Materia Medica 2 Midterm (CV, Resp, and Veins) Flashcards
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Yerba santa
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Eriodictyon spp
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Gumweed
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Grindelia spp
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balm of Gilead
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Populus spp
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Osha
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Liguisticum spp
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Lomantium root
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Lomatium dissectum
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Sage
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Salvia spp
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Thyme
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Thymus vulgarism
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Wild cherry bark
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Prunus serotina
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Pleursy root
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Asclepias tuberas
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Lobelia
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Lobeila inflata
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Mullein
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Verbascum thapsus
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Horehound
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Marrubium vulgare
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hyssop
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Hyssopus officinalis
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coltsfoot
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Tussilago farfara
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eyebright
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Euphrasia stricta
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elderberry
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Sambucus nigra
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hawthorne
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Crataegus monogyna
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garlic
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Allium sativum
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Cayenne
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Capsicum frutescens
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Olive
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Olea europaea
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Indian coleus
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Plectranthus barbatus
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Indian snakeroot
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Rauvolfia serpentina
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Lily of the valley
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Convallaria maialis
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blueberry
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Vaccinium myrtillus
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Horse chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
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Stone fruit
Collinsonia canadesis
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Witch hazel
Hammamaelis virginia
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Sweet flower
Melitous spp
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Butchers broom
Ruscus aculeatus
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Sambuccus nigra (flowers vs. berries)
berries are more preventative and antiviral; flowers more mucolytic, diaphoretic, etc.
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Which contain cyanogenic glycosides
sambuccus, prunus serotina
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Which contain cardiac glycosides?
Asclepias pleurosy
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Asclepias pleurosy
lymphogogue for the pleura, stimulating expectorant, inflammation modulator, it is not antimicrobial, use the root
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Lobelia inflata
use with wet cough, low dose 5-10 herbs
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Verbascum thapsus
great for lungs in many ways, use as tea, contains saponins, leaf is repiratory, leaf/flower for ear and respiratory, root for UTI
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Prunus serotina
use only when person is healed and coughing is a reflex, cyanogenic glycosides, kind of bitter
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Thymus vulgaris
great antimicrobial, lamaciae family, use in steam, spasmolytic
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Salvia
great antimicrobial. cold prep - stop secretions, hot prep - encourages secrtions
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Marrubium vulgare
horehound, super bitter, vagus nerve, stimulates coughing
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Euphrasia stricta
eyebright, kind of endangered, use in eyes if irritated, tonifying tissue, allegies
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Tussilago farfara
coltsfoot, stops cough, demulcent, dont use more than a month asteracea family
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hyssop officinalis
corrigant, tastes good, decrease cough, UTI and intestinal cramping, don't give for a wet cough though...
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Mucolytics
Eridictyon spp, Populus spp, Grindelia, propolus
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Resp antimicrobials
Thymus vulgaris, Saliva, Ligusticum (osha), Lomatium
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Anti-tussives
Prunus serotina,, coltsfoot
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Stimulating expectorants
Asclepias tuberosa, Lobelia inflata, Marribum vulgare
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Demulcent
Verbascum thapsas, Althea
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Eridictyon spp;
great lung formula tastes good, not a very strong expectrant, Lamaciae family
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Grindelia
great mucolytic, use with cystic fibrosis, pair with an antimicrobial, resins in here
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Populus
again resins, mucolytic, make an oil; use in place of rankincense or myrrh
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Ligusticum
Osha; sort of endangered in rockies, not here tho. Great antimicrobial
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Lomatium
Apacia family, can get sensitivity, antimicrobial
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Collinsina
stonefruit, hot and heavy hemorrhoids, does other things like pelvic stagnation, throat spray, kidney stone, swollen breasts, liver stagnation
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Melilotus spp
sweetclover, courmarins, high dose ok, mild lymphogogue
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CV tonics
Crataegus, allium, vaccinium
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CV stimulants
Zingiber, capsicum
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Hypotensive
Plectranthus, Olea europea, Rauvolfia, Viscum
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Convallaria majalis
cardiac glycosides, slows HR think out of the blue palpitations, acute anxiety, lower dose
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CHF patients
Convallaria majalis, positiive ionotripic (move blood, stronger contraction)
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Aesculus hippocatacum
small and medium vesslels, contains tannins, sponins, use the seed, can help with swelling or pain, courmarins, throbbing hemorrhoids
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VAccinium myrtlis
anti inflammatory, hemorrhoids/topical leaves, flavonoids, can use for eyes/vasculature, safe for pregnancy.
