WHITE HELLEBORE VERATRUM ALBUM

WHITE HELLEBORE (Veratrum album L.) X

Synonym :
V. lobelianum Bernh.

Activities (White Hellebore) :
Analeptic (f; MAD); Analgesic (f; HH3); Diaphoretic (f; EFS); Diuretic (f; MAD); Emetic (f; EFS; HH3); Errhine (f; EFS); Expectorant (f; EFS); Hypotensive (1; PH2); Irritant (1; PH2); Laxative (f; EFS; MAD); Nervine (f; EFS); Respiradepressant (1; PH2); Scabicide (f; EFS); Sedative (f; EFS); Sternutator (1; FEL); Tonic (f; MAD); Toxic (f; EFS); Vermifuge (f; EFS).

Indications (White Hellebore) :
Angina (f; MAD); Arrhythmia (f; HH3); Arthrosis (f; HH3; PH2); Bradycardia (f; PH2); Callus (f; JLH); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, face (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; MAD); Cholera (f; FEL; HH3; MAD; PH2); Cold (f; MAD); Colic (f; MAD); Constipation (f; EFS; MAD); Cramp (f; MAD; PH2); Cystosis (f; MAD); Dermatosis (f; FEL; MAD); Diarrhea (f; MAD; PH2); Duodenosis (f; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; MAD); Enterosis (f; MAD); Epilepsy (f; MAD); Felon (f; JLH); Fever (f; EFS; MAD; HH3); Gout (f; FEL; MAD; HH3; PH2); Graves Disease (f; PH2); Headache (f; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; PH2); Induration (f; JLH); Insanity (f; FEL); Insomnia (f; EFS); Itch (f; FEL); Myalgia (f; MAD); Myasthenia gravis (f; HH3); Nervousness (f; EFS); Neuropathy (f; HH3; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; MAD); Pain (f; HH3; MAD; PH2); Phymata (f; JLH); Pityriasis (f; MAD); Pneumonia (f; MAD); Polyp (f; JLH); Rheumatism (f; HH3; PH2); Scabies (f; EFS; MAD); Sore (f; MAD); Splenosis (f; JLH); Typhus (f; MAD); Ulcer (f; MAD); Vertigo (f; MAD); Vomiting (f; PH2); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (f; MAD); Whitlow (f; JLH); Worm (f; EFS).

Dosages (White Hellebore) :
Do not take it (JAD); initial internal dose 20–100 mg powdered herb, or 20–60 drops tincture (HH3; PH2); externally, 5 g drug in 10 g lanolin and 20 g fat as topical (HH3; PH2); 5 drops herb tincture 3 ×/day (MAD).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (White Hellebore) :
Not covered (AHP; KOM). Severely toxic, lethal dose 10–20 mg alkaloids = 1–2 g herb. Alkaloids are transdermally absorbed (PH2).