Simple Formulas for problems that herbs are most appropriate for

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>HERBAL FORMULAS FOR CLINIC AND HOME>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>by Michael Moore>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Copyright 1995 by Michael Moore. Use it, share it, just don't sell it

or change it in any way (unless you get my permission)

CONTENTS:

INTRO: 1.MOUTH/NOSE/EYES/EARS

1.1 LIP and SKIN BUTTER

1.2 TOOTH POWDER (Michael's)

1.3 TOOTH POWDER (Jared's)

2.GASTRO-INTESTINAL 2.1 STOMACH TEA

2.2 LAXATIVE TEA

2.3 COMFREY-MINT-LEMON TEA

2.4 PAPAYA-MINT-LEMON TEA

2.4 COLON TONIC (Modified Thomsonian)

2.5 BITTER TONIC

2.6 ILEO-CECAL TONIC

2.7 CATNIP-FENNEL TINCTURE

2.8 NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL (Modified)

3.LIVER/BILIARY

3.1 LIVER TONIC

3.2 ROBERT'S BILIARY FORMULA

3.3 ALTERATIVE TEA

3.4 LIVER DEFICIENCY TINCTURE

3.5 LIVER EXCESS TINCTURE

4.RESPIRATORY

4.1 DECONGESTANT TEA

4.2 WHITE PINE COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP

4.3 OSHA COUGH SYRUP

4.4 COMPOUND SYRUP OF RED ROOT 4.5 WINTER SOLSTICE COUGH/COLD SYRUP

4.6 MONARDA HONEY

4.7 TONSILLITIS FORMULA

4.8 ALLERGY FORMULA 5.REPRODUCTIVE

5.1 CANDIDA FORMULA

5.2 FEMALE BALANCER

5.3 MENOPAUSE: EARLY FORMULA 5.4 MENOPAUSE: LATER FORMULA 5.5 PMS FORMULA, LONG CYCLE 5.6 PMS FORMULA, SHORT CYCLE 5.7 CERVICAL DYSPLASIA SUPPOSITORIES

5.8 HPV (Venereal Wart) SUPPOSITORIES

5.9 CANDIDA DOUCHE

5.10 HAYDEN'S VIBURNUM COMPOUND(Modified)

6.URINARY TRACT 6.1 URINARY TINCTURE (all purpose)

6.2 ALKALIZING TEA

7.LYMPH/IMMUNE 7.1 LYMPH TONIC

7.2 IMMUNE STIMULANT #1

7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2 7.4 LYMPH ANTI-EFFECT (for mumps, mono, etc.)

7.5 TONSILITIS FORMULA

7.6 IMMUNE TONIC 8.CARDIO-VASCULAR

8.1 GREASEBALL HYPERTENSION

8.2 HYPOTENSION FORMULA (Kidney deficient)

8.3 TACHYCARDIA FORMULA

8.4 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT

8.5 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FORMULA (health alright, memory bad)

9.TOPICAL

9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT

9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)

9.3 MUSCLE BALM

9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE" 9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT

9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE

9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE

10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 10.1 RELAXING TEA

10.2 NERVE TONIC

10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA

10.4 V's NERVE TONIC

10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT

10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend uses)

10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)

10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER 10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER 11.ACUTE DISEASE

11.1 EGO CAPSULES

12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC

12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP

12.2 DETOX FORMULA 13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN

13.1 FIVE MINT TEA

13.2 ROOT TEA

13.3 FLOWER TEA

13.4 MESOMARBLES

13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)

SIMPLE SYRUP

MATERIA MEDICA

INTRO: 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 very

useful 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 other

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 fluidextracts 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 R & R 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.

9.TOPICAL

9.1 PODOPHYLLIN OINTMENT

8 ounces Podophyllum Root

5 ounces Myrrh Tincture

12 ounces Olive Oil

10 Rosin (Colophony)

Some Beeswax

Percolate the Podophyllum Root in 95% alcohol for a 1:2 strong tincture. Add the

Myrrh Tincture, and evaporate both slowly over a low heat to 2 fluid of sickening

goo. Add the olive oil and rosin, heat until all is dispersed, check for "set"

on a metal surface, and add an ounce or two of beeswax if necessary. Pour into

tins, and apply happily to your venereal warts or herpes sores.

9.2 CHAC SALVE (Calendula, Hypericum, Arnica,Cajeput)

2 ounces Calendula Flowers

2 ounces Arnica Herb

2 ounces ethanol

24 ounces Olive Oil

6 ounce Hypericum Oil

1/2 ounce Cajeput Oil

5 ounces Beeswax

Make a 1:6 steeped oil with the Calendula and Arnica (as usual), add the

Hypericum Oil (made from the fresh flowers), heat slowly, dissolve the beeswax,

add the Cajeput (actually Tea Tree Oil, but much cheaper by the older name), and

pour into tins. Can also be called OSFA Salve (One Size Fits All) or Rescue

Grease or Limbaugh Leech.

9.3 MUSCLE BALM

Poplar Bud Oil (steeped) 2 ounces

Arnica Oil (steeped) 2 ounces

Hypericum Oil (steeped) 2 ounces

Oil of Wintergreen 30 drops

Olive Oil 6 ounces

A Topically applied oil, used as an analgesic, counter-irritant, and anti-

inflammatory: 30-60 drops rubbed into the area aids dispersal and resolution of

exudates. It is to strong for a true massage oil.

9.4 "TRAUMA TINCTURE" Hypericum (fresh plant tincture) 3 parts Calendula (fresh flower tincture) 2 parts

Arnica (fresh plant tincture) 1 part

Make by mixing tinctures, or if fortunate in timing, from the fresh plants, using

the volumes of compressed herbs for the parts. Useful in acute conditions, such

as sprains,contusions, hyperextensions and muscular-skeletal trauma. It should

be applied topically and taken internally, (10-20 drops) both modalities every

two hours for three or four rounds. Taken internally it will also help for

faintness and lightheadedness resulting from parasympathetic or vagus discharge

caused by physical manipulation or trauma.

9.5 ROTGUT LINIMENT

Tobacco (Bull Durham etc) 1 ounce

Baneberry Root 1 ounce

Datura Leaves (or Henbane) 1/2 ounce

Cayenne Pepper 1/4 ounce

(OR Ginger Root 1/2 ounce)

Rubbing Alcohol(70% isopropyl) 16 ounces.

Grind up the herbs together and soak them in the rubbing alcohol (shaking daily)

for two weeks. Apply the squeezed-out liniment by hand or with a

liniment-moistened cloth to sprains, bruises and hyperextensions. Wash your

hands immediately AND, eventually, the parts the liniment is applied to. Avoid

touching your eyes, mouth or naught bits until your hands are clean...for obvious

(cayenne) reasons.

CLAUSE: Besides the previous, the smell is genially obnoxious and proletariat.

9.6 ECHINACEA SALVE

Echinacea Purpurea Flowerheads 5 ounces

Alcohol 3 ounces

Olive Oil 35 ounces

Beeswax 7 ounces

Grind and sift the Echinacea Flowers (roots will not work). Mix the alcohol with

the flowers in a stainless steel bowl with a lid, cover and let stand for at

least 2-3 hours. Blend the moistened herb with the olive oil in a hearty blender

(an Oster at high speed or a Vitamix at slow speed) until the sides of the

container get warm. Filter through muslin, squeezing the marc as well as

possible, and heat the oil slowly in the top of a double boiler. Chop and add

the beeswax, continuing the low heat until the beeswax has melted. Pour into

containers.

Use freely for hemorrhoids, blisters, cold sores, stings, vaginitis, anal

fissures and any inflamed swellings

9.7 GOLDEN SEAL SALVE

Golden Seal Herb (no root) 6 ounces

Alcohol 3 ounces

Ammonia Water (3-4% solution) 2 tablespoons

Olive Oil 35 ounces

Beeswax 7 ounces

Grind the herb, moisten with the alcohol THEN the ammonia water, cover, and let

stand for 2-3 hours. Proceed as with Echinacea Salve. The ammonia is necessary

to stabilize the alkaloids in the Golden Seal. You can omit it if you wish, but

the end result is somewhat inferior. The herb contains the same constituents as

the root, although with a shorter shelf-life, and using the leaf spares this

vanishing plant from further decimation through the digging of wild plants (STILL

the primary source of roots on the market).

10. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

10.1 RELAXING TEA

Camomile Flowers 3 parts

Catnip 3 parts

Passion Flower 3 parts

Spearmint 2 parts

Lemon Balm 2 parts

Hops 2 parts

Viscum album 1 part

Drink the simple infusion as needed, particularly in the evenings. If you know

you will have trouble sleeping, start drinking it BEFORE you can't sleep.

10.2 NERVE TONIC

Valerian 4 parts

Verbena 4 parts

Skullcap 4 parts

Passion Flower 4 parts

European Mistletoe 2 parts

Damiana 2 parts

Siberian Ginseng 2 parts

Cordydalis 1 part

3-6 "00" capsules as needed

Lower doses help anxieties, larger doses act as an overt sedative.

(Can be tinctured, 50% alcohol)

10.3 SPEED DETOX FORMULA

Bee Pollen 6 parts

Fu-tse (Cured Aconite) 4 parts

Mahonia 3 parts

6-12 caps a day, use at least 250 mg. of tyrosine a day, and add the

water-soluble vitamins such as B complex and C. Used to help someone get through

the first week of amphetamine or cocaine withdrawal.

10.4 V's NERVE TONIC

Passiflora FE 5 ounces

Leonurus cardiaca 1 ounce

Crataegus 1 ounce

Verbena hastata 1 ounce

Hypericum (fresh) 1 ounce

Selenicereus (fresh) 1/2 ounce

Make from separate tinctures

Dose 60-90 drops as needed.

For physical agitation, nervousness, and stress palpitations

10.5 B's ANTIDEPRESSANT

Hypericum (fresh) 6 parts

Aralia Berries (fresh) 5 parts

Licorice Root 4 parts

Oplopanax (fresh) 2 parts

Panax quinquefolium 1 part

Mix as tinctures.

Dose: 60-90 drops up to four times a day.

For morbid depression with congestion and dry mucosa

10.6 K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA (what an Ayurvedic Medicine friend uses)

Syrian Rue 58 parts

Avena fatua (fresh) 58 parts

Panax (uncured) 58 parts

Rauwolfia 58 parts

Lobelia (fresh) 8 parts

Mix as tinctures

1/2 to 1 teaspoon, 3X a day

Antidepressant for adrenergic individuals

NOTE: As an Ayurvedic therapist, my friend has access to Rauwolfia serpentina.

As a once widely used crude drug (the source of reserpine), it is seldom to be

found in herb commerce...and perhaps is illegal. I personally have seldom

used the plant, have always considered it, like digitalis, a "True" crude drug

best left to medicine. With a body of experiential use in Ayurvedic Medicine,

wherein my friend has learned it, I would trust the use here. I have never

inquired as to his rather peculiar scheme of proportions. I would have thought

that the presence of what amounts to nearly a quarter of the tincture of Rauwolfia to be an excessive amount. In fact the formula is quite effective,

and seems relatively safe.

Since I feel perfectly comfortable using toxic herbs that I know personally

(I prefer the term "Low Dosage), including such shit as Aconite, Gelsemium and

Veratrum, herbs that cause fellow herbalists who aren't familiar with their

safe use to cringe and scurry, I guess my reluctant attitude regarding the herbal use of Rauwolfia is similarly the result of only knowing it "by rep"

and not as a specific entity.

10.7 COMPOUND TINCTURE OF CANNABIS (1910)

Lupulin (Hops resin) 3 parts

Valerian Root 3 parts

Cannabis "shake" 2 parts

Tincture 1:4 in 65% alcohol.

When finished, add enough fresh Pulsatilla Tincture to bring final strength to a

1:5 potency. As a narcotic-analgesic, especially for referred visceral pain.

Dose 15-45 drops as needed. The Cannabis is, of course, completely illegal to

possess in ANY form. With the increased use by authorities of the tactic of

property confiscation, wherein THEY keep YOUR stuff even if you never get to

court or are even charged with possession (and pigs will fly before they ever

give it back to you, since local police get to keep most of the money they raise

from auctioning it off), having this plant is considerably riskier at present.

(Did I miss something when I learned about the Constitution in Civic's Class??)

Those of you having a relationship to Cannabis dating from the Old Days, with

fond memories of youth, more hair, lower gravity and Tie-Dye teeshirts should

especially bear this in mind. Those involved in the drug business, both those that deal and those that chase, are MUCH weirder. And what cost $10 20 years

ago now costs $100-$200 (and the lid is STILL short). Myself, I have this rather

strange attitude towards Cannabis. It's just another goddamm plant medicine,

and I REFUSE to take it all that seriously. 10.8 POST-TREATMENT RELAXER Skullcap 3 parts

Betony 3 parts

Cimicifuga 2 parts

Hypericum 2 parts

Gelsemium 1 part

Mix from the tinctures

Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day

To alleviate post-treatment myogenic and neurogenic discomfort from body work,

and lessen the tendency of the body to immediately revert to patterning

10.9 POST-TREATMENT STRENGTHENER Nettles 3 parts

Echinacea 3 parts

Devil's Claw 2 parts

Licorice 2 parts

Larrea 2 parts Make from the tinctures or tincture 1:4 with 55% alcohol.

Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 2 or 3 times a day

To aid in and shorten the duration of connective tissue, fascia and muscle

regeneration after injury, infection or surgery; to lessen free-radical damage to

collagen and elastin from inflammation that degrades into congestion. It also

aids in recuperation and healing from chronic tendonitis.

11.ACUTE DISEASE

11.1 EGO CAPSULES

Echinacea Root 2 parts

Garlic 2 parts

Osha Root 2 parts

Cayenne 1 part

2-4 capsules as needed for colds, flu, various viral junk.

SEE ALSO:7.3 IMMUNE STIMULANT #2 12.CHRONIC/METABOLIC

12.1 ALTERATIVE SYRUP

Aralia Root 3 ounces

Oplopanax 2 ounces

Xanthoxylum Bark 2 ounces

Smilax (Sarsaparilla) 2 ounces

Burdock Root 2 ounces

Guaiacum or Stillingia 1 ounce

Sassafras or Sweet Root 1 ounce

Pipsissewa 1 ounce

Blue Flag Root 1 ounce

Tincture 1:3 with 65% alcohol, add 1 part water (15 oz.) and 1 part simple syrup

or honey (15 oz.) to bring to a final 1:5 strength

12.2 DETOX FORMULA Oregon Grape Root 3 parts

Silybum Fluidextract 2 parts

Larrea 2 parts

Yellow Dock 2 parts

Aristolochia watsonii 1 part Mix from the fluidextract and tinctures

Use 30-60 drops (1 or 2 squirts) 3 or 4 times a day

This is meant to assist cleansing of the blood, liver and lymph system when

recovering from alcohol, drug abuse, even long-term over medication.

SEE ALSO: 6.2 ALKALIZING TEA

SEE ALSO: 7.1 LYMPH TONIC

13. FOR PLEASURE OR FUN

13.1 FIVE MINT TEA

Spearmint 2 parts

Peppermint 2 parts

Poleo 2 parts

Lemon Balm 2 parts

Catnip 1 part

13.2 ROOT TEA

Sassafras 2 parts

Sarsaparilla 2 parts

Licorice Root 2 parts

(Chinese Cinnamon) 1 part

(Sweet Root) 1 part

13.3 FLOWER TEA

Chamomile 3 parts

Orange Flowers 3 parts

Hibiscus Flowers 2 parts

Rose Buds 2 parts

Lavender Flowers 2 parts

American Saffron 1 part

Calendula Flowers 1 part

(Cyani flowers 1/2 part)

(If it doesn't sell, add some essential oil to it and pawn it off as a

potpourri!)

13.4 MESOMARBLES

Bee Pollen 8 parts

Guarana 2 parts

Korean "Red" Ginseng 1 part

Powder together and take pinches as food, or mix with a little honey and form

balls.

13.5 GUARANA FUDGE (AKA Speed Fudge)

Mix together:

5 cups brown sugar

2 1/2 cups milk

salt

Add later:

1 cube sweet butter

6 ounces powdered Guarana Bean

Various nuts (if desired

Boil to the soft ball stage. Remove from heat for 10 minutes, add 1 cube sweet

butter. Mix in 6 ounces of powdered Guarana Bean, and stir constantly until the

glistening surface starts to look like frosting and stiffens. Add nuts (if

desired), scrape onto greased surface, cool until set, and cut. WARNING: This

stuff tastes GREAT, but speeds like a mother. This fudge has no self-redeeming

qualities...it's just happily perverse. Dosage: start with a small square, and wait an hour before overlapping with

another piece. Guarana is the Queen of caffeine plants (with some hypoxanthines

thrown in) and will generally (to quote Dr. Donald Culbreth) produce gaiety,

restlessness, quick perception and wakefulness, while slowing the pulse and

impairing the appetite. Eating it slows absorption and can extend its effects

well past the 3-4 hours you might expect from a similar amount of coffee. The

fudge tastes good, the effects of Guarana are fun, but if you pig out on this

stuff you can get to a level of pure caffeine jitters that will completely over-

ride the subtleties that, at a more reasonable amount, make Guarana so nice.

For several years in the early 70s I manufactured this fudge, packaged and labeled it and wholesaled it to truckstops in the L.A. area. One time I made

up a huge batch to give to my sales reps to take to a Gift Show (I was making

a line of herbal gift boxes...teas, spice blends, stuff like that). They passed

it all out, the show ended up lasting until dawn, with vendors, representatives

and buyers wandering around spending, ordering, chatting, dancing, giggling and

kvetching long after the doors closed. The reps returned to L.A. only to find

that they had walked off with someone else's order book, had lost theirs, and

promptly slept for two days. I did not do this again. Neither should you.

SIMPLE SYRUP

850 grams of WHITE sugar (any other form, such as turbinado or dried sugar cane juice will ferment)

450 to 475 ml of water

Blend together, pour into a saucepan, and heat slowly until the sugar is

completely dissolved. Will make a liter of simple syrup. Store in a cool place,

but no refrigeration is necessary

MATERIA MEDICA

This defines all the specific tinctures and preparation called for in those

formulas not made from the individual botanicals but by mixing finished products.

(*) Not appropriate in pregnancy

AMBROSIA (Ragweed, Bursage, Yerba del Sapo)

HERB. Standard Infusion, 1-2 ounces. Fresh Tincture [1:2] 20-40 drops, both to 4X a day.

*ANEMONE HIRSUTISSIMA (Pulsatilla ludoviciana, Pasque Flower)

FRESH PLANT. Tincture [1:2] 3-10 drops, to 4X a day. Use with care.

ANEMOPSIS (Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 20-60 drops to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces similarly.

HERB. Standard or Cold Infusion as needed.

*ANGELICA SINENSIS (Dong Qua'i, Tang Kwei)

CURED CHINESE OR KOREAN ROOT. Large slices, 1/16 to 1/8 a day, chewed

and swallowed.Tincture [1:5, 70% alcohol] 5-20 drops Capsules, #0, 1 to 3 a day.

APIUM (Celery)

SEED. Simple Infusion, 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of seeds in cup of hot water.

Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-30 drops to 4X a day

ARCTIUM (Burdock)

ROOT Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Fluidextract [1:1, 60% alcohol] 15-30 drops.

Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-90 drops, all 3X a day.

SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 10-25 drops.

*ARISTOLOCHIA CALIFORNICA (California Snakeroot, Cal. Dutchman's Pipe

WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2] 5-20 drops to 3X a day.

*ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA (Virginia Snakeroot, Serpentaria)

ROOT and HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alc.)

5-20 drops to 3X a day. For extended use, use only low doses, and within a formula.

*ARISTOLOCHIA WATSONII (Indian Root, Raiz del Indio)

Same as previous, but safer for extended use, as is A. californica.

*ARNICA (A. montana, A. cordifolia, A. latiflora, etc.)

WHOLE PLANT. Fresh plant, flower or root tincture [1:2], dry flowers or

herb

tincture, [1:5, 50% alcohol] and dry root tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol]. EXTERNAL is diluted with one or two parts of water, applied as needed. INTERNAL use 3-10 drops. TAKE INTERNALLY WITH CARE

*ASCLEPIAS ASPERULA (Inmortal, Antelope Horns, Spider Milkweed)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 5-30 drops, Capsules, #00, 1-2, to 3X a day.

*ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Pleurisy Root)

ROOT. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 30-90 drops. Capsules, #00, 1-3, all to 3X a day.

AVENA (A. sativa, A. fatua, Oats, Wild Oats.)

UNRIPE FRESH SEED, w/"Milky" center. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 10-20 drops, to 4X a day. STRAW (dry stems). Standard Infusion, 4-8 ounces.

BAPTISIA (Wild Indigo Root)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 65% alcohol], WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Tincture [1:2], both taken 10-25 drops, to 3X a day.

USE WITH CARE; better long term in formulas

BAROSMA (Agothasma, Buchu)

LEAVES. Cold Infusion (rewarmed) 1-3 ounces. Tincture [1:5, 80% alcohol], 30-60 drops in water. Both forms to 4X a day.

Bayberry see Myrica

BERBERIS VULGARIS (Common Barberry)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-60 drops. Cold Infusion, 1-3 ounces. Capsules, #00, 1-3. All to 3X a day. See MAHONIA (Oregon Grape) as well.

Betony see Pedicularis

Black Cohosh see Cimicifuga

Blue Cohosh see Caulophyllum

Blue Flag see Iris

Bugleweed see Lycopus

Burdock see Arctium CALENDULA OFFICINALIS (European Marigold)

FLOWERS. Tincture [Fresh Flowers, 1:2, Dry Flowers, 1:5, 70% alcohol] 15-30 drops, to 4X a day. Dilute with several parts of water for topical

use.

CAPSICUM (Cayenne, African Bird Peppers)

FRUIT. Tincture [1:5, 95% alcohol] 5-15 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2

Catnip see Nepeta

*CAULOPHYLLUM (Blue Cohosh)

RHIZOME/ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 5-20 drops, usually in formula

context.

CEANOTHUS (Red Root, New Jersey Tea)

ROOT.Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 30-90 drops, to 4X a day.

Celery see Apium

CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS (Selenicereus, Peniocereus, Night-Blooming Cereus)

FRESH STEMS. Fresh Tincture [1:2], 5-15 drops (Selenicereus spp.); 10-25 drops, (Peniocereus greggii). Either one to 4X a day.

CHIMAPHILA (Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine)

HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol), 20-50 drops, to 4X a day. Standard Infusion 4-8 ounces.

CINNAMOMUM (Cinnamon, Canela)

BARK. Standard Infusion 2-4 ounces. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol, 5% glycerin] 20-50 drops, both to 4X a day. ESSENTIAL OIL. 2-5 drops in capsule.

COMMIPHORA (Myrrh Gum)

RESIN. Tincture [ 1:5, 95% alcohol] 5-20 drops. Capsules, #0, 1-2, both to 3X a day. Topically, dilute tincture with water as needed.

Dandelion see Taraxacum

Devil's Claw see Harpagophytum

Devil's Club see Oplopanax

Dong Quai see Angelica sinense

ERIODICTYON (Yerba Santa)

LEAVES (from current year's growth). Tincture [Fresh Herb, 1:2, Dry Herb, 1:5,

75% alcohol] 20-30 drops, to 5X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces as needed.

ERYNGIUM YUCCAFOLIUM (Eryngo, Rattlesnake Master, Button Snakeroot)

WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture, 1:2, 15-30 drops in warm water.

ROOT. Weak Decoction, 4-8 ounces. Dry Root Tincture, [1:5, 60% alcohol], 20-40 drops, in cup of water. All forms to 4X a day.

Fennel Seed see Foeniculum

FOENICULUM (Fennel Seed)

SEED. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-60 drops in warm water as needed.

Standard Infusion as needed.

*FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS (Ocotillo)

FRESH BARK. Tincture, [1:2] 10-30 drops, to 4X a day.

*GELSEMIUM (Yellow Jasmine)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root 1:2, Dry Root, 1:10, 65% alcohol] 2-10 drops.

DANGEROUS IN LARGER DOSES

Ginseng see Panax

*GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (Licorice)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 3-60 drops. Strong Decoction, 1-3 ounces, either to 3X a day. Can occasion sodium retention.

HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS (Devil's Claw)

TUBERS. Capsules, #0, 2-4 in evenings. Cold Infusion 4-6 ounces similarly. Strong Tincture [1:2, 60% alcohol], 1/2 to 1 teaspoons. Some recommend that two weeks on and two weeks off is the best approach

to Devil's Claw. I have found a month of continuous use is the best way to begin.

Horehound see Marrubium

*HYDRASTIS (Golden Seal)

ROOT and LEAF. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2], 15-30 drops. Dry Root Tincture, [1:5, 70% alcohol] 20-50 drops. Dry Herb Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-75 drops all the above to 4X a day. Dry Root capsules #00, 2-4, to 3X a day. Standard Infusion of leaf 1-3 ounces, to 4X a day.

The root is only partially soluble in water and should not be wasted in tea; this old friend is disappearing in the wild.

Inmortal see Asclepias asperula

*IRIS VERSICOLOR, I. MISSOURIENSIS (Blue Flag)

RHIZOME. Tincture [1:5, 80% alcohol], 5-20 drops to 3X a day. USE WITH CARE.

JUNIPERUS (Juniper)

BERRIES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol], 20-40 drops. Standard Infusion,

2-3 oz., to 3X a day. LEAVES: Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces, or boiled for inhalation. For short term use; may irritate the kidneys eventually.

LARREA (Chaparral, Gobernadora, Creosote Bush)

LEAFING BRANCHES. Tincture [1:5, 75% alcohol], 20-60 drops. Capsules, #00, 2-4 a day. Strong Decoction for topical use.

*LEONURUS CARDIACA (Motherwort)

FLOWERING HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant 1:2, Recent Dry Plant, 1:5, 60% alc.] 30-60 drops, to 4X a day. Standard Infusion, 2-4 ounces.

Licorice see Glycyrrhiza

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI (Osha, Chuchupate, Mountain Lovage)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol], 20-60 drops up to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-6 ounces, as needed.

LOMATIUM DISSECTUM (Leptotaenia, Biscuit Root)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 70% alcohol], 10-30 drops up to 4X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-3 ounces also to 4X a day.

LYCOPUS (Bugleweed, Water Horehound)

HERB. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2] 15-40 drops, to 3X a day. Standard Infusion of recent plant, 2-3 ounces, also to 3X a day.

MAHONIA (Oregon Grape, Algerita)

SAME as Berberis.

MARRUBIUM (Horehound)

FLOWERING HERB. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol], 30-90 drops, both to 4X a day.

MENYANTHES (Buckbean, Bogbean)

WHOLE PLANT. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol], 10-30 drops, to 3X a day. Cold Infusion, 1-2 ounces, also to 3X a day.

Milk Thistle see Silybum

Motherwort see Leonurus

Myrrh see Commiphora

MYRICA (Bayberry)

BARK and ROOTBARK. Tincture [Fresh Bark, 1:2, Dry Bark, 1:5, 60% alc.]

20-60 drops. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces, both to 3X a day. The diluted tincture or the infusion for topical use or as a gargle.

NEPETA CATARIA (Catnip)

FLOWERING HERB. Tincture [Fresh Herb 1:2, Recent Dry Herb 1:5, 50% alc.], 1/4 to 1 teaspoon Standard Infusion, 2-6 ounces, all to 4X a day. Ocotillo see Fouquieria *OPLOPANAX HORRIDUM (Echinopanax, Devil's Club)

ROOT and ROOTBARK. Tincture [Fresh Root 1:2, Dry Rootbark, 1:5, 60% alc.] 10-40 drops. Cold Infusion, 1-3 ounces, all forms to 3X a day.

Oregon Grape see Mahonia

Osha see Ligusticum

OSMORHIZA OCCIDENTALIS (Sweet Root, Western Sweet Cicely)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 65% alcohol] 45-60 drops to 3X a day. Strong Decoction, 2-3 ounces to 3X a day.

*PAEONIA (Peony)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 10-25 drops up to 4X a day. Cold Infusion, 1-2 ounces. Capsules, #00, 2-3 at a time.

Pau D'Arco see Tabebuia

*PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM (American Ginseng)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 70% alcohol]. WILD ROOTS (morally objectionable), 5-10 drops. WOODSGROWN ROOTS. 10-20 drops. CULTIVATED ROOTS. 20-40

drops. CULTIVATED RED ROOTS (Michigan and Wisconsin cured roots), 15-

30 drops. Any other "American Red Ginseng" is a blatant fake. LEAVES. 30-60 drops, Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. All above forms to 3X a day.

PASSIFLORA (Passion Flower)

WHOLE HERB.Tincture [Fresh Plant 1:2, Dry Herb, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 1/2 to

1 1/2 teaspoon. Fluidextract [1:1, 45% alcohol], 30-60 drops. Standard Infusion of recent herb, 2-6 ounces, all forms to 4X a day.

PEDICULARIS (Betony, Lousewort, Elephant Head, Parrot's Beak, Indian Warrior)

HERB in FLOWER.Standard Infusion, 4-8 ounces. Tincture[Fresh Plant, 1:2,

Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 1-2 teaspoons, all to 3X a day.

*PEGANUM HARMALA (Syrian Rue)

SEEDS and ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 10-30 drops, to 3X a day. LEAVES. Standard Infusion for topical use.

*PHYTOLACCA (Poke)

ROOT and BERRIES. Fresh Tincture, (Root or Berries), [1:2], 2-10 drops. Dry Root Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 5-15 drops. USE WITH CARE.

PICRAENA (Picrasma, Quassia)

WOOD. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 30-60 drops, to 3X a day. Cold Infusion, 4-8 ounces, as a retained enema, once a week for 4-6 weeks for pinworms/threadworms.

Pleurisy Root see Asclepias tuberosa

Poke Root see Phytolacca

*POLYMNIA UVEDALIA (Bearsfoot, Leafcup)

STEM and ROOT. Tincture [Fresh plant 1:2, Dry Root 1:5, 75% alcohol] 10-50 drops, to 3X a day. Small, frequent doses are preferable.

Prickly Ash see Xanthoxylum

Red Root see Ceanothus

RHEUM (Rhubarb, Chinese or Turkey Rhubarb)

ROOT. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol, 10% glycerin] 15-30 drops, to 4X a day. Too much too frequently can induce rebound constipation.

Rhubarb see Rheum

RUMEX CRISPUS (Yellow Dock)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 50% alcohol], 30-75 drops, to 3X a day. Capsules, #00, 1-2 to 2X a day. Use with moderation

in pregnancy. In all cases it works best in sub-laxative doses.

Sarsaparilla see Smilax

SCUTELLARIA (Skullcap)

HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Recent Dry Plant, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 20-60 drops. Standard Infusion of recent herb, 2-6 ounces, all to 3X a day.

Selenicereus see Cereus

SILYBUM MARIANUM (Milk Thistle)

SEEDS. Capsules, #00, 2 at a time, to 3X a day. Fluidextract [1:1, 60%

alcohol], 20-40 drops to 5X a day. Strong Tincture [1:3, 70% alcohol], 1/2 to 1 teaspoon, to 4X a day.

Skullcap see Scutellaria

SMILAX (Sarsaparilla)

ROOT and RHIZOME. Cold Infusion or Strong Decoction, 1-4 ounces, to 3X

a day. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-90 drops to 3X a day.

STILLINGIA SYLVATICA (Queen's Root)

ROOT. Tincture [Fresh root,1:2, Recent Dry Root, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-

30 drops, preferably in small frequent doses.

Sweet Root see Osmorrhiza

TABEBUIA (Lapacho, Pau D'Arco, Ipe Roxo, Amapa)

TREE BARK. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounce to 3X a day. Fluidextract [1:1, 50% alc.] 15-30 drops to 5X a day.Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 1/2 to 1 teaspoon to 4X a day

TARAXACUM (Dandelion)

ROOT or LEAF. Root Fluidextract [1:1, 45% alcohol] 30-60 drops up to 4X a day. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2] 1/2 to 1 teaspoon. Strong Decoction, 2-4 ounces, to 4X a day. Leaf as Standard Infusion, 3-6 ounces as needed.

*THUJA (Arbor Vitae, Flat, Red or Yellow Cedar)

HERB. Fresh Plant Tincture [1:2] for topical use; 5-15 drops in water,

to 4X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-3 ounces, to 3X a day. *TRIBULUS (Puncture Vine, Goat's Head)

HERB and SEEDS. 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of the powdered plant in tea, to 2X a day. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-40 drops, 2X a day.

VERBENA (Blue Vervain)

FLOWERING HERB. Standard Infusion, 2-5 ounces, to 3X a day. Tincture [1:5, 60% alcohol] 30-90 drops, to 4X a day.

*VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS (Chaste Tree Berries, Monk Peppers)

SEEDS. Tincture [1:5, 65% alcohol] 30-60 drops. Ground Berries, 1/2 to

1 tspn. in tea, both once in the morning. As it strengthens the progesterone phase of the estrus cycle, it usually works best the two weeks before menses.

XANTHOXYLUM (Prickly Ash)

BARK/BERRIES. Tincture [1:5, 65% alcohol] 10-30 drops, before meals.

Yellow Dock see Rumex crispus

Yerba Mansa see Anemopsis

Yerba Santa see Eriodictyon

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