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Cholagogue, cathartic, hepatic, emetic, laxative, diaphoretic,
anti-spasmodic.
Black Root is used as a reliever of liver congestion and
for an inflamed gall-bladder (cholecystitis). When jaundice
is due to liver congestion, Black Root is used for its treatment.
Chronic constipation can often be due to a liver dysfunction,
in which case this herb is also ideal.
Kings Dispensatory describes its specific indications and
uses as Drowsiness, dizziness, and mental depression, with
tenderness and heavy pain in the hepatic region, the tongue
is coated markedly white, the skin is yellow, there is a bitter
taste, cold extremities, nausea and dull frontal headache;
thirst, with inability to drink; restlessness, with insomnia;
diarrhea, with half-digested passages, or clay-colored evacuations;
enfeebled portal circulation, with lassitude and gloomy and
depressed mental state.
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