Thursday, October 15, 2020

Materia Medica Lesson 3-7: Anemopsis and relatives, interstitial cystitis

 Internally, good for urinary tract irritability. Lizard Tail/Swamp Root good for kidney stones. Anemopsis tincture, especially combined with kava, sedates sharp pain. Does not help with interstitial cystitis. That is aggravated by any type of plant acid. Lots of mallow helps. Trying to treat it as a UTI makes it worth.

Use topically for strains and arthritis. Good gum tonic. Good for nasal spray. Good for sore throat. Topical antiesthetic, anti-microbial, stimulates mucus secretions.

Anemopsis - Yerba Mansa ANEMOPSIS (Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail) ROOT. Tincture [Fresh Root, 1:2, Dry Root, 1:5, 60% alcohol] 20-60 drops to 5X a day. Cold Infusion, 2-4 ounces similarly. HERB. Standard or Cold Infusion as needed. STATUS : W/LA

YERBA MANSA SALVE

Yerba Mansa Leaves .............. .......... 5 ounces

Alcohol .......... ...................... .......... 3 ounces

Olive Oil......... ...................... .......... 35 ounces

Beeswax......... ...................... .......... 7 ounces

Grind and sift the recent dried Anemopsis leaves (roots will not work). Mix the alcohol with the flowers in a stainless steel bowl with a lid, cover and let stand for at least 2-3 hours. Blend the moist herb with olive oil in a hearty blender (Oster at high speed or Vitamix at slow speed) until the container gets warm. Filter through muslin, squeezing the marc as well as possible, and heat the oil slowly in the top of a double boiler. Chop and add the beewsax, continuing the low heat until the beeswax has melted. Pour into containers. Use freely for hemorrhoids, blisters, cold sores, stings, vaginitis, anal fissures and any inflamed swellings

From  SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:

ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA Acute early stages of herpes, topically. Subacute head cold with thick mucus. Acute pharyngitis, returning after almost healing. Chronic pharyngitis with pale, relaxed mucosa. Chronic or subacute rhinitis. Acute sinusitis with ulcerations (as a nasal spray). Chronic sinusitis with inflammation, catarrh, stuffy heat. Chronic sinusitis with edematous turbinates, relaxed and purplish; or with thick ropy mucous, frontal headache. Chronic tonsillitis with ulcers (also as a gargle). Intrinsic humid asthma with moist cough. Chronic bronchitis with profuse secretions. Acute cough, moist, persistent. Cystorrhea. Acute cystitis/urethritis with mucus in urine; or with inflamed urethral opening. Chronic anorexia with colon, rectal catarrh. Chronic colic with catarrh. Recuperating from diarrhea. Dysentery, for concurrent mouth sores. Acute gastritis with catarrh. Acute gastritis, recuperation. Gastroenteritis with mucus hypersecretions. Gastroenteritis, recuperation. Hemorrhoids, painful, extruding. Hemorrhoids, painful, extruding w/constant throbbing pain (internal and external) Nausea after eating. Shigellosis, recuperative period. Gastric or duodenal ulcers, slow healing. Subacute or chronic ulcers with vomiting or spitting of ropy mucus. Vomiting, in general. Abscess, acute, local (topically). Fissures, general orificial (external). Rectal fissures (sitz bath). Anal fissures (sitz bath: 8 fl oz strong decoction in bath at a time). Skin ulcers, in general (external). Topical in arthritis. As a bath for arthritis. Arthritis, diuretic. Anti-inflammatory in arthritis. Muscular pain, in general. Leukorrhea, supportive to local itching and pain (with Larrea as a sitz bath). Acute prostatitis, with discharge and inflammation. Acute vaginitis (sitz bath). Subacute vaginitis, or with Bartholin gland cysts (as sitz baths). Subacute vulvitis (as a sitz bath). Infant teething, with cold sores or stomatitis (rubbed on gums). Nutritional malabsorption in poor absorption in ileum of bile acids, fat soluble vitamins, intrinsic factor or B12.

Here is the link to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Course

https://www.swsbm.com/school/

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