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	Patent 6,579,542
		Hydrastis canadensis, commonly called yellow paint root, orange root, yellow puccoon, ground raspberry, eye root, yellow Indian plant, tumeric root, Ohio curcuma, eye balm, yellow eye, and jaundice root, has the medicinal properties of a laxative, a tonic alterative, a detergent, an opthalmicum, an antiperiodic, an aperient, a diuretic, an antiseptic, and a deobstruent.
		Hydrastis canadensis has no superior when combined with myrrh, one part hydrastis canadensis to one-fourth part myrrh, for an ulcerated stomach or duodenum or dyspepsia, and is especially good for enlarged tonsils and sores in the mouth.
		Hydrastis canadensis is a remedy for chronic and intermittent malaria and enlarged spleen caused by malaria.
	www.pharmcast.com /Patents/Yr2003/Jun2003/061703/6579542_Feline061703.htm (1116 words)

	King's American Dispensatory, 1898: Hydrastis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		With hydrastis, however, the opposite is true; the plant disappears as soon as the ground is disturbed by the settler.
		Hydrastis is of very rapid growth, so much so that those who are searching for botanical specimens must be on the alert, as the plant, when favored by a continuance of warm weather during May, will, in a week or 10 days, send up a stem and open its blossom.
		Hydrastis is bitter to the taste, and induces increased activity of the salivary glands.
	www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/kings/hydrastis.html (6408 words)

	US Dispensatory, 1918: Hydrastis. Golden Seal. Hydrastis canadensis. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hydrastis canadensis is a small, herbaceous, perennial plant, with a thick, fleshy, yellow (rhizome, from which numerous long roots arise, and an erect, simple, pubescent stem, from six inches to a foot in height.
		The strength of the local application of hydrastis to be used in various diseases of the mucous membrane varies from five to twenty-five per cent.
		When, therefore, a preparation of hydrastis is to be used for effects other than a local action on the gastro-intestinal or other mucous membrane, a salt of the pure alkaloid hydrastine should be used.
	www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/usdisp/hydrastis.html (1815 words)

	Hydrastis Canadensis, Goldenseal, adaptogen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In vitro susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to isoquinoline alkaloids from Sanguinaria canadensis and Hydrastis canadensis.
		Hydrastis or goldenseal, one of the most popular medicinal herbs in the U.S.A., is used in mild pathological conditions like cold and flu, based on the pharmacological properties of its active components, berberine (anticholinergic, antisecretory, and antimicrobial) and beta-hydrastine (astringent).
		We previously reported the relaxant effect of a total ethanolic extract of hydrastis on carbachol precontracted isolated guinea pig trachea, and with the present study, using the same experimental model, we aimed at evaluating the contribution of its major alkaloids, berberine, beta-hydrastine, canadine and canadaline to the total effect.
	www.adaptogeno.com /hydrastis_canadensis_ing.htm (13407 words)

	J.U. & C.G.Lloyd: Drugs and Medicines of North America: Hydrastis Canadensis, part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		If celastrus root be mixed with the hydrastis, the potash reactions of curcuma may be masked, as the former affords a fl or deep brown coloration, according to its percentage, that might predominate the orange brown and purple of curcuma.
		Although the Indians introduced hydrastis to the whites (see medical properties), and it has always been a domestic remedy, it was reserved for Barton to bring the plant before the medical profession.
		Hydrastis in Gastro-Intestinal Disorders.—As a stomachic tonic, when the condition of the stomach is that of debility, as we find it in atonic dyspepsia, so-called, and in convalescence from acute diseases, hydrastis serves a useful purpose.
	www.ibiblio.net /herbmed/eclectic/dmna/hydrastis-cana-3.html (14144 words)

	Sayre's Organic Materia Medica, 1917: Hydrastis. - Golden seal. Yellow puccoon. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		SOURCE.—The area of the country over which hydrastis grows in sufficient abundance to be a commercial source of the drug is embraced in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and West Virginia.
		This resinoid is made by precipitating a concentrated alcoholic tincture of hydrastis with acidulated water, and is probably, in the main, an impure muriate of berberine.
		Hydrastis is now quite largely employed in the treatment of depraved mucous membranes, as, for example, in chronic rhinitis, the atonic stomach of drunkards, chronic intestinal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice, vaginal leucorrhea, and the later stages of gonorrhea.
	ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/sayre/hydrastis.html (588 words)

	Goldenseal
		Hydrastis has been traditionally used by Native Americans to treat conditions of the mucous membranes of the respiratory, digestive and urinary tracts and also disorders of the skin and eyes.
		The Eclectic physicians of the 19th century used Hydrastis extensively, for a side variety of problems including as an appetite and digestive stimulant, for mouth sores, chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer, liver and gallbladder complaints, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, fissured anus, pharyngitis, nasal catarrh, conjunctivitis, otitis media and externa, muscle soreness, uterine hemorrhage, acne and eczema.
		Hydrastis is a member of the Ranunculaceae family, indigenous to the eastern US and Canada.
	www.eclecticphysician.com /herbs/goldenseal.shtml (640 words)

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		Hydrastis canadensis is one of the very few agents which will tone and sustain the venous circulation.
		The infusion of Hydrastis is a good wash for inflamed or sore eyes and ulcers in the mouth.
		Hydrastis is one of the finest agents in powder form for the treatment of irritable chancres and buboes, and in treating labial ulcers in syphilis, used as follows, will give the physician every satisfaction.
	www.dominionherbal.com /herbs_month/Goldenseal.htm (892 words)

	J.U. & C.G.Lloyd: Drugs and Medicines of North America: Hydrastis Canadensis, part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The odor of powdered or crushed hydrastis is peculiar and persistent, adhering for hours to the hands or the clothing of workmen who handle it in quantities.
		All collection of hydrastis had now ceased, and in 1881 many parties were found without a supply sufficient to carry them to the next season, and that year the memorable drouth that extended over the entire section of our hydrastis producing country rendered its replacement impossible.
		Hydrastis is so sensitive that even a partial destruction of the timber causes it to shrink away, and one turn of the soil by the plow blots it from existence.
	ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/dmna/hydrastis-cana.html (13303 words)

	Hydrastis Canadensis -Golden Seal- root, cut 5gram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The generic name of the plant, Hydrastis, is derived from two Greek words, signifying water and to accomplish, probably given it from its effect on the mucous membrane.
		The American aborigines valued the root highly as a tonic, stomachic and application for sore eyes and general ulceration, as well as a yellow dye for their clothing and weapons.
		Hydrastis owes its virtues almost entirely to Hydrastine, the alkaloid Berberine, apart from some effect as a bitter being practically inert.
	www.naturensdroger.nu /sv/p_696.html (339 words)

	Hydrastis Canadensis The Golden Seal Of Homeopathy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hydrastis is principally used in serious disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, in cancer and septic states, in protracted catarrhs, influenza with great secretion of mucous, coughs, epistaxis, great weakness, and also in gastro-intestinal ulceration, liver conditions with jaundice and in cystitis.
		It is a remedy that is also noted for rheumatic muscular and nervous pains (whether fixed or changing locations) and particularly in illnesses of the uterus with vaginal discharge, in breast lumps and in neuralgia's of the spermatic cord and testes.
		The two major themes that come through all the materia medicas is the value of Hydrastis in treating cancer and in thick, yellow tenacious mucous discharges.
	www.theprover.com /article.php4?id=42 (2658 words)

	Goldenseal
		The name "Hydrastis" is usually ascribed to Greek word origins, meaning "water" and "to act," generally believed to refer to medicinal effects on the mucuous membranes.
		While over-harvesting may be blamed for supply shortages, the Lloyd brothers paint a complex picture of economic and social reasons for periodic shortages, providing arguments indicating that decrease in areas or populations is not necessarily accompanied by a decreased supply.
		13), Barton notes,"The Hydrastis is a popular remedy in some parts of the United States." Among uses of the root Barton includes use as a bitter tonic (in "spirituous infusion") and as a wash for eye inflammations in a cold water infusion (Barton, 1798 and 1804).
	www.herbalgram.org /?c=goldenseal (2766 words)

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		UVA irradiation of HaCaT keratinocytes in the presence of 50 microM berberine (a alkaloid of Hydrastis canadensis) resulted in an 80% decrease in cell viability and a 3-fold increase in DNA damage as measured by the Comet assay.
		Berberine, is an alkaloid from Hydrastis canadensis, has positive inotropic, negative chronotropic, antiarrhythmic, and vasodilator properties and has een shown to prolong the duration of ventricular action potential.
		Berberine is a plant alkaloid present in Hydrastis canadensis with demonstrated antimicrobial activity against bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, helminths, and chlamydia., is used clinically for bacterial diarrhea, intestinal parasite infections, and ocular trachoma infections.
	www.herbmed.org /viewherb.asp?varHerb_ID=83 (2211 words)

	Goldenseal
		Externally, Hydrastis used in the treatment of eczema, ringworm, pruritis, earache and conjunctivitis.
		It my be used as a mouthwash for gum disease and mouth ulcers, as a douche for vaginal problems, as eardrops for middle-ear inflammation and congestion, and as a snuff for nasal inflammation.
		It may be combined with Commiphora resin, Echinacea, Verbascum and Eucalyptus globulus as ear drops, and with Hamamelis leaf and Euphrasia as an eye lotion.
	www.purplesage.org.uk /profiles/goldenseal.htm (662 words)

	Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Ranunculaceae: Hydrastis: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Goldenseal's Future · cached · Discusses the commercial demand for Hydrastis canadensis and its potential effects on the survival of the species.
		Hydrastis canadensis · cached · Photo, botanical description, and medicinal properties of the herb commonly known as goldenseal, ground raspberry or orange root.
		Goldenseal · cached · Description, cultivation, and uses of the perennial herb Hydrastis canadensis, native to the northern and eastern forested regions of North America.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=96167 (178 words)

	Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal)
		Hydrastis is very well-known and overused in tincture form in healthfood stores, where it is usually combined with echinacea and touted to boost the immune system.
		However, goldenseal in tincture (like echinacea or any other medicinal herb) should be used sparingly, only in acute colds or flus, and not on a continuous basis as advertised, or else it is bound to backfire and cause the same symptoms it tries to combat.
		Hydrastis is a great sinusitis remedy, often following Pulsatilla in our prescriptions as it is effective for thick, yellow, sticky mucus, often associated with burning pains.
	www.drluc.com /hydrastis.html (150 words)

	HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS - HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA - By William BOERICKE
		HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS - HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA - By William BOERICKE
		Hydrastis is especially active in old, easily-tired people, cachectic individuals, with great debility.
		The power of Hydrastis over smallpox seen in modifying the disease, abolishing its distressing symptoms, shortening its course, lessening its danger and greatly mitigating its consequences (J. Garth Wilkinson).
	www.homeoint.org /books/boericmm/h/hydr.htm (259 words)

	MPWG: Review of the Ecology and Population Biology of Goldenseal
		A literature search, covering from 1988 to 1999, found five references to goldenseal (four when searching with “goldenseal”, one when searching with “Hydrastis canadensis”), none of which were pertinent to the ecology or population biology of the species.
		Hydrastis canadensis is a long-lived perennial herb of deciduous forest understories.
		Eichenberger, M.D. and Parker, G.R. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) distribution, phenology, and biomass in an oak-hickory (Quercus-Carya ovata) forest.
	www.nps.gov /plants/medicinal/pubs/goldenseal.htm (10942 words)

	Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Glick Pick Archives: Hydrastis canadensis
		My first contact with Hydrastis canadensis was under less than pleasant circumstances.
		Suffering a terrible cold, accompanied by a fiery sore throat and being opposed to the use of antibiotics, I was resolved to suffer the symptoms while my immune system fought back.
		Propagation of Hydrastis canadensis is easy by division in the early Spring, but the quickest way to get a colony up and going quickly is to macerate the red berries of late summer in a colander under running water and immediately sow the shiny fl seeds.
	www.sunfarm.com /picks/hydrastiscanadensis7-091329.phtml (625 words)

	GOLDENSEAL
		Family: Ranunculaceae, Hydrastis canadensis L. Source: Simon, J.E., A.F. Chadwick and L.E. Craker.
		Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis L., a small perennial herb native to the northern and eastern forested regions of the northern America, is also known as eyebalm, eyeroot, hydrastis, orangeroot, tumeric root, and yellowroot.
		The plant, which is collected mainly from the wild, reaches a height of about 0.3 meters and is characterized by an erect, hairy stem, small, greenish-white flowers that bloom in early spring and subsequently become clusters of red berries, and a thick yellow rhizome.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/GOLDENSEAL.html (497 words)

	Hydrastis canadensis L. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hydrastis occurs in several small patches on the southeast facing slope of a small ridge approximately ¼ mile (0.4 km) in length and which rises 120 feet (37 m) above the flood plain of Folly Mills Creek.
		Additionally, many small patches and individual plants of Hydrastis occur outside this major concentration, Some patches of the plant in the major area of concentration are of the order of 100 feet (30 m) across, and within them it forms 90% of the ground flora.
		Hydrastis was observed to extend virtually to the base of a 34 inch (0.86 m) dbh White Pine (see later for a pH determination here).
	www.asecular.com /forests/hydrastis.htm (10250 words)

	Harding's Ginseng and other medicinal plants, 1936: Chapter XX. Golden Seal—Government Description, Etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hydrastis Canadensis L. —Yellowroot, yellow puccoon, orange-root, yellow Indian-paint, turmeric-root, Indian turmeric, Ohio curcuma, ground raspberry, eye-root, eye-balm, yellow-eye, jaundice-root, Indian-dye.
		HABITAT AND RANGE—This native forest plant occurs in patches in high, open woods, and usually on hill sides or bluffs affording natural drainage, from southern New York to Minnesota and western Ontario, south to Georgia and Missouri.
		DESCRIPTION OF PLANT —Golden Seal is a perennial plant belonging to the same family as the buttercup, namely the crowfoot family (Ranunculaceae.) It has a thick yellow rootstock, which sends up an erect hairy stem about 1 foot in height, surrounded at the base by 2 or 3 yellowish scales.
	www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/harding/hydrastis-governm.html (780 words)

	US Dispensatory, 1918: Extractum Hydrastis. Extract of Hydrastis, Extract of Golden Seal, Powdered Extract of Hydrastis. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Extract of Hydrastis, Extract of Golden Seal, Powdered Extract of Hydrastis.
		One gramme of the Extract represents about four grammes of hydrastis." U. "Hydrastis, in No. 40 powder, one thousand grammes [or 35 ounces av., 120 grains]; Tartaric Acid, five grammes [or 77 grains]; Alcohol, Magnesium Oxide, Starch, dried at 100° C. (212° F.), each, a sufficient quantity.
		Proceed as directed under Belladonna Radix, eleventh line of the Assay, beginning with the word " Filter," modifying the process there given by using ether instead of chloroform for the final shaking out of the alkaloids, and drying the residue to constant weight at 100° C. (212° F.), instead of titrating it.
	www.ibiblio.net /herbmed/eclectic/usdisp/hydrastis_extr.html (387 words)

	Goldenseal - Hydrastis canadensis
		Goldenseal, or Hydrastis canadensis, is one of the most popular herbs sold on the American market.
		In the third part of his Essays (1804), Barton notes use as a bitter tonic (in "spirituous infusion") and as a wash for eye inflammations in a cold water infusion.
		"The Hydrastis is a popular remedy in some parts of the United States, " he observed nearly two hundred years ago.
	www.stevenfoster.com /education/monograph/goldenseal.html (1577 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: Mulligan, Margaret
		Population Loss of Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis L., (ranunculaceae), in Ohio
		Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis L., is a slow-growing perennial herb that is harvested for the medicinal properties of its rhizome.
		It has become increasingly rare throughout its range, and in Ohio, the core of its range, it is believed to be declining.
	www.ohiolink.edu /etd/view.cgi?miami1066347702 (187 words)

	Hydrastis - Hydrastis canadensis
		Description, cultivation, and uses of the perennial herb Hydrastis canadensis, native to the northern and eastern forested regions of North America.
		Photo, botanical description, and medicinal properties of the herb commonly known as goldenseal, ground raspberry or orange root.
		Discusses the commercial demand for Hydrastis canadensis and its potential effects on the survival of the species.
	freeaq.dyndns.org /odp/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Plantae/Magnoliophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculaceae/Hydrastis/Hydrastis_canadensis (148 words)

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