... okay, so this lesson is 5 minutes of info and 48 minutes of rambling time wasting. So, here is the the synopisis from Nartural Medicinal Herbs
Creosote bush was widely used by various North American Indian tribes. A decoction of the leaves was used to treat diarrhoea and stomach troubles whilst the young twigs were used to treat toothache and a poultice of the leaves was used to treat chest complaints and as a wash for skin problems. It continued to be widely used as a treatment for rheumatic disease, venereal infections, urinary infections and certain types of cancer, especially leukaemia until its sale was banned in North America due to concern over its potential toxic effect upon the liver. There have been a number of cases of acute or sub-acute hepatitis attributed to the use of this herb and so its internal use is not recommended until further research has been carried out. A tea made from the leaves is used as an expectorant and pulmonary antiseptic. Some N. American Indian tribes heated the shoot tips of this plant and dripped the sap (probably the resin) into tooth cavities to treat toothache. medicinal herbs: CREOSOTE BUSH - Larrea tridentata (naturalmedicinalherbs.net)
From SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:
LARREA
Chronic biliousness with symptoms of autointoxication, sluggish liver catabolism. Dyspepsia, aggravated by fats and proteins. Nausea in morning, after fatty breakfast. Steatorrhea with ileocecal irritability. Vomiting, from fats, pastry abuse. Eczema, with chronic poor fat digestion, dry skin. As a bath in arthritis. Leukorrhea, supportive to local itching and pain (with Anemopsis as a sitz bath). Blood serum levels: SGOT, SGPT elevations with elevated bilirubin, not active hepatitis. Nutritional malabsorption in conjunction with lipotropic therapies. Cancer, supportive in skin cancers (externally). Hangover, liverish, dark circles under eyes.
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