James Green
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 Lozenges (Also Called Troches or Pastilles)
Lozenges are small, solid, flattened cakes of very finely powdered therapeutic herbal substance, prepared from a mass made with a base of sugar for its pleasant flavor and a mucilage prepared from Slippery Elm bark, or comfrey root, or Marshmallow root, or from a mucilage prepared from gum Acacia (a.k.a. gum Arabic), or gum Tragacanth as an adhesive to give form and consistency. Water (plain or aromatic flower water) is used to supply the necessary moisture. Any suitable essential oil (Anise, Peppermint,Wintergreen, etc. |
| Plants that yield a good harvest, yet do not require too much room
(suggestions for an approximately 10' x 20' plot)
• Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
• California Poppy (Eschscholzia califomica)
• Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
• comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) (Plant it where you want it to remain!)
• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
• Garlic (Allium sativum)
• Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
• Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) (Likes shade! |
| Plants that yield a good harvest, yet do not require too much room
(suggestions for an approximately 10' x 20' plot)
• Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
• Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
• Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
• comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) (Plant it where you want it to stay!)
• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
• Garlic (Allium sativum)
• Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
• Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) (Likes shade! |
Mark Bricklin
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 His herbal burn remedy from Germany, for example, is a mixture of wheat germ oil, honey and comfrey leaves. If this doesn't work, I doubt that anything else will. His Icelandic remedy for breaking up a cold consists of chopped onions, barley water and some cod-liver oil. I can't even imagine what this would taste like, but my guess is that your cold wouldn't like it. |
James Green
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| CSHS List of 30 Herbs
Blackberry (Rubus villosus) *Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosd) Calendula (Calendula officinalis) Cayenne (Capsicum annuum)
Chamomile, German
(Matricaria recutita)
Cleavers (Galium aperine) comfrey (Symphytum officinale) Crampbark (Viburnum opulus) Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) ^Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) Elder (Sambucus nigra) Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Ginger (Zingiber officinale) ^Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) Gumweed (Grindelia spp.) Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacanthus) Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Mullein (Verbascum spp. |
Mark Bricklin
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| To be perfectly safe, internal use of comfrey should be avoided. The same goes for coltsfoot.
Some herbs may be used with safety in small amounts, but one should be very cautious with them. These include tansy, rue, valerian, lobelia, goldenseal and bloodroot. Tansy is narcotic and may cause abortion. Valerian in excessive doses may cause headaches and even delusions (never boil valerian). Goldenseal should present no problems if taken in weak doses, something on the order of one-quarter teaspoon in a cup of hot water. Pennyroyal should not be taken in large doses or in oil form. |
Ben Davis
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| Pimples apricots ?comfrey salve cranberries tomatoes (in large quantity)
Poison Ivy
Brewer's yeast (large doses with warm water and honey throughout the day) ??goldenseal tea {V2 teaspoon per cup, or as wash 1 teaspoon to pint of water)
Psoriasis soybean lecithin
Pyorrhea
þlemon rind applied to gums
Ringworm
þstrawberries, crushed ?tomatoes
Skin Eruptions
þolive oil pears plums potatoes, raw,
1 daily tangerines
Skin Infections
þgarlic mixed with oil or lard ?lemon juice ?wheat germ oil
Vitiligo
þpure mayonnaise vitamin B complex
Warts and Growths cabbage juice ?castor oil ? |
| Finally, she applied comfrey root poultices day and night. Almost immediately, the inflammation was gone, and the wart soon disappeared. Garlic oil can remove harmless growths.
A dentist reports that for 10 years he underwent x-ray and radium treatments to eradicate ugly skin growths that kept reappearing, even though a doctor said they were non-malignant. On applying garlic oil, the painful growths on his face, some of them enormous, disappeared in about a month. Garlic can make warts disappear overnight in many cases. |
| A woman with a large gangrenous ulcer full of pus on her leg faced amputation. comfrey was applied in dressings. In a week, islands of healing appeared. In three weeks, this huge ulcer was reduced to the size of a pinhead.
Liver spots have disappeared with the addition of 100 mg of vitamin E to every meal. Brown liver spots all over the arms of women who have passed menopause, and large irregular brown spots on the face as big as % of an inch have faded away and completely disappeared, in as little as six weeks. |
| After this he applied a comfrey salve, and it was all smooth in a week.
Blisters can be healed with garlic oil. A letter carrier with painful blisters tried every medicine on the market with absolutely no results. Then he remembered the antiseptic properties of garlic. He spread some garlic oil on his blistered feet, and the swelling vanished overnight, with no more pain. His doctor was amazed.
Boils can be relieved with garlic mixed with oil or lard. Garlic kills the staphylococci germs in boils and heals all manner of suppurating (running) sores. |
Richard Lucas
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 It consists of white ginseng root, red ginseng root, golden seal, comfrey, passion flower, eyebright herb, rose hips, fenugreek seed, slippery elm, hawthorne berry, red raspberry, licorice root, and dandelion. It is used as a general tonic. One or two tablets are swallowed with a glass of water after each meal, or the tablets may be dissolved in hot water and taken as a tea.
POLLEN
During World War II, Lt. Col. Tratheway of the U.S. Air Force spent nine months in a Japanese prison camp in Burma. He was weak, emaciated, and had lost 90 pounds. |
| One ounce each of the fluid extract or tincture of raspberry leaves, gentian root (Gentiana lute a), comfrey (Symphytum officinalis), uva-ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), golden seal (Hydrastis canadensis), are mixed together in one bottle. One teaspoonful of the combined fluid extracts or tinctures is taken in a little water three times daily after meals.
Accessory Treatment. In addition to taking the above formula, the cleansing process of an herbal douche is used. A mixture of 1 ounce each of raspberry leaves, white oak bark, (Quercus alba), witch hazel
Witness, January 1963. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 Esophagitis formula: Two parts comfrey; two parts hollyhock; one part camomile, which is both a gas reliever and an anti-inflammatory; and one part marigold, which is also an anti-inflammatory.
V Salad from the Bible. Several plants mentioned in the Bible have folklore reputations for being helpful. These include almond, chicory, dandelion, garlic, lettuce, mustard, olives, onions and walnuts. If I suffered frequent heartburn, I'd try making a salad with several of these anti-heartburn ingredients.
Heart Disease
Dean Ornish, M.D. |
James Green
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| Mucilages are thick, viscid, adhesive liquids that are produced by dissolving gum in water, or by extracting by cold infusion the mucilaginous principles of Slippery Elm, Marshmallow, or comfrey.
When making the lozenge-mass, using a (moist) mucilage is a preferred technique to mixing the dry gum powder with the other dry ingredients and then adding the water. In this method it is often chfEcult to avoid an excess of moisture.
Preparing a Mucilage
Using mucilaginous herb:
1. Macerate overnight 6 parts (6 Gm) dried herb in 100 parts (100 ml) of water.
2. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Herb Sources-Burdock, Chickweed, comfrey, Dandelion,
Echinacea, Eyebright, Garlic, Goldenseal, Horsetail, Juniper, Kelp, Lobelia, Peppermint, Red Clover, Sarsaparilla, Slippery Elm, Valerian, Yarrow.
FLUORINE
An essential mineral. Needed in small amounts by the body though the amount needed has not been specified. It is found in bones and teeth as fluorides and helps to make them stronger.
A synthetic compound, Sodium Fluoride, is sometimes put into water of fluoridated drinking water. A natural substance, Calcium Fluoride, occurs in food. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| Sassafras bark, dandelion root, comfrey, nettles, mints, and more may be helpful to you.
Again, spring is the time for clearing the past, healing the present, and planning for the future.
Summer
The summer is usually the warmest of seasons and often a time of increased physical activity, so you may need additional nourishment as well as a lighter diet than usual. It is important to not overheat your system. Drinking plenty of good water, juices, and cool teas can prevent this. |
Gary Null
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 Alfalfa, barberry, celery, chamomile, cinnamon, comfrey, and marigold. diuretics: Dandelion and celery. immune enhancement: Astragalus, echinacea, garlic, ginseng, goldenseal, marigold, pau d'arco, suma, turmeric (especially for allergies), and wild indigo root. liver tonics: Dandelion and milk thistle. nervous system/brain tonics: Avena, chamomile, ginseng, and rosemary. pain reduction: Cayenne and feverfew. respiratory tract: Cayenne, garlic, and milk thistle. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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 Anticoagulant (blood-thinning) medications can be dangerously undermined by daily consumption of such vitamin K-rich foods as cabbage, lettuce, asparagus, turnip greens, and spinach.
?Comfrey tea, used frequentiy to soothe stomachs and alleviate ulcer pain, contains cancer-causing alkaloids.
?Taking antibiotics too soon after—or not long enough before?meals can prevent them from reaching adequate levels of effectiveness to cure the disease or infection for which they have been prescribed.
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Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland
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| Avoid comfrey, coltsfoot, and false morels. Cut out and throw away green or damaged spots on potatoes. And don't eat noncommercially harvested shellfish. Although ciguatoxin, scombrotoxin, or paralytic shellfish toxin can't be detected by smell or taste or destroyed by cooking, the risks are mainly associated with certain regions of the country or certain types of seafood, so avoiding them is relatively easy. (See page 120.)
þ Cook food in ways to minimize formation of PAHs and HAs. (See page 111. |
| Just make sure the teas don't contain coltsfoot, sassafras, or comfrey, which are suspected carcinogens. Sassafras was banned from food in 1960 because of cancer concerns.
If you drink lots of regular, nonherbal tea, one concern besides caffeine is tannin, a naturally occurring mixture of chemicals that may be cancer-causing. Your best bet is to drink your tea the British way—with milk, which binds the tannin and makes it insoluble.
But if you drink a lot of coffee or tea and add whole milk or cream to it, you could also be adding plenty of calories and saturated fat to your diet. |
| Some products to avoid include "health" bars loaded with fat; raw-sugar products, such as Sucanat, which is advertised as being loaded with vitamins and minerals but is little better than table sugar or brown sugar; raw milk and raw cheese, which can cause food poisoning; and comfrey and coltsfoot teas that might promote cancer.
Shop at health-food stores the way you should shop at other stores: carefully! the food for several minutes, and when it stops steaming, refrigerate it in small containers. |
Gary Null
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| Other herbal tips: A washcloth soaked in ginger or comfrey tea and applied to the area promotes healing of an episiotomy. Rosemary added to bath water relieves tension and back pain. Adding jasmine and clary sage to a bath has an uplifting effect, and prevents postpartum depression.)
WHAT TO AVOID DURING PREGNANCY Equally important is knowing what not to take in. Nutritionist Gracia Perlstein lists substances that can harm a growing fetus: harmful household chemicals. "First on the list of what to avoid is chemical exposure to toxic household cleansers. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Multiple vitamin, infection fighting vitamins C, A, E, Pantothenic acid - for mega-therapy.
12. comfrey tincture, capsules, or leaves.
13. Mineral water - antiseptic, sores in mouth, mix with poultice, remedies, etc.
14. Castor oil, olive oil - remedies.
15. Eucalyptus oil - for steaming.
16. Apple cider vinegar - baths, remedies
17. Salt, shortening, turpentine - for remedies
18. Dry mustard - mustard plasters
19. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 Chamomile (p. 409) comfrey (p. 41 3) Eyebright (p. 422) Goldenseal (p. 429) Oregon grape (p. 449)
See also: Homeopathic Remedies for Conjunctivitis and Blepharitis
(p. 529)
Constipation
Constipation results when food moves too slowly through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. No exact frequency of bowel movements or amount of symptoms associated with constipation (such as hard stools and excessive straining) precisely defines constipation. The most common cause is probably dietary (discussed below). However, constipation can be a component of irritable bowel syndrome (p. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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| Add a few teaspoons of dried, powdered comfrey to the recipe mentioned above for red pepper or to any favorite skin cream.
V Cumin (Cuminum cyminum). Cumin is used liberally in Mexican foods. My former U.S. Department of Agriculture colleague, molecular biologist Stephen Beckstrom-Stemberg, Ph.D., and I once studied the properties of this spice and discovered three pain-relieving compounds, seven that are anti-inflammatory and four that combat swelling. If I had CTS, I'd use lots of cumin on food and add it to my curried rice.
V Sage (Salvia officinalis). Dr. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| He applied fresh comfrey poultices to the wound daily. The wound healed completely in 2-3 days.
CORNSILK
Alterative, Anodyne, Demulcent, Diuretic
Cornsilk is good for all kinds of kidney and bladder problems including bedwetting (See Remedies) and painful urination cased by prostate gland problems.
Has been used in the following:
Bladder Kidney
Prostate gland Urination, painful
DAMIANA
Aphrodisiac, Hormonal, Tonic.
— good for the reproductive organs.
— helps to balance female hormones and help with menopausal hot flashes. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 To get extra silicon, eat more whole grains and fresh vegetables or use herbs, such as horsetail, or alfalfa or comfrey tablets.
THE ESSENTIAL TRACE MINERALS
24
51.996
CHROMIUM
53
D
126.90
IODINE
27
58.933
COBALT
Q
55.847
IRON
29 n
63.546
COPPER
25
M
54.938
MANGANESE
MOLYBDENUM
SELENIUM
ZINC
Chromium has become a sub-
Gject of much interest in recent years, and we continue to learn more about it. Chromium was long thought to be a toxic mineral until it was discovered in 1957 to be the essential part of glucose tolerance factor (GTF). |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| Three parts each mullein, comfrey, marshmallow root; one part lobelia and a pinch of cayenne.
Take equal parts wheat germ oil and honey, and blend with the above mixed herbs until a paste is formed. Spread on gauze and apply over the painful area; cover with plastic, and leave on all day and night if possible. |
| Bones: comfrey, horsetail grass gathered in late summer.
Arteries: remove salt from diet, kelp, hawthorne berries, wheat germ oil.
Skin: chickweed, walnut husk tincture (see formulas).
Circulation system: cayenne (most powerful, fast-acting, nonirritating if uncooked, anti-inflammatory), ginger, bayberry bark, prickly ash (for the joints and extremities), myrrh.
Digestive system: hops, papaya, mustard seeds (one-half tsp. of whole seeds in a cup of warm water 20 minutes before eating), apple cider vinegar and honey (a tsp. of each in a glass of warm water 20 min. |
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