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Senecio cineraria
  Senecio cineraria
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Alternative Names: Dusty Miller. Senecio cineraria has had six (!) different botanical names. The others are: Senecio bicolor, S. candicans, S. maritimus, Cineraria maritima, and Centaurea maritima.

Senecio cineraria is an important medicinal plant of known therapeutic value for the treatment of cataract and corneal opacity. Cineraria is the traditional homeopathic remedy found in the Ophthalmology section of the Physicians Desk reference as a treatment for cataracts. The government of India has stated that "Cineraria is the drug of choice to halt or reverse cataract."
Juice from the leaves and flowers has been used directly to make eye drops for treating cataracts (not recommended!)

Source


Senecio cineraria is a native of the West Indies, and has been introduced as a house plant into the U.S. There are at least eight different garden plants commonly called "dusty miller".

Reasons For Use
There are no other known eye drops for Cataract than Cineraria drops.

Directions
Use the drops once in the morning and once at night for several months then return to your doctors office to evaluate the therapy's progress.

Counter-Indicators and Warnings
Senecio cineraria contains poisonous alkaloids and should not be eaten.





Senecio cineraria can help with the following:
Aging  Cataracts
 Cineraria Maritima is FDA approved in cataracts and has approximately a 20% success rate. One Naturopath, using other nutrients, claims to get a 50% response rate.


KEY
May do some good


GLOSSARY

Cataract (Cataracts)
A steadily worsening disease of the eye in which the lens becomes cloudy as a result of the precipitation of proteins. Most cataracts are caused by the functions of the body breaking down. Eye trauma, such as from a puncture wound, may also result in cataracts.

FDA
The (American) Food and Drug Administration. It is the official government agency that is responsible for ensuring that what we put into our bodies - particularly food and drugs - is safe and effective.

Homeopathy (Homeopathic)
A system of medicine based on the belief that the cure of disease can be effected by minute doses of substances that, if given to a healthy person in large doses, would produce the same symptoms as are present in the disease being treated. Homeopathy employs natural substances in small doses to stimulate the body's reactive process to remove toxic waste and bring the body back into balance.

Naturopathy (Naturopath, Naturopathic, Naturopaths)
Medical practice using herbs and other various methods to produce a healthy body state by stimulating innate defenses without the use of drugs.




Last updated: May 04, 2008


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