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tx
eyes/ears/nose/throat
tonsillitis
botanicals

primary herbs

Aconitum napellus (toxic): acute: dilute with water or boric acid solution 1:10; use as throat spray (Mitchell, p. 4)
Allium sativum: anti-microbial
Atropa belladonna (toxic): redness, congested, glandular swelling (Felter and Lloyd, pp. 338-339)
Baptisia tinctoria: dusky purplish hue or livid discoloration of tissue, fetid exudate and sluggish circulation (Felter, pp. 237-238)
Calendula officinalis: as a gargle
Collinsonia canadensis: follicular with chronic hypertrophy of faucial glands
(Felter and Lloyd, p. 559)
Commiphora myrrha: tonsils enlarged, spongy, throat pale and tumid (Felter, p. 483)
Echinacea spp.: enhance resistance to infection (Weiss, p. 229)
Eupatorium perfoliatum: enhances resistance to infection (Weiss, p. 229)
Guaiacum officinale (resin): dryness and stiffness of the throat with tumid, swollen tonsils, painful deglutition, dribbling of saliva (Felter and Lloyd, p. 963)
Hamamelis virginiana: astringent: as a gargle
Hydrastis canadensis: subacute (not inflamed) as a gargle (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1027)
Lobelia inflata (toxic): severe forms (Ellingwood, p. 239)
Myrica cerifera: locally: astringent: debility of the mucosa, feeble venous flow
(Felter, p. 482)
Phytolacca decandra (toxic): chronic, glandular congestion (Mitchell, p. 41)
Populus gileadensis: antiseptic
Quercus alba, robur: astringent: as a gargle (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 175)
Salvia officinalis: inflammation: as a gargle. May combine with Potentilla tormentilla, Populus gileadensis as a gargle (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 186)
Solidago virgaurea: putrescent tonsillitis: acetous infusion as a gargle (Priest and Priest, p. 95)
Thymus vulgaris: as a gargle (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 213)
Trifolium pratense: pharyngeal inflammation/infection with Solidago virgaurea as gargle (Priest and Priest, p. 95)
Veratrum viride (toxic): locally: in small amounts only in robust persons; painted on tonsils (Felter and Lloyd, p. 2053)


complementary herbs

Phytolacca decandra (toxic) + Commiphora myrrha + Echinacea spp. (Sherman)
• atomizer solution: tinctures of: Calendula officinalis + Arnica montana (toxic) + Hypericum perforatum + Hamamelis virginiana; dilute, use as throat spray (NCNM Botanicals)
formula: atomizer solution: tinctures of:
Echinacea spp., 1 oz.
Usnea spp., 1 oz.
Ligusticum porterii, 1 oz.
Bitter orange oil, 5 drops
dilute with hot water and spray on tonsils four times per day; if acute, every 2 hours (NCNM Botanicals)


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