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Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis L
Benefits | Preparation | Medicinal Uses | Side Effects | Plant | Folklore |

Sanguinaria canadensis L
Common Names
Bloodroot , red puccoon root, pauson
Botanical Name
Sanguinaria canadensis L
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Bloodroot Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Cancer * Gingivitis *
Parts Used: root
Constituents:

Bloodroot's name is derived from the color of the reddish roots which contain the phytochemical sanguinarine- the main ingredient in many commercially available mouthwashes, toothpastes and cough preparations. It acts as an antiseptic that prevents bacteria from forming plaque on teeth. It is not recommended to ingest sanguinarine, brush or gargle with the product, then spit it out. The raw red juice pressed from the root is poisonous.

The red juice from the root is used externally in pastes and salves to remove warts, skin tags, and some skin cancers. Eclectic doctors in the late 1800's formulated salves with bloodroot, flour, water, and zinc chloride and applied it directly to tumors and other cancers. Blood root does have the unique ability to dissolve abnormal skin growths, however skin cancers should not be self treated, it is especially important not to try to remove a blue or black skin tumor with blood root. These could be melanoma, and must be treated by a physician.

Bloodroot Remedies
Prep Methods :Most often found in commercial preparations for dental care, or in salves and ointments for skin care.
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Dental plaque
The FDA has approved Bloodroot for use in commercially available toothpastes and oral rinses to inhibit the development of dental plaque and gingivitis 1178
Cancer/warts/skin tags
Bloodroot is often one of the main compounds found in herbal cancer salves, and was used most famously in the Hoxsey formulas. Most herbalists today still recommend it for removal of warts and skin tags. 1179
Side Effects:
This is a dangerous herb in the raw state root and root juice are corrosive. (James Duke,TGPH) Labeled as poison in Greive,s, AMH.
Plant Description

Sanguinaria canadensis LBloodroot is a perennial plant, one of the earliest and most beautiful spring flowers that grows in North America as far west as Kansas. Bloodroot stores sap in an orange colored rhizome, that grows shallowly under or at the soil surface.
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