Sunday, January 10, 2021

ASPIDOSPERMA, AVENA, wild oats, BENZOIN, BURSERA and CARUM, caraway

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

ASPIDOSPERMA (Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae)

Functional dyspnea with pale face, palpitations. Emphysema with poor pulmonary circulation. Acute influenza with coughing, dyspnea.


AVENA, wild oats

Angina pectoris, as an adjunct for fear of death, constant guarding against pain. Functional neurocirculatory disorders. To prevent anxieties when insomnia is feared. General insomnia in sthenic individuals. Narcolepsy. Menopause, with sense of pressure and pain in ovaries, uterus, sacrum, bladder with nervousness and sense of confusion; or with melancholia after hot flashes. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), with easily startled disposition, easy adrenergic discharge, jumpy. Appetite poor, nervous, weak (with Trifolium). Hysteria with adrenergic-induced exhaustion. 


BENZOIN

Chronic dry unproductive bronchial cough. Decubitus, preventative (external). 


BURSERA

Acute periodontitis, topically. Acute early stages of herpes, topically. Acute sinusitis with ulcerations (as a nasal spray). Bronchorrhea. Chronic cystitis/urethritis without active inflammation. Ulcers, subacute or chronic, not inflamed but congested. Decubitus, recuperative (externally) Herpes simplex, to speed regeneration (externally). Skin ulcers on oily, moist surfaces (externally). Endogenous infections, with depressed WBC. To stimulate innate immunity. 


CARUM, caraway

Flatulent colic. Colic in infants, with flatulence. 

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