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cardiovascular system
blood loss
botanicals
primary herbs
Achillea millefolium: various hemorrhages where amount is small, hematuria (Harper-Shove, p. 178; Felter, p. 117)
Alchemilla vulgaris: astringent (Felter and Lloyd, p. 130)
Apocynum cannabinum (toxic): passive hemorrhage (Ellingwood, p. 231)
Capsella bursa-pastoris: hematuria accompanied by phosphate deposits or passive hemorrhage (Felter, p. 274)
Ceanothus americanus: spleen congestion (Felter and Lloyd, p. 473)
Cinchona spp. (toxic) (bark): when a tonic is indicated after exhaustive bleeding, astringent (Felter and Lloyd, p. 552)
Cinnamonum zeylanicum: hemostatic strong infusion; works well with Erigeron canadensis and Terebinthinum use hot, often; postpartum. (Mitchell, p. 43)
Claviceps purpurea (toxic) (ergota): active hemorrhage (Felter, p. 356)
Collinsonia canadensis: local, atonicity, debility causing passive hemorrhage; with Hamamelis virginiana (Ellingwood, p. 266)
Equisetum spp.: hematuria accompanied by phosphaturia, cystitis with hematuria (Mitchell, p. 43; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 84)
Erigeron canadensis (oil): capillary or passive, postpartum, hematuria, hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis (Felter, p. 360; Mitchell, p. 43)
Eryngium maritimum: hematuria, combines well with Hydrangea arborescens and Eupatorium purpureum (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 85)
Geranium maculatum: passive hemorrhage from nose, stomach, bowels, lungs or kidney. Not for massive internal bleeding (Mitchell, p. 43; Felter and Lloyd, p. 929)
Hamamelis virginiana: passive from nose, lungs, stomach, uterus, bowels (Harper-Shove, p. 178; Felter and Lloyd, p. 973)
Hydrastis canadensis: passive from pelvic organs; externally for blood loss from cuts, eyeball, postpartum hemorrhage; combines with Trillium erectum (toxic) (NCNM Botanicals; Harper-Shove, p. 178; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 114)
Lycopus virginicus: passive hemorrhage, when the bleeding is frequent and in small amounts; epistaxis, hematuria, metrorrhagia, intestinal bleeding. Indicated in passive pulmonary hemorrhage (hemoptysis); possibly controls blood circulation (Felter, pp. 464, 465)
Oleum Terebinthinae Rectificatum (rectified oil of turpentine): hemostatic effect in pulmonary, gastric and renal capillary bleeding. Dose one third cc. (Kuts-Cheraux, p. 203)
Plantago major: cystitis with hematuria, bleeding hemorrhoids, may be used with Symphytum officinale (toxic) (root) (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 164)
Prunus vulgaris: internal hemorrhage (Harper-Shove, p. 178)
Quercus spp.: astringent, intestinal hemorrhage (Felter, p. 588)
Rubus spp.
Sanicula marilandica: internal wounds, ulcers, hemorrhage (Mitchell, p. 44)
Symphytum officinale (toxic): hematemesis; with Althea officinalis for gastric ulcer (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 203)
Trillium erectum (toxic): metrorrhagia, especially menopausal with depression; menorrhagia, hematuria, hemoptysis; with Vinca major and/or Geranium maculatum in excessive menses; with Bidens tripartita in hematuria (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 218; Bastyr)
see: anemia, epistaxis, women's conditions
complementary herbs
passive hemorrhage: Equisetum spp. + Geranium maculatum (Sherman)
mucous membranes: Geranium maculatum + Myrica cerifera + Commiphora myrrha (Sherman)
intestinal hemorrhage: Quercus alba (bark) + aromatics (e.g. Cinnamonum zeylanicum) ( Felter, p. 588)
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