Sunday, December 27, 2020

Encelia farinosa, brittlebrush

 Can be used like pine pitch. Stimulates secretions and moistens the lungs. Heating and drawing as salve. Numbs sore teeth or throat.. Dry herb diminishes allergic reactions such as hay fever and asthma as a tea - diminishes inflammatory/immune reaction.

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

ENCELIA FARINOSA Acute allergic rhinitis. Acute sinusitis with runny eyes, nose. In children, eye and nose pain, sharp itching pain, hay fever. Hay fever with watery eyes, nasal membranes.

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