ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Temperament: cold/hot & dry, slightly moist
Taste: bitter, acrid/pungent, astringent
Organ & System affinity: nervous, digestive (stomach, intestines, liver), genitourinary, heart, skin
Broad Actions: calming, grounding, relaxing, restoring, dissolving, sinking
Herbal actions: hypnotic, mild sedative, bitter tonic (downward moving digestive stimulant), cholagogue, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, astringent, anaphrodisiac, detoxicant, diuretic (& urinary stimulant), inflammatory-modulator, antiseptic, antipyretic [Herbal Action Glossary]
Humors (antipathy): Choleric/Sanguine (secondarily)
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Antipathy in Galenic medicine involved using treatments that possessed qualities opposite to those of the humor associated with the disease. For example, if a patient had a condition characterised by excessive heat, such as a fever, Galenic physicians would prescribe remedies with cooling or cold properties to counterbalance the excess heat. Similarly, if a condition was considered excessively moist, treatments with drying or astringent properties would be employed.
Planetary ruler/s: Venus & Mars - polarised between bitter taste quality, which is mainly cooling & downward moving (Venusian); and the pungent quality, which is relaxing and somewhat stimulating (Martian)
Elemental trait/s: Air
Recommended dose: 5 - 20 drops/d or as advised by your Herbalist/Spagyrist. Apply under tongue for rapid absorption. Alternatively, add to 5mL water. Shake well before use.
1tsp each Tuesday or Friday when working with the 7 Basics
Ingredients: Hops (Humulus lupulus), undenatured organic ethanol 75% (ACO), crystalline mineral salts of hops, distilled rainwater
Safety/Disclaimer:
Contraindications may apply with certain herbs & should not be taken concurrently with certain medications, in pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
DO NOT use with oestrogen-dominant tumour
USE WITH CAUTION OR AVOID with clinical depressive states
Balance with warming & moistening herbs in melancholic constitutions (those prone to coldness, depression, poor digestion, and fatigue)
DOSE Botanicals does not make any therapeutic claim without consultation. Any information provided above is for educational purposes only. Guidance by a knowledgeable health practitioner is advised prior to use.
Keep out of reach of children.
Store below 30°C