{"id":1035,"date":"2012-11-28T03:58:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2012-11-28T03:58:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:58:39","slug":"goldenseal-hydrastis-canadensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"Goldenseal ~  Hydrastis canadensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Goldenseal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Hydrastis canadensis<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Ranunculaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to N. America<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: isoquinoline alkaloids (hydrastine, berberine, canadine)<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling, drying<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: bitter, alterative, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, choleretic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: mild laxative (possible, depending on astringency)<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bacterial infection<\/span>, dyspepsia, gastritis, peptic ulceration, colitis, colds, flu, sore throats<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: menorrhagia, vaginitis, constipation; topical: conjunctivitis, eczema, aural inflammation<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water; 1:4 dry or 1:1 tincture: 10-60 gtt qd-qid; powder in capsules: 2-20 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy (oxytocin action); may exacerabate hypoglycemia, hypotension, fresh plant may cause mucosal irritation<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldenseal Latin name: Hydrastis canadensis Family: Ranunculaceae Part used: root Habitat: native to N. America Main constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids (hydrastine, berberine, canadine) Energetics: cooling, drying Main herbal actions: bitter, alterative, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, choleretic Minor herbal actions: mild laxative (possible, depending on astringency) Main medicinal uses: bacterial infection, dyspepsia, gastritis, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,34,81,39,44,269,132,37,38,110,1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-anti-inflammatory","category-astringent","category-bitter","category-choleretic","category-colitis","category-cold-and-flu","category-cooling","category-drying","category-homostatic","category-module1","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}