Herbs Flashcards
Aloe Vera
- Increases bile production
- triggers reflex stim of uterus
- contraindicated in pregancy
Ashwagandha
- Helps with anxiety, depression, exhaustion, hypothyroidism
- CI in pregnancy, use with immunodepressants
Astragalus
- Reverse drug/alcohol memory impairment
- Improve GI smooth muscle motility
- Antiviral
Black Currant
- Anti-inflammatory
- Helps anticoagulants “black currant, blood clots”
Black Cohosh
- Helpful for menopaus, kidney infections, PMS suppresses LH relaxes uterus
- CI: low blood pressure, estrogen dependent tumors
Chaste Tree
- Inhibits FSH, prolactin secretion, lactation
- CI: prgnancy
Evening Primrose
-Gamma Linoleic Acid, relieves PMS, menopause hot flashes, fibrocystic breast disease
Bayberry
-Treat fever, intestinal parasites, terine hemorrhage, jaundice, canker sores
Black Walnut
-Treat intestinal parasites, ulcers, syphilis, fungal infection, bed bugs, mild laxative
Buchu
- Treats genital/UTI
- Indigestion, edema, diabetes
Borage
-Soothes intestinal cramps
Burdock
-Stimulates menstruation
Celery seeds
-Sedative,diuretic, carminative helps with flatulence
Chamomile
- Mild sedative
- Helps with gastric inflammation, avoid with ragweed allergy
Cloves
-Toothaches, promotes gastric secretion, vomiting, arthritis, lumbago, muscle cramps, neuralgia
Chicory
- Increases appetite
- Relieve dyspepsia
Chickweed
-Treat sores, ulcers, infections, hemorrhoids
Chorella
-Anticarcinogenic, immunostimulatory, hypolipidemic,
Comfrey
- Supress inflammation
- Treat arthritis, headach, hemorrhoids, gout, burns (banned in the US)
Dandelion
- Roots used as diuretic, laxative, digestion, liver support, cholagogue increases bile flow
- Appetite stimulate, accelerate healing of bruises
- CI: diabetes, electrolyte imbalance
