Mullein can now be seen growing all over North America on open land and along roadsides, but this wild herb originates in central and southern Europe and western Asia. Mullein is a hardy biennial that can be sown in spring or summer. It will self seed in light soil, but will usually need staking to [...]
Jimson weed is most commonly used as dried leaves, with or without tips of flowering branches. The ripe seeds and flowers without leaves are also used. Seeds are small, long, flat, and dark yellow to brown. Jimson weed’s primary action isanticholinergic, caused by 0.1 % to 0.6% atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. All parts of the [...]
Thanks to the advances in medical (alternative and conventional) technology, asthmatics today have more effective and better range of choices when it comes to treatments and the medications that are being given. Both of course have its own advantages and disadvantages, some being more dangerous than others. Conventional medication for example are effective, proven, cheap [...]
Licorice – Glycyrrhiza glabra COMMON NAMES Licorice, Sweetroot, Gan cao LATIN NAME Glycyrrhiza glabra FAMILIES Leguminosae Fabaceae PARTS USED Root, rhizome DESCRIPTION Licorice is a perennial shrub that grows up to four or five feet tall. It has small bluish to pale violet flowers and a root system that reaches several feet below the soil’s [...]
Asthma causes symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Due to the fact that asthma is incurable, treatment will be needed throughout life. Modern treatment includes long-term control medication as well as rescue treatments such as inhalers. However, for thousands of years herbs have been used in Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine and [...]
