Butcher’s Broom: Surprising Benefits For Your Blood Vessel (2023)

Ruscus Aculeatus

Butcher’s Broom, also known as box holly or knee holly, is a fairly common, short evergreen shrub of the family Liliaceae, native throughout the Mediterranean region from the Azores to Iran. The history of Butcher’s Broom use in herbal medicine is a long one. As early as the first century, Dioscordides recommended butcher’s broom as a laxative and diuretic. The seventeenth-century apothecary-astrologer Nicholas Culpeper suggested that a decoction of the root be drunk and a poultice of the berries and leaves applied to facilitate the knitting of broken bones. However, the drug never became popular in either Europe or the United States and was seldom mentioned in standard references on drugs.

Butcher’s Broom was researched by the French in the 1950s and they found that an alcoholic extract of the herb rhizomes (underground stems) produced vasoconstriction (narrowing of vessels) in test animals. The active principles of Butcher’s Broom that produced the constructive effects were steroidal saponins. Research also found that the extract has anti-inflammatory properties.

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In the United States 20-30% of the people that go on the operating table, either die in the operating room or in recovery afterward. The major cause is thrombosis (blood clots). In Europe, where the B Broom is used extensively, thrombosis is rare and unusual.

Butcher’s Broom is also useful for people who stand for lengthy periods of time or who are pregnant and feel a heavy feeling in their legs. It improves peripheral circulation, while also increasing circulation to the brain, legs, and arms. Butcher’s Broom is also a useful treatment for hemorrhoids.

Uses:

Aneurysm, Arteriosclerosis, Blood Clots (prevention), Brain Circulation, bruises, Capillary Weakness, Dropsy, Edema (legs), Headaches, Hemorrhoids, Inflammation (general), Jaundice, Leg Cramps, Menstrual Problems, Phlebitis (vein), Stroke Prevention, Surgery, Thrombosis (blood Clotting, Gravel, Tumor (prostate), Urination (scant), Varicose Veins.