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>>>>>>>>>>>>>HERBAL FORMULAS FOR CLINIC AND HOME>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>by Michael Moore>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Copyright 1995 by Michael Moore. Use it, share it, just don't
sell it
or change it in any way (unless you get my permission)
CONTENTS:
INTRO:
1.MOUTH/NOSE/EYES/EARS
1.1 LIP and SKIN BUTTER
1.2 TOOTH POWDER (Michael's)
1.3 TOOTH POWDER (Jared's)
2.GASTRO-INTESTINAL
2.1 STOMACH TEA
2.2 LAXATIVE TEA
2.3 COMFREY-MINT-LEMON TEA
2.4 PAPAYA-MINT-LEMON TEA
2.4 COLON TONIC (Modified Thomsonian)
2.5 BITTER TONIC
2.6 ILEO-CECAL TONIC
2.7 CATNIP-FENNEL TINCTURE
2.8 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL (Modified)
3.LIVER/BILIARY
3.1 LIVER TONIC
3.2 ROBERT'S BILIARY FORMULA
3.3 ALTERATIVE TEA
3.4 LIVER DEFICIENCY TINCTURE
3.5 LIVER EXCESS TINCTURE
4.RESPIRATORY
4.1 DECONGESTANT TEA
4.2 WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
4.3 OSHA COUGH SYRUP
4.4 COMPOUND SYRUP OF RED ROOT
4.5 WINTER SOLSTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP
4.6 MONARDA HONEY
4.7 TONSILLITIS FORMULA
4.8 ALLERGY FORMULA
5.REPRODUCTIVE
5.1 CANDIDA FORMULA
5.2 FEMALE BALANCER
5.3 MENOPAUSE: EARLY FORMULA
5.4 MENOPAUSE: LATER FORMULA
5.5 PMS FORMULA, LONG CYCLE
5.6 PMS FORMULA, SHORT CYCLE
5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES
5.8 HPV (Venereal Wart) SUPPOSITORIES
5.9 CANDIDA DOUCHE
5.10 HAYDEN'S VIBURNUM COMPOUND(Modified)
6.URINARY TRACT
6.1 URINARY TINCTURE (all purpose)
6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
7.LYMPH/IMMUNE
7.1 LYMPH TONIC
7.2 IMMUNE STIMULANT #1
7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
7.4 LYMPH ANTI-EFFECT (for mumps, mono, etc.)
7.5 TONSILITIS FORMULA
7.6 IMMUNE TONIC
8.CARDIO-VASCULAR
8.1 GREASEBALL HYPERTENSION
8.2 HYPOTENSION FORMULA (Kidney deficient)
8.3 TACHYCARDIA FORMULA
8.4 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT
8.5 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FORMULA (health alright, memory bad)
9.TOPICAL
9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT
9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)
9.3 MUSCLE BALM
9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE"
9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT
9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE
9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE
10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 RELAXING TEA
10.2 NERVE TONIC
10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA
10.4 V's NERVE TONIC
10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT
10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend
uses)
10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)
10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER
10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER
11.ACUTE DISEASE
11.1 EGO CAPSULES
12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC
12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP
12.2 DETOX FORMULA
13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN
13.1 FIVE MINT TEA
13.2 ROOT TEA
13.3 FLOWER TEA
13.4 MESOMARBLES
13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)
SIMPLE SYRUP
MATERIA MEDICA
INTRO: These are a variety of formulas I have used in my business
and practice over the years. Some are elegant, some are silly and
trivial, some are very useful therapeutic formulas. I have mixed
them all together with little by way of editorializing. Some of
the herbs are readily available in commerce, some are obscure,
since I have been gathering, selling, using, teaching and writing
about herbs in the Western United States for 25 years and have
come to know a lot of useful plants not often encountered in
commerce.
Many former students market them commercially, but since I try to
teach bioregional herbalism, they TOO are mostly in business in
the west. Herbs Etcetera of Santa Fe, Dragon River Herbals,
Wyoming Wildcrafters, Bisbee Botanicals, The Herbalist (Seattle)
and The Herb Store are some of the more visibly marketed of these
lines (there are many more with a more local focus) and some of
these obscure herbs are now to be found in the catalogues of
Eclectic Institute, The Herb Pharm, Herbalist and Alchemist and
Blessed Herbs.
Anyway, scrambling around to try and locate some weird exotic
'cause Moore says so isn't the point. I have offered some
substitutes, if you know YOUR herbs real well make your own
substitutes and otherwise just try the stuff that you can get the
herbs for.
I have always maintained that formulas are the LEAST important
part of herbalism anyway. You can get the same effects from 100
different variations of various herbs. You need to know the craft
well in order to get the same end result using other paths, but
the actual formula isn't all that important...knowing the palette
is.
Anytime I see references to some "secret formula" I walk away.
The VAST majority of physiologic reactions produced by herbs are
repeated OVER and OVER endlessly in different plants, the
physiologic effects that are beneficial in plants that are
ingested are really only a few.
Although a specific herb may offer a subtle range of physiologic
colors that warrant a homeopathic profile or a classic Eclectic
Specific Indication separating its energy completely from other
herbs, mixing stuff together reduces the subtleties to a gentle
grey noise and you are left with the predominate effects.
The Eclectics often raged against polypharmacy for the simple
reason that botanical subtleties are lost. At the very same time
most of them grimaced and ended up using formulas most of the
time. They are simpler, effective, and, since most disease is
self-limiting and not always so subtle, often all that's needed.
Besides, having a bunch of useful formulas around the house (or,
if you are a practitioner or physician, around the clinic) covers
most bases and allows YOU to control the resources. You don't
need to go trundling about seeing an Eclectic M.D. (100 years
ago) or trying to figure out where to find a professional
herbalist in the yellow pages (there aren't many of us).
Most formulas I use these days are made for a specific person,
and are the end product of constitutional evaluations and
counseling.
For the 20 years I SOLD herbs, I put together a number of these
formulas to wholesale, knowing that, without a Professional
Herbalist (giggle) around, the formulas needed to be shotguns,
covering the common problems that herbs are most appropriate for,
and where subtleties are unnecessary (or could not be defined
legally on the label and therefore could not be communicated to
the innocent user).
Besides, if you can't make it simple, you don't know what you're
doing. When we pack for our endless numbers of field trips we
pile boxes with enough tinctures, salves, fluidextracts, patches
and herbal junk to outfit a dispensatory for a practicing
Physiomedicalist in 1885 (another one of those schools of Medical
Practice long extinct, may Flexner be cursed!).
What we ACTUALLY end up using, however, if we get sick, are those
same old formulas I used to wholesale. We always run out of
Neutralizing Cordial, Hayden's Viburnum Compound, the latest
version of some analgesic balm I put together in pharmacy lab and
Mouth Tincture. We dutifully drag back all the subtle stuff until
the next field trip.
I figure it's our version of the gallon jars of organic soybeans
and mung beans (for sprouting) that were bought in the holy flush
of some dietary asceticism in 1987 and, in over 470,000
households across this land, get dragged sheepishly from house to
house with NOBODY willing to either use them or risk Bad Karma
Points by tossing them...an alternative lifestyle equivalent of
the Christmas Fruitcake from Hell, and related to the Ma Rollers,
Pyramid Hats, New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel Extract bottles,
Willard Water and the half-finished Orgon Box that clutter the
symbolic attics of those of us that have resided in North
American Alternative Village.
1.MOUTH/NOSE/EYES/EARS
1.1 LIP and SKIN BUTTER
20 ounces Almond Oil
1/2 pound Anhydrose Lanolin
8 ounces Glycerin
3 3/4 ounces Beeswax
5-10 drops of Essential Oil
Over low heat, dissolve the lanolin in the almond oil, add the
glycerin and stir until all three are dispersed. Add the
finely-chopped beeswax, stirring until just melted, add the
essential oil, and pour the salve into containers. Stir the
pot frequently and pour as quickly as reasonable. If you take
too long the lanolin and glycerin may begin to separate.
1.2 TOOTH POWDER (Michael's)
Arrowroot Powder 12 ounces.
Orris Root Powder 4 ounces
Baking Powder 1 ounce
Licorice Root Powder 1 ounce
Myrrh Gum Powder 1 ounce
Cloves, fresh pwd. 1 ounce
Cinnamon, fresh pwd. 1 ounce
Yerba Mansa Powder 1 ounce
Peppermint Oil 20 drops
Wintergreen Oil 10 drops.
Thoroughly mix all constituents, blend briefly in 1/2 cup batches
and remix.
1.3 TOOTH POWDER (Jared's)
Orris Root Powder 4 ounces
Arrowroot 4 ounces
Myrrh Gum 2 ounces
Licorice Root 1.5 ounces
White Oak Bark 1.5 ounces
Golden Seal Root 1 ounce
Bistort Root 1 ounce
Peppermint Oil 1/2 teaspoon
Mix powdered herbs thoroughly with the Peppermint Oil.
2.GASTRO-INTESTINAL
2.1 STOMACH TEA
Star Anise 3 parts
Ginger Root 2 parts
Papaya Leaf 2 parts
Fennel Seed 2 parts
Camomile 2 parts
Comfrey Leaf 2 parts
Peppermint (or Poleo) 2 parts
Angelica or Calamus 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion as needed for dyspepsia or mild
gastritis.
2.2 LAXATIVE TEA
Psyllium Seed 3 parts
Licorice Root 3 parts
Rhubarb Root 2 parts
Senna Pods (crushed) 2 parts
Angelica Root 2 parts
Drink as a simple infusion in evening.
2.3 COMFREY-MINT-LEMON TEA
Comfrey Leaf 3 parts
Peppermint 2 parts
Lemon Balm 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion for gastritis and pre-ulcer pain
2.4 PAPAYA-MINT-LEMON TEA
Papaya Leaf 3 parts
Spearmint 2 parts
Lemon Grass 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion for indigestion and disempacho
2.4 COLON TONIC (Modified Thomsonian)
Cascara Sagrada 2 parts
Oregon Grape 2 parts
Cayenne 1 part
Ginger Root 1 part
Lobelia 1 part
Rhubarb Root 1 pt.
Stimulates peristalsis for chronic constipation of long duration.
2 "00" caps with water, morning and evening. When feces soften
up go to 1 capsule twice a day
2.5 BITTER TONIC
Gentian Root 2 parts
Quassia Wood 2 parts
(or Castela) (2 parts)
Angelica Root/Seed 2 parts
Cardamon Seed .5 part
Bayberry Bark .5 part
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol.
Best for chronic conditions, such as recovering anorectics,
achlorhydria, chemotherapy queasiness. Take 10-15 minutes before
meal..5-15 drops.
2.6 ILEO-CECAL TONIC
Chaparro Amargosa or Quassia 4 parts
Bistort Root
(or Geranium or Heuchera) 4 parts
Bayberry Bark 2 parts
Yerba Mansa Root 2 parts
Ginger Root 2 parts
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol.
Use for giardiasis, amebiasis, especially with ileo-cecal
irritability. With active diarrhea, take 1/2 teaspoon every 2
hours, alternating with 4 oz. skim milk. With poor milk
tolerance, use blackberry or pomegranate juice concentrate
...1-2 tablespoons, straight up.
2.7 CATNIP-FENNEL TINCTURE
Fresh Catnip Tincture 3 parts
(1:2, 95% alcohol)
Fennel Seed Tincture 3 parts
(1:5, 60% alcohol)
Licorice Root Tincture 1 part
(1:5, 50% alcohol)
15-30 drops as needed for acute gastritis or simple dyspepsia.
2.8 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL (Modified)
Rhubarb Tincture 80 ml
Cinnamon Tincture 64 ml
Hydrastis Tincture 40 ml
Spirit of Peppermint 8 ml
Potassium carbonate 16 grams
Simple Syrup 250 ml
Diluted alcohol (50%) 550 ml
Step 1. Dissolve 16 grams of potassium carbonate in 250 ml Simple
Syrup
Step 2. Mix the tinctures, spirit and diluted alcohol.
Step 3. Mix both liquids, stirring or blending until KCO3 is
dissolved.
Step 4. Add additional diluted alcohol to the total (if
necessary) to bring the total volume to 1000 ml.
Use a teaspoon or two for nausea, gas pains, dyspepsia, tenesmus,
diarrhea AND constipation. An elegant pharmaceutical that may be
the single closest thing to a universal GI tonic. Unfortunately
it is no longer made by any American manufacturer.
3.LIVER/BILIARY
3.1 LIVER TONIC
Barberry or Oregon Grape 2 parts
Milk Thistle Seed 2 parts
Chaparral (Larrea) 1 part
Toadflax (Linaria) 1 part
Echinacea 1 part
Burdock Rt or Seed 1 part
Yellow Dock 1 part
Leptandra or Blue Flag Rt 1 part
An old-fashioned "shotgun" formula. Grind well and encapsulate.
Echinacea is the only one of these herb that deteriorates in a
powdered form, so the best compromise would be to keep it as a
rather coarse grind, the rest as fine a powder as desired.
Useful for passive liver "heaviness", with periodic light stools
and/or frontal headaches brought on by overeating or eating rich
foods when tired.
Look for greasy hair, acne on the cheeks (both kinds of cheeks)
and acne around the mouth.
It should be tried for those that regularly work with solvents or
that drink regularly, whether in moderation or excess. In
general, for those that regularly eat before going to bet and are
slow in waking, grouchy and sluggish in the morning...they also
have to cut back on the snacks.
DOSE:
Pronounced liver dysfunction, but w/out pathology: 2 caps, 3X a
day. No overt symptoms, but having many of the risks mentioned: 1
cap, 3X a day.
3.2 ROBERT'S BILIARY FORMULA
Chionanthus (Fringetree) 1 part
Euonymus (Wahoo) 1 part
Piper methysticum (Kava) 1 part
Leptandra (Culver's Root) 1 part
Marshmallow Root 1 part
Powder the herbs and encapsulate. 1 capsule after each meal and
one just before sleeping. A biliary laxative and gallstone
preventative, it is also useful for cholecystalgia or biliary
colic. Larger doses can be irritating; it is better to use the
smaller dosages recommended, allowing a day or two to see if they
help.
3.3 ALTERATIVE TEA
Sassafras Bark 2 parts
Sarsaparilla Root 2 parts
Burdock Root 1 part
Echinacea Root 1 part
A simple drinkable tea for low-level chronic liver, metabolic and
immuno-depressed states...a couple of cups a day, made from a
rounded teaspoon in 8 oz.water, brought to a boil and removed
from the heat and allowed to cool.
3.4 LIVER DEFICIENCY TINCTURE
Mahonia (Oregon Grape) 2 parts
Yellow Dock Root 2 parts
Buckbean 2 parts
Pleurisy Root 2 parts
Blue Flag Root 1 part
Ocotillo Bark 1 part
Mix from tinctures, with Mahonia, Yellow Dock, Pleurisy Root and
Blue Flag made from dry herb, and Buckbean (if possible) and
Ocotillo (mandatory) made as fresh tinctures. Take 30 drops,
morning, afternoon and before retiring. A constitutional tonic
for those with catabolic or adrenergic excess.
3.5 LIVER EXCESS TINCTURE
Burdock Root FE 2 parts
Dandelion Root FE 2 parts
Milk Thistle Seeds 2 parts
Larrea 1 part
Tribulus (Puncture Vine) 1 part
Mix from Burdock and Dandelion Fluidextracts (1:1 strength)
strong Milk Thistle Seed Tincture (1:2, 75% alcohol), dry Larrea
and Tribulus tinctures (1:5) Use 30-60 drops to 3X a day, and
decrease protein and fat consumption by at least one third. A
constitutional tonic for those with anabolic excess.
4.RESPIRATORY
4.1 DECONGESTANT TEA
Ma Huang 3 parts
Mormon Tea 3 parts
Yerba Santa 3 parts
Coltsfoot Leaves 3 parts
Cubeb Berries 2 parts
Drink frequently as an infusion. If you find it interferes with
sleep or makes you jittery, lessen or delete the Ma Huang.
4.2 WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
White Pine Bark
(or Balsam Root) 3 oz.
Wild Cherry Bark 3 oz.
Spikenard Root 1/2 ounce
Poplar Buds 1/2 ounce
Blood Root 1/4 ounce
Percolate with 50% alcohol until you have reached 16 ounces.
Add 12 ounces of simple syrup
OR
add 8 ounces of honey and 4 ounces of glycerin
4.3 OSHA COUGH SYRUP
Osha Tincture 1 part
White Pine Compound 4 parts
Mix well and PARTY UP!
4.4 COMPOUND SYRUP OF RED ROOT
Red Root Tops 4 ounces
Red Root Rootbark 4 ounces
Wild Lettuce 4 ounces
Black Cohosh 1 ounce
Pleurisy Root 1 ounce
Wild Ginger Root 1/2 ounce
Lobelia inflata 1/4 ounce
Bloodroot 1/4 ounce
Tincture 1:2 with 65% alcohol, (30 ounces) put it aside, add
water to the percolation and drip another part (15 ounces), then
add 1 part Simple Syrup (15 ounces) "Coughs, pulmonary and
hepatic affections" (Kings)
4.5 WINTER SOLSTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP
Wild Cherry Bark 4 ounces
White Pine Bark 3 ounces
Osha Root 3 ounces
Elecampane Root 3 ounces
Balsam Root 2 ounces
Sweet Root 2 ounces
Licorice Root 2 ounces
Percolation I: 50% alcohol, 30 oz.
Percolation II: 25% alcohol, open ended.
Evaporate Perc II down to 10 ounces, add to Perc I to make 40
ounces total.
Add 20 ounces of Monarda Honey, and 10 ounces glycerin.
4.6 MONARDA HONEY
Fresh Monarda Flowers stuffed tightly into a mason jar, Honey
added, and topped off several times (until bubbles work
completely out and flowers are saturated and covered), kept
around for a month or two, pressed out.
4.7 TONSILITIS FORMULA
Red Root 4 parts
Myrrh 2 parts
Bayberry 2 parts
Make from the individual tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
Take 1/2 teaspoon in 2 tablespoons of hot water, gargle well and
swallow every 2 hours.
4.8 ALLERGY FORMULA
Yerba Mansa 4 parts
Yerba Santa 4 parts
Bayberry 3 parts
Ambrosia 2 parts
Horehound 2 parts
Oregon Grape 1 parts
Mix herbs as tinctures, or tincture 1:5, 60% alcohol
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
This is for the relief of seasonal allergies and resultant
secondary hyper-sensitivities.
5.REPRODUCTIVE
5.1 CANDIDA FORMULA
Dandelion FE 2 parts
Pau D'Arco FE 2 parts
Castela or Quassia Tinct 2 parts
Larrea Tinct 1 part
Sweet Root Tinct 1 part
Mix formula with fluidextracts and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
A gradual, no die-off approach to alleviating symptoms of
systemic candidiasis.
5.2 FEMALE BALANCER
Vitex agnus-castus Tinct 3 parts
Black Cohosh Tinct 2 parts
Dandelion FE 2 parts
Motherwort Tinct 2 parts
Oregon Grape Root Tinct 1 part
Mix with fluidextract and tinctures.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
This helps to regulate chronically short estrus cycles, with
aggravated anabolic
metabolism.
5.3 MENOPAUSE: EARLY FORMULA
Vitex agnus-castus Tinct 3 parts
Yellow Dock Tinct 2 parts
Sarsaparilla Tinct 2 parts
Peony Tinct 2 parts
Nuphar Tinct 1 part
American Ginseng Tinct 1 part
Mix using tinctures, since some are best fresh, some best dry
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For women in earlier stages of menopause when erratic cycles and
flooding result from increasingly disorganized corpus luteal
progesterone production.
5.4 MENOPAUSE: LATER FORMULA
Motherwort 3 parts
Devil's Club 3 parts
Black Cohosh 2 parts
Licorice 2 parts
Bugleweed 2 parts
Dong Quai 1 part
Blue Cohosh 1 part
Mix from tinctures or make 1:5, 60% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For women in the later stages of menopause when ovulation has
nearly ceased and the main symptoms arise not from erratic
progesterone levels, but from the hypothalamus and pituitary
attempts to increase diminished estrogen levels.
5.5 PMS FORMULA, LONG CYCLE
Vitex 3 parts
Devil's Club 2 parts
Black Cohosh 2 parts
Oregon Grape Root 2 parts
Peony 2 parts
Inmortal 2 parts
Anemone (Pulsatilla) 1 part
Mix as tinctures, since the Anemone MUST be made fresh, the Peony
is BETTER fresh, the rest can or should be made dry.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For symptoms that start just before menses, deriving from weak
progesterone levels with a premature rise in estrogen before
menstruation; the cycle is generally longer than 28 days.
Problems include rapid-onset water-retention, headaches, joint
pain,and labile emotions.
5.6 PMS FORMULA, SHORT CYCLE
Dandelion FE 3 parts
Red Root tincture 3 parts
Yellow Dock tincture 2 parts
Yerba Mansa tincture 2 parts
Bugleweed tincture 2 parts
Ocotillo tincture 2 parts
Celery Seed tincture 1 part
Make from the fluidextract and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For symptoms that may start a week before menses, with the
estrogen phase short, the progesterone phase strong, and the
anabolic dominance showing as late-night energy, sweating,
irritability, craving for proteins and fats (but with poor
digestion), pelvic congestion (aggravated by fatty foods), and
premenstrual acne.
5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES
*Echinacea Fluidextract 30 ml.
Calendula Tincture 10 ml.
Glycerin 175 ml.
Gelatin (Pharmaceutical Grade) 25 grams
(* you can obtain the same results by slowly evaporating 5 ounces
of Echinacea Tincture down to 1 ounce of milky-grey liquid and
use that in place of the hard-to-come- by-unless-
you-make-it-yourself Fluidextract)
Heat the glycerin on a double boiler, add the Echinacea and
Calendula, and maintain at a low temperature for at least 30
minutes to evaporate off some of the alcohol. Add the gelatin
(preferably finely powdered) and whisk (or egg-beat) until the
gelatin is THOROUGHLY dissolved in the liquids. Don't leave any
little gelatinous solids...continue stirring until the liquid is
a clear grey-brown syrup.
Fill a plastic roll of disposable 3 or 5 ml suppository molds up
to the top of the form line. A small turkey baster (no jokes
O.K.?) is the easiest tool for this. The mixture should make
80-100 suppositories.
The usual two-piece hard plastic or metal suppository molds,
although reusable, work TERRIBLY for gelatin-based suppositories,
fine for glycerin or cocoa butter types.
USE: A suppository should be inserted at night into the vagina
and as close to the cervix as practical. Gelatin-based
suppositories do not melt like those made with cocoa butter or
gelatin...instead they dissolve slowly over 8-12 hours,
maintaining the herb presence for long enough to facilitate
resolution and stimulate regeneration of the tissues. This can be
continued for many days if necessary.
CLAUSE: If it causes inflammation, stop. I know of no instance
where the constituents have caused this reaction, but anything is
possible. It is better to deal with such a condition,
particularly if a class 2 or class 3 smear is involved, when you
can monitor the cervix yourself with a speculum or can have it
done for you regularly by a nurse-practitioner or midwife..
Cervical erosion, of course, is CAUSED by something and
stimulating membrane healing is not likely to help much in the
long run unless you deal at least to some degree with underlying
causes.
VEGETARIAN NOTE: Yes, gelatin comes from animals. No, Agar Agar
and the like are NOT reasonable substitutes. Use gelatin or
don't; it's up to you, since I know of no appropriate vegetable
substitute.
There ARE refined pharmaceutical colloids that are substituted
for gelatin, but they are the refined by-products of it anyway,
far more expensive, harder to get...and MUCH further from the
source.
CAUSES: One common cause is diminished estrogen availability to
the cervical membranes: if cycles are consistently longer than 29
or 30 days, you might consider one of the reproductive tonics or
simply Don Quai; if you have extended bouts of pelvic congestion,
with hemorrhoid and/or varicose vein flare-ups, you might try a
liver tonic, ileo-cecal tonic or colon tonic.
Another common cause is a chronically imbalanced vaginal
flora...sometimes from a Candida infection, sometimes from a
subtler bacterial vaginosis condition. Both are helped by
lactobacillus presence, both through diet and/or douche;
candidiasis is highly reactive to sugars (both good and bad),
fermented foods and booze...and is usually worse AFTER menses;
bacterial vaginosis is not blood-sugar reactive, and is often
worse between ovulation and menses.
These are thumb-nail pictures and the conditions are highly
variable, and not all are treatable through personal measures.
Besides, this does NOT involve the thumbnail.
SOURCES: The roles of perforated molds can be obtained from a
number of pharmaceutical supply houses. Every pharmacy has these
catalogues, and any reasonable pharmacist should be willing to
locate a source, tack on a moral profit, and order them for you.
Although unusual, your order is perfectly legal and you have an
obvious right to request and obtain the product. The pharmacist
is either
A) lazy,
B) so shell-shocked by the times that he/she figures it must have
something to do with drug abuse and refuses on general principle
or
C) the pharmacist doesn't approve (also on general principle)
with folks making their own medicine and D) they used to have
their own drug store, got driven out of business by the chains,
are now working FOR the chains and understandably hate the world.
Simply explain that you will take your business elsewhere. Then,
TAKE your business elsewhere, preferably to a smaller, personally
owned drug store. Look for a drugstore named after somebody...
like Jack's or Garcia's, or named after a brand of toilet
tissue...like Regent's or Deluxe or Standard, or after a
neighborhood, like Midtown, Uptown or Lakeside.
Establishing a rapport with an adventurous and inquisitive
pharmacist is VERY important if you wish to make anything more
than teas and tinctures. After all, most herb formulating derives
directly from the pharmacy of 50 or 100 years ago. They can order
glycerin, anhydrous lanolin, potassium carbonate, even beeswax
and colophony or rosin. It's in their catalogues...as is simple
syrup, coca-cola syrup, even White Pine Compound.
5.8 HPV (Venereal Wart) SUPPOSITORIES
Echinacea Fluidextract 30 ml
Glycerin 175 ml
Gelatin (N.F.) 25 grams
Thuja Oil 5 ml
Make the same way as the previous, but add the highly evaporative
Thuja Oil to the dissolved syrup JUST before you begin to pour
into the molds. Each suppository ends up containing about a drop
of Thuja Oil...very easily tolerated.
USE: The same as the previous, although it may need to be
continued for month or more, and some herbs should be taken
internally as well, such as Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh),
Echinacea, Trillium (fresh plant tincture only), Nuphar, Lomatium
(it seems to help for some reason) and Thuja tincture (for its
moderate anti-viral effects against papillomavirus).
CAUSE: Sexual transmission...long ago or recently.
CLAUSE: This condition presents a big potential risk for
women...long term. The number of sexual partners one has (any
gender), the greater the likelihood of picking it up. It also
doesn't go away, just go dormant, like herpes or plantar warts (a
related virus).
You're in a monogamous relationship for ten years, your partner
has a parent die and you've both just moved: if they break out in
venereal warts it MIGHT only be the stress...and a flareup of
something they had 15 years ago. It also might be the stress
COMBINED with some R&R with a new friend.
5.9 CANDIDA DOUCHE
MIX IN A BLENDER JUST BEFORE USING:
Witch Hazel Extract (commercial) 3 tablespoons
Golden Seal Tincture 1 teaspoon
(or Oregon Grape Root (1/2 teaspoon)
WITH Anemopsis (1 teaspoon)
Warm Water 1 pint
Table Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Yogurt, live culture 3-4 tablespns
Douche once in the evening, either every second or third day.
Eat,if possible, 6-8 ounces of live culture yogurt a day, and
check urine pH in the morning with a teststrip...it should be
under 7.0 and above 6.0, i.e. slightly acidic.
If frequently alkaline (above 7.0), decrease carbohydrates
(especially fruits and sweets and tubers) and increase proteins.
If too acidic, modify in the other direction.
5.10 HAYDEN'S VIBURNUM COMPOUND(Modified)
Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium) 1.5 ounces
Cramp Bark (V. opulus) 1.0 ounce
Trillium (dried) 1.0 ounce
(OR Cotton Root Bark (1.0 ounce)
Dioscorea (Wild Yam) .5 ounce
Skullcap (recently dried) .25 ounce
Cloves 1.0 ounce
Cinnamon Bark .75 ounce
Orange Peel .5 ounce
Grind herbs together, moisten with a few tablespoons of alcohol,
and let sit, covered, overnight. Tincture with 50% alcohol
menstruum to a 1:4 tincture (about 26 ounces).
Add 6.5 ounces (by volume) of Simple Syrup to bring the final
strength to 1:5. You MAY substitute equal parts of glycerin and
honey for the syrup, but it tastes weird.
Take 1-3 teaspoons in HOT water for Killer Kramps, particularly
of it is a problem that only happens every few months, or occurs
only the first night of menstruation. Regular monthly
dysmennorhea from organic causes, rarely responds very well to
H.V.C. This is the Queen of Cramp Remedies
6.URINARY TRACT
6.1 URINARY TINCTURE (all purpose)
Buchu Leaves 3 parts
Juniper berries 2 parts
Yerba Mansa 2 parts
Pipsissewa 2 parts
Eryngium yuccafolium 1 part
Mix as tinctures or make 1:5, with 65% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) in 8 ounces of water, 3 to 4
times a day.
A general diuretic and antimicrobial for water retention and mild
urinary tract infections.
6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
Nettle Leaf 1 part
Red Clover Tops 1 part
Alfalfa 1 part
Horsetail (optional) (1 part)
Drink the hot or cold tea freely. If under metabolic stress you
might even use the tea as your main liquid. Good for acid urine,
uric acid kidney stones, post-op recovery, PMS acidity and as
part of an osteoporosis regimen.
7.LYMPH/IMMUNE
7.1 LYMPH TONIC
Burdock Root 8 parts
Red Root 6 parts
Echinacea Root 6 parts
Ocotillo 4 parts
Stillingia Root 2 parts
Yerba Mansa Root 2 parts
Aristolochia serpentaria 1 part
Blue Flag 1 part
Pike Root 1 part.
Mix from the individual tinctures, and add 5% glycerin.
A general tonic for moderate chronic immunosuppression, not for
acute conditions. 60 drops 4X a day.
7.2 IMMUNE STIMULANT #1
Echinacea Root 4 parts
Red Root 3 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Myrrh Gum 2 parts
Ocotillo 2 parts
Stillingia 1 part
Aristolochia 1 part
Baptisia 1 part
Arnica 1 part
Capsicum 1 part
Mix from the separate tinctures. Use 30-60 drops in 2 to 4
ounces of hot water every 3 hours during acute infections in
adrenalin stress folks or those with a tendency to cold hands and
feet and who seldom break a sweat when sick. Best taken in hot
water. Bon a petit!
7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
Echinacea 4 parts
Red Root 2 parts
Osha 2 parts
Yerba Mansa 2 parts
Calendula 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Thuja plicata 1 part
Mix from the tinctures.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 to 4 times a day.
Used to stimulate resistance to short-term infections in the
immune-competant who sweat easily, tend to a mesomorph
somatotype, anabolic and "yangy".
7.4 LYMPH ANTI-EFFECT (for mumps, mono, etc.)
Ocotillo 3 parts
Echinacea 3 parts
Polymnia 2 parts
Red Root 2 parts
Poke Root 1 part
Arnica 1 part
Make from the individual tinctures, adding 5% glycerin.
Take 30 drops with warm water every half hour until mild overload
symptoms of sweating, salivation, irritability and semi-nausea,
then back off to one dose 4-5 times a day.For active lymphatic
infections in strong adults.
7.5 TONSILITIS FORMULA
Red Root 4 parts
Myrrh 2 parts
Bayberry 2 parts
Make from the individual tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
Take 1/2 teaspoon in 2 tablespoons of hot water, gargle well and
swallow...every 2 hours.
7.6 IMMUNE TONIC
Echinacea 5 parts
Stillingia 2 parts
Lomatium dissectum 2 parts
Baptisia 1 part
Myrrh 1 part
Aristolochia 1 part
Mix from the tinctures, or make 1:5, 65% alcohol.
Use 30 drops (1 squirt) 2 or 3 times a day For stimulating those
with chronic immune suppression,associated with chronic
depression, slow viruses, mycosis, and immune suppression from
anti- inflammatories and chemotherapy
8.CARDIO-VASCULAR
8.1 GREASEBALL HYPERTENSION
Equisetum 4 parts
Dandelion Root 4 parts
Passion Flower 3 parts
Crataegus 2 parts
Prickly Ash 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Aristolochia serpentaria 1 part
Tincture 1:4 with 50% alcohol, after setting two days moistened.
1/2 teaspoon 2X a day, with a blood anti-viscosity agent, such as
Red Root, Vit.E or an aspirin.
8.2 HYPOTENSION FORMULA (Kidney deficient)
Kola Nuts 4 parts
Gotu Kola 3 parts
Licorice Root 2 parts
Korean red Ginseng 2 parts
Lily-of-the-Valley Root 1 part
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol
1/2 teaspoon AM and midday.
8.3 TACHYCARDIA FORMULA
Lycopus 3 parts
Leonurus 3 parts
Passiflora 2 parts
Crataegus 2 parts
Tincture 50%, 1:4
30-60 drops, 4X a day
8.4 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT
Prickly Ash Bark 3 parts
Ginger 2 parts
Inmortal Root 2 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Tincture 60%, 1:4 20-40 drops, 4X a day 30 drops before meals as
a bitter tonic, 30 drops before retiring.
8.5 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FORMULA (health alright, memory bad)
Prickly Ash 6 parts
Bayberry 4 parts
Aristolochia spp 2 parts
Selenicereus or relative 1 part
Red Ginseng (low BP) 1 part
(White Ginseng (normal or high BP)
(1 part)
Make with finished tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
9.TOPICAL
9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT
8 ounces Podophyllum Root
5 ounces Myrrh Tincture
12 ounces Olive Oil
10 Rosin (Colophony)
Some Beeswax
Percolate the Podophyllum Root in 95% alcohol for a 1:2 strong
tincture. Add the Myrrh Tincture, and evaporate both slowly over
a low heat to 2 fluid of sickening goo. Add the olive oil and
rosin, heat until all is dispersed, check for "set" on a metal
surface, and add an ounce or two of beeswax if necessary. Pour
into tins, and apply happily to your venereal warts or herpes
sores.
9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)
2 ounces Calendula Flowers
2 ounces Arnica Herb
2 ounces ethanol
24 ounces Olive Oil
6 ounce Hypericum Oil
1/2 ounce Cajeput Oil
5 ounces Beeswax
Make a 1:6 steeped oil with the Calendula and Arnica (as usual),
add the Hypericum Oil (made from the fresh flowers), heat slowly,
dissolve the beeswax, add the Cajeput (actually Tea Tree Oil, but
much cheaper by the older name), and pour into tins. Can also be
called OSFA Salve (One Size Fits All) or Rescue Grease or
Limbaugh Leech.
9.3 MUSCLE BALM
Poplar Bud Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Arnica Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Hypericum Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Oil of Wintergreen 30 drops
Olive Oil 6 ounces
A Topically applied oil, used as an analgesic, counter-irritant,
and anti-inflammatory: 30-60 drops rubbed into the area aids
dispersal and resolution of exudates. It is to strong for a true
massage oil.
9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE"
Hypericum (fresh plant tincture) 3 parts
Calendula (fresh flower tincture) 2 parts
Arnica (fresh plant tincture) 1 part
Make by mixing tinctures, or if fortunate in timing, from the
fresh plants, using the volumes of compressed herbs for the
parts. Useful in acute conditions, such as sprains,contusions,
hyperextensions and muscular-skeletal trauma.
It should be applied topically and taken internally, (10-20
drops) both modalities every two hours for three or four rounds.
Taken internally it will also help for faintness and light
headedness resulting from parasympathetic or vagus discharge
caused by physical manipulation or trauma.
9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT
Tobacco (Bull Durham etc) 1 ounce
Baneberry Root 1 ounce
Datura Leaves (or Henbane) 1/2 ounce
Cayenne Pepper 1/4 ounce
(OR Ginger Root 1/2 ounce)
Rubbing Alcohol(70% isopropyl) 16 ounces.
Grind up the herbs together and soak them in the rubbing alcohol
(shaking daily) for two weeks. Apply the squeezed-out liniment
by hand or with a liniment-moistened cloth to sprains, bruises
and hyperextensions.
Wash your hands immediately AND, eventually, the parts the
liniment is applied to. Avoid touching your eyes, mouth or naught
bits until your hands are clean...for obvious (cayenne) reasons.
CLAUSE: Besides the previous, the smell is genially obnoxious and
proletariat.
9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE
Echinacea Purpurea Flowerheads 5 ounces
Alcohol 3 ounces
Olive Oil 35 ounces
Beeswax 7 ounces
Grind and sift the Echinacea Flowers (roots will not work). Mix
the alcohol with the flowers in a stainless steel bowl with a
lid, cover and let stand for at least 2-3 hours.
Blend the moistened herb with the olive oil in a hearty blender
(an Oster at high speed or a Vitamix at slow speed) until the
sides of the container get warm. Filter through muslin,
squeezing the marc as well as possible, and heat the oil slowly
in the top of a double boiler. Chop and add the beeswax,
continuing the low heat until the beeswax has melted. Pour into
containers.
Use freely for hemorrhoids, blisters, cold sores, stings,
vaginitis, anal fissures and any inflamed swellings
9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE
Golden Seal Herb (no root) 6 ounces
Alcohol 3 ounces
Ammonia Water (3-4% solution) 2 tablespoons
Olive Oil 35 ounces
Beeswax 7 ounces
Grind the herb, moisten with the alcohol THEN the ammonia water,
cover, and let stand for 2-3 hours. Proceed as with Echinacea
Salve. The ammonia is necessary to stabilize the alkaloids in
the Golden Seal.
You can omit it if you wish, but the end result is somewhat
inferior. The herb contains the same constituents as the root,
although with a shorter shelf-life, and using the leaf spares
this vanishing plant from further decimation through the digging
of wild plants (STILL the primary source of roots on the market).
10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 RELAXING TEA
Camomile Flowers 3 parts
Catnip 3 parts
Passion Flower 3 parts
Spearmint 2 parts
Lemon Balm 2 parts
Hops 2 parts
Viscum album 1 part
Drink the simple infusion as needed, particularly in the
evenings. If you know you will have trouble sleeping, start
drinking it BEFORE you can't sleep.
10.2 NERVE TONIC
Valerian 4 parts
Verbena 4 parts
Skullcap 4 parts
Passion Flower 4 parts
European Mistletoe 2 parts
Damiana 2 parts
Siberian Ginseng 2 parts
Cordydalis 1 part
3-6 "00" capsules as needed
Lower doses help anxieties, larger doses act as an overt
sedative. (Can be tinctured, 50% alcohol)
10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA
Bee Pollen 6 parts
Fu-tse (Cured Aconite) 4 parts
Mahonia 3 parts
6-12 caps a day, use at least 250 mg. of tyrosine a day, and add
the water-soluble vitamins such as B complex and C. Used to help
someone get through the first week of amphetamine or cocaine
withdrawal.
10.4 V's NERVE TONIC
Passiflora FE 5 ounces
Leonurus cardiaca 1 ounce
Crataegus 1 ounce
Verbena hastata 1 ounce
Hypericum (fresh) 1 ounce
Selenicereus (fresh) 1/2 ounce
Make from separate tinctures
Dose 60-90 drops as needed.
For physical agitation, nervousness, and stress palpitations
10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT
Hypericum (fresh) 6 parts
Aralia Berries (fresh) 5 parts
Licorice Root 4 parts
Oplopanax (fresh) 2 parts
Panax quinquefolium 1 part
Mix as tinctures.
Dose: 60-90 drops up to four times a day.
For morbid depression with congestion and dry mucosa
10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend
uses)
Syrian Rue 58 parts
Avena fatua (fresh) 58 parts
Panax (uncured) 58 parts
Rauwolfia 58 parts
Lobelia (fresh) 8 parts
Mix as tinctures
1/2 to 1 teaspoon, 3X a day
Antidepressant for adrenergic individuals
NOTE: As an Ayurvedic therapist, my friend has access to
Rauwolfia serpentina.
As a once widely used crude drug (the source of reserpine), it is
seldom to be found in herb commerce...and perhaps is illegal. I
personally have seldom used the plant, have always considered it,
like digitalis, a "True" crude drug best left to medicine.
With a body of experiential use in Ayurvedic Medicine, wherein my
friend has learned it, I would trust the use here. I have never
inquired as to his rather peculiar scheme of proportions.
I would have thought that the presence of what amounts to nearly
a quarter of the tincture of Rauwolfia to be an excessive
amount. In fact the formula is quite effective, and seems
relatively safe.
Since I feel perfectly comfortable using toxic herbs that I know
personally (I prefer the term "Low Dosage), including such poopoo
as Aconite, Gelsemium and Veratrum, herbs that cause fellow
herbalists who aren't familiar with their safe use to cringe and
scurry, I guess my reluctant attitude regarding the herbal use
of Rauwolfia is similarly the result of only knowing it "by rep"
and not as a specific entity.
10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)
Lupulin (Hops resin) 3 parts
Valerian Root 3 parts
Cannabis "shake" 2 parts
Tincture 1:4 in 65% alcohol.
When finished, add enough fresh Pulsatilla Tincture to bring
final strength to a 1:5 potency. As a narcotic-analgesic,
especially for referred visceral pain. Dose 15-45 drops as
needed. The Cannabis is, of course, completely illegal to possess
in ANY form.
With the increased use by authorities of the tactic of property
confiscation, wherein THEY keep YOUR stuff even if you never get
to court or are even charged with possession (and pigs will fly
before they ever give it back to you, since local police get to
keep most of the money they raise from auctioning it off), having
this plant is considerably riskier at present.
(Did I miss something when I learned about the Constitution in
Civic's Class??)
Those of you having a relationship to Cannabis dating from the
Old Days, with fond memories of youth, more hair, lower gravity
and Tie-Dye teeshirts should especially bear this in mind. Those
involved in the drug business, both those that deal and those
that chase, are MUCH weirder.
And what cost $10 20 years ago now costs $100-$200 (and the lid
is STILL short). Myself, I have this rather strange attitude
towards Cannabis. It's just another goddamm plant medicine, and I
REFUSE to take it all that seriously.
10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER
Skullcap 3 parts
Betony 3 parts
Cimicifuga 2 parts
Hypericum 2 parts
Gelsemium 1 part
Mix from the tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
To alleviate post-treatment myogenic and neurogenic discomfort
from body work, and lessen the tendency of the body to
immediately revert to patterning
10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER
Nettles 3 parts
Echinacea 3 parts
Devil's Claw 2 parts
Licorice 2 parts
Larrea 2 parts
Make from the tinctures or tincture 1:4 with 55% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
To aid in and shorten the duration of connective tissue, fascia
and muscle regeneration after injury, infection or surgery; to
lessen free-radical damage to collagen and elastin from
inflammation that degrades into congestion. It also aids in
recuperation and healing from chronic tendonitis.
11.ACUTE DISEASE
11.1 EGO CAPSULES
Echinacea Root 2 parts
Garlic 2 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Cayenne 1 part
2-4 capsules as needed for colds, flu, various viral junk.
SEE ALSO:7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC
12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP
Aralia Root 3 ounces
Oplopanax 2 ounces
Xanthoxylum Bark 2 ounces
Smilax (Sarsaparilla) 2 ounces
Burdock Root 2 ounces
Guaiacum or Stillingia 1 ounce
Sassafras or Sweet Root 1 ounce
Pipsissewa 1 ounce
Blue Flag Root 1 ounce
Tincture 1:3 with 65% alcohol, add 1 part water (15 oz.) and 1
part simple syrup or honey (15 oz.) to bring to a final 1:5
strength
12.2 DETOX FORMULA
Oregon Grape Root 3 parts
Silybum Fluidextract 2 parts
Larrea 2 parts
Yellow Dock 2 parts
Aristolochia watsonii 1 part
Mix from the fluidextract and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 3 or 4 times a day
This is meant to assist cleansing of the blood, liver and lymph
system when recovering from alcohol, drug abuse, even long-term
over medication.
SEE ALSO: 6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
SEE ALSO: 7.1 LYMPH TONIC
13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN
13.1 FIVE MINT TEA
Spearmint 2 parts
Peppermint 2 parts
Poleo 2 parts
Lemon Balm 2 parts
Catnip 1 part
13.2 ROOT TEA
Sassafras 2 parts
Sarsaparilla 2 parts
Licorice Root 2 parts
(Chinese Cinnamon) 1 part
(Sweet Root) 1 part
13.3 FLOWER TEA
Chamomile 3 parts
Orange Flowers 3 parts
Hibiscus Flowers 2 parts
Rose Buds 2 parts
Lavender Flowers 2 parts
American Saffron 1 part
Calendula Flowers 1 part
(Cyani flowers 1/2 part)
(If it doesn't sell, add some essential oil to it and pawn it off
as a potpourri!)
13.4 MESOMARBLES
Bee Pollen 8 parts
Guarana 2 parts
Korean "Red" Ginseng 1 part
Powder together and take pinches as food, or mix with a little
honey and form balls.
13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)
Mix together:
5 cups brown sugar
2 1/2 cups milk
salt
Add later:
1 cube sweet butter
6 ounces powdered Guarana Bean
Various nuts (if desired
Boil to the soft ball stage. Remove from heat for 10 minutes, add
1 cube sweet butter. Mix in 6 ounces of powdered Guarana Bean,
and stir constantly until the glistening surface starts to look
like frosting and stiffens.
Add nuts (if desired), scrape onto greased surface, cool until
set, and cut. WARNING: This stuff tastes GREAT, but speeds like a
mother. This fudge has no self-redeeming qualities...it's just
happily perverse.
Dosage: start with a small square, and wait an hour before
overlapping with another piece. Guarana is the Queen of caffeine
plants (with some hypoxanthines thrown in) and will generally (to
quote Dr. Donald Culbreth) produce gaiety, restlessness, quick
perception and wakefulness, while slowing the pulse and impairing
the appetite.
Eating it slows absorption and can extend its effects well past
the 3-4 hours you might expect from a similar amount of coffee.
The fudge tastes good, the effects of Guarana are fun, but if you
pig out on this stuff you can get to a level of pure caffeine
jitters that will completely over- ride the subtleties that, at a
more reasonable amount, make Guarana so nice. For several years
in the early 70s I manufactured this fudge, packaged and labeled
it and wholesaled it to truckstops in the L.A. area.
One time I made up a huge batch to give to my sales reps to take
to a Gift Show (I was making a line of herbal gift boxes...teas,
spice blends, stuff like that). They passed it all out, the show
ended up lasting until dawn, with vendors, representatives and
buyers wandering around spending, ordering, chatting, dancing,
giggling and kvetching long after the doors closed.
The reps returned to L.A. only to find that they had walked off
with someone else's order book, had lost theirs, and promptly
slept for two days. I did not do this again. Neither should you.
SIMPLE SYRUP
850 grams of WHITE sugar (any other form, such as
turbinado or dried sugar cane juice will ferment)
450 to 475 ml of water
Blend together, pour into a saucepan, and heat slowly until the
sugar is completely dissolved. Will make a liter of simple
syrup. Store in a cool place, but no refrigeration is necessary
MATERIA MEDICA
This defines all the specific tinctures and preparation called
for in those formulas not made from the individual botanicals but
by mixing finished products.
(*) Not appropriate in pregnancy
AMBROSIA (Ragweed, Bursage, Yerba del Sapo)
HERB. Standard Infusion, 1-2 ounces. Fresh Tincture [1:2] 20-40
drops, both to 4X a day.
*ANEMONE HIRSUTISSIMA (Pulsatilla ludoviciana, Pasque Flower)
FRESH PLANT. Tincture [1:2] 3-10 drops, to 4X a day. Use with
care.
ANEMOPSIS (Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail)
ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol]
20-60 drops to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces similarly.
HERB. Standard or Cold Infusion as needed.
*ANGELICA SINENSIS (Dong Qua'i, Tang Kwei)
CURED CHINESE OR KOREAN ROOT. Large slices, 1/16 to 1/8 a day,
chewed and swallowed.Tincture [1:5, 70% alcohol] 5-20 drops
Capsules, #0, 1 to 3 a day.
APIUM (Celery)
SEED. Simple Infusion, 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of seeds in cup of hot
water. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-30 drops to 4X a day
ARCTIUM (Burdock)
ROOT Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Fluidextract [1:1, 60% alcohol]
15-30 drops.
Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-90
drops, all 3X a day.
SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 10-25 drops.
*ARISTOLOCHIA CALIFORNICA (California Snakeroot, Cal. Dutchman's
Pipe
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2] 5-20 drops to 3X a day.
*ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA (Virginia Snakeroot, Serpentaria)
ROOT and HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70%
alc.) 5-20 drops to 3X a day. For extended use, use only low
doses, and/within a formula.
*ARISTOLOCHIA WATSONII (Indian Root, Raiz del Indio)
Same as previous, but safer for extended use, as is A.
californica.
*ARNICA (A. montana, A. cordifolia, A. latiflora, etc.)
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh plant, flower or root tincture [1:2], dry
flowers or herb tincture, [1:5, 50% alcohol] and dry root
tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol]./EXTERNAL is diluted with one or two
parts of water, applied as needed. / INTERNAL use 3-10 drops.
TAKE INTERNALLY WITH CARE
*ASCLEPIAS ASPERULA (Inmortal, Antelope Horns, Spider Milkweed)
ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 5-30 drops, Capsules, #00,
1-2, to/ 3X a day.
*ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Pleurisy Root) ROOT. Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 30-90/ drops. Capsules,
#00, 1-3, all to 3X a day.
AVENA (A. sativa, A. fatua, Oats, Wild Oats.) UNRIPE FRESH
SEED, w/"Milky" center. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 10-20 drops,/ to
4X a day. STRAW (dry stems). Standard Infusion, 4-8 ounces.
BAPTISIA (Wild Indigo Root) ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 65% alcohol],
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Tincture [1:2],/both taken 10-25 drops, to 3X
a day. USE WITH CARE; better long term in formulas
BAROSMA (Agothasma, Buchu) LEAVES. Cold Infusion (rewarmed) 1-3
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 80%/alcohol], 30-60 drops in water. Both
forms to 4X a day.
Bayberry see Myrica BERBERIS VULGARIS (Common Barberry) ROOT.
Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-60 drops. Cold Infusion, 1-3
/ounces. Capsules, #00, 1-3. All to 3X a day. See MAHONIA
(Oregon/Grape) as well.
Betony see Pedicularis
Black Cohosh see Cimicifuga
Blue Cohosh see Caulophyllum
Blue Flag see Iris
Bugleweed see Lycopus
Burdock see Arctium
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS (European Marigold) FLOWERS. Tincture
[Fresh Flowers, 1:2, Dry Flowers, 1:5, 70% alcohol] 15-30
drops, to 4X a day. Dilute with several parts of water for
topical use.
CAPSICUM (Cayenne, African Bird Peppers) FRUIT. Tincture [1:5,
95% alcohol] 5-15 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2
Catnip see Nepeta
*CAULOPHYLLUM (Blue Cohosh) RHIZOME/ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 60%
alcohol] 5-20 drops, usually in formula context.
CEANOTHUS (Red Root, New Jersey Tea) ROOT.Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root,/1:5, 50% alcohol]
30-90 drops, to 4X a day.
Celery see Apium
CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS (Selenicereus, Peniocereus, Night-Blooming
Cereus) FRESH STEMS. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 5-15 drops
(Selenicereus spp.); /10-25 drops, (Peniocereus greggii).
Either one to 4X a day.
CHIMAPHILA (Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine) HERB. Tincture [Fresh
Plant, 1:2, Dry plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol), 20-50/drops, to 4X a
day. Standard Infusion 4-8 ounces.
CINNAMOMUM (Cinnamon, Canela) BARK. Standard Infusion 2-4
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol, 5%/glycerin] 20-50 drops,
both to 4X a day. ESSENTIAL OIL. 2-5 drops in/ capsule.
COMMIPHORA (Myrrh Gum) RESIN. Tincture [ 1:5, 95% alcohol]
5-20 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2,/ both to 3X a day. Topically,
dilute tincture with water as needed.
Dandelion see Taraxacum
Devil's Claw see Harpagophytum
Devil's Club see Oplopanax
Dong Quai see Angelica sinense
ERIODICTYON (Yerba Santa) LEAVES (from current year's growth).
Tincture [Fresh Herb, 1:2, Dry Herb, 1:5, 75% alcohol] 20-30
drops, to 5X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces/as needed.
ERYNGIUM YUCCAFOLIUM (Eryngo, Rattlesnake Master, Button
Snakeroot) WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture, 1:2, 15-30 drops
in warm water. ROOT. Weak Decoction, 4-8 ounces. Dry Root
Tincture, [1:5, 60%/alcohol], 20-40 drops, in cup of water. All
forms to 4X a day.
Fennel Seed see Foeniculum
FOENICULUM (Fennel Seed) SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol]
30-60 drops in warm water as needed. Standard Infusion as
needed.
*FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS (Ocotillo) FRESH BARK. Tincture, [1:2]
10-30 drops, to 4X a day.
*GELSEMIUM (Yellow Jasmine) ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root 1:2,
Dry Root, 1:10, 65% alcohol] 2-10/drops. DANGEROUS IN LARGER
DOSES
Ginseng see Panax
*GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (Licorice) ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50%
alcohol] 3-60 drops. Strong Decoction, 1-3/ounces, either to 3X
a day. Can occasion sodium retention.
HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS (Devil's Claw) TUBERS. Capsules, #0,
2-4 in evenings. Cold Infusion 4-6 ounces/similarly. Strong
Tincture [1:2, 60% alcohol], 1/2 to 1 teaspoons. / Some
recommend that two weeks on and two weeks off is the best
approach to Devil's Claw. I have found a month of continuous
use is the best/way to begin.
Horehound see Marrubium
*HYDRASTIS (Golden Seal) ROOT and LEAF. Fresh Plant Tincture
[1:2], 15-30 drops. Dry Root/Tincture, [1:5, 70% alcohol] 20-50
drops. Dry Herb Tincture [1:5, 60%/alcohol] 30-75 drops all the
above to 4X a day. Dry Root capsules #00,/2-4, to 3X a day.
Standard Infusion of leaf 1-3 ounces, to 4X a day. The root is
only partially soluble in water and should not be wasted/in tea;
this old friend is disappearing in the wild.
Inmortal see Asclepias asperula
*IRIS VERSICOLOR, I. MISSOURIENSIS (Blue Flag) RHIZOME.
Tincture [1:5, 80% alcohol], 5-20 drops to 3X a day. / USE WITH
CARE.
JUNIPERUS (Juniper) BERRIES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol],
20-40 drops. Standard Infusion, 2-3 oz., to 3X a day. LEAVES:
Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces, or boiled/ for inhalation. For
short term use; may irritate the kidneys eventually.
LARREA (Chaparral, Gobernadora, Creosote Bush) LEAFING
BRANCHES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol], 20-60 drops.
Capsules,/#00, 2-4 a day. Strong Decoction for topical use.
*LEONURUS CARDIACA (Motherwort) FLOWERING HERB. Tincture
[Fresh Plant 1:2, Recent Dry Plant, 1:5, 60%/ alc.] 30-60 drops,
to 4X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces.
Licorice see Glycyrrhiza
LIGUSTICUM PORTERI (Osha, Chuchupate, Mountain Lovage) ROOT.
Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol],
20-60/drops up to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-6 ounces, as
needed.
LOMATIUM DISSECTUM (Leptotaenia, Biscuit Root) ROOT. Tincture
[Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol], 10-30/ drops up to
4X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-3 ounces also to 4X a day.
LYCOPUS (Bugleweed, Water Horehound) HERB. Fresh Plant
Tincture [1:2] 15-40 drops, to 3X a day. Standard/ Infusion of
recent plant, 2-3 ounces, also to 3X a day.
MAHONIA (Oregon Grape, Algerita) SAME as Berberis.
MARRUBIUM (Horehound) FLOWERING HERB. Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2,/ Dry Plant, 1:5, 50%
alcohol], 30-90 drops, both to 4X a day.
MENYANTHES (Buckbean, Bogbean) WHOLE PLANT. Tincture [Fresh
Plant, 1:2, Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol],/ 10-30 drops, to 3X a
day. Cold Infusion, 1-2 ounces, also to 3X a day.
Milk Thistle see Silybum
Motherwort see Leonurus
Myrrh see Commiphora
MYRICA (Bayberry) BARK and ROOTBARK. Tincture [Fresh Bark,
1:2, Dry Bark, 1:5, 60% alc.] 20-60 drops.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>by Michael Moore>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Copyright 1995 by Michael Moore. Use it, share it, just don't
sell it
or change it in any way (unless you get my permission)
CONTENTS:
INTRO:
1.MOUTH/NOSE/EYES/EARS
1.1 LIP and SKIN BUTTER
1.2 TOOTH POWDER (Michael's)
1.3 TOOTH POWDER (Jared's)
2.GASTRO-INTESTINAL
2.1 STOMACH TEA
2.2 LAXATIVE TEA
2.3 COMFREY-MINT-LEMON TEA
2.4 PAPAYA-MINT-LEMON TEA
2.4 COLON TONIC (Modified Thomsonian)
2.5 BITTER TONIC
2.6 ILEO-CECAL TONIC
2.7 CATNIP-FENNEL TINCTURE
2.8 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL (Modified)
3.LIVER/BILIARY
3.1 LIVER TONIC
3.2 ROBERT'S BILIARY FORMULA
3.3 ALTERATIVE TEA
3.4 LIVER DEFICIENCY TINCTURE
3.5 LIVER EXCESS TINCTURE
4.RESPIRATORY
4.1 DECONGESTANT TEA
4.2 WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
4.3 OSHA COUGH SYRUP
4.4 COMPOUND SYRUP OF RED ROOT
4.5 WINTER SOLSTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP
4.6 MONARDA HONEY
4.7 TONSILLITIS FORMULA
4.8 ALLERGY FORMULA
5.REPRODUCTIVE
5.1 CANDIDA FORMULA
5.2 FEMALE BALANCER
5.3 MENOPAUSE: EARLY FORMULA
5.4 MENOPAUSE: LATER FORMULA
5.5 PMS FORMULA, LONG CYCLE
5.6 PMS FORMULA, SHORT CYCLE
5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES
5.8 HPV (Venereal Wart) SUPPOSITORIES
5.9 CANDIDA DOUCHE
5.10 HAYDEN'S VIBURNUM COMPOUND(Modified)
6.URINARY TRACT
6.1 URINARY TINCTURE (all purpose)
6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
7.LYMPH/IMMUNE
7.1 LYMPH TONIC
7.2 IMMUNE STIMULANT #1
7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
7.4 LYMPH ANTI-EFFECT (for mumps, mono, etc.)
7.5 TONSILITIS FORMULA
7.6 IMMUNE TONIC
8.CARDIO-VASCULAR
8.1 GREASEBALL HYPERTENSION
8.2 HYPOTENSION FORMULA (Kidney deficient)
8.3 TACHYCARDIA FORMULA
8.4 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT
8.5 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FORMULA (health alright, memory bad)
9.TOPICAL
9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT
9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)
9.3 MUSCLE BALM
9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE"
9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT
9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE
9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE
10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 RELAXING TEA
10.2 NERVE TONIC
10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA
10.4 V's NERVE TONIC
10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT
10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend
uses)
10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)
10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER
10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER
11.ACUTE DISEASE
11.1 EGO CAPSULES
12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC
12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP
12.2 DETOX FORMULA
13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN
13.1 FIVE MINT TEA
13.2 ROOT TEA
13.3 FLOWER TEA
13.4 MESOMARBLES
13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)
SIMPLE SYRUP
MATERIA MEDICA
INTRO: These are a variety of formulas I have used in my business
and practice over the years. Some are elegant, some are silly and
trivial, some are very useful therapeutic formulas. I have mixed
them all together with little by way of editorializing. Some of
the herbs are readily available in commerce, some are obscure,
since I have been gathering, selling, using, teaching and writing
about herbs in the Western United States for 25 years and have
come to know a lot of useful plants not often encountered in
commerce.
Many former students market them commercially, but since I try to
teach bioregional herbalism, they TOO are mostly in business in
the west. Herbs Etcetera of Santa Fe, Dragon River Herbals,
Wyoming Wildcrafters, Bisbee Botanicals, The Herbalist (Seattle)
and The Herb Store are some of the more visibly marketed of these
lines (there are many more with a more local focus) and some of
these obscure herbs are now to be found in the catalogues of
Eclectic Institute, The Herb Pharm, Herbalist and Alchemist and
Blessed Herbs.
Anyway, scrambling around to try and locate some weird exotic
'cause Moore says so isn't the point. I have offered some
substitutes, if you know YOUR herbs real well make your own
substitutes and otherwise just try the stuff that you can get the
herbs for.
I have always maintained that formulas are the LEAST important
part of herbalism anyway. You can get the same effects from 100
different variations of various herbs. You need to know the craft
well in order to get the same end result using other paths, but
the actual formula isn't all that important...knowing the palette
is.
Anytime I see references to some "secret formula" I walk away.
The VAST majority of physiologic reactions produced by herbs are
repeated OVER and OVER endlessly in different plants, the
physiologic effects that are beneficial in plants that are
ingested are really only a few.
Although a specific herb may offer a subtle range of physiologic
colors that warrant a homeopathic profile or a classic Eclectic
Specific Indication separating its energy completely from other
herbs, mixing stuff together reduces the subtleties to a gentle
grey noise and you are left with the predominate effects.
The Eclectics often raged against polypharmacy for the simple
reason that botanical subtleties are lost. At the very same time
most of them grimaced and ended up using formulas most of the
time. They are simpler, effective, and, since most disease is
self-limiting and not always so subtle, often all that's needed.
Besides, having a bunch of useful formulas around the house (or,
if you are a practitioner or physician, around the clinic) covers
most bases and allows YOU to control the resources. You don't
need to go trundling about seeing an Eclectic M.D. (100 years
ago) or trying to figure out where to find a professional
herbalist in the yellow pages (there aren't many of us).
Most formulas I use these days are made for a specific person,
and are the end product of constitutional evaluations and
counseling.
For the 20 years I SOLD herbs, I put together a number of these
formulas to wholesale, knowing that, without a Professional
Herbalist (giggle) around, the formulas needed to be shotguns,
covering the common problems that herbs are most appropriate for,
and where subtleties are unnecessary (or could not be defined
legally on the label and therefore could not be communicated to
the innocent user).
Besides, if you can't make it simple, you don't know what you're
doing. When we pack for our endless numbers of field trips we
pile boxes with enough tinctures, salves, fluidextracts, patches
and herbal junk to outfit a dispensatory for a practicing
Physiomedicalist in 1885 (another one of those schools of Medical
Practice long extinct, may Flexner be cursed!).
What we ACTUALLY end up using, however, if we get sick, are those
same old formulas I used to wholesale. We always run out of
Neutralizing Cordial, Hayden's Viburnum Compound, the latest
version of some analgesic balm I put together in pharmacy lab and
Mouth Tincture. We dutifully drag back all the subtle stuff until
the next field trip.
I figure it's our version of the gallon jars of organic soybeans
and mung beans (for sprouting) that were bought in the holy flush
of some dietary asceticism in 1987 and, in over 470,000
households across this land, get dragged sheepishly from house to
house with NOBODY willing to either use them or risk Bad Karma
Points by tossing them...an alternative lifestyle equivalent of
the Christmas Fruitcake from Hell, and related to the Ma Rollers,
Pyramid Hats, New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel Extract bottles,
Willard Water and the half-finished Orgon Box that clutter the
symbolic attics of those of us that have resided in North
American Alternative Village.
1.MOUTH/NOSE/EYES/EARS
1.1 LIP and SKIN BUTTER
20 ounces Almond Oil
1/2 pound Anhydrose Lanolin
8 ounces Glycerin
3 3/4 ounces Beeswax
5-10 drops of Essential Oil
Over low heat, dissolve the lanolin in the almond oil, add the
glycerin and stir until all three are dispersed. Add the
finely-chopped beeswax, stirring until just melted, add the
essential oil, and pour the salve into containers. Stir the
pot frequently and pour as quickly as reasonable. If you take
too long the lanolin and glycerin may begin to separate.
1.2 TOOTH POWDER (Michael's)
Arrowroot Powder 12 ounces.
Orris Root Powder 4 ounces
Baking Powder 1 ounce
Licorice Root Powder 1 ounce
Myrrh Gum Powder 1 ounce
Cloves, fresh pwd. 1 ounce
Cinnamon, fresh pwd. 1 ounce
Yerba Mansa Powder 1 ounce
Peppermint Oil 20 drops
Wintergreen Oil 10 drops.
Thoroughly mix all constituents, blend briefly in 1/2 cup batches
and remix.
1.3 TOOTH POWDER (Jared's)
Orris Root Powder 4 ounces
Arrowroot 4 ounces
Myrrh Gum 2 ounces
Licorice Root 1.5 ounces
White Oak Bark 1.5 ounces
Golden Seal Root 1 ounce
Bistort Root 1 ounce
Peppermint Oil 1/2 teaspoon
Mix powdered herbs thoroughly with the Peppermint Oil.
2.GASTRO-INTESTINAL
2.1 STOMACH TEA
Star Anise 3 parts
Ginger Root 2 parts
Papaya Leaf 2 parts
Fennel Seed 2 parts
Camomile 2 parts
Comfrey Leaf 2 parts
Peppermint (or Poleo) 2 parts
Angelica or Calamus 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion as needed for dyspepsia or mild
gastritis.
2.2 LAXATIVE TEA
Psyllium Seed 3 parts
Licorice Root 3 parts
Rhubarb Root 2 parts
Senna Pods (crushed) 2 parts
Angelica Root 2 parts
Drink as a simple infusion in evening.
2.3 COMFREY-MINT-LEMON TEA
Comfrey Leaf 3 parts
Peppermint 2 parts
Lemon Balm 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion for gastritis and pre-ulcer pain
2.4 PAPAYA-MINT-LEMON TEA
Papaya Leaf 3 parts
Spearmint 2 parts
Lemon Grass 1 part
Drink as a simple infusion for indigestion and disempacho
2.4 COLON TONIC (Modified Thomsonian)
Cascara Sagrada 2 parts
Oregon Grape 2 parts
Cayenne 1 part
Ginger Root 1 part
Lobelia 1 part
Rhubarb Root 1 pt.
Stimulates peristalsis for chronic constipation of long duration.
2 "00" caps with water, morning and evening. When feces soften
up go to 1 capsule twice a day
2.5 BITTER TONIC
Gentian Root 2 parts
Quassia Wood 2 parts
(or Castela) (2 parts)
Angelica Root/Seed 2 parts
Cardamon Seed .5 part
Bayberry Bark .5 part
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol.
Best for chronic conditions, such as recovering anorectics,
achlorhydria, chemotherapy queasiness. Take 10-15 minutes before
meal..5-15 drops.
2.6 ILEO-CECAL TONIC
Chaparro Amargosa or Quassia 4 parts
Bistort Root
(or Geranium or Heuchera) 4 parts
Bayberry Bark 2 parts
Yerba Mansa Root 2 parts
Ginger Root 2 parts
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol.
Use for giardiasis, amebiasis, especially with ileo-cecal
irritability. With active diarrhea, take 1/2 teaspoon every 2
hours, alternating with 4 oz. skim milk. With poor milk
tolerance, use blackberry or pomegranate juice concentrate
...1-2 tablespoons, straight up.
2.7 CATNIP-FENNEL TINCTURE
Fresh Catnip Tincture 3 parts
(1:2, 95% alcohol)
Fennel Seed Tincture 3 parts
(1:5, 60% alcohol)
Licorice Root Tincture 1 part
(1:5, 50% alcohol)
15-30 drops as needed for acute gastritis or simple dyspepsia.
2.8 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL (Modified)
Rhubarb Tincture 80 ml
Cinnamon Tincture 64 ml
Hydrastis Tincture 40 ml
Spirit of Peppermint 8 ml
Potassium carbonate 16 grams
Simple Syrup 250 ml
Diluted alcohol (50%) 550 ml
Step 1. Dissolve 16 grams of potassium carbonate in 250 ml Simple
Syrup
Step 2. Mix the tinctures, spirit and diluted alcohol.
Step 3. Mix both liquids, stirring or blending until KCO3 is
dissolved.
Step 4. Add additional diluted alcohol to the total (if
necessary) to bring the total volume to 1000 ml.
Use a teaspoon or two for nausea, gas pains, dyspepsia, tenesmus,
diarrhea AND constipation. An elegant pharmaceutical that may be
the single closest thing to a universal GI tonic. Unfortunately
it is no longer made by any American manufacturer.
3.LIVER/BILIARY
3.1 LIVER TONIC
Barberry or Oregon Grape 2 parts
Milk Thistle Seed 2 parts
Chaparral (Larrea) 1 part
Toadflax (Linaria) 1 part
Echinacea 1 part
Burdock Rt or Seed 1 part
Yellow Dock 1 part
Leptandra or Blue Flag Rt 1 part
An old-fashioned "shotgun" formula. Grind well and encapsulate.
Echinacea is the only one of these herb that deteriorates in a
powdered form, so the best compromise would be to keep it as a
rather coarse grind, the rest as fine a powder as desired.
Useful for passive liver "heaviness", with periodic light stools
and/or frontal headaches brought on by overeating or eating rich
foods when tired.
Look for greasy hair, acne on the cheeks (both kinds of cheeks)
and acne around the mouth.
It should be tried for those that regularly work with solvents or
that drink regularly, whether in moderation or excess. In
general, for those that regularly eat before going to bet and are
slow in waking, grouchy and sluggish in the morning...they also
have to cut back on the snacks.
DOSE:
Pronounced liver dysfunction, but w/out pathology: 2 caps, 3X a
day. No overt symptoms, but having many of the risks mentioned: 1
cap, 3X a day.
3.2 ROBERT'S BILIARY FORMULA
Chionanthus (Fringetree) 1 part
Euonymus (Wahoo) 1 part
Piper methysticum (Kava) 1 part
Leptandra (Culver's Root) 1 part
Marshmallow Root 1 part
Powder the herbs and encapsulate. 1 capsule after each meal and
one just before sleeping. A biliary laxative and gallstone
preventative, it is also useful for cholecystalgia or biliary
colic. Larger doses can be irritating; it is better to use the
smaller dosages recommended, allowing a day or two to see if they
help.
3.3 ALTERATIVE TEA
Sassafras Bark 2 parts
Sarsaparilla Root 2 parts
Burdock Root 1 part
Echinacea Root 1 part
A simple drinkable tea for low-level chronic liver, metabolic and
immuno-depressed states...a couple of cups a day, made from a
rounded teaspoon in 8 oz.water, brought to a boil and removed
from the heat and allowed to cool.
3.4 LIVER DEFICIENCY TINCTURE
Mahonia (Oregon Grape) 2 parts
Yellow Dock Root 2 parts
Buckbean 2 parts
Pleurisy Root 2 parts
Blue Flag Root 1 part
Ocotillo Bark 1 part
Mix from tinctures, with Mahonia, Yellow Dock, Pleurisy Root and
Blue Flag made from dry herb, and Buckbean (if possible) and
Ocotillo (mandatory) made as fresh tinctures. Take 30 drops,
morning, afternoon and before retiring. A constitutional tonic
for those with catabolic or adrenergic excess.
3.5 LIVER EXCESS TINCTURE
Burdock Root FE 2 parts
Dandelion Root FE 2 parts
Milk Thistle Seeds 2 parts
Larrea 1 part
Tribulus (Puncture Vine) 1 part
Mix from Burdock and Dandelion Fluidextracts (1:1 strength)
strong Milk Thistle Seed Tincture (1:2, 75% alcohol), dry Larrea
and Tribulus tinctures (1:5) Use 30-60 drops to 3X a day, and
decrease protein and fat consumption by at least one third. A
constitutional tonic for those with anabolic excess.
4.RESPIRATORY
4.1 DECONGESTANT TEA
Ma Huang 3 parts
Mormon Tea 3 parts
Yerba Santa 3 parts
Coltsfoot Leaves 3 parts
Cubeb Berries 2 parts
Drink frequently as an infusion. If you find it interferes with
sleep or makes you jittery, lessen or delete the Ma Huang.
4.2 WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
White Pine Bark
(or Balsam Root) 3 oz.
Wild Cherry Bark 3 oz.
Spikenard Root 1/2 ounce
Poplar Buds 1/2 ounce
Blood Root 1/4 ounce
Percolate with 50% alcohol until you have reached 16 ounces.
Add 12 ounces of simple syrup
OR
add 8 ounces of honey and 4 ounces of glycerin
4.3 OSHA COUGH SYRUP
Osha Tincture 1 part
White Pine Compound 4 parts
Mix well and PARTY UP!
4.4 COMPOUND SYRUP OF RED ROOT
Red Root Tops 4 ounces
Red Root Rootbark 4 ounces
Wild Lettuce 4 ounces
Black Cohosh 1 ounce
Pleurisy Root 1 ounce
Wild Ginger Root 1/2 ounce
Lobelia inflata 1/4 ounce
Bloodroot 1/4 ounce
Tincture 1:2 with 65% alcohol, (30 ounces) put it aside, add
water to the percolation and drip another part (15 ounces), then
add 1 part Simple Syrup (15 ounces) "Coughs, pulmonary and
hepatic affections" (Kings)
4.5 WINTER SOLSTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP
Wild Cherry Bark 4 ounces
White Pine Bark 3 ounces
Osha Root 3 ounces
Elecampane Root 3 ounces
Balsam Root 2 ounces
Sweet Root 2 ounces
Licorice Root 2 ounces
Percolation I: 50% alcohol, 30 oz.
Percolation II: 25% alcohol, open ended.
Evaporate Perc II down to 10 ounces, add to Perc I to make 40
ounces total.
Add 20 ounces of Monarda Honey, and 10 ounces glycerin.
4.6 MONARDA HONEY
Fresh Monarda Flowers stuffed tightly into a mason jar, Honey
added, and topped off several times (until bubbles work
completely out and flowers are saturated and covered), kept
around for a month or two, pressed out.
4.7 TONSILITIS FORMULA
Red Root 4 parts
Myrrh 2 parts
Bayberry 2 parts
Make from the individual tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
Take 1/2 teaspoon in 2 tablespoons of hot water, gargle well and
swallow every 2 hours.
4.8 ALLERGY FORMULA
Yerba Mansa 4 parts
Yerba Santa 4 parts
Bayberry 3 parts
Ambrosia 2 parts
Horehound 2 parts
Oregon Grape 1 parts
Mix herbs as tinctures, or tincture 1:5, 60% alcohol
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
This is for the relief of seasonal allergies and resultant
secondary hyper-sensitivities.
5.REPRODUCTIVE
5.1 CANDIDA FORMULA
Dandelion FE 2 parts
Pau D'Arco FE 2 parts
Castela or Quassia Tinct 2 parts
Larrea Tinct 1 part
Sweet Root Tinct 1 part
Mix formula with fluidextracts and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
A gradual, no die-off approach to alleviating symptoms of
systemic candidiasis.
5.2 FEMALE BALANCER
Vitex agnus-castus Tinct 3 parts
Black Cohosh Tinct 2 parts
Dandelion FE 2 parts
Motherwort Tinct 2 parts
Oregon Grape Root Tinct 1 part
Mix with fluidextract and tinctures.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
This helps to regulate chronically short estrus cycles, with
aggravated anabolic
metabolism.
5.3 MENOPAUSE: EARLY FORMULA
Vitex agnus-castus Tinct 3 parts
Yellow Dock Tinct 2 parts
Sarsaparilla Tinct 2 parts
Peony Tinct 2 parts
Nuphar Tinct 1 part
American Ginseng Tinct 1 part
Mix using tinctures, since some are best fresh, some best dry
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For women in earlier stages of menopause when erratic cycles and
flooding result from increasingly disorganized corpus luteal
progesterone production.
5.4 MENOPAUSE: LATER FORMULA
Motherwort 3 parts
Devil's Club 3 parts
Black Cohosh 2 parts
Licorice 2 parts
Bugleweed 2 parts
Dong Quai 1 part
Blue Cohosh 1 part
Mix from tinctures or make 1:5, 60% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For women in the later stages of menopause when ovulation has
nearly ceased and the main symptoms arise not from erratic
progesterone levels, but from the hypothalamus and pituitary
attempts to increase diminished estrogen levels.
5.5 PMS FORMULA, LONG CYCLE
Vitex 3 parts
Devil's Club 2 parts
Black Cohosh 2 parts
Oregon Grape Root 2 parts
Peony 2 parts
Inmortal 2 parts
Anemone (Pulsatilla) 1 part
Mix as tinctures, since the Anemone MUST be made fresh, the Peony
is BETTER fresh, the rest can or should be made dry.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For symptoms that start just before menses, deriving from weak
progesterone levels with a premature rise in estrogen before
menstruation; the cycle is generally longer than 28 days.
Problems include rapid-onset water-retention, headaches, joint
pain,and labile emotions.
5.6 PMS FORMULA, SHORT CYCLE
Dandelion FE 3 parts
Red Root tincture 3 parts
Yellow Dock tincture 2 parts
Yerba Mansa tincture 2 parts
Bugleweed tincture 2 parts
Ocotillo tincture 2 parts
Celery Seed tincture 1 part
Make from the fluidextract and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
For symptoms that may start a week before menses, with the
estrogen phase short, the progesterone phase strong, and the
anabolic dominance showing as late-night energy, sweating,
irritability, craving for proteins and fats (but with poor
digestion), pelvic congestion (aggravated by fatty foods), and
premenstrual acne.
5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES
*Echinacea Fluidextract 30 ml.
Calendula Tincture 10 ml.
Glycerin 175 ml.
Gelatin (Pharmaceutical Grade) 25 grams
(* you can obtain the same results by slowly evaporating 5 ounces
of Echinacea Tincture down to 1 ounce of milky-grey liquid and
use that in place of the hard-to-come- by-unless-
you-make-it-yourself Fluidextract)
Heat the glycerin on a double boiler, add the Echinacea and
Calendula, and maintain at a low temperature for at least 30
minutes to evaporate off some of the alcohol. Add the gelatin
(preferably finely powdered) and whisk (or egg-beat) until the
gelatin is THOROUGHLY dissolved in the liquids. Don't leave any
little gelatinous solids...continue stirring until the liquid is
a clear grey-brown syrup.
Fill a plastic roll of disposable 3 or 5 ml suppository molds up
to the top of the form line. A small turkey baster (no jokes
O.K.?) is the easiest tool for this. The mixture should make
80-100 suppositories.
The usual two-piece hard plastic or metal suppository molds,
although reusable, work TERRIBLY for gelatin-based suppositories,
fine for glycerin or cocoa butter types.
USE: A suppository should be inserted at night into the vagina
and as close to the cervix as practical. Gelatin-based
suppositories do not melt like those made with cocoa butter or
gelatin...instead they dissolve slowly over 8-12 hours,
maintaining the herb presence for long enough to facilitate
resolution and stimulate regeneration of the tissues. This can be
continued for many days if necessary.
CLAUSE: If it causes inflammation, stop. I know of no instance
where the constituents have caused this reaction, but anything is
possible. It is better to deal with such a condition,
particularly if a class 2 or class 3 smear is involved, when you
can monitor the cervix yourself with a speculum or can have it
done for you regularly by a nurse-practitioner or midwife..
Cervical erosion, of course, is CAUSED by something and
stimulating membrane healing is not likely to help much in the
long run unless you deal at least to some degree with underlying
causes.
VEGETARIAN NOTE: Yes, gelatin comes from animals. No, Agar Agar
and the like are NOT reasonable substitutes. Use gelatin or
don't; it's up to you, since I know of no appropriate vegetable
substitute.
There ARE refined pharmaceutical colloids that are substituted
for gelatin, but they are the refined by-products of it anyway,
far more expensive, harder to get...and MUCH further from the
source.
CAUSES: One common cause is diminished estrogen availability to
the cervical membranes: if cycles are consistently longer than 29
or 30 days, you might consider one of the reproductive tonics or
simply Don Quai; if you have extended bouts of pelvic congestion,
with hemorrhoid and/or varicose vein flare-ups, you might try a
liver tonic, ileo-cecal tonic or colon tonic.
Another common cause is a chronically imbalanced vaginal
flora...sometimes from a Candida infection, sometimes from a
subtler bacterial vaginosis condition. Both are helped by
lactobacillus presence, both through diet and/or douche;
candidiasis is highly reactive to sugars (both good and bad),
fermented foods and booze...and is usually worse AFTER menses;
bacterial vaginosis is not blood-sugar reactive, and is often
worse between ovulation and menses.
These are thumb-nail pictures and the conditions are highly
variable, and not all are treatable through personal measures.
Besides, this does NOT involve the thumbnail.
SOURCES: The roles of perforated molds can be obtained from a
number of pharmaceutical supply houses. Every pharmacy has these
catalogues, and any reasonable pharmacist should be willing to
locate a source, tack on a moral profit, and order them for you.
Although unusual, your order is perfectly legal and you have an
obvious right to request and obtain the product. The pharmacist
is either
A) lazy,
B) so shell-shocked by the times that he/she figures it must have
something to do with drug abuse and refuses on general principle
or
C) the pharmacist doesn't approve (also on general principle)
with folks making their own medicine and D) they used to have
their own drug store, got driven out of business by the chains,
are now working FOR the chains and understandably hate the world.
Simply explain that you will take your business elsewhere. Then,
TAKE your business elsewhere, preferably to a smaller, personally
owned drug store. Look for a drugstore named after somebody...
like Jack's or Garcia's, or named after a brand of toilet
tissue...like Regent's or Deluxe or Standard, or after a
neighborhood, like Midtown, Uptown or Lakeside.
Establishing a rapport with an adventurous and inquisitive
pharmacist is VERY important if you wish to make anything more
than teas and tinctures. After all, most herb formulating derives
directly from the pharmacy of 50 or 100 years ago. They can order
glycerin, anhydrous lanolin, potassium carbonate, even beeswax
and colophony or rosin. It's in their catalogues...as is simple
syrup, coca-cola syrup, even White Pine Compound.
5.8 HPV (Venereal Wart) SUPPOSITORIES
Echinacea Fluidextract 30 ml
Glycerin 175 ml
Gelatin (N.F.) 25 grams
Thuja Oil 5 ml
Make the same way as the previous, but add the highly evaporative
Thuja Oil to the dissolved syrup JUST before you begin to pour
into the molds. Each suppository ends up containing about a drop
of Thuja Oil...very easily tolerated.
USE: The same as the previous, although it may need to be
continued for month or more, and some herbs should be taken
internally as well, such as Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh),
Echinacea, Trillium (fresh plant tincture only), Nuphar, Lomatium
(it seems to help for some reason) and Thuja tincture (for its
moderate anti-viral effects against papillomavirus).
CAUSE: Sexual transmission...long ago or recently.
CLAUSE: This condition presents a big potential risk for
women...long term. The number of sexual partners one has (any
gender), the greater the likelihood of picking it up. It also
doesn't go away, just go dormant, like herpes or plantar warts (a
related virus).
You're in a monogamous relationship for ten years, your partner
has a parent die and you've both just moved: if they break out in
venereal warts it MIGHT only be the stress...and a flareup of
something they had 15 years ago. It also might be the stress
COMBINED with some R&R with a new friend.
5.9 CANDIDA DOUCHE
MIX IN A BLENDER JUST BEFORE USING:
Witch Hazel Extract (commercial) 3 tablespoons
Golden Seal Tincture 1 teaspoon
(or Oregon Grape Root (1/2 teaspoon)
WITH Anemopsis (1 teaspoon)
Warm Water 1 pint
Table Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Yogurt, live culture 3-4 tablespns
Douche once in the evening, either every second or third day.
Eat,if possible, 6-8 ounces of live culture yogurt a day, and
check urine pH in the morning with a teststrip...it should be
under 7.0 and above 6.0, i.e. slightly acidic.
If frequently alkaline (above 7.0), decrease carbohydrates
(especially fruits and sweets and tubers) and increase proteins.
If too acidic, modify in the other direction.
5.10 HAYDEN'S VIBURNUM COMPOUND(Modified)
Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium) 1.5 ounces
Cramp Bark (V. opulus) 1.0 ounce
Trillium (dried) 1.0 ounce
(OR Cotton Root Bark (1.0 ounce)
Dioscorea (Wild Yam) .5 ounce
Skullcap (recently dried) .25 ounce
Cloves 1.0 ounce
Cinnamon Bark .75 ounce
Orange Peel .5 ounce
Grind herbs together, moisten with a few tablespoons of alcohol,
and let sit, covered, overnight. Tincture with 50% alcohol
menstruum to a 1:4 tincture (about 26 ounces).
Add 6.5 ounces (by volume) of Simple Syrup to bring the final
strength to 1:5. You MAY substitute equal parts of glycerin and
honey for the syrup, but it tastes weird.
Take 1-3 teaspoons in HOT water for Killer Kramps, particularly
of it is a problem that only happens every few months, or occurs
only the first night of menstruation. Regular monthly
dysmennorhea from organic causes, rarely responds very well to
H.V.C. This is the Queen of Cramp Remedies
6.URINARY TRACT
6.1 URINARY TINCTURE (all purpose)
Buchu Leaves 3 parts
Juniper berries 2 parts
Yerba Mansa 2 parts
Pipsissewa 2 parts
Eryngium yuccafolium 1 part
Mix as tinctures or make 1:5, with 65% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) in 8 ounces of water, 3 to 4
times a day.
A general diuretic and antimicrobial for water retention and mild
urinary tract infections.
6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
Nettle Leaf 1 part
Red Clover Tops 1 part
Alfalfa 1 part
Horsetail (optional) (1 part)
Drink the hot or cold tea freely. If under metabolic stress you
might even use the tea as your main liquid. Good for acid urine,
uric acid kidney stones, post-op recovery, PMS acidity and as
part of an osteoporosis regimen.
7.LYMPH/IMMUNE
7.1 LYMPH TONIC
Burdock Root 8 parts
Red Root 6 parts
Echinacea Root 6 parts
Ocotillo 4 parts
Stillingia Root 2 parts
Yerba Mansa Root 2 parts
Aristolochia serpentaria 1 part
Blue Flag 1 part
Pike Root 1 part.
Mix from the individual tinctures, and add 5% glycerin.
A general tonic for moderate chronic immunosuppression, not for
acute conditions. 60 drops 4X a day.
7.2 IMMUNE STIMULANT #1
Echinacea Root 4 parts
Red Root 3 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Myrrh Gum 2 parts
Ocotillo 2 parts
Stillingia 1 part
Aristolochia 1 part
Baptisia 1 part
Arnica 1 part
Capsicum 1 part
Mix from the separate tinctures. Use 30-60 drops in 2 to 4
ounces of hot water every 3 hours during acute infections in
adrenalin stress folks or those with a tendency to cold hands and
feet and who seldom break a sweat when sick. Best taken in hot
water. Bon a petit!
7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
Echinacea 4 parts
Red Root 2 parts
Osha 2 parts
Yerba Mansa 2 parts
Calendula 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Thuja plicata 1 part
Mix from the tinctures.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 to 4 times a day.
Used to stimulate resistance to short-term infections in the
immune-competant who sweat easily, tend to a mesomorph
somatotype, anabolic and "yangy".
7.4 LYMPH ANTI-EFFECT (for mumps, mono, etc.)
Ocotillo 3 parts
Echinacea 3 parts
Polymnia 2 parts
Red Root 2 parts
Poke Root 1 part
Arnica 1 part
Make from the individual tinctures, adding 5% glycerin.
Take 30 drops with warm water every half hour until mild overload
symptoms of sweating, salivation, irritability and semi-nausea,
then back off to one dose 4-5 times a day.For active lymphatic
infections in strong adults.
7.5 TONSILITIS FORMULA
Red Root 4 parts
Myrrh 2 parts
Bayberry 2 parts
Make from the individual tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
Take 1/2 teaspoon in 2 tablespoons of hot water, gargle well and
swallow...every 2 hours.
7.6 IMMUNE TONIC
Echinacea 5 parts
Stillingia 2 parts
Lomatium dissectum 2 parts
Baptisia 1 part
Myrrh 1 part
Aristolochia 1 part
Mix from the tinctures, or make 1:5, 65% alcohol.
Use 30 drops (1 squirt) 2 or 3 times a day For stimulating those
with chronic immune suppression,associated with chronic
depression, slow viruses, mycosis, and immune suppression from
anti- inflammatories and chemotherapy
8.CARDIO-VASCULAR
8.1 GREASEBALL HYPERTENSION
Equisetum 4 parts
Dandelion Root 4 parts
Passion Flower 3 parts
Crataegus 2 parts
Prickly Ash 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Aristolochia serpentaria 1 part
Tincture 1:4 with 50% alcohol, after setting two days moistened.
1/2 teaspoon 2X a day, with a blood anti-viscosity agent, such as
Red Root, Vit.E or an aspirin.
8.2 HYPOTENSION FORMULA (Kidney deficient)
Kola Nuts 4 parts
Gotu Kola 3 parts
Licorice Root 2 parts
Korean red Ginseng 2 parts
Lily-of-the-Valley Root 1 part
Tincture 1:4, 50% alcohol
1/2 teaspoon AM and midday.
8.3 TACHYCARDIA FORMULA
Lycopus 3 parts
Leonurus 3 parts
Passiflora 2 parts
Crataegus 2 parts
Tincture 50%, 1:4
30-60 drops, 4X a day
8.4 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT
Prickly Ash Bark 3 parts
Ginger 2 parts
Inmortal Root 2 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Capsicum 1 part
Tincture 60%, 1:4 20-40 drops, 4X a day 30 drops before meals as
a bitter tonic, 30 drops before retiring.
8.5 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FORMULA (health alright, memory bad)
Prickly Ash 6 parts
Bayberry 4 parts
Aristolochia spp 2 parts
Selenicereus or relative 1 part
Red Ginseng (low BP) 1 part
(White Ginseng (normal or high BP)
(1 part)
Make with finished tinctures, add 5% glycerin.
9.TOPICAL
9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT
8 ounces Podophyllum Root
5 ounces Myrrh Tincture
12 ounces Olive Oil
10 Rosin (Colophony)
Some Beeswax
Percolate the Podophyllum Root in 95% alcohol for a 1:2 strong
tincture. Add the Myrrh Tincture, and evaporate both slowly over
a low heat to 2 fluid of sickening goo. Add the olive oil and
rosin, heat until all is dispersed, check for "set" on a metal
surface, and add an ounce or two of beeswax if necessary. Pour
into tins, and apply happily to your venereal warts or herpes
sores.
9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)
2 ounces Calendula Flowers
2 ounces Arnica Herb
2 ounces ethanol
24 ounces Olive Oil
6 ounce Hypericum Oil
1/2 ounce Cajeput Oil
5 ounces Beeswax
Make a 1:6 steeped oil with the Calendula and Arnica (as usual),
add the Hypericum Oil (made from the fresh flowers), heat slowly,
dissolve the beeswax, add the Cajeput (actually Tea Tree Oil, but
much cheaper by the older name), and pour into tins. Can also be
called OSFA Salve (One Size Fits All) or Rescue Grease or
Limbaugh Leech.
9.3 MUSCLE BALM
Poplar Bud Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Arnica Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Hypericum Oil (steeped) 2 ounces
Oil of Wintergreen 30 drops
Olive Oil 6 ounces
A Topically applied oil, used as an analgesic, counter-irritant,
and anti-inflammatory: 30-60 drops rubbed into the area aids
dispersal and resolution of exudates. It is to strong for a true
massage oil.
9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE"
Hypericum (fresh plant tincture) 3 parts
Calendula (fresh flower tincture) 2 parts
Arnica (fresh plant tincture) 1 part
Make by mixing tinctures, or if fortunate in timing, from the
fresh plants, using the volumes of compressed herbs for the
parts. Useful in acute conditions, such as sprains,contusions,
hyperextensions and muscular-skeletal trauma.
It should be applied topically and taken internally, (10-20
drops) both modalities every two hours for three or four rounds.
Taken internally it will also help for faintness and light
headedness resulting from parasympathetic or vagus discharge
caused by physical manipulation or trauma.
9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT
Tobacco (Bull Durham etc) 1 ounce
Baneberry Root 1 ounce
Datura Leaves (or Henbane) 1/2 ounce
Cayenne Pepper 1/4 ounce
(OR Ginger Root 1/2 ounce)
Rubbing Alcohol(70% isopropyl) 16 ounces.
Grind up the herbs together and soak them in the rubbing alcohol
(shaking daily) for two weeks. Apply the squeezed-out liniment
by hand or with a liniment-moistened cloth to sprains, bruises
and hyperextensions.
Wash your hands immediately AND, eventually, the parts the
liniment is applied to. Avoid touching your eyes, mouth or naught
bits until your hands are clean...for obvious (cayenne) reasons.
CLAUSE: Besides the previous, the smell is genially obnoxious and
proletariat.
9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE
Echinacea Purpurea Flowerheads 5 ounces
Alcohol 3 ounces
Olive Oil 35 ounces
Beeswax 7 ounces
Grind and sift the Echinacea Flowers (roots will not work). Mix
the alcohol with the flowers in a stainless steel bowl with a
lid, cover and let stand for at least 2-3 hours.
Blend the moistened herb with the olive oil in a hearty blender
(an Oster at high speed or a Vitamix at slow speed) until the
sides of the container get warm. Filter through muslin,
squeezing the marc as well as possible, and heat the oil slowly
in the top of a double boiler. Chop and add the beeswax,
continuing the low heat until the beeswax has melted. Pour into
containers.
Use freely for hemorrhoids, blisters, cold sores, stings,
vaginitis, anal fissures and any inflamed swellings
9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE
Golden Seal Herb (no root) 6 ounces
Alcohol 3 ounces
Ammonia Water (3-4% solution) 2 tablespoons
Olive Oil 35 ounces
Beeswax 7 ounces
Grind the herb, moisten with the alcohol THEN the ammonia water,
cover, and let stand for 2-3 hours. Proceed as with Echinacea
Salve. The ammonia is necessary to stabilize the alkaloids in
the Golden Seal.
You can omit it if you wish, but the end result is somewhat
inferior. The herb contains the same constituents as the root,
although with a shorter shelf-life, and using the leaf spares
this vanishing plant from further decimation through the digging
of wild plants (STILL the primary source of roots on the market).
10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
10.1 RELAXING TEA
Camomile Flowers 3 parts
Catnip 3 parts
Passion Flower 3 parts
Spearmint 2 parts
Lemon Balm 2 parts
Hops 2 parts
Viscum album 1 part
Drink the simple infusion as needed, particularly in the
evenings. If you know you will have trouble sleeping, start
drinking it BEFORE you can't sleep.
10.2 NERVE TONIC
Valerian 4 parts
Verbena 4 parts
Skullcap 4 parts
Passion Flower 4 parts
European Mistletoe 2 parts
Damiana 2 parts
Siberian Ginseng 2 parts
Cordydalis 1 part
3-6 "00" capsules as needed
Lower doses help anxieties, larger doses act as an overt
sedative. (Can be tinctured, 50% alcohol)
10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA
Bee Pollen 6 parts
Fu-tse (Cured Aconite) 4 parts
Mahonia 3 parts
6-12 caps a day, use at least 250 mg. of tyrosine a day, and add
the water-soluble vitamins such as B complex and C. Used to help
someone get through the first week of amphetamine or cocaine
withdrawal.
10.4 V's NERVE TONIC
Passiflora FE 5 ounces
Leonurus cardiaca 1 ounce
Crataegus 1 ounce
Verbena hastata 1 ounce
Hypericum (fresh) 1 ounce
Selenicereus (fresh) 1/2 ounce
Make from separate tinctures
Dose 60-90 drops as needed.
For physical agitation, nervousness, and stress palpitations
10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT
Hypericum (fresh) 6 parts
Aralia Berries (fresh) 5 parts
Licorice Root 4 parts
Oplopanax (fresh) 2 parts
Panax quinquefolium 1 part
Mix as tinctures.
Dose: 60-90 drops up to four times a day.
For morbid depression with congestion and dry mucosa
10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend
uses)
Syrian Rue 58 parts
Avena fatua (fresh) 58 parts
Panax (uncured) 58 parts
Rauwolfia 58 parts
Lobelia (fresh) 8 parts
Mix as tinctures
1/2 to 1 teaspoon, 3X a day
Antidepressant for adrenergic individuals
NOTE: As an Ayurvedic therapist, my friend has access to
Rauwolfia serpentina.
As a once widely used crude drug (the source of reserpine), it is
seldom to be found in herb commerce...and perhaps is illegal. I
personally have seldom used the plant, have always considered it,
like digitalis, a "True" crude drug best left to medicine.
With a body of experiential use in Ayurvedic Medicine, wherein my
friend has learned it, I would trust the use here. I have never
inquired as to his rather peculiar scheme of proportions.
I would have thought that the presence of what amounts to nearly
a quarter of the tincture of Rauwolfia to be an excessive
amount. In fact the formula is quite effective, and seems
relatively safe.
Since I feel perfectly comfortable using toxic herbs that I know
personally (I prefer the term "Low Dosage), including such poopoo
as Aconite, Gelsemium and Veratrum, herbs that cause fellow
herbalists who aren't familiar with their safe use to cringe and
scurry, I guess my reluctant attitude regarding the herbal use
of Rauwolfia is similarly the result of only knowing it "by rep"
and not as a specific entity.
10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)
Lupulin (Hops resin) 3 parts
Valerian Root 3 parts
Cannabis "shake" 2 parts
Tincture 1:4 in 65% alcohol.
When finished, add enough fresh Pulsatilla Tincture to bring
final strength to a 1:5 potency. As a narcotic-analgesic,
especially for referred visceral pain. Dose 15-45 drops as
needed. The Cannabis is, of course, completely illegal to possess
in ANY form.
With the increased use by authorities of the tactic of property
confiscation, wherein THEY keep YOUR stuff even if you never get
to court or are even charged with possession (and pigs will fly
before they ever give it back to you, since local police get to
keep most of the money they raise from auctioning it off), having
this plant is considerably riskier at present.
(Did I miss something when I learned about the Constitution in
Civic's Class??)
Those of you having a relationship to Cannabis dating from the
Old Days, with fond memories of youth, more hair, lower gravity
and Tie-Dye teeshirts should especially bear this in mind. Those
involved in the drug business, both those that deal and those
that chase, are MUCH weirder.
And what cost $10 20 years ago now costs $100-$200 (and the lid
is STILL short). Myself, I have this rather strange attitude
towards Cannabis. It's just another goddamm plant medicine, and I
REFUSE to take it all that seriously.
10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER
Skullcap 3 parts
Betony 3 parts
Cimicifuga 2 parts
Hypericum 2 parts
Gelsemium 1 part
Mix from the tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
To alleviate post-treatment myogenic and neurogenic discomfort
from body work, and lessen the tendency of the body to
immediately revert to patterning
10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER
Nettles 3 parts
Echinacea 3 parts
Devil's Claw 2 parts
Licorice 2 parts
Larrea 2 parts
Make from the tinctures or tincture 1:4 with 55% alcohol.
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day
To aid in and shorten the duration of connective tissue, fascia
and muscle regeneration after injury, infection or surgery; to
lessen free-radical damage to collagen and elastin from
inflammation that degrades into congestion. It also aids in
recuperation and healing from chronic tendonitis.
11.ACUTE DISEASE
11.1 EGO CAPSULES
Echinacea Root 2 parts
Garlic 2 parts
Osha Root 2 parts
Cayenne 1 part
2-4 capsules as needed for colds, flu, various viral junk.
SEE ALSO:7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2
12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC
12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP
Aralia Root 3 ounces
Oplopanax 2 ounces
Xanthoxylum Bark 2 ounces
Smilax (Sarsaparilla) 2 ounces
Burdock Root 2 ounces
Guaiacum or Stillingia 1 ounce
Sassafras or Sweet Root 1 ounce
Pipsissewa 1 ounce
Blue Flag Root 1 ounce
Tincture 1:3 with 65% alcohol, add 1 part water (15 oz.) and 1
part simple syrup or honey (15 oz.) to bring to a final 1:5
strength
12.2 DETOX FORMULA
Oregon Grape Root 3 parts
Silybum Fluidextract 2 parts
Larrea 2 parts
Yellow Dock 2 parts
Aristolochia watsonii 1 part
Mix from the fluidextract and tinctures
Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 3 or 4 times a day
This is meant to assist cleansing of the blood, liver and lymph
system when recovering from alcohol, drug abuse, even long-term
over medication.
SEE ALSO: 6.2 ALKALIZING TEA
SEE ALSO: 7.1 LYMPH TONIC
13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN
13.1 FIVE MINT TEA
Spearmint 2 parts
Peppermint 2 parts
Poleo 2 parts
Lemon Balm 2 parts
Catnip 1 part
13.2 ROOT TEA
Sassafras 2 parts
Sarsaparilla 2 parts
Licorice Root 2 parts
(Chinese Cinnamon) 1 part
(Sweet Root) 1 part
13.3 FLOWER TEA
Chamomile 3 parts
Orange Flowers 3 parts
Hibiscus Flowers 2 parts
Rose Buds 2 parts
Lavender Flowers 2 parts
American Saffron 1 part
Calendula Flowers 1 part
(Cyani flowers 1/2 part)
(If it doesn't sell, add some essential oil to it and pawn it off
as a potpourri!)
13.4 MESOMARBLES
Bee Pollen 8 parts
Guarana 2 parts
Korean "Red" Ginseng 1 part
Powder together and take pinches as food, or mix with a little
honey and form balls.
13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)
Mix together:
5 cups brown sugar
2 1/2 cups milk
salt
Add later:
1 cube sweet butter
6 ounces powdered Guarana Bean
Various nuts (if desired
Boil to the soft ball stage. Remove from heat for 10 minutes, add
1 cube sweet butter. Mix in 6 ounces of powdered Guarana Bean,
and stir constantly until the glistening surface starts to look
like frosting and stiffens.
Add nuts (if desired), scrape onto greased surface, cool until
set, and cut. WARNING: This stuff tastes GREAT, but speeds like a
mother. This fudge has no self-redeeming qualities...it's just
happily perverse.
Dosage: start with a small square, and wait an hour before
overlapping with another piece. Guarana is the Queen of caffeine
plants (with some hypoxanthines thrown in) and will generally (to
quote Dr. Donald Culbreth) produce gaiety, restlessness, quick
perception and wakefulness, while slowing the pulse and impairing
the appetite.
Eating it slows absorption and can extend its effects well past
the 3-4 hours you might expect from a similar amount of coffee.
The fudge tastes good, the effects of Guarana are fun, but if you
pig out on this stuff you can get to a level of pure caffeine
jitters that will completely over- ride the subtleties that, at a
more reasonable amount, make Guarana so nice. For several years
in the early 70s I manufactured this fudge, packaged and labeled
it and wholesaled it to truckstops in the L.A. area.
One time I made up a huge batch to give to my sales reps to take
to a Gift Show (I was making a line of herbal gift boxes...teas,
spice blends, stuff like that). They passed it all out, the show
ended up lasting until dawn, with vendors, representatives and
buyers wandering around spending, ordering, chatting, dancing,
giggling and kvetching long after the doors closed.
The reps returned to L.A. only to find that they had walked off
with someone else's order book, had lost theirs, and promptly
slept for two days. I did not do this again. Neither should you.
SIMPLE SYRUP
850 grams of WHITE sugar (any other form, such as
turbinado or dried sugar cane juice will ferment)
450 to 475 ml of water
Blend together, pour into a saucepan, and heat slowly until the
sugar is completely dissolved. Will make a liter of simple
syrup. Store in a cool place, but no refrigeration is necessary
MATERIA MEDICA
This defines all the specific tinctures and preparation called
for in those formulas not made from the individual botanicals but
by mixing finished products.
(*) Not appropriate in pregnancy
AMBROSIA (Ragweed, Bursage, Yerba del Sapo)
HERB. Standard Infusion, 1-2 ounces. Fresh Tincture [1:2] 20-40
drops, both to 4X a day.
*ANEMONE HIRSUTISSIMA (Pulsatilla ludoviciana, Pasque Flower)
FRESH PLANT. Tincture [1:2] 3-10 drops, to 4X a day. Use with
care.
ANEMOPSIS (Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail)
ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol]
20-60 drops to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces similarly.
HERB. Standard or Cold Infusion as needed.
*ANGELICA SINENSIS (Dong Qua'i, Tang Kwei)
CURED CHINESE OR KOREAN ROOT. Large slices, 1/16 to 1/8 a day,
chewed and swallowed.Tincture [1:5, 70% alcohol] 5-20 drops
Capsules, #0, 1 to 3 a day.
APIUM (Celery)
SEED. Simple Infusion, 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of seeds in cup of hot
water. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-30 drops to 4X a day
ARCTIUM (Burdock)
ROOT Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Fluidextract [1:1, 60% alcohol]
15-30 drops.
Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-90
drops, all 3X a day.
SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 10-25 drops.
*ARISTOLOCHIA CALIFORNICA (California Snakeroot, Cal. Dutchman's
Pipe
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2] 5-20 drops to 3X a day.
*ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA (Virginia Snakeroot, Serpentaria)
ROOT and HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70%
alc.) 5-20 drops to 3X a day. For extended use, use only low
doses, and/within a formula.
*ARISTOLOCHIA WATSONII (Indian Root, Raiz del Indio)
Same as previous, but safer for extended use, as is A.
californica.
*ARNICA (A. montana, A. cordifolia, A. latiflora, etc.)
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh plant, flower or root tincture [1:2], dry
flowers or herb tincture, [1:5, 50% alcohol] and dry root
tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol]./EXTERNAL is diluted with one or two
parts of water, applied as needed. / INTERNAL use 3-10 drops.
TAKE INTERNALLY WITH CARE
*ASCLEPIAS ASPERULA (Inmortal, Antelope Horns, Spider Milkweed)
ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 5-30 drops, Capsules, #00,
1-2, to/ 3X a day.
*ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Pleurisy Root) ROOT. Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 30-90/ drops. Capsules,
#00, 1-3, all to 3X a day.
AVENA (A. sativa, A. fatua, Oats, Wild Oats.) UNRIPE FRESH
SEED, w/"Milky" center. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 10-20 drops,/ to
4X a day. STRAW (dry stems). Standard Infusion, 4-8 ounces.
BAPTISIA (Wild Indigo Root) ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 65% alcohol],
WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Tincture [1:2],/both taken 10-25 drops, to 3X
a day. USE WITH CARE; better long term in formulas
BAROSMA (Agothasma, Buchu) LEAVES. Cold Infusion (rewarmed) 1-3
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 80%/alcohol], 30-60 drops in water. Both
forms to 4X a day.
Bayberry see Myrica BERBERIS VULGARIS (Common Barberry) ROOT.
Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-60 drops. Cold Infusion, 1-3
/ounces. Capsules, #00, 1-3. All to 3X a day. See MAHONIA
(Oregon/Grape) as well.
Betony see Pedicularis
Black Cohosh see Cimicifuga
Blue Cohosh see Caulophyllum
Blue Flag see Iris
Bugleweed see Lycopus
Burdock see Arctium
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS (European Marigold) FLOWERS. Tincture
[Fresh Flowers, 1:2, Dry Flowers, 1:5, 70% alcohol] 15-30
drops, to 4X a day. Dilute with several parts of water for
topical use.
CAPSICUM (Cayenne, African Bird Peppers) FRUIT. Tincture [1:5,
95% alcohol] 5-15 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2
Catnip see Nepeta
*CAULOPHYLLUM (Blue Cohosh) RHIZOME/ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 60%
alcohol] 5-20 drops, usually in formula context.
CEANOTHUS (Red Root, New Jersey Tea) ROOT.Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root,/1:5, 50% alcohol]
30-90 drops, to 4X a day.
Celery see Apium
CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS (Selenicereus, Peniocereus, Night-Blooming
Cereus) FRESH STEMS. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 5-15 drops
(Selenicereus spp.); /10-25 drops, (Peniocereus greggii).
Either one to 4X a day.
CHIMAPHILA (Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine) HERB. Tincture [Fresh
Plant, 1:2, Dry plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol), 20-50/drops, to 4X a
day. Standard Infusion 4-8 ounces.
CINNAMOMUM (Cinnamon, Canela) BARK. Standard Infusion 2-4
ounces. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol, 5%/glycerin] 20-50 drops,
both to 4X a day. ESSENTIAL OIL. 2-5 drops in/ capsule.
COMMIPHORA (Myrrh Gum) RESIN. Tincture [ 1:5, 95% alcohol]
5-20 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2,/ both to 3X a day. Topically,
dilute tincture with water as needed.
Dandelion see Taraxacum
Devil's Claw see Harpagophytum
Devil's Club see Oplopanax
Dong Quai see Angelica sinense
ERIODICTYON (Yerba Santa) LEAVES (from current year's growth).
Tincture [Fresh Herb, 1:2, Dry Herb, 1:5, 75% alcohol] 20-30
drops, to 5X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces/as needed.
ERYNGIUM YUCCAFOLIUM (Eryngo, Rattlesnake Master, Button
Snakeroot) WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture, 1:2, 15-30 drops
in warm water. ROOT. Weak Decoction, 4-8 ounces. Dry Root
Tincture, [1:5, 60%/alcohol], 20-40 drops, in cup of water. All
forms to 4X a day.
Fennel Seed see Foeniculum
FOENICULUM (Fennel Seed) SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol]
30-60 drops in warm water as needed. Standard Infusion as
needed.
*FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS (Ocotillo) FRESH BARK. Tincture, [1:2]
10-30 drops, to 4X a day.
*GELSEMIUM (Yellow Jasmine) ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root 1:2,
Dry Root, 1:10, 65% alcohol] 2-10/drops. DANGEROUS IN LARGER
DOSES
Ginseng see Panax
*GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (Licorice) ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50%
alcohol] 3-60 drops. Strong Decoction, 1-3/ounces, either to 3X
a day. Can occasion sodium retention.
HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS (Devil's Claw) TUBERS. Capsules, #0,
2-4 in evenings. Cold Infusion 4-6 ounces/similarly. Strong
Tincture [1:2, 60% alcohol], 1/2 to 1 teaspoons. / Some
recommend that two weeks on and two weeks off is the best
approach to Devil's Claw. I have found a month of continuous
use is the best/way to begin.
Horehound see Marrubium
*HYDRASTIS (Golden Seal) ROOT and LEAF. Fresh Plant Tincture
[1:2], 15-30 drops. Dry Root/Tincture, [1:5, 70% alcohol] 20-50
drops. Dry Herb Tincture [1:5, 60%/alcohol] 30-75 drops all the
above to 4X a day. Dry Root capsules #00,/2-4, to 3X a day.
Standard Infusion of leaf 1-3 ounces, to 4X a day. The root is
only partially soluble in water and should not be wasted/in tea;
this old friend is disappearing in the wild.
Inmortal see Asclepias asperula
*IRIS VERSICOLOR, I. MISSOURIENSIS (Blue Flag) RHIZOME.
Tincture [1:5, 80% alcohol], 5-20 drops to 3X a day. / USE WITH
CARE.
JUNIPERUS (Juniper) BERRIES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol],
20-40 drops. Standard Infusion, 2-3 oz., to 3X a day. LEAVES:
Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces, or boiled/ for inhalation. For
short term use; may irritate the kidneys eventually.
LARREA (Chaparral, Gobernadora, Creosote Bush) LEAFING
BRANCHES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol], 20-60 drops.
Capsules,/#00, 2-4 a day. Strong Decoction for topical use.
*LEONURUS CARDIACA (Motherwort) FLOWERING HERB. Tincture
[Fresh Plant 1:2, Recent Dry Plant, 1:5, 60%/ alc.] 30-60 drops,
to 4X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces.
Licorice see Glycyrrhiza
LIGUSTICUM PORTERI (Osha, Chuchupate, Mountain Lovage) ROOT.
Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol],
20-60/drops up to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-6 ounces, as
needed.
LOMATIUM DISSECTUM (Leptotaenia, Biscuit Root) ROOT. Tincture
[Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol], 10-30/ drops up to
4X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-3 ounces also to 4X a day.
LYCOPUS (Bugleweed, Water Horehound) HERB. Fresh Plant
Tincture [1:2] 15-40 drops, to 3X a day. Standard/ Infusion of
recent plant, 2-3 ounces, also to 3X a day.
MAHONIA (Oregon Grape, Algerita) SAME as Berberis.
MARRUBIUM (Horehound) FLOWERING HERB. Cold Infusion, 2-4
ounces. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2,/ Dry Plant, 1:5, 50%
alcohol], 30-90 drops, both to 4X a day.
MENYANTHES (Buckbean, Bogbean) WHOLE PLANT. Tincture [Fresh
Plant, 1:2, Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol],/ 10-30 drops, to 3X a
day. Cold Infusion, 1-2 ounces, also to 3X a day.
Milk Thistle see Silybum
Motherwort see Leonurus
Myrrh see Commiphora
MYRICA (Bayberry) BARK and ROOTBARK. Tincture [Fresh Bark,
1:2, Dry Bark, 1:5, 60% alc.] 20-60 drops.