BLACK ALDER (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.)

BLACK ALDER (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.)

Synonym — A. barbata C. A. Mey., A. glutinosa subsp. barbata (C. A. Mey.) Yalt., A. glutinosa
var. barbata (C. A. Mey.) Ledeb., Betula alnus var. glutinosa L., B. glutinosa (L.) Lam.
Activities (Black Alder) — Alterative (f; CRC); Astringent (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Dentifrice (f;
CRC); Detergent (f; CRC); Diaphoretic (f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC); Hemostat (1; FNF; PHR;
PH2); Pulifuge (1; CRC); Tonic (f; PHR); Vermifuge (f; CRC).
Indications (Black Alder) — Angina (f; CRC; HH2); Bleeding (1; FNF; PHR; PH2); Cancer,
breast (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, duodenum (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, esophagus (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer,
pancreas (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, pylorus (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, rectum (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer,
throat (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, tongue (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; CRC; JLH); Enterorrhagia
(f; PHR; PH2); Fever (f; CRC; PH2); Hematochezia (f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC); Malaria (1;
PH2); Ophthalmia (f; PH2); Pediculosis (f; CRC); Pharyngosis (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Scabies (f;
CRC); Sore Throat (1; PHR; PH2); Splenosis (f; CRC); Streptococcus (1; FNF; PHR; PH2); Water
Retention (f; CRC); Worm (f; CRC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Black Alder) — Not covered (AHP; KOM).
None reported in PDR.“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”
(PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific quantified dosage! JAD). Regrettably, PHR and still PH2
report hypericin, probably meaning hyperoside. Hyperoside is what was reported in my CRC
Handbook of Medicinal Herbs (1985) and in Hager’s Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, ed.
2. So far, I have not yet found hypericin reliably reported outside the genus Hypericum, but
hyperoside is widely reported.

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