Gemmotherapy Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood)
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Latest Edit: Iva Lloyd, ND 2014-02-22 (EDT)
See Also | Gemmotherapy |
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Key notes
- Anti-inflammatory and anti-sclerotic action[2]
- Major antiviral plant
- Analgesic (general pain caused by metastasis)
- Antineoplastic
Therapeutic actions
- Antiviral, used specifically for immune compromised patients, inhibits replication of HIV, increases CD4 and NK cells
Clinical indications
- Articular system: antisclerotic, rheumatoid arthritis, collagenosis, Dupuytren's contracture
- Immune system: antiviral, anti-inflammatory, various cancers, metastatic pains
- Digestive system: biliary insufficiency, intestinal verminosis
- Nervous system: anticholesterinasis, epilepsy
- Cutaneous system: post-inflammatory adhesions, angiomas, palmar and platar aponeurosis, Dupuytren's disease, baldness, oral candidiasis, vesicular dermatosis, dental neuralgia, various wounds, seborrhea, warts
- Uro-genital system: various fibrosis, ovarian cysts, Peyronie's disease, fibrocystic mastopathy
- Blood system: anemia, increase in blood platelets, minor coagulation problems