM); Hemoptysis (f; DEM); Hepatosis (f; CEB); Infection (1; PH2); Inflammation (f; DEM; PH2); Mastosis (f; PH2); Mucososis (f; DEM); Myalgia (f; DEM); Nephrosis (f; CEB; DEM; HHB; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Pain (f; CEB; DEM); Prostatosis (f; PH2); Pulmonosis (f; CEB); Rheumatism (f; CEB; DEM; PH2; PNC); Rhinosis (f; DEM); Scrofula (f; CEB; DEM); Smallpox (f; DEM; PH2); Sore (f; CEB); Stomachache (f; FAD); Swelling (f; CEB; DEM); Tuberculosis (f; CEB; DEM; MIC); Typhus (f; CEB); Urethrosis (f; PNC); VD (f; CEB; DEM); Water Retention (1; CEB); Worm (f; DEM); Wound (f; HHB); Yeast (1; FAD).

Dosages (Pipsissewa) :
1–3 g/tea (PH2); 1–4 ml liquid extract (PH2); 2.5–5 ml (PNC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Pipsissewa) :
Class 1. Salicylates and tannins (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Unsuitable for long-term use because of hydroquinone glycoside content (PH2). Hypoglycemic. I question the accuracy of the report of quinine, but believe the reports of hydroquinone in several members of the Ericaceae, including this one. For snakebite, one chews the pulp, swallows the juice, and poultice the cud onto the bite after it has bled. It is also considered abortive. Native Americans poke crushed stems in their nose to alleviate snoring (GMJ). “Secoyas” mixed ground rhizome with water for fever, flu, and fright (SAR). In Piura, the chopped shoots are considered hemostatic and vulnerary.