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:

2A APERIENT
4g. HEPATIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC

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)

Dose:

Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitutes:

… available in PRO version

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.