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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 : [[File:Bloodroot.jpgEscharotic 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==
*[[Skin Cancer]] : One of the main health benefits of the bloodroot herb determined from recent studies is that bloodroot has certain anti-cancer agent properties that are useful in the treatment of skin cancer. The extract of bloodroot is called sanguinarine, an ammonium salt which attacks and destroys living tissue and is also classified as an escharotic. (See : [[Eschiarotic SalvesEscharotic salves]])* [[Cancer]] : It 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 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 (FDA).
*Respiratory Conditions : In herbal medicine, bloodroot extracts are used in minimal dosages to treat bronchial infections and sore throats. Bloodroot extracts, bloodroot tinctures and bloodroot tea have been used over several centuries in treating bleeding lungs, pneumonia, the common cold, whooping cough, emphysema and sinus congestions.
*Treating joint pains and fever.
*an effective insect repellent.
*Bloodroot flower, stem, roots and other 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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