TANSY RAGWORT SENECIO JACOBAEA

TANSY RAGWORT (Senecio jacobaea L.) X

Madaus rightly or wrongly says that S. jacobaea L. and S. vulgaris L. have the same effects. So most of the MAD entries below have also been transcribed to S. vulgaris, and may really belong only there.

Activities (Tansy Ragwort) :
Antiperistaltic (1; HHB); Antispasmodic (f; EFS); Carcinogenic (1; AEH; PH2); Depurative (f; EFS); Detergent (f; EFS); Diaphoretic (f; EFS); Emmenagogue (f; EFS); Hemostat (f; EFS; MAD); Hepatotoxic (1; AEH; PH2); Laxative (f; EFS); Pectoral (f; EFS); Poison (1; PH2).

Indications (Tansy Ragwort) :
Amenorrhea (f; MAD); Anemia (f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Arthrosis (f; PH2); Bleeding (f; EFS; MAD); Catarrh (f; MAD); Cerebrosis (f; MAD); Chlorosis (f; MAD); Colic (f; EFS); Constipation (f; EFS); Cramp (f; EFS); Cystosis (f; HHB; MAD); Depression (f; MAD); Diabetes (f; MAD); Diarrhea (f; HHB; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Dysuria (f; PH2); Fever (f; EFS); Gastrosis (f; HHB); Gout (f; MAD); Headache (f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; HHB); Inflammation (f; PH2); Jaundice (f; MAD); Mastosis (f; MAD); Neurosis (f; MAD); Pain (f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Phthisis (f; MAD); Plethora (f; MAD); Pregnancy (f; HHB); Rheumatism (f; PH2); Scab (f; MAD); Sore (f; MAD); Spine (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; PH2); Urogenitosis (f; MAD); Uterosis (f; MAD); UTI (f; PH2).

Dosages (Tansy Ragwort) :
Do not take it (JAD); 1 part herb:5 ethanol (10%) fruit topical application (HH2; PH2); 2 g herb tincture several ×/day up to 15 g (MAD); 1–3 g fluid herb extract (MAD); 40–60 g herb juice (MAD).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Tansy Ragwort) :
Not covered (AHP). Use of Senecio species can result in potentially fatal hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) in humans, with symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting with ascites. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in considerable amounts and varieties, which can be carcinogenic, hepatotoxic, and mutagenic. PAs are toxic to humans, 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 mg/kg to 3.3 mg/kg (AEH1). LD50 (mixed alkaloids) = 140 mg/kg orl rat (HH2).