Herbal Therapy Cheat Sheet (Speedy Study Guides). Speedy Publishing

      HERBAL THERAPY

      C H E A T S H E E T

      HERBAL TREATMENTS COME IN MANY FORMS THEY CAN

      COME AS

      HERBAL TEAS

      DECOCTIONS

      POULTICES

      HERBAL OILS

      POWDERS/CAPSULES

      AROMATHERAPY

      MASSAGE OILS

      SALVES AND BALMS

      TINCTURES

      HERBAL BATHS

      COMPRESSES

      COMMONLY USED HERBS

      ECHINACEA - OFTEN USED IN TINCTURES OR POWDERS TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF THE COMMON COLD AND FLU. IT IS ALSO USED FOR INFECTIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE KIDNEY.

      GARLIC - USED TO REDUCE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND BLOOD PRESSURE, AS WELL AS FOR TREATING INFECTIONS. IT CAN BE TAKEN FRESH, AS A POWDER, AS OIL OR AS A JUICE.

      GINGER - COMMONLY USED TO REDUCE NAUSEA, TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF COLDS AND CHILLS THROUGH SWEATING AND TO BOOST CIRCULATION. IT CAN BE TAKEN FRESH, DRIED, OR AS OIL.

      GINGKO - MOST COMMONLY USED TO IMPROVE MEMORY. GINGKO IMPROVES CIRCULATION, PARTICULARLY TO THE BRAIN, THOUGH IT IS ALSO USED TO REGULATE IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS AND TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA. IT IS USUALLY TAKEN AS A TINCTURE OR AN INFUSION.

      GINSENG - USED TO BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND DECREASE FATIGUE. IT IS ALSO USED FOR LUNGS CONDITIONS SUCH AS COUGHS, AND TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE. THE ROOT IS TAKEN AS A POWDER, TINCTURE, OR DECOCTION.

      ST. JOHN’S WORT - USED AS AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT, FOR

      ANXIETY, IRRITABILITY AND EXHAUSTION. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TOPICALLY FOR BURNS AND INFLAMMATIONS. ST. JOHN’S WORT IS USUALLY TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE OR CREAM.

      LAVENDER - POPULAR AS AROMATIC OIL, AND CAN BE USED TO TREAT A WIDE VARIETY OF AILMENTS FROM EXHAUSTION TO HEADACHES, AND INDIGESTION TO DEPRESSION. IT IS COMMONLY TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE, MOUTHWASH, CREAM, LOTION, MASSAGE OIL, CHEST RUB, HAIR RINSE OR OIL.

      CHAMOMILE - A POPULAR HERB USED FOR INDIGESTION, STRESS RELIEF, ANXIETY, AND INSOMNIA. IT IS ALSO USED FOR ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS. IT CAN BE TAKEN AS AN INFUSION, TINCTURE, OINTMENT, INHALATION OR MOUTHWASH.

      CURES FOR COMMON AILMENTS

      ACNE - CALENDULA, ALOE, TEA TREE

      ALCOHOLISM - EVENING PRIMROSE, KUDZU

      ALLERGY - CHAMOMILE

      ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - GINKGO, ROSEMARY

      ANGINA - HAWTHORN, GARLIC, WILLOW, GREEN TEA

      ANXIETY AND STRESS - HOPS, KAVA, PASSIONFLOWER, VALERIAN, CHAMOMILE, LAVENDER

      ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - GARLIC

      ARTHRITIS - CAPSICUM, GINGER, TURMERIC, WILLOW, CAT’S CLAW, DEVIL’S CLAW

      ASTHMA - COFFEE, EPHEDRA, TEA

      ATHLETE’S FOOT - TOPICAL TEA TREE OIL

      ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER - EVENING PRIMROSE OIL

      BAD BREATH - PARSLEY

      BOILS - TEA TREE OIL, TOPICAL GARLIC, ECHINACEA, ELEU- THEROCOCCUS, GINSENG, RHODIOLA

      BRONCHITIS - ECHINACEA, PELARGONIUM

      BURNS - ALOE

      CANCER - BILBERRY, BLACKBERRY, COCOA