WAHO EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS JACQ

WAHOO (Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.) X (downgraded from CRC)

Rightly or wrongly, European authors (EFS and PH2) tend to aggregate E. atropurpureus and E. europaeus L. Some of the data below probably accrue only to one or the other.

Activities (Wahoo) :
Alterative (f; CRC; EFS); Analgesic (f; CRC); Antiperiodic (f; EFS); Cardioactive (1; HHB; PHR; PH2); Cholagogue (f; CRC; PNC; PH2); Choleretic (f; HHB; PHR); Circulostimulant (f; PNC); Collyrium (f; DEM); Diuretic (f; CRC; FAD; HHB; PH2); Emetic (f; CRC; EFS; FAD); Expectorant (f; CRC; FAD); Gastrogogue (f; CRC); Hemostat (f; DEM); Hepatotonic (f; EFS); Laxative (f; CRC; FAD; HHB; PH2); Parasiticide (f; EFS); Pediculicide (f; CRC); Poison (1; CRC); Scabicide (1; HHB); Sialagogue (f; CRC); Tonic (f; EFS; FAD; PH2).

Indications (Wahoo) :
Albuminuria (f; CRC); Biliousness (f; CRC); Bleeding (f; DEM); Cardiopathy (f; FAD); Cholecystosis (f; PNC); Cholera (f; CRC); Constipation (f; CRC; DEM; FAD; HHB; PH2); Dermatosis (f; PNC); Dropsy (f; CRC; FAD); Dyspepsia (f; CRC; FAD; PH2); Dysuria (f; CRC); Fever (f; CRC; FAD); Gallstone (f; CRC); Hematuria (f; DEM); Hepatosis (f; CRC; FAD; HHB); Malaria (f; CRC; EFS); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Pain (f; CRC; HHB); Parasite (f; CRC; EFS); Pulmonosis (f; FAD); Sore (f; DEM); Syphilis (f; CRC); Uterosis (f; CRC; DEM); VD (f; CRC); Vertigo (f; CRC); Water Retention (f; CRC; FAD; HHB; PH2); Worm (f; DEM).

Dosages (Wahoo) :
0.6–2.6 ml bark tincture (PNC); 4–16 ml bark elixir (with pulsatilla) (PNC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Wahoo) :
Class 3 (AHP). Fruit, seeds, and bark are considered poisonous (FAD). 36 berries of E. europaeus reportedly are enough to kill a person (PH2). To treat poisonings, see PH2. Reports of caffeine and theobromine (PH2) in European wahoo need confirmation.