Sunday, November 1, 2020

Materia Medica Lesson 6-7: Corydalis aureus and friends

 MM says to use the yellow ones. Some species make you sick. Good to use for shaky, twitchy, nervous, exhausted people. Calms the nerves when exhausted or burned out from drugs. Could help with shakiness from asthma meds. Musculoskeletal relaxant.

CORYDALIS AUREUS (Golden Smoke) (see also DICENTRA) HERB. Tincture [Fresh Plant, 1:2, Dry Herb, 1:5, 50% alcohol] 10-40 4 drops; small, frequent doses are best. STATUS : W/A


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

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

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