Sunday, January 10, 2021

Agave, Agar, Allium Sativa, Amygdalus Persica and Anise

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

AGAVE

Constipation with poor appetite. Rheumatoid arthritis.


AGAR

Constipation, dry feces with scanty secretions. 


ALLIUM SATIVA, garlic

Extrinsic asthma with dry spastic cough. Essential hypertension. Blood serum levels: cholesterol elevations. Blood serum levels: hyperlipidemia, in general. 


AMYGDALUS PERSICA, peach

Chronic gastritis with abdominal tenderness. Morning sickness (cold infusion). Vomiting in children, with green diarrhea (as a cold infusion). 


ANISUM, anise

Colic in infants, with flatulence.

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