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| Hypotensive. These plant remedies lower abnormally elevated blood pressure. |
| Laxative. Laxatives stimulate bowel movements. Stimulating laxatives should not be used long term. If prolonged stimulation of the bowels appears to be necessary, then diet, general health and stress should all be closely considered. |
| Nervine. Nervines help the nervous system and can be meaningfully subdivided into three groups. Nervine tonics strengthen and restore the nervous system. Nervine relaxants ease anxiety and tension by soothing both body and mind. Nervine stimulants directly stimulate nerve activity. |
| Rubefacient. These herbs generate a localized increase in blood flow when applied to the skin, helping healing, cleansing and nourishment. They are often used to ease the pain and swelling of arthritic joints. |
| Tonic. Tonics nurture and enliven. Truly gifts of nature to a suffering humanity these are whole plants that enliven whole human bodies, gifts of the Mother Earth to her children. To ask how they work is to ask how life works! |
| Vulnerary. Vulneraries are remedies that promote wound healing. Used mainly for skin lesions, their action is just as relevant for internal wounds such as stomach ulcers. |
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