AVENS, BENNET’S ROOT (Geum urbanum L.)++

AVENS, BENNET’S ROOT (Geum urbanum L.)++
Activities (Avens) — Antidiarrheal (f; CAN); Antihemorrhagic (1; CAN; FNF); Antipyretic (f;
CAN; PNC); Antiseptic (1; EFS; FNF); Astringent (1; CAN; PHR; PNC); Digestive (f; EFS);
Hypotensive (1; CAN); Stomachic (f; EFS; PNC); Styptic (1; PNC); Tonic (f; EFS; PNC).
Indications (Avens) — Ague (f; WOI); Amenorrhea (f; MAD); Anemia (f; MAD); Anorexia (f; PH2);
Asthma (f; CEB); Atony (f; MAD); Bite (f; CEB); Bleeding (1; CAN; FNF; MAD); Callus (f; JLH);
Cancer (f; JLH; MAD); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; MAD); Caries (f; WOI); Catarrh (f;
CAN; WOI); Chill (f; WOI); Cholera (f; MAD); Chlorosis (f; MAD); Climacteric (f; MAD); Colic
(f; MAD); Colitis (f; CAN); Congestion (f; MAD); Cystosis (f; PH2); Debility (f; CEB; MAD; WOI);
Dermatosis (f; PH2); Diabetes (f; MAD); Diarrhea (1; CAN; PHR; PH2; PNC); Dysentery (f; WOI);
Dysmenorrhea (f; MAD); Dyspepsia (f; PHR; PH2); Encephalosis (f; MAD); Enterosis (f; MAD);
Fever (f; CAN; PH2; PNC; WOI); Fistula (f; MAD); Frostbite (f; PH2); Gastrosis (f; MAD); Gingivosis
(f; PH2); Halitosis (f; WOI); Hemorrhoid (1; PH2); Hepatosis (f; JLH); High Blood Pressure
(1; CAN); Incontinence (f; MAD); Indigestion (f; PHR); Infection (1; EFS; FNF); Inflammation (f;
PH2); Leukorrhea (f; MAD; PNC; WOI); Malaria (f; CAN; MAD); Metrorrhagia (1; CAN; MAD);
Mucososis (f; PH2); Myalgia (f; PH2); Nausea (f; MAD); Neuralgia (f; PH2); Pulmonosis (f; MAD);
Rachosis (f; MAD); Scrofula (f; MAD); Sore (f; JLH; MAD); Sore Throat (1; PNC; WOI); Stomachache
(f; MAD); Typhus (f; MAD); Ulcerative Colitis (1; CAN); Urethrosis (f; MAD); Urethrosis
(f; PH2); Uterosis (1; CAN; MAD); VD (f; MAD); Wound (f; MAD).
Dosages (Avens) — 1 g herb (in tea) 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–4 ml liquid herb extract (1:1 in 25%
alcohol) (CAN); 10–15 drops tincture 2–3 ×/day (MAD); 0.5–1 tsp in hot water, several ×/day
(PH2); 1–4 ml liquid root extract (PNC).

 

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Avens) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not recorded for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Due to its reputed affect
to the menstrual cycle, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided (CAN). Also advisable
to avoid excess use of tannin (CAN).

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