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HERBAL THERAPY

C H E A T S H E E T

HERBAL TREATMENTS COME IN MANY FORMS THEY CAN

COME AS

HERBAL TEAS

DECOCTIONS

POULTICES

HERBAL OILS

POWDERS/CAPSULES

AROMATHERAPY

MASSAGE OILS

SALVES AND BALMS

TINCTURES

HERBAL BATHS

COMPRESSES

COMMONLY USED HERBS

ECHINACEA - OFTEN USED IN TINCTURES OR POWDERS TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF THE COMMON COLD AND FLU. IT IS ALSO USED FOR INFECTIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE KIDNEY.

GARLIC - USED TO REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND BLOOD PRESSURE, AS WELL AS FOR TREATING INFECTIONS. IT CAN BE TAKEN FRESH, AS A POWDER, AS OIL OR AS A JUICE.

GINGER - COMMONLY USED TO REDUCE NAUSEA, TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF COLDS AND CHILLS THROUGH SWEATING AND TO BOOST CIRCULATION. IT CAN BE TAKEN FRESH, DRIED, OR AS OIL.

GINGKO - MOST COMMONLY USED TO IMPROVE MEMORY. GINGKO IMPROVES CIRCULATION, PARTICULARLY TO THE BRAIN, THOUGH IT IS ALSO USED TO REGULATE IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS AND TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA. IT IS USUALLY TAKEN AS A TINCTURE OR AN INFUSION.

GINSENG - USED TO BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND DECREASE FATIGUE. IT IS ALSO USED FOR LUNGS CONDITIONS SUCH AS COUGHS, AND TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE. THE ROOT IS TAKEN AS A POWDER, TINCTURE, OR DECOCTION.

ST. JOHN’S WORT - USED AS AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT, FOR

ANXIETY, IRRITABILITY AND EXHAUSTION. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TOPICALLY FOR BURNS AND INFLAMMATIONS. ST. JOHN’S WORT IS USUALLY TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE OR CREAM.

LAVENDER - POPULAR AS AROMATIC OIL, AND CAN BE USED TO TREAT A WIDE VARIETY OF AILMENTS FROM EXHAUSTION TO HEADACHES, AND INDIGESTION TO DEPRESSION. IT IS COMMONLY TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE, MOUTHWASH, CREAM, LOTION, MASSAGE OIL, CHEST RUB, HAIR RINSE OR OIL.

CHAMOMILE - A POPULAR HERB USED FOR INDIGESTION, STRESS RELIEF, ANXIETY, AND INSOMNIA. IT IS ALSO USED FOR ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS. IT CAN BE TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE, OINTMENT, INHALATION OR MOUTHWASH.

CURES FOR COMMON AILMENTS

ACNE - CALENDULA, ALOE, TEA TREE

ALCOHOLISM - EVENING PRIMROSE, KUDZU

ALLERGY - CHAMOMILE

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - GINKGO, ROSEMARY

ANGINA - HAWTHORN, GARLIC, WILLOW, GREEN TEA

ANXIETY AND STRESS - HOPS, KAVA, PASSIONFLOWER, VALERIAN, CHAMOMILE, LAVENDER

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - GARLIC

ARTHRITIS - CAPSICUM, GINGER, TURMERIC, WILLOW, CAT’S CLAW, DEVIL’S CLAW

ASTHMA - COFFEE, EPHEDRA, TEA

ATHLETE’S FOOT - TOPICAL TEA TREE OIL

ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER - EVENING PRIMROSE OIL

BAD BREATH - PARSLEY

BOILS - TEA TREE OIL, TOPICAL GARLIC, ECHINACEA, ELEU- THEROCOCCUS, GINSENG, RHODIOLA

BRONCHITIS - ECHINACEA, PELARGONIUM

BURNS - ALOE

CANCER - BILBERRY, BLACKBERRY, COCOA