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Bitter, diuretic, cholagogue, anti-rheumatic, tonic, cathartic,
anthelmintic, emetic
Bogbean is a most useful herb for the treatment of rheumatism,
osteo-arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It has a stimulating
effect upon the walls of the colon which will act as an aperient,
but it should not be used to help rheumatism where there is
any colitis or diarrhea. It has a marked stimulating action
on the digestive juices and on bile-flow and so will aid in
debilitated states that are due to sluggish digestion, indigestion
and problems of the liver and gall-bladder.
Kloss, in the book "Back to Eden" describes the
medicinal properties of bogbean thus:
"An excellent remedy in stomach catarrh, rheumatism,
scrofula, scurvy, intermittent fevers, jaundice, dyspepsia,
liver and kidney troubles. It expels worms. When taken in
large doses it acts as an emetic. Promotes digestion by increasing
the production of gastric juice."
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