Butcher's Broom fell into disrepute until the 1950s, when a French scientist discovered two chemicals from the plant's underground stem that cause blood vessels to narrow and help reduce inflammation.
The root is aperient, deobstruent, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic and vasoconstrictor. Butcher's Broom has been taken internally in the past in the treatment of jaundice, gout, and kidney and bladder stones, at the present time it is used to treat venous insufficiency and hemorrhoids.
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History: Used by ancient Greek physicians as a laxative and a diuretic for flushing excess water from the body.
Technicals: The plant contains saponin glycosides, including ruscogenin and neoruscogenin. These substances are anti-inflammatory and cause the contraction of blood vessels, especially veins.
Caution: Butcher's Broom should not be suggested with hypertension. Not be taken by people with high blood pressure.
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