Bloodroot
sanguinaria canadensis L.
Papaveraceae
Poppy family

Bloodroot s endangered and should be cultivated.
Do not harvest from the wild.

Do not use without medical supervision.
An overdose can be fatal.
Use internally with caution, it contains toxic opium-like
alkaloids and can cause mucous membrane irritation,
an over dose can be fatal,
do not use when pregnant or lactating.
Bloodroot is not edible.

AKA
Coon root
Indian paint
Indian plant
Indian red paint
Pauson
Red paint root
Red puccoon
Red root
Sanguinaria
Tetterwort

PARTS USUALLY USED
Rootstock collected early in the spring,
carefully dried, then ground into powder.

Formulas or Dosages
Can be used for the following ailments:
adenoid infections, nasal polyps,
syphilitic troubles, piles (use strong tea as an enema),
typhoid fever, catarrh, scarlatina,
jaundice, dyspepsia, whooping cough and rheumatism.

Small doses stimulate the digestive organs and heart.

Large doses act as a sedative and narcotic.
When the condition is not easily overcome,
combine with equal parts of goldenseal.

Experimentally, the alkaloid sanguinarine has shown
antiseptic, anesthetic, and anticancer activity.

As a stimulant, expectorant, or alterative use;
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. of the powdered root
or 1/2 to 1 gm. in decoction; tincture, 5 to 20 drops.

In a dose of 1/20 grain (a grain is 0.002083 ounces),
bloodroot is a gastric and intestinal stimulant.
A dose of 1/12 grain, it is an expectorant.
Doses any larger will produce
emetic (vomiting) effects. eight grains given to a patient
resulted in nausea after 15 minutes. 40 minutes later
complaints of headache, nausea much more violent;
60 minutes later, the patient vomited twice.
The cautions surrounding care in doses is clear.

The drug is usually administered in several-drop dosages
of a tincture.

Internal Use
Expectorant for acute and chronic respiratory tract affections,
sinus congestion, stimulates the digestion, laryngitis,
sore throat, asthma with cold thick phlegm, and croup.

Most effective for pneumonia are 1 to 2 drop doses
repeated frequently throughout the day.
It combines well with cherry bark,
eucalyptus, and honey in a syrup.

A syrup may be made with garlic and bloodroot tincture.


Cultivation
Description of Plant and Culture
Dye
External
Formulas or Dosages
Internal



SOURCE(S)
Alternative Nature

Jude's Home Remedies,
by Jude C. Williams, M.H.

The Little Herb Encyclopdedia
by Jack Ritchason
©1995 Woodland Health Books
P.O. Box 160
Pleasant Grove, Utah 86462

Daily Herbal Tips
Medicinal Herbs Online
Mountain Rose Herbs

Draconian

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