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tx
respiratory system
influenza
Botanicals
primary herbs
Achillea millefolium: fever, diaphoretic, congestion, restores secretions (Ellingwood, p. 356)
Aconitum napellus (toxic): acute coryza, acute onset (Felter and Lloyd, p. 105)
Allium sativum
Artemisia absinthium: as a tea for sometime after infectious state; tonic, enhances resistance, weakness after infection especially where atony of stomach and gall bladder play a key role (Weiss, p. 80)
Asclepias tuberosa (toxic): (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 35)
Bryonia alba (toxic): serous tissue inflammation (Felter and Lloyd, p. 368), symptoms worse with movement
Cimicifuga racemosa: muscular pains (Felter and Lloyd, p. 533)
Cinchona spp. (toxic): as prophylactic; with Achillea millefolium, Mentha piperita and Asclepias tuberosa (toxic) in influenza (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 67)
Cinnamonum zeylanicum: with Sambucus nigra, Mentha piperita and Achillea millefolium (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 68)
Echinacea spp.: catarrh, debilitated mucous membranes, septic conditions, enhances resistance to infection (Felter and Lloyd, p. 675; Weiss, p. 229)
Eucalyptus globulus: mucous catarrh (Felter and Lloyd, p. 735)
Eupatorium perfoliatum: specific for influenza with deep aching and congestion of respiratory mucosa; combines with Achillea millefolium, Sambucus nigra and Asclepias tuberosa (toxic) to enhance resistance to infection (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 87, Felter and Lloyd; p. 739, Weiss, p. 229)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): sedative, fever and inflammation (Felter, p. 388)
Mentha piperita: (NCNM Botanicals)
Pilocarpus jaborandi (toxic): diaphoretic (Weiss, p. 226)
Salix alba: influenza and respiratory catarrh (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 185)
Sambucus canadensis: fever, diaphoretic; may use with Mentha piperita (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 187; Felter and Lloyd, p. 1707)
Sticta pulmonaria: muscular pain in shoulders, extrinsic respiratory muscles, irritative persistent cough (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1835)
Tilia platyphyllos or cordata: diaphoretic (Weiss, pp. 226, 228)
Verbascum thapsus: influenzal cold with respiratory catarrh (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 227)
Zingiber officinale: for cold conditions, nausea, decreased digestion (Felter and Lloyd, p. 2111)
complementary herbs
Eupatorium perfoliatum + Mentha piperita as a steam bath (Sherman)
diaphoretic tea: Sambucus nigra (flowers) + Tilia platyphyllos or cordata + Chamomilla spp. in equal parts to make 100 g. 2-3 tsp. to a quarter liter boiling water, infuse 10 minutes, then take hot immediately in sips. Use several times daily. (Weiss, p. 228)
formula:
Achillea millefolium, 4 parts
Angelica sinensis, 2 parts
Eupatorium perfoliatum, 1 part
Mentha piperita, 3 parts
Sambucus canadensis, 2 parts.
Add 1 oz. to 1 pint boiling water. Steep.
instructions: half cup every 2-4 hours (Sherman)
footnotes
British Herbal Medicine Association. British Herbal Pharmacopeia. West Yorks, England: BHMA, 1983.
Ellingwood F. American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 11th ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1919, 1998.
Felter HW, Lloyd JU. Kings American Dispensatory, 18th ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1898, 1983.
Weiss RF. Herbal Medicine. Gothenhburg, Sweden; Beaconsfield, England: Beaconsfield Publishers, Ltd., 1988.
Zakay-Rones Z, Varsano N, Zlotnik M, et al. Inhibition of several strains of influenza virus in vitro and reduction of symptoms by an elderberry extract (Sambucus nigra L.) during an outbreak of influenza B Panama. J Altern Complement Med 1995;1:361-369.