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reproductive system
venereal disease
botanicals
primary herbs
note: must treat all sexual partners
general:
Arctium lappa: alterative
Berberis aquifolium: alterative for syphilitic constitutional type (Mitchell, p.1)
Chimaphila umbellata: clears system of toxins (Ellingwood, p. 377)
Echinacea angustifolia: cleanses blood
Equisetum arvense: diuretic
Sanguinaria canadensis (toxic): locally: fungoid growths (Harper-Shove, p. 194)
Trifolium pratense: cleanses blood
see: verrucae (warts), herpes simplex
gonorrhea:
Althea officinalis: as wash: acute gonorrhea (Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Anemone pulsatilla (toxic): epididymitis due to gonorrhea; dysuria, swelling of chronic gonorrhea (Felter, p. 585; Felter and Lloyd, p. 1590)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi: bloody urination with gonorrhea (Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Eryngium aquaticum or yuccaefolium: old effects of gonorrhea (Mitchell, p. 35)
Eucalyptus spp.: locally: copious, fetid gonorrhea discharges (Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): gonorrhea, use according to indications (Felter and Lloyd, p. 922)
Hydrastis canadensis: useful topically to penis and vaginally after first acute stage has passed, and for gonococcal urethritis, as eyewash in gonorrhea: 10 drops to 1 oz. water (Ellingwood, p. 198; Felter, p. 418)
Leptotania dissectum: partially effective against Neisseria (Mitchell, p. 7)
Myroxylon pereirae: gonorrhea: stubborn cases (Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Piper methysticum: gonorrhea: slow, intractable (Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Pterocarpus marsupium: gonorrhea (Mitchell, p. 46)
Sassafras officinale: chronic gonorrhea urethritis (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1731; Harper-Shove, p. 103)
Serenoa serrulata: chronic gonorrhea urethritis (Harper-Shove, p. 102)
Thuja occidentalis: for genital inflammations, warts, polyps, uterine infections, cystitis, cancer, pelvic congestion (Nissim, p. 43)
Harper-Shove and Ellingwood also list:
Aralia nudicaulis
Barosma betulina
Ceanothus virginicus
Cimicifuga racemosa
Copaifera langsdorffii
Delphinium staphysagria (toxic)
Erigeron canadensis
Franciscea uniflora
Mentha piperita
Oleum Terebinthinae
Petroselinum sativum
Piper cubeba
Santalum album
Senecio aureus (toxic)
Triticum repens
Veratrum viride (toxic)
Zea mays
chlamydia:
Hydrastis canadensis: chlamydia; urethritis (Ellingwood, p. 198; Pizzorno, Murray, Roberts VI: Chlam-3)
see: vulvovaginitis
trichomonas:
see: vulvovaginitis
syphilis:
Arctium lappa: antiseptic herb particularly effective on gram-positive bacteria, staphylococcus and possibly syphilis (Nissim, p. 86)
Corydalis formosa: syphilitic nodules of bones, ulcerations (Ellingwood, p. 377)
Gonolobus condurango: ancient herbalists thought it to be anti-syphilitic (Nissim, p. 101)
Hyoscyamus niger (toxic): syphilis: bone pain (Ellingwood, p. 109)
Iris versicolor (toxic): gonorrhea; syphilis: secondary stage; cachexia, glandular tonic (Felter and Lloyd, pp. 1079, 1080)
Kalmia latifolia (toxic): syphilis: chronic cachexia due to; constitutional with excited heart and rapid circulation (Harper-Shove, p. 111)
Phytolacca decandra (toxic): syphilis; bone pains of (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1473)
Podophyllum peltatum (toxic): syphilis: second stage (Harper-Shove, p. 112)
Rhus glabra or aromatica (toxic): syphilitic ulceration (Harper-Shove, p. 112)
Saxifrage pennsylvanica: syphilitic affections of the eyes (Ellingwood, p. 398)
Smilax ornata, officinalis: 90% effective in primary syphilis (Heron)
Thuja occidentalis: syphilis: chancroid; oil applied to condylomata (Mitchell,
p. 69; Harper-Shove, p. 111)
Harper-Shove and Ellingwood also list:
Aralia nudicaulis
Betonica officinalis
Ceanothus americanus
Daphne mezereum
Guaiacum officinale
Helianthemum canadense
Lobelia inflata (toxic)
Plantago major (mouth ulcers)
Polygala senega
Rumex crispus
Scrophularia nodosa
Solanum dulcamara (toxic)
Stillingia sylvatica
Veratrum viride (toxic)
hemophilus:
Hydrastis canadensis: internally as a tea or tincture or vaginally in douches and suppositories. Useful combined with Calendula officinalis and Symphytum officinale (toxic) (Nissim, p. 75; Stansbury)
Acidic preparations: citrus limon or vinegar douches twice daily for 10 days (Nissim, p. 75)
see: vulvovaginitis
herpes simplex:
Arctium lappa: (Nissim, p. 86)
Berberis aquifolium: herpetic lesions recede with persistent use (Felter, pp. 244-245)
Echinacea spp.: antiseptic, immune stimulating (Nissim, p. 85; Stansbury)
Hypericum perforatum: antiviral (Stansbury)
Smilax officinalis: depurative, alterative (Nissim, p. 87)
complementary herbs
gonorrhea: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi + Capsella bursa-pastoris + Piper methysticum + essential oils: Santalum spicatum + Allium sativum + Juniperus communis (Nissim, p. 94)
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