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BLOODROOT

Sanguinaria canadensis
Papaveraceae
(Redroot,Red Indian paint,Tetterwort)

Parts Used: root
Energy and Flavors: bitter,acrid,hot,toxic
Systems Affected: liver,heart,lung,blood
Biochemical Constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids, including sanguinarine,berberine,coptisine, and others
Properties: Expectorant,stimulant,alterative, diuretic,antibiotic,febrifuge,sedative,emetic in large doses.

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Bloodroot in bloom Bloodroot is primarily used as an expectorant for acute and chronic coughs, sinus congestion, laryngitis, sore throat, asthma with thick white phlegm, and croup. For pneumonia use doses of 1-2 drops taken repeatedly throughout the day. It also combines well in cough syrups with euclyptus, wild cherry bark and honey.

Externally it is applied as tincture, powder, or most often as an ointment for the treatment of a wide varity of skin assections, including athlete's foot and other fugoid conditions, skin cancers and burns. Most recently it has been used as a part of a dentifrice in a small amount with cinnamon bark, bayberry bark, prickly ash and other agents to treat gum disease and sesitive teeth.

Description: This small perennial plant has kidney-shaped leaves which arise directly from buds on the rootstock, with reticular veining and greyish-green downy surface; the single naked flower stem bears a white double flower. The rhizome is dark red in colour. Sanginaria grows in rich, open broad-leaved woodland through the eastern half of North America.

 Bloodroot Folage

Collection: The rhizomes are unearthed from May to June, or in the autumn after the leaves have dried.

Dose: 0.5-2 grams of the powdered root; of the tincture use 1-10 drops.

Bloodroot is used for: coughs,sore throat, skin eruptions, skin cancer, athlete's foot, gum disease.

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