Veratrum album

Hyssopus officinalis                              Common name:  Hyssop Family: Lamiaceae Parts used:  Aerial Constituents: Volatile oil (pinocamphone, alpha & beta-pinene, linalool, cineole, limonene), Terpenoids (marrubiin, olanolic acid, ursolic acid), Flavonoids (glycosides of hesperidin & diosmetin), hyssopin glycoside, tannins, resin Medicinal actions:  Stimulant, Antispasmodic, carminative, expectorant, sedative Medicinal use: Promotes expectoration, relieves asthmatic cough, reduces the inflammation associated with respiratory infections.  Hyssop is a diffusive…

Populus sp.                             Common name: Poplar Family: Salicaceae Parts used: Bark Constituents: Phenolic glycosides (salicin and populin), Tannins. Medicinal actions: Anti-inflammatory, anodyne, astringent, diuretic, stimulant Medicinal use: Populus spp. are used for their antiinflammatory and diuretic actions.The bark will lessen the inflammation and associated pain of cystitis…

Urtica dioica                                            Common name:  Nettle, Stinging nettle Family:  Urticaceae Parts used: Aerial, Radix, Seeds Constituents:  Leaf: Acids (carbonic, caffeic, chlorogenic, formic, silicic, citric, fumaric, malic, oxalic, succinic), Amines (Ach, betain, choline, lecithin, histamine, serotonin), lignans, flavonoids…

Digitalis purpurea                  Common name:  Foxglove Family: Scrophulariaceae Part Used:  Leaves Constituents:  Digitoxin, digoxin, and gitoxin are the most important.  Digoxin is refined commercially as the drug Digoxin (Lanoxin). Medicinal actions:  Cardio-stimulant Medicinal use:  Congestive heart failure. Pharmacy:  Dosage ranges of allopathic digoxin are variable according to the degree of heart failure and the age of the patient. …

Arnica montana                     Common name:  Arnica, leopard’s bane, wolf’s bane Family: Asteraceae Parts used: Flowers Constituents: Sesquiterpene lactones (0.2%-0.8%, helenalin and its esters), flavonoids, volatile oil (thymol), coumarins, CHO (mucilage, inulin), amines, trace alkaloids Medicinal actions: Wound antiseptic, vulnerary, anodyne, analgesic, immuno-stimulant, anti-inflammatory, astringent, counter-irritant, anti-rheumatic, antineuralgic, antiphlogistic (relieves inflammation) Medicinal…

Ulmus fulva                                        Common name:  Slippery elm Family: Ulmaceae Parts used:  Inner bark Constituents:  Mucilage Medicinal actions:  Demulcent, emollient, expectorant, diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, nutritive. Medicinal use:  Ulmus is useful in gastritis, PUD, enteritis, colitis, diarrhea.  Through reflex action, it is…