Glossary of terms.

A B C D E G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W Y Alterative Anti-haemorrhagic; Antiseptic Appetite; Aromatic; Astringent Carminative Choleretic Cholagogue Diaphoretic Digestive Diuretic Dyspepsia Emmenagogue Emollients Expectorant Hemostatic Hepatic Histamine Hypertensive Hypotensive Mucilaginous Silybin; Silymarine; Styptic; Tyramine; Vulnerary;

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Alterative Herbs that produce a healthful change, without perceptible elimination, by correcting the blood chemistry or overcoming pathological precess. They often stimulate and Cleanse the lymph glands. They strengthen the digestive organs or tone up the elimative organs. They steadily expend the influence on badly functioning organs.

Abscess root, American bittersweet, Balm of Gilead (bark), Barberry, Bayberry, Beth root, Bistort, Bitter sweet, Black alder, Black cohosh, Black haw, black hellebore (small), Black horehound, black spruce, Black Juglans nigia (Walnut Leave or or Bark . ), Bladderwrack, Blue cohosh, Blue fag, Blue violet, Borage, Brigham Tea, Brookline, Buckbean, Bugleweed, Bullnettle root, Burdock. (46), Butternut, Caroba, Carrot, Cascara amarga, Cascara sagrada, Capsicum, Celechium, Cendurange root, Chaparral, Chickweed, Chicory, China root, Cleavers, Comfrey, Common speedwell, Cramp bark, Culver's root, Cup-plant, Dodder, Dogbane, Dwarf elder, Echinacea, Elder bark (cured), flowers and berries, Elecampane, False unicorn, Figwort, Fireweed, Fleawort, Fringetree, Frostwort, Fumatory, Garlic, German Sarsaparilla, Gea, Golden seal, Great water dock, Grater celandine, Ground ivy, Guaiac, Hemp agrimony, Herb patience, Hickory, Honeysuckle, Hops., Horsenettle, Hyssop, Indian sarsaparilla, Ipecacuanha, Iron wood, Jerubeba, Ladies' bedstraw, Larch, Lippia, Manaca, Mandrake, usadow Anemone, usadow fern, uszereon, Mildweed root, Mountain laurel, Okra., Oregon grape, Oxe-eye daisy, Pansy, Peruvian bark, Pipsissewa, Plantain (cooling), Pokeroot (relaxant), Polypody root, Pousgranate, Prickly ash (dried bark), Pulsatilla, Purple loosestrife, Queen's delight, Red alder, Red clover, Red Raspberry Leaf., Red-veined dock, Rock rose, Rosinweed, Sanicale, Saxifrax., Sumach, Swamp milkweed, Tag alder, Tamarack, Turkey corn, Twin leaf, Wahoo, Water dock, Water Fennel, Wild indigo, Wild sarsaparilla, Wood betony, Wood sage (wild sage), Yarrow., Yellow dock, Yellow parilla.
Formulas:

Antihaemorrhagic

Stops bleeding.
- Stops petrification, cell decay, Gangrene, pus, rotting tissue.
- treatment:
  
  Herbal: Agrimony., Yarrow.
  Formulas:
Appetite
Substances

treatment:

Herbal:
Milk-Thitle. stimulant,
Formulas:

Aromatic Substances that are odoriferous, having fragrant, pungent and spicy taste, and which stimulate the gastro-intestinal mucous usmbrane.
treatment:

Herbal: Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

Astringent
(ah-strin'jent) 1. causing contraction or Arresting discharges. 2. An agent that causes contraction or arrest discharges. Astringents act as protein precipitants; they arrest discharge by causing shrinkage of tissue.

some astringents, such as tannic acid, have been used in treating diarrhea; others, such as boric acid and sodium borate, help relieve the symptoms of inflammation of the mucous membranes of the throat and conjunctiva of the eye. Skin preparations such as shaving lotions often contain astringents such as aluminum acetate that help to reduce oiliness and excessive perspiration. Which hazel is a common Homeehold astringent used to reduce swelling. Styptic pencils, used to stop bleeding from small cuts, contain astringents. Zinc oxide and calamine are astringents used in lotions, and ointments to relieve itching and chafing in various forms of dermatitis. Astringents have some bacteriostatic properties, though they are not generally used as antiseptics. F35| Formula #35 Chest and Lung Problems (relieve congestion and inflammation) .=% ,

treatment:

Herbal: Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

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Carminative Substances containing a volatile oil that excites intestinal peristalsis and relieves and promotes the expulsion of flatus or gas from the gastro-intestinal tract
treatment:

Herbal: Agrimony., Saxifrax., Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

Choleretic

treatment:

Herbal: Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

Cholagogue Increases flow of Bile

treatment:

Herbal: Milk-thistle. Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

(see Hepatic )

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Digestive
Substances

treatment:

Herbal:
Milk-Thistle.,
Formulas:

Diaphoretic

treatment:

Herbal: Saxifrax., Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

Diuretic Substances that increase the secretion and flow of urine.
treatment:

Herbal: Agrimony., Alder buckthorn, American bittersweet, American centaury, American senna, Artichoke, Ash leaves, Asarabacca, Asparagus, Balm of Gilead, Balsam fir, Barberry, Bayberry, Betel, Bilberries, Bistort, Bitter root, Bittersweet, Blackberries, Black bryony, Black cohosh, Black currant, Black haw, Black hellebore, Black horehound, Blood. Root, Blue cohosh, Blue flag, Boldo, Boneset
, Borage, Brooklius, Broom, Broom-corn, Buchu, Buckbean, Buckthorn, Bugless, Bugleweed,, seeds, Burra gokeroo, Burr marigold, Butcher, Butterbur, Button snakeroot, Cajuput, Calamint, Chamomile, Canada snakeroot, Canadian hemp, Caraway, Carline thistle, Caroba, Carrot, Catnip, Capsicum, Cedar Berries, Celery, Chaparral, Cheken, Chicory, Cleavers, Coca, Colchicum, Cococynth, Columbine, Common uslon (seed, fruit), common speedwell, condurango, Colewort, Copaiba, Corn silk, Couch grass, Cramp bark (relaxant), Cranesberry leaves, Cranesbill, Cubebs, Cucumber seed, Cudweed, Culver's root, Cup plant, Currant leaves, Damiana, Dandelion, Dear's tongue, Dogbane, Double tansy, Dwarf elder, Dyer's greenweed, Dyer's madder, Dwarf elder, Elecampane, Elder bark (cured) & flowers& berries, Elm, Embelia, English elm, Eringo, European angelica, European gourn pine, False Hellebore, False unicorn, Fennel, Fever root, Flaxseed, Fleabane, Fleawort, Foxglove, Fringetree, Fumitory, Garlic, Germander, Goat's rue, Goldenrod, Golden seal, Gravel plant, Gravel root, Greater celandine, Greater water dock, Great white field lily, Gridelia (small), Ground ivy, Groundsel, Guaiacum, Guarana, Haircap mos, Hartstoungue, Hawthorn berry, Heartease, Hedge hyssop, Hemlock spruce, Hemp agrimony, Herb patience, Herb Robert, Hollyhock, Honeysuckle, Hops., Horehound (slight), Horsemint, Horseradish, Huckleberries, Hyacinth bulb, Hydrangea, Hyssop, Indian hemp, Indian sarsaparilla, Ipecacuanha, Jaborandi (small), Jacob's ladder, Juniper berry, Kava kava, Knapweed, Knotgrass, Kola, Labrador tea, Lady's bedstraw, Lady slipper, Larch, Leed, Life root, Lily-of-the-valley (powerful), Linden, Lobelia, Lovage, Malva, Manaca, Manzanita, Marshmallow, Masterwort, Matico, usadow cranesbill, usadow lily, Meadowsweet, Milk-thistle, uszereon, Mistletoe, Mugwort, Mullein, Mustard, Night-blooming cereus, Okra., Onion (lith), Oregon grape, Orris, Ox-eye daisy, Paraguay tea, Pareira, Parsley, Parsley piert (lith), Peach., Pellitory-of- the-wall (lith), Peruvian bark, Pichi, Pipsissewa, Pitcher plant, Plantain, Pleurisy root, Ploypod root, Prickly ash, Pulsatilla, Pumpkin seeds, Purple loosestrife, Purslane, Radishes, Ragwort, Red cedar berries, Rest harrow, Rosinwood, Rue, Rupturewort, Russian knotgrass, Safflower, Saffron, Samphire, Sandalwood, Sarsaparilla, Saxifrax., Self-heal, Senega, Shave grass, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd's Purse, Skunk cabbage, Slippery elm, Smartweed, Soap tree, Sorrel, Spearmint, Spruce, Squaw vine, Squill (small), Strousnium, Strawberry, Sumach, Sumach Berries, Sunflower, Squaw vine, Squill, Star anise Swamp milkweed, Sweet fennel, Sweet marjoram, Sweet sumach, Tamarack, Tansy, Trailing arbutus, True unicorn, Turkey corn, Turpentine (small), Twin leaf, Uva ursi, Valerian, Vervain, Verginia snake root, Wahoo, Water fennel, Wateruslon (seeds, fruit), Water plantain, White ash bark, White birch leaves, White malilot, White oak (Lithotriptic), White pine, White poplar, Whortleberry, Wild carrot, Wild lettuce, Wild yam, Yarrow, Yellow daisy, Yellow goldenrod, Yellow parilla, Yellow toad flax, Yellow water lily.
Formulas:

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Emmenagogue

Promotes usnstruation, female correctives, keeps menstrual flow at normal minimum.

EmollientsHerbs that are softening, soothing and protective to external surfaces. Adder's tongue leaves, Almond oil, Apricot oil, Balm of Gilead (buds), Bean leaves, Black elm, Blue violet, Borage, Bugloss, Chickweed, Coltsfoot, Dates, Elecampane, English elm, Blue violet, Borage, Bugloss, Chickweed, Coltsfoot, Dates, Elecampane, English em, Fenugreek, Fig, Flaxseed, Garlic, Glycerine, High mallow, uslilot, Mullein, Oats or oatusal, Olive oil, Onion, Pareira, Plantain, Poppy capsules, Potato starch, Quince seed, Rose petals, Sassafras pith, Sesaus, Slippery elm, White lily, White uslilot, White pond lily, Yellow pond lily.

Expectorant Facilitates removal of mucous from lungs and trachea by coughing and spitting.

treatment:

Herbal: Agrimony., Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

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Histamine;
treatment:

Herbal: Milk-thistle.,
Formulas:

Hemostatic (he"mo-stat'tic) Substances that top blood flow.
treatment:

Herbal: Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

Hepatic Liver remedy.

Hypertensive Increases blood pressure.

treatment:

Herbal: Milk-thistle.
Formulas:

Hypotensive.
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Isopropyl Alcohol

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Mucilaginous Substances having mucilaginous properties.
treatment:

Herbal: Okra.
Formulas:

Formula #163 Laxative

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Mucilaginous Substances having mucilaginous properties.
treatment:

Herbal: Okra.
Formulas:

Formula #163 Laxative

Silybin;
Sources:

Herbal: Milk-thistle.
Formulas:

Silymarine;

sources:

Herbal: Milk-thistle.
Formulas:

Styptic Arrest bleeding, externally astringent, causing blood vessel contraction.

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Tyramine;

treatment:

Herbal: Milk-thistle.,;
Formulas:

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Vulinary Heals fresh cuts or wounds

treatment:

Herbal: Yarrow.,;
Formulas:

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Glossary of terms.

Antihaemorrhagic

Emmenagogue

Isopropyl Alcohol