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Description: Tansy is a perennial herb (up to 1.5 m in height) with erect, mostly unbranched stems bearing compound, feathery leaves. The clusters of small, bright yellow flower heads without ray florets are characteristic.
Origin: Europe and Asia.
Parts Used: Dried flower heads (Tanaceti flos = Chrysanthemi vulgaris flos), the dried aboveground parts (Tanaceti herba) and essential oil (Tanaceti aetheroleum).
Therapeutic Category: Traditional vermifuge.
Uses and Properties: Tansy is traditionally used as anthelmintic against tapeworms, roundworms and threadworms. It also has a reputation as a carminative, antispasmodic and stimulant medicine. It has been used to treat migraine, digestive and liver disorders, loss of appetite and externally for neuralgia, rheumatism (as counter-irritant), and various skin conditions.
Active Ingredients: Several chemotypes of tansy exist, differing in the composition of their volatile oil (alpha-thujone, beta-thujone, camphor-type etc.). The activity is ascribed to the essential oil, which contains beta- thujone (up to 95%), together with smaller quantities of camphor and other mono- and sesquiterpenes. Also present are sterols (mainly beta-sitosterol), triterpenoids (alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrin), polysaccharides, thiophens, and sesquiterpenoid lactones of the germacranolide, eusdesmanolide and guaianolide types (crispolide, tatridin, armefolin, tanacetin, germacrene D, tanacetol A, chrysanthemin and others).
Pharmacological Effects: Tansy has proven anthelmintic, antimicrobial and choleretic activities that were confirmed in human studies. The sesquiterpene lactones may cause allergic reactions, while thujone is a known neurotoxin. The oil (and thujone) may cause abortion, vomiting, abdominal pain, rapid breathing, rapid heartbeat, loss of consciousness and death.
Notes: Also of interest is the pyrethrum plant, C. cinerariifolium (= Tanacetum cinerariifolium) cultivated in eastern Europe and in East Africa. The flower heads contain pyrethrins and are traditionally used against lice. Nowadays, pyrethrin-containing extracts are included in commercial and household insecticides.
Status: Traditional medicine; Pharm.
Preparation and Dosage: The normal daily dose is about 1 - 2 g of dry herb, taken as an infusion on an empty stomach in the morning. Tinctures are sometimes used (1 - 2 mL, three times per day).
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Directions
Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.
Cautions
Do not use tansy for more than ten days continuously and do not exceed the doses given above. It is recommended that parents consult with an herbalist, a reliable medical herbal guide, or a health professional familiar with herbal therapeutics before administering tansy (or any other herb or medicine) to a child.
Do not take if you are, or think that you may be, pregnant.
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