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 veryuseful 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 othe 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 fluid extracts 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
RandR 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.
Copyright 1995 by Michael Moore
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