Upper Respiratory Tract

Question 1

Albizia lebbeck

Answer 1

action - anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial (good for asthma)

dried herb - 3-6gm/day tincture 1:2 (25%) 25-60mL/week

qualities - cooling, moistening, and slightly relaxing.

Question 2

Armoracia rusticana

Answer 2

action - mucolytic, circulatory
stimulant, rubefacient

tincture 1:2 (25%) 25-50mL/ week

sinusitis, upper respiratory congestion, sinus
headaches, nasopharangeal catarrh (thick, hard to move)
* acute circulatory stagnation (local or general)

warming & drying

Question 3

Euphrasia officinalis

Answer 3

anticatarrhal, astringent
(tannins), mucous membrane tonic

Tincture 1:2 (45%) 15-30mL/ week Take up to four times per day

EYE BATH Infusion of dried herb 2-4g Standard infusion prepared fresh &
strained before application

controls oversecretion of upper respiratory mucosal
membranes / eye infection

Cooling, drying & slightly constricting

Question 4

Sambucus nigra

Answer 4

diaphoretic diffusive –
open pores to induce sweating,
anti-catarrhal

Tincture 1:2 (25%) 15 - 40mL/week Take up to three times per day

Common cold, influenza –especially when
accompanied by fever; early stages of infection;
* hayfever, sinusitis, chronic nasopharyngeal catarrh;
* bronchitis, pleurisy; sore throat

hot, inflamed or cracked skin conditions

Question 5

Solidago virgaurea

Answer 5

anticatarrhal, antiinflammatory (flavonoids),
diuretic/aquaretic (promotes diuresis
without loss of electrolytes)

Tincture 1:2 (45%) 20 – 40 mL/ week Take up to three times per
day

Upper respiratory tract catarrh or inflammation (chronic) Influenza,

“Superb remedy for cat allergy”

Warming & drying

Question 6

Tanacetum parthenium

Answer 6

anti-allergic, antiinflammatory (sesquiterpene
lactones)

migraine headache, allergies

Tincture 1:5 (60%) 7-20mL/
week
Take up to three times per day

Cooling & drying