Tanacetum, Tansy
Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810
Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861
Botanical name:
Tanacetum vulgare
Two types were known: the sweet, and that without scent; the Sweet was divided into the common yellow, curly leaved, small white, and that from the Alps; that without scent is also either greater or lesser.
Parts used:
Herb; Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent
Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD
3G. EMMENAGOGUE. 3Q. ANTHELMINTIC
4i. UTERINE
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Regulates Menstruation:
2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
3. Clears Wind, Heat, and Damp, Eases Pain:
4. Clears Wind-Heat, Promotes Sweat:
5. Clears Damp, Promotes Digestion:
6. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
7. Kills Worms:
8. Externally:
-wash, bath or compress for Bruises, Sprains, Contusions, Dislocations, Contractures, and for Wounds, Ulcers
Dose:
HERB in POWDER: ½–2, or 3 grams;
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION of the HERB: 2–6 grams, up to 9 grams;
Main Combinations:
1. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea:
i. Tansy with … available in PRO version
ii. Tansy with … available in PRO version
iii. Tansy with … available in PRO version
2. Chlorosis, Tansy with … available in PRO version
3. Regulate Menstruation, Tansy with … available in PRO version
4. Uterine pain, cramping, pain, amenorrhea and PMS, Tansy with … available in PRO version
5. Gastritis, Enteritis, Colitis, Tansy with … available in PRO version
6. Dysuria, Tansy with … available in PRO version
7. Edema, chronic urinary disorders, Tansy with … available in PRO version
8. Nephritis, Tansy with … available in PRO version
9. Vertigo, Tansy with … available in PRO version
10. Worms:
i. Tansy with … available in PRO version
ii. Tansy with … available in PRO version
iii. Tansy with … available in PRO version
iv. Tansy with … available in PRO version
11. Fomentation for Worms (apply to abdomen) with … available in PRO version
12. Trauma, Bruising:
i. form an ointment with Tansy … available in PRO version
ii. form an ointment with Tansy .… available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Ointment for Trauma
Ointment for Congealed Blood
Cautions:
1. Use very cautiously during Pregnancy. Full doses cause miscarriage. However, it has been used for threatened miscarriage associated with Blood stasis. It must be used cautiously if used during pregnancy in low-to-moderate dose.
2. Not suitable for Yin deficiency
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the herb in flower, Distilled Oil (rarely)
