> Supplement Index > Skunk Cabbage / Symplocarpus foetidus / Skunkweed / Meadow Cabbage / Collard / Stinking Poke / Fetid Hellebore / Polecat Weed / Swamp Cabbage > Skunk Cabbage General Information Skunk Cabbage Uses & Scientific Evidence For Skunk Cabbage Dosage Information Skunk Cabbage Safety & Interaction Information Buy Products That Contain Skunk Cabbage - - - - - - - - - - - - Back to Top - - - - - - - - - - - - Skunk Cabbage General Information Skunk Cabbage is a very effective purgative that can cause heart attacks. In the 6th century, during the siege of Kriss, Solon of Athens poisoned the city’s water supply with Skunk Cabbage. This plant contains essential oils, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and resins, and has antispasmodic, diaphoretic, expectorant, sudorific, pectoral, stimulant, and narcotic properties. - - - - - - - - - - - - Back to Top - - - - - - - - - - - - Skunk Cabbage Uses & Scientific Evidence For Skunk Cabbage has been used to treat asthma, chronic catarrh, whooping cough, chronic rheumatism, chorea, hysteria, and dropsy. It has also been used in treating epilepsy, and convulsions that occur during pregnancy and labor. Externally, it is used to ease the pain of external tumors and sores. - - - - - - - - - - - - Back to Top - - - - - - - - - - - - Skunk Cabbage Dosage Information Skunk Cabbage comes in various forms. In using a powdered root, mix ½ oz. To 4 oz. of honey. Of that mixture, ½ to 1 teaspoon should be taken 3 times a day. As a tea, use ½ teaspoonful of the herb into an infusion or decoction. With a tincture, use ½ to 1 ml, 3 times a day. In treating asthmatic symptoms, Skunk Cabbage works well with Grindelia, Pillbearing Spurge, and Lobelia. For other products, read and follow product label directions. - - - - - - - - - - - - Back to Top - - - - - - - - - - - - Skunk Cabbage Safety & Interaction Information Skunk Cabbage is narcotic and caution is advised when seeking this plant as a treatment option. Taking large doses can cause nausea, vomiting, headache, vertigo and dimness of vision. If using while pregnant or nursing, it is advised that you do so only under the care of your physician. Safety in young children or those with severe liver or kidney disease is not known. - - - - - - - - - - - - Back to Top - - - - - - - - - - Buy Products That Contain Skunk Cabbage Below