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tx
eyes/ears/nose/throat
sinusitis
botanicals
primary herbs
Anemone pulsatilla (toxic): yellow or greenish creamy discharge (NCNM Botanicals)
Atropa belladonna (toxic): throbbing, congestive (Harper-Shove, p. 38)
Euphrasia spp.: (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 89)
Hydrastis canadensis: not in acute inflammation, profuse tenacious yellowish or greenish yellow mucus/pus (Felter, p. 417)
Ligusticum porterii: chronic sinusitis, congestion (NCNM Botanicals)
Quercus alba: relaxation of mucous membranes with discharge, chronic mucous discharge (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1618)
Salvia officinalis (oil): apply externally over sinuses (NCNM Botanicals)
Sambucus nigra: chronic nasal catarrh with deafness (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 187)
Sticta pulmonaria: sneezing, coryza and conjunctival hyperemia or inflammation (Felter, p. 655)
Usnea barbata: inhibits gram-positive bacteria (NCNM Botanicals)
Verbascum thapsus: demulcent (Priest and Priest, p. 95)
complementary herbs
Atropa belladonna (toxic) + Bryonia alba (toxic) (Sherman)
Salvia officinalis (oil): apply externally over sinuses (NCNM Botanicals)
formula: tinctures of:
Hydrastis canadensis, 2 parts
Euphrasia spp., 2 parts
Achillea millefolium, 2 parts
Armoracia rusticana, 1 part
Ephedra spp., 1 part
instructions: 30 drops four times per day (NCNM Botanicals)
consider: in combinations: Echinacea angustifolia, Hydrastis canadensis, Commiphora myrrha, Capsicum frutescens, Larrea spp., Lobelia inflata (toxic) (NCNM Botanicals)
footnotes