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Rue (Ruta graveolens)
Its common names are
common rue, garden rue, German rue and herb-of-grace.
Rue, primarily a medicinal
herb, dates back to the early Greeks. The name itself comes from the Greek
reuo, which means “to set free.” The Roman herbalist Pliny thought rue to be a
remedy for nearly 85 different ailments. In the middle Ages people though rue
would protect them from witches and wild beasts: it does repel insects.
It is bitter, pungent, and
warm. The part used are the Arial portions.
Rue contains essential oil
that contains caprinic, plagbnic, capryloic and oenanthylic acids. It also
contains a yellow, crystalline body called rutin. The homeopathic juice of the
fresh plant extract applied directly to strengthen the eyes, it may be applied
with honey.
Rue is an emmenagogue,
antihelmintic, carminative, stomachic and stimulant. It is used to regulate
delayed or scanty menses, to treat cramping, strengthen the capillaries and
vessels, and to lower arterial blood pressure. It is well known for relieving
gout and rheumatic pains and for treating nervous heart problems. It is also
useful for menopausal heart palpitations. Rue promotes onset of menstruation
and is good for relieving gas and colic.
Note:
Rue can cause a poisonous rash in sensitive people. No one should take large
doses of the herb or take it for prolonged periods of time, because it can
cause mild toxic effects. It is not to be used by pregnant women.
Skullcap
(Scutellaria lateriflora)
The common names are blue
skullcap, blue pimpernel, helmet flower, hoodwort, mad-dog-weed and side
flowering, skullcap.
Skullcap is indigenous to
the North America, growing best in wet and shady ground.
The above ground parts are
used. Most illnesses are caused by tension, skullcap is added to many remedies
for its relaxing properties.
Skullcap contains a
volatile oil, scultellarin, with a glucoside that yields scultellarin on hydrolysis.
It also contains tannin, fat, sugar and cellulose.
Skullcap is a sedative,
tonic, antispasmodic and nervine. As an infusion, it is good for spasms,
convulsions and nervous conditions, such as insomnia, nervous disorders,
headaches and general restlessness. It may also be used for rheumatism and
neuralgia.
Note:
Overdoses of skullcap cause giddiness, stupor, convulsions indicative of
epilepsy and intermission of the pulse.
Slippery
Elm (Ulmus fulva)
Its common names are red
elm, elm bark, moose elm, Indian elm, rock elm, sweet elm and American elm.
In Appalachia people use
slippery elm as a protective agent and a healing agent for wounds. Native
Americans have used it to ease the removal of lead from gunshot wounds. Native
American midwives use it to ease the births of children.
The dried inner bark is
the part used. It is sweet, neutral and a mild expectorant, it soothes
irritations of the alimentary and bronchial systems.
Slippery elm contains a
mucilage similar to that found in linseed. The bark shows starch grains and
very characteristic twin crystals of calcium oxalate.
Slippery elm is an
emollient, nutritive, demulcent, pectoral and yin tonic. It may be used
internally or externally.
It is used to sore throat,
coughs, bleeding from the lungs and other lung problems, dryness of the throat,
wasting diseases, digestive problems, nausea.
Slightly astringent,
slippery elm is very gentle and can be retained by the most delicate of
stomachs. It is soothing and healing to irritated and inflamed surfaces, such
as wounds, burns and chapped skin. It is also useful for consumption or
tuberculosis, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, nephritis, gastritis, gastric
ulcers, pyloric inflammation or ulceration, calculi, scalding urine, abscesses,
tumours, sore throat, ulcerated stomach and stomach weakness.
For gangrenous wounds,
suppurating sores and bed sores, combine it with equal parts of Echinacea and
comfrey root powders. It is often better to use the cut and sifte bark, rather
than the powder which will be too mucilaginous to make slippery elm tea.
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