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| can be used to ease depression and melancholia, especially when this follows illness such as influenza. Vervain may be used to help in seizure and hysteria. As a diaphoretic it can be used in the early stages of fevers. As a hepatic remedy it is helpful in jaundice and inflammation of the gallbladder. It may also be used as a mouthwash against caries and gum disease. |
| Preparations and dosage: Infusion: pour 1 cup of boiling water onto 14 teaspoonfuls of the dried herb and leave to infuse for 1015 minutes. Drink 1 cup 3 times a day. |
| Tincture: take 1/23/4 tsp of the tincture 3 times a day. |
| Wild Cherry Bark Prunus serotina |
| Part used: Dried bark. |
| Actions: Antitussive, expectorant, astringent, nervine, antispasmodic. |
| Indications: While this herb is not a direct relaxing remedy, it may be used for easing stress- or tension-induced coughing or asthma. Due to its powerful sedative action on the cough reflex, wild cherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating coughs and thus has a role in the treatment of bronchitis and whooping cough. It can be used with other herbs in the control of asthma. It must be remembered, however, that the inhibition of a cough does not equate with the healing of a chest infection, which will still need to be treated. It may also be used as a bitter where digestion is sluggish. The cold infusion of the bark may be helpful as a wash in cases of inflammation of the eyes. |
| Preparation and dosage: Infusion: pour 1 cup of boiling water onto 12 teaspoonfuls of the dried bark and leave to infuse for 1015 minutes. Drink 1 cup 3 times a day. Tincture: take 1/41/2 tsp. of the tincture 3 times a day. |
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