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Lycopus europaeus (Bugle Weed)
botanicals

definition

botanical name(s): Lycopus europaeus, lycopus virginicus
synonyms: bugle weed, sweet bugle, water bugle, water hoarhound, gypsy weed, Paul's betony, green ashangee, archangle, wolf’s foot, wolfstrapp, lycope, patte de loup
part(s) used: herb
qualities:
affinities:
actions:
dosage:
» tincture: 0.7 - 2 ml.
pulse:
» rapid, non-resistant, tumultuous (Wood)
therapy: hectic fever, hyperthyroidism (Wood)
AHPA Botanical Safety Rating: 2b, 2c, 2d
toxicity: 0
» contraindicated in low thyroid activity or nontoxic goiter due to its antithyrotropic effects (Brinker, De Smet)
» contraindicated during pregnancy due to antigonadotropic and antithyrotropic activity (De Smet)
» contraindicated for nursing mothers due to its antiprolactin activity (De Smet)
constituents:
drug interactions:
» can interfere with thyroid hormones since it blocks conversion of thyroxin to T3 in the liver and interferes with iodine metabolism in the thyroid by inhibiting thyroid stimulating hormone (Brinker, De Smet)
» interferes with the uptake of radioactive iodine (De Smet)


footnotes

Brinker F. 1995. Botanical Medicine Research Summaries. (from Eclectic Dispensatory of Botanical Therapeutics, vol.11), Sandy, Oregon: Eclectic Medical Publications.

De Smet PAGM et al. (eds.). 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2, Berlin: Springer-Verlag