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BOTMED ll Respiratory Flashcards

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“purely spasmodic cough”

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Datura Stramonium, jimson weed

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Ephedra Sinica, ma huang

  • actions
  • energetics
  • mechanism
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  • warm and dry
  • Decongestant, Antitussive, Bronchodilator
  • releases NE from sympathetic neurons
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Horseradish

  • name
  • indications
  • constituents
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  • Amoracia rusticana
  • SINUSITIS, allergic rhinitis; topically for neuralgia, chillblains
  • (decongestant, mucolytic, stimulant, diaphoretic, rubafacient, digestive stim.)
  • SINIGRIN —MYROSIN—> ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE (volatile oil)
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Coleus forskolii

  • tissues
  • mechanism
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increases cAMP, relaxes smooth muscle in vasculature and bronchioles… LUNG
- also for CV, Eyes, Thyroid

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Herbs for ALLERGIES

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  • Urtica dioca, Petasities hybridis (butterbur), Euphrasia off (eyebright)
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Herbs for TIGHT SPASMODIC COUGH

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  • foeniculum vulgare
  • ammi visnaga
  • coleus forskolii
  • ephedra sinica
  • datura stramonium
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Euphrasia off.

  • Actions
  • Indic
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  • decongestant, expectorant, anti-inflam, astringent, antiseptic
  • NASAL MUCUS MEMBRANES w WATERY D/C and earache, HA w distress across eyes… NASAL CONGESTION
  • also, conjunctivitis
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Petasites Hybridus

  • indic
  • actions
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  • TIGHT SPASMODIC COUGH, asthma bronchitis hay fever
  • MIGRAINES
  • compared w OTC allergy meds
  • ANTI-ALLERGY, smooth muscl ANTISPASMODIC, anti-inflam
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Datura Stramonium

  • important to remember
  • constituents
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  • LOW DOSE HERB
  • TROPANE ALKALOIDS (derived from AA’s, ornithine, methionine)
  • SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS (important sxs… antispasmodic- bronchodilator.. therapeutic dose vs large dose effect on CNS causes sympathetic response and possibly death)
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Herbs for WET COUGHS

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  • thymus vulgaris
  • salvia off
  • hyssopus off
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Which essential oil when taken internally in high doses causes severe abd pain and temporary collapse?

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Thymus vulgaris

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Which essential oil when taken internally in high doses causes seizures but is good for children?

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Hyssopus off.

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Thymus vulgaris vs Hyssopus off.

Indications:

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  • Thymus: URI WET COUGH, URINARY INFX

- Hyssopus off.: URI WET COUGH, GI INFX… chronic low grade F, rapid flooding pulse

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Amphoteric expectorants

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  • allium sativum
  • sambucus nigra
  • verbascum thapsus
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Relaxing expectorants

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Asclepias tuberosa
Drosera rotundifolia
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Grindelia spp.
Hyssopus officinalis
Prunus serotina
Tussilago farfara
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Stimulating expectorants

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Marrubium vulgare
Populus spp.
Sanguinaria canadensis

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Common constituents of Expectorants

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RESIN (mixture of terpenoid molecules and aromatic compounds) - excreted by plants for protection

18
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Osha bear medicine and “singer’s herb”

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Ligusticum porteri

  • expectorant, warming
  • resins

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