Sunday, January 10, 2021

HYSSOPUS, IMPATIENS, IPECAC, JEFFERSONIA and JUGLANS

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

HYSSOPUS, hyssop

Abrasions with bruises and dermal irritations (topical). Bruises (topical). Muscular pain, as a poultice or fomentation. 


IMPATIENS

Poison ivy/oak (fresh plant tincture, topically).


IPECAC

Tongue broad, full, coated, with nausea, vomiting; broad slimy flabby with foul burps.


JEFFERSONIA, twinleaf

Acute rheumatic pains, non-inflammatory, with mild auto-toxicity. Headache, migraine-like, chronic in evenings, with vertigo, in asthenics.


JUGLANS, walnut family.... hickory, pecan, etc

Colic in cecum with uneasy, distressing pain. Chronic colic with catarrh. Constipation; chronic atonic; or with atonic gastric functions, eruptions on face, neck, back or buttocks. Burning, acrid diarrhea. Dyspepsia with flatulence from overeating and digestive abuse. Chronic catarrhal dyspepsia with constipation. Steatorrhea with eruptions on buttocks. Acne, with constipation, flatulence. Eczema, with constipation, flatulence.

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