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Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Gravel Root

  • Botanical Name

    Eupatorium purpureum

  • Part Used

    Root

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Alcohol

    50%

  • Dose

    15 to 80mL weekly

As its common name implies gravel root is used for all sorts of “gravel” or stones in the body. It has been used for stones in the urinary tract, kidney or bladder, cystitis and painful urination. Gravel root may act particularly against uric acid stones. Gravel root can also play a useful role in the systemic treatment of rheumatism and gout.

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Gravel Root and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Early settler Dr Edwin Hale says, “Probably no remedy is in such extensive use in domestic practice, for the relief of renal diseases, and those urinary symptoms which are commonly supposed to arise from calculi.”

  • Actions

    Antilithic, antirheumatic, diuretic

  • Indications

    •    Urinary disorders including cystitis, painful urination, urethritis, urinary calculus , urethritis, prostatitis and urinary lithiasis
    •    Rheumatic conditions including gout

  • Energetics

    Cooling, dry

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Not recommended

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with lithium

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Horsetail, Uva Ursi, Hydrangea, Couchgrass, Golden Rod