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spiral whorls of tansy
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| Common Names |
| Tansy , |
| Botanical Name |
| Tanacetum vulgare |
| Family |
| ASTERACEAE or COMPOSITAE Sunflower family |
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Amenorrhea *
Anxiety/Panic *
Insect Repellent *
Parasites/Worms *
Scabies/Lice *
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| Parts Used: The leaves and tops. The plant is cut off close above the root, when first coming into flower in August. |
| Constituents: Volatile oil (containing up to 70% thujone), bitter glycosides, sesquiterpene lactones, terpenoids including pyrethrins, tannin, resin, vitamin C, citric acid, oxalic acid |
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Tansy is a widely grown herb with a number of traditional medicinal uses,
but needs to be used with an abundance of caution. Older herbals recommend the use of tansy for many purposes,1273 However the herb has fallen out of favor with modern herbalists. One of the active constituents, Thujone is toxic in large doses, 1274and the amount contained can vary from plant to plant. 1275
Perhaps the most well known medicinal use of tansy was to bring on menstruation by drinking a strong tea made of tansy leaves and flowers. This can cause miscarriage and there have been reports of deaths in women attempting to use the tea as an abortifacient. Although tansy is useful as a vermifuge, and as a poultice to treat skin infections, great care should be taken, and it might be wise for the layman to look to less dangerous herbs that can serve the same purposes.
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Prep Methods :Herbal infusion of 1 oz,. to a pint of boiling water
 Remedies using Tansy
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 Tansy essential oil is poisonous and should not be used under any circumstances.
In large doses, Tansy becomes a violent irritant, and induces venous congestion of the abdominal organs |
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 Plant tansy outside the kitchen door, and around the edges of the vegetable garden to discourage flies and predatory insects. |
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| Tansy is also valuable in hysteria and in kidney weaknesses, the same infusion being taken in wineglassful doses, repeated frequently. It forms an excellent and safe emmenagogue, and is of good service in low forms of fever, in ague and hysterical and nervous affections. As a diaphoretic nervine it is also useful. 1273
(Grieve, Maude ) | | Worms | | Tansy, like wormwood, is rich in thujone which is potentially damaging to the central nervous system if taken in too large doses or for too long. However, in the hands of a trained herbalist it is useful for expelling worms (round-worm and threadworm). 1274
(Mabey, Richard p51) | | Worms | | Tansy was largely used for expelling worms in children, the infusion of 1 OZ. to a pint of boiling water being taken in teacupful doses, night and morning, fasting. Note: Most modern herbalists warn against its use by laymen. The active constituents are toxic in large doses.
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(Grieve, Maude ) | | different climatic and agrotechnical conditions, geographical origin and adaptation of the genotypes of Tanacetum vulgare to the growth conditions can be the causes of the found chemotypes in the localities under examination. 1275
. . (), Ceska Slov Farm. 2006 Jul;55(4):181-5 2007-12-21 | | strong emmenagogue | | Tansy is a strong emmenagogue (provoking the onset of a period) and should not be used in pregnancy. It can be fatal when taken in large doses.
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| Do not use while pregnant, as it is can cause miscarriage. The volatile oil can be toxic even used externally. |
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 Tansy, a composite plant very familiar in our hedgerows and waste places, is a hardy perennial.
The stem is erect and leafy, about 2 to 3 feet high, grooved and angular. The leaves are alternate, much cut into, 2 to 6 inches long and about 4 inches wide. The plant is conspicuous in August and September by its heads of round, flat, dull yellow flowers, growing in clusters, which earn it the name of 'Buttons.' It has a very curious, and not altogether disagreeable odor, somewhat like camphor.
It is often naturalized in our gardens for ornamental cultivation. The feathery leaves of the Wild Tansy are beautiful, especially when growing in abundance on marshy ground, and it has a more refreshing scent than the Garden Tansy.
Tansy will thrive in almost any soil and may be increased, either in spring or autumn, by slips or by dividing the creeping roots, which if permitted to remain undisturbed, will, in a short time, overspread the ground.
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 Tansy was a popular strewing herb in times past because it's clean, camphorous scent repelled flies and other pests. It is still customary to plant tansy outside the kitchen door, and around the garden for the same reasons. |
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 This herb is undoubtedly under the government of Venus. It is an agreeable bitter, a carminative, and a destroyer of worms, for which case a powder of the flowers should be given from six to twelve grains at night and mornings. Nicholas Culpeper |
 The name Tansy is probably derived from the Greek Athanaton (immortal), either, says Dodoens, because it lasts so long in flower or, as Ambrosius thought, because it is capital for preserving dead bodies from corruption. It was said to have been given to Ganymede to make him immortal. |
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