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musculoskeletal system
gout
botanicals
primary herbs
Apium graveolens (seed): (Mitchell, p. 13)
Aralia racemosa: cleanses, tones (Ellingwood, p. 486)
Arctium lappa: alterative (Mitchell, p. 41)
Chimaphila umbellata: removes metabolic waste (Mitchell, p. 41)
Colchicum autumnale (toxic): Mitchell suggests 3X; acute attack: see (Weiss, p. 273; Mitchell, p. 41)
Guaiacum officinale: during acute attack, or chronic, or as a prophylactic (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 107; Bastyr)
Juniperus communis: as a diuretic, chronic gout (Weiss, p. 235)
Mentha pulegium (oil): topically (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 143)
Smilax sarsaparilla: alterative (Ellingwood, p. 372)
Taraxacum officinale: alterative
Trigonella foenum-graecum: (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 217)
British Herbal Pharmacopoeia also lists:
Calluna vulgaris
Daucus carota
Eupatorium purpureum
Harpagophytum procumbens
Populus gileadensis
Salix spp.
Sassafras albidum
Teucrium chamaedrys
complementary herbs
formula: to "cleanse the blood":
Taraxacum officinale (root, leaf), 20 g.
Urtica spp., 20 g.
Sambucus niger (flowers), 20 g.
Rhamnus frangula (toxic) (bark), 20 g.
Foeniculum vulgare (fennel seed), 20 g.
instructions: 1 tsp. per cup of boiling water, morning and night for 4 weeks. May add a carminative for flavoring. (Weiss, p. 274)
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