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[[File:Bloodroot.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Bloodroot]]Other name names : Sanguinaria canadensis, Blood Root, Bloodwort, Coon Root, Indian Plant, Indian Red Paint, Pauson, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon, Red Root, Sang-Dragon, Sang de Dragon, Sanguinaire, Sanguinaire du Canada, Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria canadensis, Snakebite, Sweet Slumber, Tetterwort, Di Yu<br>Bloodroot is a plant. People use the underground stem (rhizome) to make medicine.<br>See also : [[Escharotic salves]]
==Special Precautions of Bloodroot==
*In general, bloodroot products like paste, tinctures, salves, oils etc, should be taken after consulting a professional alternative medicine expert because bloodroot has certain toxic properties and can cause certain adverse effects like skin rashes and visual distortions if not administered correctly.
*Last but not least, although it grows extensively, it is important that only cultivated bloodroot herbs be used and not bloodroot that grows in the wild.
==The benefits of Bloodroot are==
* Bloodroot [[Skin Cancer]] : One of the main health benefits of the bloodroot herb determined from recent studies is used to cause vomiting, empty that bloodroot has certain anti-cancer agent properties that are useful in the bowelstreatment of skin cancer. The extract of bloodroot is called sanguinarine, an ammonium salt which attacks and reduce tooth paindestroys living tissue and is also classified as an escharotic. (See : [[Escharotic salves]])* [[Cancer]] : It is has also been established that bloodroot contains a chemical substance called [[berberine]] which helps fight tumors in the brain and several other types of cancers.*Toothpaste : Bloodroot extracts have been popularly used in toothpastes to treat croup, hoarseness fight gum infections like gingivitis and to reduce plaque formation. The use of bloodroot extracts in toothpastes had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (laryngitisFDA).*Respiratory Conditions : In herbal medicine, bloodroot extracts are used in minimal dosages to treat bronchial infections and sore throat (pharyngitis)throats. Bloodroot extracts, poor circulation bloodroot tinctures and bloodroot tea have been used over several centuries in the surface blood vesselstreating bleeding lungs, nasal polypspneumonia, achy joints and muscles (rheumatism)the common cold, wartswhooping cough, emphysema and feversinus congestions.*Some people apply Cardiac Conditions : When combined with certain other chemical compounds, bloodroot directly to has been very effective in treating certain cardiac conditions because they are effective in slowing the skin around wounds to remove dead tissue and promote healingheart rate down. During the midPatients suffering from palpitations have been treated effectively by bloodroot administration.*Skin Conditions -1800sExternal / Topical Application : Other very significant benefits of the bloodroot herb are in treating skin conditions via topical or external application. Bloodroot salve, or bloodroot extracts were applied paste, is used to the skin as part treat a variety of the Fell Technique for treatment of breast skin diseases, inflammations, warts, skin tags and tumors. Bloodroot oil has been effective in treating skin lesions and tags.*In dentistryto treat and cure migraines.*as an anesthetic, bloodroot cathartic, emetic, expectorant, diuretic, sedative and stimulant.*Bloodroot tea also helps in effective peripheral blood circulation.*treating liver conditions like jaundice, but, of course, it is used on the teeth ideal to reduce the build-up of plaquefirst seek professional advice before administering bloodroot. Plaque is a film of saliva*Treating joint pains and fever.*an effective insect repellent.*Bloodroot flower, mucus, bacteriastem, roots and food particles that can promote gum diseaseother parts of the bloodroot plant are used in preparing red and yellow colored dyes. ==Used in Patent Medicine==* [[Ching Wan Hung]]
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