A method and medicament for anticoagulating a patient with a sulfated polysaccharide mixture that demonstrates enhanced anti-inflammatory activity compared to anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin comprising various combinations of fully anticoagulant unfractionated heparin with 2-O desulfated heparin demonstrating reduced anticoagulant activity but enhanced anti-inflammatory actions. The medicament preferably is administered intravenously, by aerosolization or orally. Preferably, the 2-O desulfated heparin medicament includes a physiologically acceptable carrier which may be selected from the group consisting of physiologically buffered saline, normal saline and distilled water. Additionally provided is a method of synthesizing 2-O desulfated heparin in commercially practical quantities for the formulation of an anticoagulant 2-O desulfated heparin and heparin mixture.