| Disease | THE STEM OF THE TITLE PLANT POSSESSES CORTICOSTEROIDAL ACTIONS BUT WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS. THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE IS THE TOTAL ALKALOIDS.
THE PLANT ALSO HAS IMMUNOMODULATING, VERMICIDAL, ANTIFERTILITY(MALE) AND CIRCULATION ACTIVATING ACTION. IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE(RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, LUPUS), LIVER, SKIN, MUCUS MEMBRANE AND KIDNEY DISEASES.
ALSO: PRIMARY THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, LEUKEMIA, ALOPECIA + HYPERTHYROIDISM. THE PREPARATION SIDE EFFECTS: VOMITING, ABDOMINAL CRAMPS, FEVER, BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION, CONVULSIONS AND IN SEVERE CASES, SHOCK, COMA, RESPIRATORY FAILURE + DEATH.
A REVIEW. |