Deep Defense — Formula

Ingredients: Echinacea root, Astragalus root, Wild Cherry bark, Elecampane root, Wild Indigo root, Licorice root, Ginger root

Indications: congestion; chronic respiratory tract infection, acute and chronic coughs; suitable for all ages

CAUTIONS: Pregnancy and sensitivity to Asteracea

Dosage:† 5 mL, three times daily, mixed with a little warm water, before meals; with a little honey and warm water for coughing

Echinacea Blend — Formula

Ingredients: Echinacea pallida, Echinacea purpurea

Indications: heat with congestion; eczema, psoriasis, skin infections, insect stings, upper respiratory tract infection, candidiasis, intestinal dysbiosis, immunodeficiency, autoimmunity (?)

CAUTIONS: cold and dry; autoimmunity (?) ; pregnancy

Dosage:† 1 — 3 mL, 2 — 5 times daily

Elecampane

Botanical Name: Inula helenium

Indications: cold and congestion; cough, respiratory congestion, humid asthma, cystorrhea and vaginal discharge, night sweats, poor appetite, candidiasis

CAUTIONS: heat; fever; pregnancy. Sensitivity to Asteracea

Dosage: † 1 - 3 mL, 2 — 3 times daily, in warm water, before meals

En Garde

Ingredients: Biscuit root, Bayberry root, Licorice root, Prickly Ash berry, Ginger root

Indications: cold with congestion; initial states of a cold or flu, viral infections, arthritic pain

CAUTIONS: heat; pregnancy; Biscuit root may stimulate hives in some individuals

Dosage: † 3 — 5 mL, three to four times daily, mixed with a little warm water, before meals

Get Over It

Ingredients: A cold and lung formula containing Echinacea pallida, Echinacea purpurea, Spilanthes acmella, and Inula helenium.

Indications: Spilanthes is thought to be an immune enhancing tonic which works well with Echinacea to increase the power of its activity in fighting early stage bacterial or viral infections. It also is used as a stimulating and decay fighting mouthwash. In this formula Spilanthes is also combined with Elecampane, (Inula h.) which has a history of use as cough and lung remedy.

CAUTIONS: Autoimmunity, Pregnancy, sensitivity to Asteracea

Adult Dose: 3-5 ml three times daily

Motherwort

Botanical Name: Leonurus cardiace

Indications: heat and wind; arrhythmia, tachycardia, palpitations, angina, hypertension, hyperthyroidism, anxiety, hot flushes, amenorhea, dysmeorrhea, infertility, post-partum nervous debility, drug withdrawal, herpes

CAUTIONS: cold; hypothyroidism; pregnancy

Dosage: † 1 — 5 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Mullein

Botanical Name: Verbascum thapsus

Indications heat and congestion; hay fever, cough, colds, sore throat, respiratory catarrh, asthma, emphysema, pleural effusion, edema, dysentery and diarrhea, joint inflammation, traumatic injuries, broken bones, neuralgia, urinary spasm

Dosage: † 1 — 5 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Pipsissewa

Botanical Name: Chimaphila umbellata

Indications: congestion with heat; fever, dyspepsia, ulcer, eczema, psoriasis, cystitis, prostatitis, kidney stones, nephritis, gout, arthritis, breast cancer

Historical Uses:† Some interior natives used Prince's Pine to make a tea or beverage, or for the relief of coughs, colds, and sore throats. The Cree called it Pipisisikweu, which means "it breaks into small pieces" because the leaves contain a substance which was supposed to dissolve kidney stones.

CAUTIONS: wind and cold; renal failure; pregnancy

Dosage: † 1 — 3 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Skullcap

Botanical Name: Scutellaria lateriflora

Indications: heat; nervous stress, irritability, shock, drug withdrawal, epilepsy, neuralgia, muscular spasm, convulsions, migraine, overt sensitivities

CAUTIONS: wind and cold; vertigo, "spaced-out"; pharmaceutical psychotropics (benzodiazepines, barbiturates, antiepileptics, etc.); pregnancy

Dosage: † 1 — 10 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Shepherd's Purse

Botanical Name: Capsella bursa-pastoris

Indications: heat; menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, fibroids, endometriosis, cystitis with bleeding, threatened miscarriage, urethritis, bleeding hemorrhoids, frequent nosebleeds, intestinal permeability, gout, arthritis

CAUTIONS: cold; malabsorptive syndromes; pregnancy

Dosage: † 2 - 5 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

St John’s Wort

Botanical Name: Hypericum perforatum

Indications: wind and heat; spinal injuries, neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, joint inflammation, traumatic injuries, broken bones, wounds, acute onset or chronic viral infection (viral hepatitis, AIDS), jaundice, menstrual cramps, emotional irritability, mania; topically in joint inflammation, traumatic injury, and neuralgia

CAUTIONS: cold; pregnancy; photosensitive individuals; pharmaceutical drugs (MAOIs, SSRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, HIV protease inhibitors, digoxin, warfarin); pregnancy

Dosage: † 3 — 10 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Valerian

Botanical Name: Valeriana officinalis

Indications: cold and congestion; insomnia (over-thinking, anxiety and worry), anxiety, nervous stress, cerebrovascular insufficiency, tension headache with muscular spasm, flatulent colic (secondary to emotional stress)

CAUTIONS: heat and dryness; insomnia (too busy to sleep); pregnancy; psychotropic drugs (e.g. barbiturates, benzodiazepines, antiepileptics)

Dosage: † 3 — 10 mL, 2 — 3 times daily

Wild Sarsaparilla

Botanical Name: Aralia nudicaulis

Indications: cold and wind; weakness, fatigue, nervous stress, coldness, chronic cough

Historical Uses:† The Nlaka'pmx drank a root decoction as a tonic for purifying the blood, and the Secwepemc made a tea to treat colds.

CAUTIONS: heat and congestion; pregnancy (due to likely endocrinal activity)

Dosage: † 1 — 3 mL,, 2 — 3 times daily in a little warm water, before meals

† Tinctures are not meant as substitutes for medical remedies. Please consult your health professional regarding these or any herbal supplements. Dosage given is for adults.

†† Tincture descriptions provided by:
Todd Caldecott, Cl.H., AHG
Clinical Herbalist