Healing with Herbs

ABSCESSES
INTERNALLY: cleavers,
echinaccea
Infusion, tincture); garlic
(raw, capsules)
EXTERNALLY: lavender (oil),
calendula (tincture)
ACNE
INTERNALLY: burdock, cleavers
(infusion)
EXTERNALLY: lavender (oil),
calendula (tincture)
ANAEMIA
ANAEMIA
INTERNALLY; stringing nettle
(tincture,juice, infusion)
ANXIETY
INTERNALLY; lemon balm,
passion flower, chamomile,
valerian,
(tincture, infusion, tablets)
EXTERNALLY: lavender (bath,
compress on forehead)
ASTHMA
INTERNALLY; elecampane,
sundew, thyme
(infusion, syrup)
EXTERNALLY; sage (burn to
inhale
smoke); thyme (steam inhalation)
BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH
INTERNALLY; garlic, hawthorn, lime
blossom, yarrow (tincture, infusion)
BLOOD PRESSURE LOW
INTERNALLY; rosemary
(tincture, infusion)
BOILS
See abscesses
BRUISES
INTERNALLY; Arnica D6 tablets,
homoeopathic); St John's wort
(tincture, infusion)
EXTERNALLY; arnica
(tincture, cream)

BURNS
INTERNALLY; Rescue Remedy
(Bach flower remedy)
EXTERNALLY; comfrey, (cream);
aloe (juice); St John's wort,
lavender (oil)
CHEMOTHERAPY
INTERNALLY; fenugreek (tea); milk
thistle, Siberian ginseng (tincture, infusion)
CHILBLAINS
INTERNALLY; cayenne, ginger,
rosemary (tincture)
EXTERNALLY; eucalyptus (oil)
slippery elm and cayenne
(poultice)
COLDS
INTERNALLY; echinacea, elder,
eyebright, ginger, peppermint,
yarrow (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; thyme,
(steam inhalation)
COLIC
INTERNALLY; caraway, chamomile,
fennel, ginger, peppermint,
wild yam (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; chamomile (bath)
CONSTIPATION
INTERNALLY; linseed (as is); aloe,
senna (capsules)
COUGHS
INTERNALLY; aniseed, coltsfoot,
elecampane, garlic, mullein,
ribwort, thyme, white
horehound (syrup, tincture,
infusion)
EXTERNALLY; thyme
steam inhalation)

CRAMPS
INTERNALLY; black cohosh, hop
skullcap, valerian (tincture, infusion)
EXTERNALLY; rosemary
(massage with oil infusion)
CYSTITIS
INTERNALLY; birch, buchu,
echinaccea, goldenrod, ribwort
(tincture, infusion)
DEPRESSION
INTERNALLY; oats, rosemary
skullcap, St John's Wort
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; rosemary and
lavender or bergamot (bath)
DETOXIFICATION
INTERNALLY; birch, dandelion,
stinging nettle (infusion)
EXTERNALLY; pine (bath) sage,
thyme, (compress)
DIARRHOEA
INTERNALLY; agrimony,
lady's mantle, meadowsweet,
ribwort (infusion, tincture)
diverticulitis
INTERNALLY; caraway, chamomile,
echinacea, willow bark
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; peppermint,
(poultice)
DYSPEPSIA
INTERNALLY; chamomile, ginger,
meadowsweet, peppermint,
(infusion)
EARACHE
INTERNALLY; echinacea, ribwort,
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; mullein (oil)
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ECZEMA
INTERNALLY; burdock,
cleaver, stinging nettle,
red clover
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; chickweed
(cream), oats (bath)
pansy (tincture of
Viola tricolor, smaller
than garden pansy)
EYE INFECTION
INTERNALLY; echinacea,
eyebright (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; calendula,
eyebright, fennel,
meadowsweet (infusion)
FEVER
INTRENALLY; lemon balm,
elder, ginger, yarrow (hot
infusion)
FLATULENCE
INTERNALLY; caraway, fennel,
ginger, meadowsweet,
peppermint (infusion,
tincture)
FUNGAL INFECTION
INTERNALLY;garlic (raw,
capsules) olive (oil), calendula,
goldenrod, golden seal,
thyme (tincture, infusion)
EXTERNALLY;calendula (oil
infusion), myrrh, thyme (tincture)
GASTRITIS
INTERNALLY;slippery elm
powder in capsules), chamomile,
marsh mallow, meadowsweet
(infusion)
HAEMORRHOIDS
INTERNALLY; horse chestnut,
lady's mantle, tormentil
(tincture)
EXTERNALLY; ribwort, witch
hazel (ointment)
HALITOSIS
CHEW: cloves, dill, peppermint,
check teeth and digestion
HAY FEVER
INTERNALLY; echinacea, elder
Ephedra, goldenrod, golden
seal (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; for itchy eyes
use as for eye infection
HEADACHES
INTERNALLY; feverfew (tablets)
chamomile, valerian, willow bark
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; lavender (compress)

INFLUENZA
INTERNALLY; echinacea, cider,
garlic, ginger, willow bark, yarrow
(infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; rosemary (spirits
rubbing alcohol or oil for muscles)
INSOMNIA
INTERNALLY; lemon blam,
chamomile, hop, passion flower,
valerian (tincture, infusion)
EXTERNALLY; hop (pillow)
lavender (bath)
FOR BABY: chamomile (bath)
LIVER COMPLAINTS
INTERNALLY; gentian, dandelion
root, milk thistle (tincture,
infusion)
MENOPAUSE
INTERNALLY; black cohosh,
chaste berry, St Joh's wort,
(infusion, tincture)
MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS
INTERNALLY; Painful periods, -
black cohosh, chamomile, feverfew,
hop, valerian (infusion, tincture)
Heavey periods - lady's mantle,
shepherd's purse (infusion,
tincture)
NAUSEA
INTERNALLY; chamomile,
cloves, ginger, peppermint,
(infusion)
NAUSEA
INTERNALLY; evening
primrose oil (oil),
chaste berry, skullcap,
St John's wort, valerian
(infusion, tincture)
PROSTATE
INTERNALLY; buchu, horsetail,
saw palmetto, (fusion,
tincture)
RHEUMATISM
INTERNALLY; birch, buchu,
celery seed, devil's claw,
feverfew, juniper, willow
bark (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; arnica (oil
or cream) rosemary (oil infusion
with added juniper oil)

EXTERNALLY; calendula
(tincture) garlic, tea tree (oil)

SINUSITIS
INTERNALLY; elder,
eyebright, goldenrod, golden
seal (infusion, tincture)
EXTERNALLY; eucalyptus (oil
- as a steam inhalation and
also rubbed directly over
sinuses)
SORE THROAT
SUNBURN
EXTERNALLY; calendula
oil) aloe (juice) St John's
wort (oil, with a few drops
of eucalyptus)
ULCERS (PEPTIC)
EXTERNALLY; calendula (oil)
comfrey root (powder)
VARICOSE VEINS
INTERNALLY; horse-chestnut'
(tincture)
EXTERNALLY;calendula, witch
hazel (compress)
WARTS
INTERNALLY; thuja
(tincture)
EXTERNALLY; dandelion
(fresh juice applied several
daily) garlic (slices under
sticking plastrer) greater
celandine (fresh juice)
WORMS
INTERNALLY; garlic,
pomegranate, pumpkin
seed, wormwood
(tincture)
EXTERNALLY; aloe
(ointment - apply around
arms at night)
WOUNDS
INTERNALLY; ECHINACEA
(tincture) Rescue Remedy
(for shock)
EXTERNALLY; calendula,
chickweed, comfrey, elder
(cream) calendula (tincture
as an antiseptic)
St Johns wort (oil)

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