Antispasmodics

Antispasmodic: reduces voluntary and involuntary muscle spasms

Antispasmodic/Spasmolytics prevent free radical or oxidative damage. In the GI, Antispasmodics are used for intestinal cramps, acute gallbladder colic, excessive gurgling and rumbling in the GI tract, and excessive peristalsis such as urgent, explosive diarrhea.

Examples:

  • Achillia millefolium (yarrow)

  • Actaea (Cimifuga) racemosa (black cohosh)

  • Ammi visnaga (khella)

  • Angelica sinensis (dong quai)

  • Atropa belladonna (belladonna)

  • Chelidonium majus (celandine)

  • Datura stramonium (Jimson weed)

  • Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

  • Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)

  • Foeniculum vulgare (fennel)

  • Lobelia inflata (lobelia)

  • Matricaria recutita (chamomile)

  • Melissa officinalis (lemon balm)

  • Mentha piperita (peppermint)

  • Piper methysticum (kava kava)

  • Piscidia erythrina (Jamaica dogwood)

  • Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)

  • Tilia europaea (linden flower)

  • Valeriana officinalis (valerian)

  • Viburnum opulus (crampbark)

  • Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw)