Bruscus, Butcher’s Broom
Ruscus, Knee Holy
Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886
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Botanical name:
Ruscus aculeatus
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, bitter
cuts, attenuates, opens
Classification:
Uses:
1. One of the Opening Roots:
-promotes Urine
2. Clears Phlegm from the Lungs
-Cough and Wheezing
3. Moves the Blood, clears Stasis:
-Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea
4. Externally:
-poultice helps Fractures and Dislocations (internally and externally)
Main Combinations:
1. To cleanse the Blood, for Fever, and to promote Urine: Butcher’s Broom root with … available in PRO version
2. Promote Menstruation,:
i. Butcher’s Broom root with … available in PRO version
ii. Butcher’s Broom root with … available in PRO version
3. Varicose veins:
i. Butcher’s Broom root with … available in PRO version
ii. Butcher’s Broom root with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Opening Roots – Five & Two
Decoction to Purify
Syrup of Five Opening Roots
Wine for Scrophula (Renodeus)
Tincture for Paralysis
Cautions:
1. Some people may experience stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
Drug Interactions
1. Should not be used with Anti-hypertensives.
2. May interact and increase stimulant medicines including Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine.
