The Earthwise Herbal Repertory
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Blisters: See “Skin.”
Bones, Broken: • Achillea (bruising, bleeding, pain) • Ajuga • Calendula (lymphatic congestion with broken collarbone) • Dipsacus (Chinese, European) • EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM (crushed and broken bones) • Eupatorium purpureum (when the former is unavailable) • EQUISETUM (weak skin, hair, nails; poor bone-healing from silica deficiency; chronic swelling after broken bone; internal, or bath) • Hieracium pilosella • Medicago • Piscidia (pain) • Polygonatum (removes bruising, sets bones in the right place, heals quickly) • Rehmannia (cooked root) • Spikenard (Occom) • SYMPHYTUM (old, difficult, slow-healing broken bones; heals quickly but causes callous and overgrowth; can join the bones when incorrectly set; external) • Trigonella • URTICA • VERBASCUM (use externally on broken ribs and toes that cannot be set; especially good for digits; sets the bones in the right place).
Note: For the first three or four days, use Achillea, Arnica, or Ledum to remove clotted blood; then switch to bone-healing with Eupatorium perfoliatum or Symphytum for a month. Bone-healing could be very precise in Native American medicine. The Mohegan medicine man Samuel Occom (1754) gave one formula for breaks around the fingers, feet, and hands, and another for the thighs, arms, and limbs. Unfortunately, except for spikenard in the second recipe, he didn’t use names we understand today.
Chilblains: • Acorus calamus (wash) • Arnica (external) • Calendula (ointment) • CAPSICUM • Juglans nigra (leaf wash) • Krameria (external) • Viscum (berry ointment).
Frostbite: • Acorus calamus (wash) • Equisetum (bath) • Quercus (bath) • Verbascum • Viscum (wash).
Insect Bite: • Achillea (brown recluse spider) • Cimicifuga (external) • Eupatorium cannabinum (smoke smudge, to keep away insects) • Eupatorium perfoliatum, E. purpurea (substitute for the following) • Eupatorium rugosum (spider) • Gentiana (anaphylaxis, bee sting) • Hypericum • Nicotiana (tobacco poultice) • OCIMUM (dried leaves, remoistened with water) • Opuntia (pad poultice) • PLANTAGO • Salvia.
Nerve Injury: • ACHILLEA (after cerebrospinal injuries and surgery; to prevent blood stagnation from pressing on spinal and cerebral injury) • Acorus (oil, external) • Agrimonia (pain, tension, holding the breath) • Betonica (pain, hysteria, frenzy, head injury) • Chamomilla (irritability) • Eschscholzia (nerve damage; sharp, shooting pain) • Heracleum • HYPERICUM (tortured, painful, inflamed nerves) • Lactuca (blow to the testicles) • Osmorhiza (numbness, pain, peripheral neuralgia, debility) • Valeriana (“wonderful for chronic maraudering pain when taken at sub-sedative doses”—Sedlacek) • WITHANIA (nourishing; external, in ghee) • ZANTHOXYLUM (tortured, painful).
Poison Ivy/Oak (for external application): • Alnus • Ampelopsis (leaf and twig) • COMPTONIA • Echinacea • GRINDELIA • IMPATIENS (wipe on immediately) • Lithospermum (wash) • Lobelia (vinegar tincture) • Lycium (combine with Lithospermum) • Monarda fistulosa • Plantago • Polygonatum • Quercus • Rosmarinus (in vinegar).
Scorpion Sting: • Artemisia ludoviciana (external; apply a cloth saturated in the tincture) • Opuntia (pad poultice) • Populus (leaf poultice).
Severe Fluid or Blood Loss: • Cinchona • Gelsemium (exhaustion, lethargy; after sweating) • Panax ginseng (collapse with feeble, minute pulse, dry tongue).
Shock: • ACONITUM (homeopathic; for animal fear) • ARNICA • CARTHAMUS (tincture; or even safflower cooking oil, if nothing else is available) • Panax ginseng (feeble pulse, shallow respiration, shortness of breath, cold extremities, cold sweat) • Rosmarinus.
Snakebite: • Allium cepa (sliced onion; put on bite—Doyle) • Baptisia (sepsis) • Cimicifuga (neurological symptoms; tea or tincture, every hour) • ECHINACEA (stops spread and sepsis) • Eupatorium rugosum • Eryngium yuccifolium (“rattlesnake master”—the most important snakebite remedy of the Southeastern Indian people) • Fraxinus (root bark tea—Native American) • Iris (wear for protection against—Native American) • Juglans nigra (bark and leaf tea) • Monarda fistulosa (bite burns like fire—Olson) • Opuntia (split open the prickly pear pad, poultice on the site, moist side down, if available; change every hour) • Plantago (immediate application, if available) • Polygonum bistorta (root tea) • Populus (aspen or cottonwood-leaf poultice) • Vitis (wild grape leaf tea).
Spider Bite: • Achillea (brown recluse) • Calendula • ECHINACEA • EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM (if not available, use cousin E. perfoliatum or E. purpureum) • HYPERICUM (red streak up arm) • PLANTAGO.
Note: Also see snakebite remedies, above.
Sunburn (external treatment): • ALOE (fresh gel) • CALENDULA (external) • Cucurbita citrullus (internal) • HYPERICUM (external) • IRIS (external) • Potentilla (internal) • Rosa (petals in vinegar; external).
Sunstroke: • Echinacea • Melilotus (for sunstroke—Lakota usage) • Melissa • Primula.
Unconsciousness (to revive): • Achillea (for head injury; smell) • Betonica • CARBO VEGETABILIS (homeopathic) • Lobelia • Symphytum (apparent brain death; no brain activity; has revived unconscious patients).
Drawing Agents: • Allium cepa (cut a red onion in half, and use cut half on skin or ear to draw out object, venom, or matter; onion syrup on chest to draw out mucus) • Agrimonia (splinters) • Amygdalus (draw out abscess—Graf; parasites—Grieve) • GLECHOMA (footbath with Plantago for heavy metals—Dowling) • Monarda fistulosa (“draw out fire” from a burn—Crow; confirmed, Wood) • Pinus strobus • PLANTAGO (draw out splinter, pus, infection, abscess) • Prunella (infection, pus, heat—LeSassier; pieces of metal—Keewaydinoquay • Sinapis alba (mustard pack on chest to loosen mucus).
Note: Green leaves in general are cooling and drawing.
FORMULARY
Acorus—“Sweet flag good for Cloted Blood”—Samson Occom, Mohegan medicine man, 1754.
Achillea—in safflower oil, for bleeding, contusion with bleeding.
Arnica—always contraindicated with an open wound.
Calendula—dried flowers: fill jar, then fill with mineral oil; let sit 6 weeks; strain and use oil.
Calendula—with Chondrus and Ulmus (nutritive, slightly warming). BHP 1983, 45.
Calendula—with Hydrastis and Commiphora myrrha (stimulating). BHP 1983, 45.
Calendula—with Symphytum leaves in mineral oil (for gaping wounds). Carthamus—always use safflower oil, if possible, when making oils for bruises. Even by itself it is helpful.
Hypericum—always include St. John’s wort oil when the nerves are involved. Pick on a dry, sunny day, more than twenty-four hours after rain.
Lilium candidum—petals in oil or alcohol; a very widespread French folk remedy until after WWII. Use Lilium longiflorum if L. candidum is not available.
Ocimum—dried leaves; remoisten with a few drops of water to make a small poultice to put on a sting; it temporarily increases the sting as it pulls out poison, but prevents further pain and swelling. Can use any kind of basil—Doyle.
Plantago—My favorite salve is made from fresh plantain leaves chopped fine and added to coconut oil, which reinforces the cooling property of plantain and turns a beautiful green color.
THE CONSOLIDA
The established wound-healing remedies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance were called “consolida,” meaning that they “consolidated” the wound, brought the lips of the wound together, or strengthened the tissue. Here is a list from Olaf Rippe and Margret Madejsky’s Die Kräuterkunde des Paracelsus (2013, 182):
• Consolida minor (Symphytum officinale)
• Consolida media (Ajuga reptans)
• Consolida mediana (Vinca minor)
• Consolida minor (Prunella vulgaris, Menyanthes trifoliata, Bellis perennis, Sanicula europaea)
• Consolida mucilaginosa (Symphytum officinale)
• Consolida regalis (Delphinium regalis)
• Consolida rubea (Potentilla tormentilla)
• Consolida aurea (Hypericum perfoliatum)
• Solidago (Soli
dago virga-aurea)
URTICA
“When in doubt, give Nettles.”
—DAVID HOFFMAN
Therapeutic Index of Clinical Conditions and Diseases
A
Abortion, side effects of • FEMALE, 314
Abrasions • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 405–7
Abscesses
breast • FEMALE, 320
general • SKIN, 364–65
tooth • MOUTH, GUMS, TEETH; EXHAUSTION, LOW ENERGY, FATIGUE, 168, 385
Abuse • FEMALE, 325
Achlorhydria (low acid) • STOMACH, 228
Acid reflux • STOMACH, 228
Acne • SKIN, 365–66
rosacea • SKIN, 366
ADD/ADHD • MIND, 126–27
Addictions
drug detox • ENVIRONMENTAL AND DIETARY TOXINS, 387
general • MIND, 134–35
rebuilding nervous system after • NERVOUS SYSTEM, 345
tobacco • LUNGS, 189–90
Adenitis • NOSE, 162
Adrenal burnout • ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, 339–40
Age spots • SKIN, 366
Albuminuria • KIDNEYS, 289
Alcoholism • MIND, 134–35
Allergies
skin • SKIN, 366
upper respiratory • NOSE, 162
Amenorrhea • FEMALE, 301–2
Anabolism, low • LIVER, 266
Anal itching • INTESTINES, 254
Anemia • BLOOD, 201–2
Anger • MIND, 132
Angina pectoris • HEART, 219
Ankle issues • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 353–54
Anorexia
nervosa • STOMACH, 229
simple • STOMACH, 228–29
Anxiety • MIND; HEART, 131–32, 220
Aorta, pulsating • HEART, 223
Appendicitis • INTESTINES, 244
Appetite
excessive • STOMACH, 230
loss of • STOMACH, 228–29
Arteriosclerosis
cardiovascular • HEART, 221
cerebral • BRAIN AND HEAD, 150
of the eye • EYES, 158
Arthritis • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 349–50, 351
Ascites • LIVER, 269
Assimilation issues • ASSIMILATION, 259
Asthma • LUNGS, 182–84
Athlete’s foot • SKIN, 366
Attention Deficit Disorder • MIND, 126–27
B
Bacterial infection • FEVER, 401
Bedsores • SKIN, 367
Bedwetting • BLADDER AND URETHRA, 296
Bell’s palsy • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 358
Bile, insufficient • GALL BLADDER, 272
Biliousness • GALL BLADDER, 270, 271
Bipolar disorder • MIND, 136
Birthmarks • SKIN, 366
Bites • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 409–11
Bladder, irritable • BLADDER AND URETHRA, 295
Blepharitis • EYES, 156
Blisters • SKIN, 366
Bloating • STOMACH, 231–32
Blood. See also individual conditions and diseases
congealed • BLOOD, 201
deficiency • BLOOD, 201–2
“high” • BLOOD, 203
loss, severe • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 410
“low” • BLOOD, 203
Blood pressure
high • HEART, 217–18
low • HEART, 218–19
Boils • SKIN, 364–65
Bone
broken • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 408–9
issues • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 359–60
Bradycardia • HEART, 220
Brain fever • FEVER, 401
Brain issues • BRAIN AND HEAD, 144
Breasts
abscess of • FEMALE, 320
cancer • FEMALE; CANCER, 321–22, 390–92
cysts and lumps in • FEMALE, 311, 321
health of • FEMALE, 320–21
infection of • FEMALE, 320
Breath, offensive • MOUTH, GUMS, TEETH, 168
Broken-heartedness • MIND, 135–36
Bronchitis • LUNGS, 184–88
Bronchorrhea • LUNGS, 188
Bruises • BLOOD; MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL; INJURIES, FIRST AID, 201, 345–47, 407
Bulimia • STOMACH, 229
Bullying • MIND, 138
Burns • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 407–8
C
Cachexia • CANCER, 393
Cancer
breast • FEMALE; CANCER, 321–22, 390–92
cachexia • CANCER, 393
chemotherapy, side effects of • STOMACH; KIDNEYS; CANCER, 229, 289, 392–93
escharotics • CANCER, 393
pain • CANCER, 393
radiation, side effects of • ENVIRONMENTAL AND DIETARY TOXINS; CANCER, 387, 392–93
treatment • CANCER, 390–92, 394
Candida • FEMALE, 309–10
Canker sores • MOUTH, GUMS, TEETH, 167
Capillary fragility • HEART, 222
Carbuncles • SKIN, 364–65
Cardiac edema • HEART, 219
Catabolism, low • LIVER, 265–66
Cataracts • EYES, 156
Catarrh • STOMACH, 234
Cellulite • SKIN, 367
Cerebral circulation, impaired • BRAIN AND HEAD, 148
Cerebrospinal issues • BRAIN AND HEAD, 149
Cervical conditions • FEMALE, 310
Cesarean section
following • FEMALE, 315
preventing • FEMALE, 317
Chemotherapy, side effects of • STOMACH; KIDNEYS; CANCER, 229, 289, 392–93
Chickenpox • FEVER, 400
Chilblains • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 409
Children, issues for • STAGES OF LIFE, 380–81
Cholecystitis • GALL BLADDER, 272
Cholesterol, high • BLOOD; HEART, 203–4, 222
Chorea • NERVOUS SYSTEM, 344
Chronic fatigue syndrome • EXHAUSTION, LOW ENERGY, FATIGUE; FEVER, 384, 401
Cilia, damage to • LUNGS, 195
Circular muscle fibers, spasm of • INTESTINES, 254
Circulation problems • HEART, 215–16
Cirrhosis • LIVER, 269
Claudication, intermittent • NERVOUS SYSTEM, 344
Coccygeal pain • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 358
Colds • NOSE, 162–64
Colic • STOMACH; INTESTINES, 232, 244–46
gallstone • GALL BLADDER, 232
Colitis • INTESTINES, 246–47
Colon
atonic • INTESTINES, 243–44
septic • INTESTINES, 244
spastic • INTESTINES, 244–46
Concentration, lack of • MIND, 126–27
Concussion • BRAIN AND HEAD, 144
Conjunctiva, yellow • EYES, 158
Conjunctivitis • EYES, 155
Constipation • INTESTINES, 243, 247–48
Convulsions • NERVOUS SYSTEM, 344
Corneal abrasions • EYES, 157
Corns • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 360
Cough • LUNGS, 190–95
Cradle cap • SKIN, 367
Cramps
menstrual • FEMALE, 302–4
muscle • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 348
Creative issues • MIND, 133
Crohn’s disease • INTESTINES, 246–47
Croup • LUNGS, 194
Crusta lactea • SKIN, 367
Cuts • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 405–7
Cystitis • BLADDER AND URETHRA, 293–94
Cysts
in breasts or female organs • FEMALE, 311, 321
sebaceous • SKIN, 373
D
Dandruff • SKIN, 367
Deafness • EARS, 160, 161
Decubitus ulcers • SKIN, 367
Delirium • FEVER, 400
Dental issues • MOUTH, GUMS, TEETH, 168
Dentition �
� MOUTH, GUMS, TEETH, 168
Depression • MIND, 128–29
Diabetes
insipidus • KIDNEYS, 282, 286
mellitus • PANCREAS, 276–77
Diaper rash • SKIN, 367
Diarrhea • INTESTINES, 243, 248–50
Digestion, weak • STOMACH, 230–31. See also Indigestion
Direction, lack of • MIND, 133
Diverticulitis • INTESTINES, 251
Diverticulosis • INTESTINES, 251
Dizziness • BRAIN AND HEAD; EARS, 148, 161
Drawing agents • INJURIES, FIRST AID, 411
Dreams • SLEEP AND DREAMS, 141–42
Drug abuse • MIND; ENVIRONMENTAL AND DIETARY TOXINS, 134–35, 387
Duodenum
inflammation of • INTESTINES, 251
ulcers • STOMACH; INTESTINES, 233–34, 246
DuPuytren’s contracture • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 351
Dysbiosis • INTESTINES, 253
Dysentery • INTESTINES, 250–51
Dysmenorrhea • FEMALE, 302–4
Dyspepsia • STOMACH, 232–33
Dyspnea • LUNGS, 188
Dyspraxia • MIND, 136
Dysthymia • MIND, 129–30
Dystonia • MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL, 361
Dysuria • BLADDER AND URETHRA, 296–97
E
Earache • EARS, 160
Ears. See also individual conditions and diseases