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Echinacea Angustifolia Root

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Echinacea - Angustifolia

Summary: Echinacea is one of the most popular herbs in America today. Echinacea is a Native American medicinal plant named for the prickly scales in its large conical seed head, which resembles the spines of an angry hedgehog (echinos is Greek for hedgehog).(Mount Sinai)   For a natural health consultation, call 503-362-5899 Or write to: […]

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Education, Herbal Descriptions, Single Herbs

Echinacea Purpurea Root

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Echinacea - Purpurea

Summary: Echinacea is one of the most popular herbs in America today. Echinacea is a Native American medicinal plant named for the prickly scales in its large conical seed head, which resembles the spines of an angry hedgehog (echinos is Greek for hedgehog).(Mount Sinai)   For a natural health consultation, call 503-362-5899 Or write to: […]

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Alterative, Anthelmintic, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-syphilitic, Cathartic, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Education, Emetic, Hepatic, Herbal Descriptions, Origin, Purgative, Resolvant, Sialagogue, Single Herbs, Stimulant, Therapeutic Actions, USA, Vermifuge

Blue Flag Root

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Herb: BLUE FLAG ROOT Botanical name: Iris versicolor Origin: USA Therapeutic actions: Alterative; Anti-inflammatory; Anti-syphilitic; Anthelmintic (vermifuge); Cathartic; Cholagogue; Diuretic; Emetic; Hepatic; Purgative (fresh); Resolvent; Sialagogue; Stimulant. Drug interactions: No known drug interactions. Description: For chronic skin and liver disorders, it clears the bile ducts and restores the normal flow of bile. Internal uses: […]
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Abortifacient, Alterative, Anti-bacterial, Anti-cancerous, Antiseptic, Appetizer, Aromatic, Astringent, Calcium, Carminative, Cholagogue, Deobstruent, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Discutient, Diuretic, Education, Emetic, Emmenagogue, Errhine, Febrifuge, Herbal Descriptions, Insecticide, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Narcotic, Nutrients, Parasiticide, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Sialagogue, Silicon, Single Herbs, Sternutatory, Stimulant, Stomachic, Styptic, Therapeutic Actions, Tonic, Vitamin A (Retinol), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Vulnerary, Zinc

Bayberry Root Bark

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Summary: This evergreen shrub is found in various habitats ranging from New England to Delaware and Maryland in the United States. However, the plant can be successfully cultivated as far north as southern Connecticut and Long Island on the U.S. east coast. It also grows in Bermuda and the Caribbean. Its waxy fruits are a […]

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