Class Notes from Lesson 8-4 Constitutional

 Lesson 8-4: Asthma part 2

ANTI-OXIDANTS These herbs variously help lessen free-radical cascades, and may raise threshold levels for acute episodes. Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorne) Curcuma longa (Turmeric) Erodium cicutarium (Fillary, Storksbill) Fraxinus excelsior (European Ash) Hamamelis virginiana (Witch Hazel) Heterotheca inuloides and others (Mexican “Arnica”) Larrea tridentata (Chaparral, Gobernadora) Mahonia spp. (Oregon Grape) Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm) Peumus boldus (Boldo) Pluchea spp. Prunella vulgaris (Self Heal) Schisandra chinensis Solidago virgaurea (Goldenrod)

STIMULANTS TO NON-SPECIFIC RESISTANCE These are herbs that tend to lessen the DEGREE of metabolic stress, from whatever cause. Aralia racemosa (Spikenard) Astragalus mongholicus Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Panax ginseng, P. quinquefolia (Ginseng) Schisandra chinensis Sedum (Rhodiola) rosea or S. integrifolia (King’s Crown)

ANTI-FUNGALS These are sometimes necessary as mouthwashes, nasal sprays or gargles, since the use of corticosteroid therapy for asthma, however valid, causes a high incidence of thrush, and further, many asthmatics have chronic upper-resporatory fungal infections. All those listed should be used as simple infusions of the aerial parts. Castela or Holacantha spp. (Chaparro Amargosa) Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed, Great Willow Herb) Larrea tridentata (Chaparral, Gobernadora) Nuphar spp. (Yellow Pond Lily) Sagittaria spp. (Arrow Head) Salvia apiana (White Sage)

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