Uterine ulcers

Traditional use Leafy tops and roots are used for medicinal purposes. Leaves are collected from plants during the flowering stage and the roots are collected in the autumn. Avicenna used the herb in baths to treat kidney stones and uterine ulcers, and to induce menstruation. A decoction of the herb is used to treat sinus colds (Khahnatov et al. 1984), nervous diseases, epilepsy, and nemasthenia, and is also used as an anticonvulsant. The aboveground parts are used to treat poisoning, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, tuberculosis, and to increase the appetite. It is also used externally as a lotion to treat ulcers and persistent wounds (Maznev 2004). 

O Primary peritonitis develops in up to 25% of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.3 Patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) average one episode of peritonitis every 2 years.4 Secondary peritonitis may be caused by perforation of a peptic ulcer traumatic perforation of the stomach, small or large bowel, uterus, or urinary bladder appendicitis pancreatitis diverticulitis bowel infarction inflammatory bowel disease cholecystitis operative contamination of the peritoneum or diseases of the female genital tract such as septic abortion, postoperative uterine infection, endometritis, or salpingitis. Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of intraabdominal infection. In 1998, 278,000 appendectomies were performed in the United States for suspected appendicitis.5... 

Ulcerative colitis chronic inflammatory disease affecting the large intestine and the rectum Urticaria a skin condition characterised by pruritus Uterine fibroids fibrous tissue growth in the uterus Verrucas viral skin infection, wart... 

Since San Qi can treat bleeding due to blood stagnation, and can stop bleeding without the side effect of causing new blood stagnation, it is widely used in the treatment of trauma, wounds, skin ulcers, carbuncles, epistaxis, hematemesis, uterine... 

Avens is stated to possess antidiarrheal, antihemorrhagic, and febrifugal properties. It is used for diarrhea, catarrhal colitis, passive uterine hemorrhage, intermittent fevers, and particularly for ulcerative colitis. 

PGE alprostadil (used to maintain the patency of the ductus arteriosus in neonates with congenital heart defects, and for erectile dysfunction by injection into the corpus cavemosum of the penis) misoprostol (used for prophylaxis of peptic ulcer associated with NSAIDs) gemeprost (used as pessaries to soften the uterine cervix and dilate the cervical canal prior to vacuum aspiration for termination of pregnancy). 

The most common adverse effect seen with the use of misoprostol is diarrhea, but abdominal pain has also been reported, limiting the use of this and other similar compounds in the management of gastroduodenal ulceration. Effects on uterine contraction have also been reported, suggesting that misoprostol should not be given to pregnant women (335). 

Indications Spleen and stomach qi vacuity. Chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastrointestinal weakness and dysfunction, gastroptosis, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes mellitus, periodic paralysis, uterine fibroids, anemia, vomiting, and diarrhea... 

Indications Uterine bleeding due to spleen/stomach vacuity weakness, qi and blood vacuity, and lack of securing of the chong. Functional uterine bleeding, excessive lochiorrhea, and bleeding peptic ulcers... 

Indications Blood heat reckless movement, replete fire in the liver and stomach. Hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, acute hemorrhagic esophagitis or gastritis, peptic ulcer bleeding, hemorrhagic febrile diseases, and functional uterine bleeding... 

Indications Spleen yang insufficiency, middle burner vacuity cold. Chronic hemorrhagic gastritis, peptic ulcer bleeding, functional uterine bleeding... 

Misoprostol, which is now widely marketed at 100 or 200 pg four times a day, was equieffective to 300 mg cimetidine four times daily in both gastric and duodenal ulcers. It was also effective in patients unresponsive to cimetidine for 10 weeks. A mild diarrhea was self-limiting. Increased uterine toxicity, however, was reported in pregnant women. In some countries a warning against use in pregnancy has been added. 

Misoprostol (Cytotec) Prostaglandin E analog which increases HCO3 and mucin release. Also reduces acid secretion. Prevention of ulcers caused by aspirin and other NSAIDS. Abortion (uterine contraction), diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, flatulance. 

Another theory describes the ulceration of a submucosal fibroid into the endometrial surface [91]. The fibroids may compress the venous plexus within the myometrium which may lead to uterine engorgement and greater bleeding [91]. The latest... 

IVaditional use The aboveground parts are used in Kyrgyz folk medicine to treat uterine bleeding, malignant ulcers, stomach cancer, dysentery, gastritis, tuberculosis, and venereal diseases. In Chinese medicine the roots are used to treat dysentery and eye diseases, and in Tibet they are used as an antiemetic (Plant Resources of the USSR 1986). 

Traditional use In folk medicine infusions of fruits and leaves are used to treat sore throats, jaundice, hemorrhoids, fatigue, uterine bleeding, and children with diarrhea. Fresh leaves are applied to old skin ulcers (Akopov 1990). Fresh fruits are used to treat kidney stones, inflammation of the gaU bladder and bile duct, gout, stomach catarrh, constipation, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis, and is used as a vermifuge. Crushed fruits are apphed to the skin to treat eczema. A decoction of the dried fruits is used as a diaphoretic and of the leaves as a diaphoretic and diuretic. A decoction of the roots is used as a hemostatic (Altimishev 1991). 

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