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tx
eyes/ears/nose/throat
tinnitus
botanicals

primary herbs

Avena sativa: nerve tonic
Chenopodium ambrosioides (oil): an eighth tsp. three times daily (Bastyr College Black Book)
Cimicifuga racemosa: vertigo from auditory tinnitus (NCNM Botanicals; Smith)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): associated with taking quinine (Ellingwood, p. 78)
Ginkgo biloba (standardized extract): use long term; tincture may have some benefit
Hydrastis canadensis: catarrhal deafness and tinnitus (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 114)
Hypericum perforatum: internally; oil, locally in the ear canal (Smith)
Nepeta hederacea: tinnitus aurium (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 149)
Pilocarpus jaborandi (toxic): contraindications: heart patients (Bastyr)
Podophyllum peltatum (toxic): with anorexia (Bastyr College Black Book)
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): due to functional heart disease (Felter and Lloyd, p. 376)
Verbascum thapsus
Xanthoxylum americanum: circulatory stimulant

see: otitis media, otitis externa if associated with infection


complementary herbs

Cimicifuga racemosa + Cinchona spp. (toxic) + Xanthoxylum americanum (Priest and Priest, p. 79)


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