RADISH RAPHANUS SATIVUS

RADISH (Raphanus sativus L.) +++

Activities (Radish) :
Antibacterial (1; WOI); Antioxidant (1; WOI); Antiseptic (2; KOM; PIP; PH2); Antiviral (1; HH2; PH2); Aperient (f; EFS); Aperitif (1; DEP; EFS; PHR); Carminative (f; DAA; KAB; WOI); Cholagogue (1; KAB; PHR); Choleretic (1; IHB; PH2); Depurative (f; EFS; WOI); Diaphoretic (f; LMP); Digestive (1; IHB; LMP); Diuretic (f; IHB; WOI); Emmenagogue (f; DEP; KAB); Expectorant (f; DAA; IHB); Gastrostimulant (2; KOM; PIP); Laxative (f; DEP; IHB); Litholytic (f; DEP); Secretagogue (2; KOM; PIP); Secretolytic (1; PH2); Stimulant (f; EFS); Stomachic (f; DAA; DEP; KAB); Vermifuge (f; KAB).

Indications (Radish) :
Amenorrhea (f; KAB); Anorexia (2; DEP; EFS; PHR); Apoplexy (f; LMP); Asthma (f; DAA); Bacteria (1; DAA; WOI); Biliary Dyskinesia (2; KOM; PIP); Bladder Stone (f; DEP); Bronchosis (2; PHR; PH2); Bruise (f; DAA; LMP); Burn (f; LMP); Calculus (f; DEP); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; LMP); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH; LMP); Cardiopathy (f; KAB); Catarrh (2; KOM; PIP; PH2); Cholecystosis (f; EFS; PH2; WOI); Cholera (f; KAB); Cold (2; PHR); Constipation (f; DEP; IHB); Corn (f; JLH); Cough (2; HH2; LMP; PHR; PH2); Diarrhea (f; LMP; PH2); Dropsy (f; DAA; LMP); Dysentery (f; LMP); Dyspepsia (2; KOM; LMP; PH2); Dysuria (f; DEP; KAB; PH2); Edema (f; DAA); Enterosis (f; JLH; PH2); Escherichia (1; WOI); Fever (2; LMP; PHR); Flu (1; IHB); Gallstone (f; HH2; PH2); Gas (1; DAA; KAB; PH2; WOI); Gastrosis (f; DEP); Gonorrhea (f; DEP); Headache (f; DAA; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; KAB; WOI); Hepatosis (f; JLH; WOI); Hiccup (f; KAB); Induration (f; DEP); Infection (2; PHR); Inflammation (2; KAB; PHR); Ischuria (f; DEP); Leprosy (f; KAB); Lumbago (f; DAA; LMP); Mastosis (f; LMP); Nausea (f; PH2); Neuralgia (f; PH2); Oliguria (f; DAA); Ophthalmia (f; DAA); Pain (f; DEP; KAB; PH2); Paralysis (f; KAB); Pertussis (f; EFS; PH2); Pharyngosis (2; PHR); Polyp (f; JLH); Rash (f; SKJ); Respirosis (2; KOM; PIP; PH2); Rheumatism (f; DAA); Rhinosis (f; JLH); Ringworm (f; SKJ); Splenosis (f; KAB; JLH); Staphylococcus (f; DAA); Stomatosis (2; PHR); Stone (f; DEP; PH2); Strangury (f; DEP); Streptococcus (1; DAA; WOI); Syphilis (f; DEP; KAB); VD (f; DEP; KAB); Virus (1; HH2; PH2); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; IHB; WOI); Wen (f; JLH); Worm (f; KAB).

Dosages (Radish) :
Food farmacy in my book. 50–100 ml expressed juice (HH2; KOM; PIP); 1.3 kg radish yield 1 liter radish juice (PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Radish) :
Not covered (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Due to the cholagogic effect of the drug, biliary colic could be triggered among patients with gallstones (PHR). Contraindicated in cholelithiasis (KOM; PIP). No drug-drug interactions or side effects reported (KOM; PIP).

Extracts (Radish) :
Perhaps anticipating the work on sulforaphane at Johns Hopkins, WOI (1969) comments that radish seeds contain glycosidally bound oils containing allyl-, isopropyl-, and methyl-isothiocyanates and sulphoraphene [sic] and 4-methylsulfinyl-3-butenyl-cyanide, the corresponding nitrile of sulphoraphene and cleavage product of its glucoside. Sulphoraphene is antibacterial to Escherichia, Pneumococcus, Pyrococcus, and Streptococcus. It is blastokolic (inhibits germination of seeds). Raphanin, from the aqueous seed extract, may possibly be identical to sulphoraphene. Seeds contain broad spectrum machrolysin which is active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. On a few occasions, PH2 has described plants as secretolytic, which other Commission E interpretations consider secretagogue. I suspect the PH2 is more likely the wrong party.