Ddx Bot Med - Herbs For Test # 2 By Symptom

Abdominal distention Capsicum frutescens Xanthoxyllum amer. (tympanic abdomen) Anti-cancer Agaricus Blazei (cervical, endometrial, ovarian) Boletus edulus (sarcoma 180, LU) Fomes Fomentarus (esophageal, stomach, uterine) Grifolia Frondosa (karposi’s in AIDS, LU, ST, Hepatocellular, Leukemia, Breast, Prostate and live, sarcoma 180) Lentinus Edodes (Stomach cancer) Olea europaea (prevents breast ca.) Papaver somniferum (N/V of Stomach Ca.) Tramella fuciformis (augments immune. During chemo) Trametes Versicolor (nasoph. Esophag ,breast, stomach, colorectal, cervical) Trifolium pretense (carcin. Cachexia, tumors) Vinca’s (cytostatic) Viscum album (tumor inhib. d/t lectin) Anti-fungal Allium sativa (candidiasis) Strychnos ignatia Trametes Versicolor (impetigo, ringworm)

Anxiety Humulus Lupulus (restless legs, nervous stomach) Leonarus Cardiaca (heart palpitates) Nepeta Cataria Papaver somniferum (guilty feeling, ill tempered, irritable) Passiflora incarnate (mental disturbances=nervousn ess) Piper methysticum Pulsatilla Vulgaris (nervous restlessness) Selenecereus grandi (nervous, hypochondriac, fear of death) Viscum album (nervous hysteria) Arrythmia Convallaria majalis (mechanical cause, >exercise) Cordyceps sinensis Ganoderma lucidum Leonarus Cardiaca (palpitations) Rauvolfia serpentine Sarothamnus Scoparius (in menopause) Selenecereus Grandi (palpitations) Arteriosclerosis Convallaria majalis Digitalis purpurea (cerebral) Gelsemium Sempevirens (arterial throbbing) Stophanthus Kombe Tramella fuciformis (dec. cholesterol LDL) Vaccinum Myrtillus Ascites Boletus Edulus

Asthma Cordyceps sinensis Atropa belladonna Datura Stramonium (dyspnea, noncardiac cause) Digitalis purpurea (dyspnea) Fomitopsis Officinalis (Bronchial asthma) Ginkgo Biloba (bronchodilator) Passiflora incarnate (spasmodic dz) Piscidia erythrina (asthma w/measles) Back Pain Boletus edulus (lumbago) Hypericum perforatum (spinal injury) Strychnos Ignatia (heaviness, lumbar pain) Breast Hamamelis virginia (toughen nipples) Salvia officinalis (dries up milk) Symphytum Officinale (mastitis) Cerebral stimulant Viscum album Ustilago segetum (inc. cerebral circulation) Coffea arabica CHF Coffea arabica Convallaria majalis (mild moderate) Crataegus oxycantha Helleborus niger (mild) Digitalis p. Sarothamnus Scoparius (dropsy legs/thorax) Scilla Maritima (>than digitalis, less potent, mild-mod HT failure) Stophanthus Kombe

(cardiac insuff. Leaves faster than dig.) Cholesterol Allium cepa Allium sativa Claudication Allium sativa (intermittent in legs) Xanthoxyllum amer. (raynaud’s) Ginkgo biloba (raynaud’s) Conjuctivitis Calendula officinalis (pinkeye) Euphrasia Officinalis (hordeolums, trauma, inflamed vessels w/hot d/c) Hamamelis Virginia (bleeding eye) Quercus alba (inflammation eye) Veratrum viride Congestion Aesculus hippocastanum (vascular) Atropa belladonna (head, throbbing) Calendula offcinalis (hepatic) Strychnos Ignatia (H/A) Constipation Avena sativa (habitual) Coffea Arabica Humulus Lupulus (mild laxative) Olea europaea (laxative) Vaccinum Myrtillus (fresh berry)

Convulsions/Epilepsy Gelsemium Sempevirens (convulsions) Hyoscyamus niger (epilepsy) Passiflora incarnate (first warning epilepsy) Scutellaria lateriflora (petit/grand mal seiz.) Claviceps purpurea (seizures) Strychnos Ignatia (epilepsy) Valeriana officinalis (spastic movements) Veratrum viride Viscum album (epilepsy w/ nervous hysteria) Cramps Aesculus Hippocastanum (legs) Diabetes Allium cepa Capsella bursa pastoris Crataegus oxycantha (w/ sighing) Cough Allium sativa (pertussis) Coffea Arabica (whooping cough) Datura Stramonium (whooping) Digitalis purpurea (d/t dyspnea) Hyoscyamus niger (antispasm, short, dry cough
Pulsatilla Vulgaris (asthma with measles) Scilla Maritima (chronic d/t CHF) Symphytum Officinale Trifolium Pretense (explosive, spasmodic cough, measles) D/C Calendula officinalis Geranium Maculatum (profuse d/c from relaxed mucosal tissues) Papaver somniferum (chronic d/c) Piper methysticum (d/t gonorrhea) Quercus alba (chronic mucous d/c) Salvia officinalis (tonsillar catarrh) Strychnos Ignatia (stomach catarrh) Depression Capsicum f. (after drinking) Cyripedium pubescens (hysterically, from sexual abuse and poor digestion) Hypericum Perforatum (mild to mod) Melissa officinalis (and anxiety) Papaver somniferum (hypochondriac, menopausal) Strychnos Ignatia (disposition to grieve) Valeriana officinalis (depression from nervousness) Diarrhea Avena sativa Coffea Arabica Erigeron Canadense (cholera, watery d) Geranium Maculatum

(constant urge to defecate, chronic diarrhea and dysentery) Hamamelis virginia (mucousy diarrhea) Helleborus niger (jelly stools) Matricaria recutita (spinach like diarrhea in kids, summer diarrhea) Melilotus officinalis (painful colic/diarrhea) Papaver somniferum (constipation effect) Quercus alba (diarrhea w/mucous) Symphytum Officinale (dysentery w/blood) Trillium Pendulatum Vaccinum Myrtillus (dry berry) Veratrum Album (cholera) Eczema/Psoriasis Avena sativa (eczema) Calendula officinalis (E and P) Capsicum frutescens Centella Asiatica (inflamed) Quercus alba (weeping eczema) Sambucus Canadensis Trifolium pretense Edema Aesculus Hippocastanum(extrem and urethra) Claviceps purpurea (feet/face) Digitalis purpurea (w/jugular fullness) Melilotus officinalis (lymphedema, thins blood) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (orchitis/mumps) Sambucus Canadensis (full, flabby skin)

Enuresis Atropa belladonna (in kids) Hypericum perforatum (in older kids) Expectorant Aesculus Hippocastanum Fibroids Capsella bursa-pastoris Trillium pendulatum (too much progesterone) Fever/chills Aconite napellus (early fever w/o restlessness Atropa belladonna Capsicum frutescens (chills in elderly, cold feet) Centella asiatica Claviceps Purpurea (cold feet/face d/t poor circulation) Chrysanthemum Parthenum Crataegus oxycantha (cold d/t anemia) Gelsemium Sempevirens (hyperemia, fever) Hypericum perforatum (throbbing) Olea europaea (malarial fever/chills) Salvia officinalis (very cold extremities) Strychnos Nux Vomica (fevers intermittent) Veratrum viride Gingivitis/bleeding gums Calendula officinalis Salvia officinalis (and glossitis) Symphytum Officinale Vaccinum Myrtillus Goiter Selenecereus Grandi

Gout Aconite napellus Coffea Arabica Piper methysticum Veratrum Album Halitosis Collinsonium Canadensis GI /Colon Atropa belladonna (lead pipe) Olea europaea (GI irritation, appendicitis) Symphytum Officinale (bleeding bowel) Xanthoxyllum amer. (painful bowels, inc. secretions) Gonorrhea/Syphilis Calendula offcinalis (d/c) Centella Asiatica (venereal dis. and syphilis 2nd, ) Geranium Maculatum (d/c) Matricaria recutita (painful bubos) H/a/Migraine/cerebral Capsicum frutescens (too much sub. P) Claviceps purpurea (hyperaemic) Coffea Arabica (w/ cerebral hyperemia/congestion) Chrysanthemum Parthenum Gelsemium Sempevirens (migraine over entire head) Humulus Lupulus (cerebral hyperemia) Passiflora incarnate (nervous h/a) Piscidia erythrina (sedative) Strychnos Ignatia (congestive H/a)

Strychnos Nux Vomica (bilious intermittent H/A w/ nausea) Valeriana officinalis (nervous h/a, irritable pain) Veratrum viride (cerebral hyperemia) Hemorroids Achillea millefolium Aesculus Hippocastanum (d/t diarrhea) Capsella bursa pastoris (bleeding, w/diarrhea) Capsicum frutescens (d/t circ. Atony) Collinsonium Canadensis (blue) Datura Stramonium Erigeron Canadense Geranium Maculatum (bleeding) Hamamelis Virginia Hyoscyamus niger Hypericum perforatum (inflamed) Melilotus officinalis Nepeta Cataria (topical) Quercus alba Hemoptysis Datura Stramonium (epistaxis) Erigeron Canadense (Snuff for epistaxis) Hamamelis virginia Symphytum Officinale Hemostatic Achillea millefolium Cordyceps sinensis Geranium Maculatum (bleeding from wounds)

Heart (general) Gelsemium Sempevirens (extrasystole, functional heart disease) Crataegus oxycantha (mitral regurge) Helleborus niger (weak heart) Lentinus Edodes (inc. stamina) Melissa officinalis (cardiac probs) Olea europaea (dec.HT dz risk) Sarothamnus Scoparius (post infectious myocarditis) Scutellaria Lateriflora (Ht disease d/t nervousness, stroke) Selenecereus Grandi (HT stim ,tobacco HT, angina, hypertrophy) Stophanthus Kombe (weak heart, rapid pulse, sedates heart) Viscum album (unable to sit/lay d/t ht condn) Hypertension Allium cepa (mild) Allium sativa (moderate, vasodilator) Apocynum venetium (mild) Convallaria majalis Crataegus oxycantha (myocardial weakness) Ganoderma lucidum Ginkgo Biloba (vasodilator) Grifolia Frondosa Leonarus Cardiaca Olea europaea (dec. HT dz risk) Rauvolfia serpentine (h/a) Valeriana officinalis Veratrum viride Vinca’s (acute situations only!) Viscum album (used then move to another)

Hypotension Claviceps purpurea (orthostatic) Helleborus niger(weak heart) Hyperlipidemia Allium sativa Cordyceps sinensis Ganoderma lucidum (LDL only) Tramella fuciformis (LDL only) Trametes Versicolor (dec.cholest.LDL) Commiphora mukul (LDL) Insomnia Apocynum venetium Centella asiatica (d/t nervousness) Cyripedium pubescens (nervous) Ganoderma lucidum Humulus Lupulus (sleep aid) Lactuca Virosa (from mental overwork) Melissa officinalis (d/t anxiety) Nepeta Cataria (nervous insom) Piscidia erythrina (nervous unrest, d/t insomnia) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (nervous restlessness, unpleasant dreams) Rauvolfia serpentina (calming, fear induced) Scutellaria lateriflora (w/restless) Valeriana officinalis (from grief or loss)

Inotropic/chrono Aconite napellus (inc force of contraction) Apocynum venetium (slows HR, chronotropic) Scilla Maritima (card. Stimulant CHF) Selenecereus grandi (tyramine strengthens HT contractions) Digitalis P. Jaundice Strychnos Nux Vomica Knee Pain Boletus edulus Cordyceps sinensis (weak knees) Labor Claviceps purpurea (delayed, false) Piscidia erythrina (beachball, false labor pains) Ustilago segetum (for weak uterine contraction, or after delivery) Liths Olea europaea (GB stones) Leprosy Centella asiatica Leukorrhea Capsella bursa pastoris Achillea Millefolium (painful cystitis) Geranium Maculatum Pulsatilla Vulgaris Ustilago segetum (prolonged lochial d/c)

Liver dysfunction Achillea millefolium Ganoderma lucidum (hepatitis) Grifolia Frondosa (hepatitis) Lentinus Edodes (hep B) Matricaria recutita (congested liver, RUQ pain) Strychnos Nux Vomica (congested LIV and SP) Tramella fuciformis (inc SOD in liv and brain) Malaria Fomitopsis Officinalis (sweats) Olea europaea (fever/chills) Memory (poor) Centella Asiatica Ginkgo Biloba (short/long term) Vinca’s (confused and aggressive) Menstruation Cyripedium pubescens (irregular) Gelsemium Sempevirens (severe dysmenorrhea) Helleborus niger (amenorrhea) Lactuca Virosa (dysmennorhea) Leonarus Cardiaca (amenorrhea) Matricaria recutita (amenorrhea, pain w/ clots, labor like pain) Nepeta Cataria (delayed) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (amennorhea) Scutellaria lateriflora (uterine probs d/t nervousness) Selenecereus Grandi (dysmenorrhea)

Strychnos Ignatia (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, pain radiates to back) Trillium Pendulatum (menorrhagia) Xanthoxyllum amer. (dysmen w/neuralgia) Muscles Hamamelis virginia (sore bruised) Helleborus niger (burning thighs/butt) Hypericum perforatum (muscle/joint pain) Sarothamnus Scoparius (sore) Scutellaria lateriflora (antispasm) Nicotine/Opium withdrawal Avena sativa (nic/opium) Coffea arabica (morphine/opium/alcoh ol) Hyoscyamus niger (morphine addiction) Lactuca virosa (opium/codeine substitute, but not addictive) Neuralgia Aconite napellus (trigeminal) Aesculus Hippocastanum (visceral) Gelsemium Sempevirens (neuralgic pain) Melilotus officinalis (ovarian neuralgia, sciatica,
Scutellaria lateriflora teething in kids) Vinca’s (defective hearing d/t CNS) Viscum album (tearing neuralgic pain) Xanthoxyllum amer. (w.dysmenn) Xanthoxyllum amer. (toothache) Capsicum frutescens (d/t DM) Otitis Media Allium cepa (compress) Cordyceps sinensis (Tinnitus d/t fluid) Euphrasia Officinalis Lactuca Virosa (anodyne) Matricaria recutita (ear, nose ache) Piper methysticum (ears) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (earache) Strychnos Ignatia (tinnitus, bell earrings) Parasites/Worms Allium sativa Passiflora incarnate (worms) Pneumonia Atropa belladonna (sustains respiration)

Poor digestion/ST pain Collinsolium Canadensis (d/t poor circulation) Achillea Millefolium (bitter) Capsicum frutescens (gastric stimulant) Coffea Arabica (dyspepsia, fullness after eating) Chrysanthemum Parthenum Collinsonium Canadensis (poor circ.) Convallaria majalis (anorexia) Cyripedium pubescens (w/ depression) Euphrasia Officinalis (slow) Humulus Lupulus (nervous stomach, bitter) Matricaria recutita (stomachic, flatulence, colic) Melissa officinalis (no peristalsis, IBS, comb w/mint) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (IBS, poor fat tolerance) Rauvolfia serpentina (abdominal pain) Salvia officinalis (anorexia, poor dig) Sambucus Canadensis (stim. Appetite) Strychnos Nux Vomica (n/v from GI irritability, IBS) Prostate Piper methysticum (prostatitis) Selenecereus Grandi (prostatitis)

Renal problems

Cordyceps sinensis (renal failure) Helleborus niger (renal atony) Hyoscyamus niger (antispasm) Piper methysticum (renal colic) Symphytum Officinale (bleeding KI) Trametes Versicolor (glomerulonephritis, nephritic syndrome, SLE, RA) Rhinitis Euphrasia Officinalis (hot, acrid d/c) Rheumatism/Arthritis Avena sativa (cardiac) Capsella bursa pastoris Capsicum frutescens (arthiritis) Fomes Fomentarus Lactuca virosa (muscle/joint pain) Pulsatilla Vulgaris (>cold) Sambucus Canadensis Selenecereus grandi Trametes Versicolor (RA) Trifolium Pretense (arthritis) Viscum album Xanthoxyllum amer. Sexuality Strychnos Ignatia (impotence, sexual coldness) Avena sativa (spermatorrhea) Skin Trauma Calendula officinalis (rash, erosions) Capsella bursa pastoris Digitalis purpurea (wound healing) Hamamelis virginia (cuts,scrapes, sensitive/irritated)

Hypericum perforatum (cleans cuts, wound, punctures w/ pain, burns and tattoos) Melissa officinalis (skin irritations) Nepeta Cataria (bruises) Passiflora incarnate (burns) Piscidia erythrina (burns) Quercus alba (burns) Sambucus Canadensis (burns and irritations) Symphytum Officinale (burns, bruises, trauma, fractures) Trifolium pretense (burns, ulcers with JAGGED edges) Trillium Pendulatum (insect bites, ulcers, gangrene) Vaccinum Myrtillus (Scurvy) Sore Throat Allium cepa (sore inside and out) Atropa belladonna (sore, red tonsils) Centella asiatica (tonsillitis) Collinsonium Canadensis( follicular tonsillitis laryngitis, pharyngitis) Euphrasia Officinalis (and sinuses) Geranium Maculatum (swollen tonsils) Hamamelis virginia (red, sore throat) Matricaria recutita (URTI fumes) Salvia officinalis (inflam. Of mouth/throat, pharynx, larynx) Symphytum Officinale (pharyngitis) Swelling

Datura Stramonium (breast, vulva, testes) TB Fomitopsis Officinalis Lentinus Edodes (drug resistant TB) Tootheache Chrysanthemum Parthenum Hamamelis virginia (suck for teething) Tremors Atropa belladonna (parkinsonian) Ulcers Calendula officinalis (and gastric) Chrysanthemum Parthenum Datura Stramonium Euphrasia Officinalis (corneal) Ganoderma lucidum (gastric) Geranium Maculatum (stomach, mouth, gums ulcers) Ginkgo Biloba (leg ulcers) Hypericum perforatum (ulcers, just pain relief) Matricaria recutita Quercus alba (leg ulcers) Sambucus Canadensis (SOFT Edged ulcers) Symphytum Officinale (leg ulcers) Trifolium pretense (tibial, ulcers with JAGGED edges) Trillium Pendulatum Vaccinum Myrtillus (apthous)

Uterine spasm/pelvic pain/prolapse Achillea Millefolium Gelsemium Sempevirens (rigid os delivery) Lactuca Virosa (dysmenorrhea and cramping in females) Ustilago segetum (prolapse) Xanthoxyllum amer. (cramps) Uterine hemorrhage Capsella bursa-pastoris (post partum) Claviceps purpurea (#1 for post partum) Digitalis purpurea (slows heart rate, inc. force of contraction) Hamamelis virginia (w/enlarged cervix) Sarothamnus Scoparius Symphytum Officinale Trillium pendulatum (passive) Ustilago segetum (post partum) Varicose Veins Aesculus hippocastanum (throbbing) Calendula offiicinalis Collinsonium Canadensis (legs and vagina) Hamamelis virginia (red underneath) Ginkgo Biloba (nasal ones) Hypericum perforatum Melilotus officinalis (painful vv’s) Xanthoxyllum amer. (capillary engorgement)

Urine problems Allium cepa (cystitis PUSH) Atropa belladonna (acute cystitis) Centella asiatica (cystitis) Coffea Arabica Digitalis purpurea (dark scanty urine, diuretic) Erigeron Canadense (hyperurination from DM) Fomes Fomentarus (bladder probs) Humulus Lupulus (genitourinary irritation) Hyoscyamus niger (antispasm) Leonarus Cardiaca (diuretic) Matricaria recutita (anuria d/t tension) Piper methysticum (urinary catarrh d/t gonorrhea, cystitis of neck of bladder) Salvia officinalis (w/chills) Sambucus Canadensis (diuretic) Scilla Maritima (diuretic) Sarothamnus Scoparius (inc. flow) Stophanthus Kombe (diuretic) Vaccinum Myrtillus (DM, alkaline urine, oliguria, anuria) Vision Pulsatilla Vulgaris (glaucoma, cataracts, d/c) Vaccinum Myrtillus (macular degeneration, early myopia)

Vinca’s (visual distrubancs d/t low blood flow to retina)