Sunday, January 10, 2021

PHYTOLACCA, PILOCARPUS, PLUCHEA CAMPHORATA, PTYCHOPETALUM and PYROLA

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

PHYTOLACCA BERRIES, Poke berries

Tinea corporis (fresh tincture).

PHYTOLACCA ROOT, Poke root

Tongue pale, leaden, dry or sticky-moist; white-coated with white, foamy saliva. Inflamed gums from general immunosuppression. Chronic pharyngitis with hard inflamed nodes. Acute early stage tonsillitis with adenitis, swollen, engorged. Influenza with harsh hacking irritated cough with scanty blood-streaked mucus. Fatty degeneration of heart, as an adjunct therapy. Thyroid hypofunction with fluid retention, immunodepression. Eczema, with history of lymphadenitis, non- dietary fissures in corners of mouth, vagina, anus. Fibrocystic breast disease, acute phase (with Ceanothus). Orchitis/epididymitis, with hard inguinal nodes, no current infection. Acute mastitis (externally, with Ceanothus and Gossypium internally). Endogenous infections, in feeble individuals (with Echinacea and Baptisia). Cancer, supportive in lymph dysplasias. Lymphadenitis, in inguinal nodes; or w/hard, inflamed, not shotty, nodes. Mumps, acute (2 parts Phytolacca to 1 part Aconitum, in small frequent doses; also as a topical lotion 3 parts Echinacea to 1 part Phytolacca).


PILOCARPUS

Smarting pain in eyes; increased intraocular pressure; glaucoma. Tinnitus with Meniere's syndrome. Alopecia (externally).

Pilocarpus is a genus of about 13 species of plants belonging to the family Rutaceae, native to the Neotropics of South America. Various species are important pharmacologically as a source of the parasympathomimetic alkaloid Pilocarpine.[1] Many of the species have the common name jaborandi.

Pilocarpus - Wikipedia


PLUCHEA CAMPHORATA, camphorweed

As an eyewash for conjunctivitis.


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

PRINOS, Black-Alder. Whorled Winter-berry. Virginian Winter-berry.

Diarrhea in asthenics, with atomic gastric functions. 

Prinos Verticillatus. Winter-Berry. | Henriette's Herbal Homepage (henriettes-herb.com)


PTYCHOPETALUM, marapuama

Dysuria with congestive prostate enlargements in sedentary males. Impotence/frigidity, in general; or with general lassitude, poor sacral stimulation, cold hands and feet. 


PYROLA, wintergreen

Chronic aphthous stomatitis. Subacute renal albuminuria. Pyelitis with mucopurulent urine with RBC's and leukocytes.

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