Index - Pathologies and Properties

ABSCESS (SWELLING):

Desired properties: extractive, blood purifying (alterative), anti-inflammatory.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, German chamomile, burdock (throat and dental), calendula, nettle in tea or poultice, lemon, slippery elm.

GASTRIC ACID (HEARTBURN/GASTRIC REFLUX):

Desired properties: stimulates digestive juices, anti-inflammatory, enveloping (mucilaginous).

Suggested plants: (before meals), anise, yarrow, fennel, dandelion, fenugreek.

(after meals) marshmallow root, licorice, hibiscus, chamomile, slippery elm, willow, dandelion.

ACNE:

Desired properties: alterative, healing.

Suggested plants: oats, nettle (as a compress or ointment), burdock, calendula, dandelion, lemon.

ALLERGIES:

Desired properties: antihistamine, alterative.

Suggested plants: rooibos, peach bud, nettle, lemongrass, magnolia buds, echinacea.

ALZHEIMER'S:

Desired properties: nerve tonic.

Suggested plants: lemon balm, oats.

Prevention: puerh, green tea.

ANEMIA (IRON DEFICIENCY):

Desired properties: rich in iron.

Suggested plants: nettle, rosehip, gynostemma, astragalus, amaranth.

ANGINA (SORE THROAT):

Desired properties: antiseptic, antiviral, antibacterial.

Suggested plants: black mulberry leaves (gargle), echinacea, willow, echinacea, osmanthus, lemongrass, carnation, sage, marshmallow, lemon.

ANTHRAX (ARTIFICIAL BACTERIA):

Desired properties: antibacterial (see antibacterial), immune tonic, immune stimulant.

Suggested plants: burdock, sage, echinacea, honeysuckle.

ANTI-BACTERIAL / ANTI-SEPTIC:

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, honeysuckle (streptococcus, staphylococcus), lavender, peppermint, osmanthus, lily flowers, lemongrass, nettle (mouth, throat, angina), sage, lemon balm, ginger, lemon peel, orange peel,

ANTI-DEPRESSANT:

Suggested plants: lavender, valerian, gynostemma, peach bud, lemon balm, rosehip, rose, lemon verbena, linden.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY:

Suggested plants: goji berry, chrysanthemum, German chamomile, lavender, honeysuckle (throat, breasts, intestines), amaranth, chaga mushroom, calendula, ginger, cinnamon, sage, peach bud, lime leaf, rosehip, willow.

ANTI-IRRITANT:

See Irritation.

ANTI-STRESS / ANXIETY:

Suggested plants: lavender, valerian, German chamomile, chrysanthemum, linden, osmanthus, lily flowers, oats, lemongrass, wood forget-me-not, peach bud, lemon balm, rose, gynostemma, rosehip, jasmine, schisandra berry, orange, magnolia bud.

ANTI-PERSPIRANT:

Suggested plants: sage, schisandra, astragalus.

ANTIOXIDANT:

Suggested plants: goji berry, chrysanthemum, German chamomile, lavender, honeysuckle, amaranth, chaga mushroom, calendula, ginger, cinnamon, sage, peach bud, lime leaf, rosehip, willow, sunflower, schisandra berry, notoginseng (and many others).

ANTI-SPASMODIC:

Desired properties: sage, lemon balm, lavender, catnip, mint, chamomile, fennel, ginger, linden, valerian.

APERITIF:

See Appetite

APHRODISIAC:

Suggested plants: sage, jasmine, magnolia, lily, goji berry, schisandra berry, notoginseng, fennel, fenugreek, ginger.

CANKER SORE (for gargling):

Desired properties: antiseptic, healing.

Suggested plants: rosebuds, sage, bamboo, lemongrass, verbena, lime leaf, calendula, raspberry.

APPETITE:

Desired properties: aperitive, digestive stimulant, bitter.

Suggested plants: yarrow, dandelion root, peach bud, fenugreek, licorice

 

ARTHRITIS (joint, bone or joint pain):

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, mineralizing, alkalizing.

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, dandelion root, nettle, bamboo, lemongrass (external and internal use), burdock, lime leaf, passionflower, willow.

 

ASTHMA :

Desired properties: expectorant, lung tonic.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, lavender, rooibos, lemon balm, mint, bamboo, marshmallow, mullein, schisandra berry.

 

ASTRINGENT :

Suggested plants: sage, black mulberry leaf, green or black tea, raspberry, willow, schisandra.

 

ATHEROSCLEROSIS :

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, decongestant.

Suggested plants: linden, bamboo, willow, oat, nettle, German chamomile.

 

CHOLESTEROL LOWERING: 

See Hypocholesterolemic

 

BEAUTY SKIN HAIR NAILS (ask for our Beauty blend):

Desired properties: nutritive, mineralizing, lymphatic.

Suggested plants: nettle, oat, calendula, bamboo, lemongrass, hops.

 

HOT FLASHES :

Suggested plants: sage, peach bud, peppermint, schisandra berry, linden.

 

RINGING IN EARS/TINNITUS : 

Desired properties: nervous tonics, venous tonics.

Suggested plants: lemon balm, schisandra berry, gymnostemma, nettle, dandelion.

 

BRONCHITIS (ask for the flu breaker blend):

Desired properties: antiviral lung tonic, antibacterial, expectorant.

Suggested plants: dandelion root, bamboo, lemon verbena, echinacea, licorice, osmanthus, ginger, lemon, honeysuckle and marshmallow.

 

KIDNEY STONES :

Desired properties: diuretic (increases urine volume).

Suggested plants: dandelion root, nettle, burdock, linden, hibiscus.

 

CANCER (helps get through the disease and medical treatment) :

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, general tonic.

Suggested plants: white tea, green tea, gynostemma, goji berry, rooibos, honeybush, chaga mushroom, nettle, burdock, dandelion root (blood purifier), notoginseng, astragalus, schisandra berry, all our antioxidant plants.

 

BILE DEFICIENCY :

See Choleretic/Cholagogue

 

CEPHALIC :

See Headaches/Migraines

 

BLOOD CIRCULATION :

Desired properties: circulatory stimulant, decongestant, venous tonic.

Suggested plants: peach bud (unblocks meridians and collaterals, improves circulation), ginger, bamboo, echinacea, goji berry, yarrow, notoginseng.

 

HEART :

Desired properties: cardiac tonic, cardiac regulator

Suggested plants: licorice root (regulates palpitations and bradycardia WARNING: not for hypertension.) rose, goji berry, sage, lavender, notoginseng, linden.

 

CHOLERETIC (stimulates bile/liver) CHOLAGOGUE (bile excretion):

Suggested plants: peach bud, dandelion, yarrow, fennel, hops, peppermint.

 

CROHN'S DISEASE :

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, healing, soothing

Suggested plants: lemon balm, chamomile, red elm, marshmallow, licorice, yarrow.

 

SCAR :

Desired properties: healing, lymphatic.

Suggested plants: lavender, lemongrass, carnation, calendula.

 

COLIC :

Desired properties: digestive, anti-spasmodic.

Suggested plants: rooibos, lemon balm, chamomile, licorice, lemongrass, mint, lime leaf, fennel, ginger, verbena, valerian.

 

IRRITABLE BOWEL :

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, healing, soothing.

Suggested plants: chamomile, peppermint, fennel, sage, red elm, marshmallow, licorice.

 

CONCENTRATION :

Desired properties: nervous tonic.

Suggested plants: green teas, sage, lemon balm, gymnostemma, mate, schisandra berry, notoginseng, astragalus.

 

CONSTIPATION :

Desired properties: soothing, fiber, antispasmodic.

Suggested plants: lavender, pu-erh tea, dandelion root, marshmallow, carnation, peach bud, hibiscus, bamboo.

 

CONVALESCENCE :

Desired properties: general tonic, nutritive.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, oat, gynostemma, rose, astragalus, schisandra berry, nettle, notoginseng, astragalus, fenugreek.

 

APPETITE SUPPRESSANT :

Desired properties: metabolism stimulant, nutritive.

Suggested plants: mate, green tea, oat, nettle, bamboo.

 

CRAMPS (muscular):

Desired properties: antispasmodic, mineralizing

Suggested plants: lemongrass (external use) yarrow, oats, nettle, bamboo, hops, passionflower, chamomile.

 

CYSTITIS:

Desired properties: antibacterial, emollient (soothing).

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, marshmallow, goji berry, echinacea, carnation, dandelion root, nettle, yarrow.

 

DEMENTIA:

Desired properties: nerve tonic, calming.

Suggested plants: lemon balm (calming), oats, lavender, rose.

 

DEPRESSION:

Desired properties: nerve tonic.

Suggested plants: lavender, valerian, lemon balm, verbena, rose, passionflower.

 

DEPURATIVE:

Suggested plants: burdock, dandelion, nettle, lemongrass, chaga mushroom.

 

DERMATOSIS:

Desired properties: alterative (depurative), immune tonic.

Suggested plants: burdock, echinacea, calendula, chaga mushroom, dandelion, nettle, calendula.

 

DETOXIFICATION (ask for the Detox blend):

Desired properties: alterative, liver tonic.

Suggested plants: pu-erh tea, chrysanthemum, dandelion, honeysuckle, lily flower, carnation, nettle, burdock, lemongrass.

 

DIABETES:

Desired properties: hypoglycemic, blood sugar regulating, capillary and eye tonic.

Suggested plants: dandelion, pu-erh tea, osmanthus, chaga mushroom, oats, lemongrass, burdock, black mulberry leaf, goji berry, schisandra berry, gynostemma, chrysanthemum, notoginseng.

 

DIGESTION:

Desired properties: bitter, digestion stimulating, carminative (prevents fermentation)

Suggested plants: oolong tea, red tea, pu-erh tea, lemongrass, calendula, sage, peach bud, dandelion root, lemon balm, sage, mint, lavender, fenugreek, catnip, verbena, fennel.

 

DIURETIC:

Suggested plants: green tea, linden, dandelion root, amaranth, lemongrass, nettle, sage, bamboo, hibiscus.

 

DIARRHEA:

Desired properties: soothing, astringent.

Suggested plants: raspberry leaf, sage, green tea, lemongrass, sage, black mulberry leaf, honeysuckle, marshmallow, willow.

 

DRAINAGE (Water retention/Edema):

Desired properties: diuretic

Suggested plants: nettle, bamboo, lemongrass, amaranth, linden, chrysanthemum, hibiscus.

 

DYSENTERY:

see Diarrhea

 

SKIN RADIANCE / SKIN HEALTH (ask for the Beauty blend):

Desired properties: alternative, mineralizing, connective tissue tonic, depurative.

Suggested plants: rosebuds, oats, peach bud, lavender, calendula, bamboo, dandelion.

 

ECZEMA:

Desired properties: alterative, healing, anti-inflammatory.

Suggested plants: nettle, rosehip, chrysanthemum, German chamomile, rooibos, nettle, burdock, dandelion root, calendula. May be due to allergies.

 

ENERGY:

Desired properties: tonic, adaptogenic.

Suggested plants: amaranth, green tea, rooibos, honeybush, gynostemma, ginseng, mate, goji berry, sage, notoginseng, astragalus, schisandra berry.

 

SPRAIN:

Desired properties: lymphatic, vulnerary (healing).

Suggested plants: lemongrass (external use), willow, calendula.

 

AWAKENING:

Desired properties: stimulating.

Suggested plants: green tea, mate, schisandra berry, notoginseng, red tea, black tea, pu-erh tea.

 

CHRONIC/ADRENAL FATIGUE:

Desired properties: adrenal tonic.

Suggested plants: rest, lying down position, licorice wood, nettle, astragalus, notoginseng, schisandra berry, gynostemma, oats.

 

FEBRIFUGE:

see Fever

 

FEVER:

Suggested plants: German chamomile, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, peppermint, yarrow, lemongrass, sage, linden, ginger.

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LIVER:

Desired properties: liver tonic, liver protective.

Suggested plants: goji berry, pu-erh tea, sage, forget-me-not, dandelion, yarrow, gynostemma, schisandra berry, chaga mushroom, peppermint.

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FUNGICIDE:

Suggested plants: lemongrass, cinnamon, hops, calendula, sage, calendula.

 

BOIL / CYST / WOUND:

Desired properties: extirpating, healing.

Suggested plants: carnation, burdock, dandelion, calendula, nettle.

 

GALACTAGOGUE (milk production):

Suggested plants: nettle, raspberry leaf, fenugreek, fennel, hops, oats.

 

GAS / BLOATING:

see colic

Desired properties: digestive, anti-spasmodic.

Suggested plants: German chamomile, peppermint, lavender, yarrow, lemon balm, sage, valerian, fennel.

 

GUMS:

Desired properties: antiseptic, tissue tonic

Suggested plants: green tea, sage, black mulberry leaf, bamboo, lemongrass, mint, calendula.

 

BLOOD GLUCOSE:

see blood sugar regulator

 

BLOOD SUGAR REGULATOR:

Suggested plants: dandelion, burdock, cinnamon, stevia, gynostemma.

 

GOUT:

Desired properties: alterative, diuretic.

Suggested plants: burdock, nettle, dandelion, willow, linden.

 

FLU / COLD (ask for our flu-breaking blend):

Desired properties: anti-viral, anti-bacterial, warming, diaphoretic (brings down fever).

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, raspberry leaves, echinacea, ginger, ginseng, linden, lemongrass, licorice root, lemon peel.

 

PREGNANCY:

Desired properties: tonics, nutritive, do not detox during pregnancy.

Suggested plants: raspberry leaf (facilitates childbirth and strengthens the woman's system), sage, black mulberry leaf (uterine tonic), rose, goji berry, gynostemma, chamomile, fennel (nausea), mint.

 

HEMORRHAGE:

Desired properties: coagulant, healing.

Suggested plants: yarrow, sage.

 

HEMORRHOIDS:

Desired properties: venotonic, astringent.

Suggested plants: black mulberry leaf, lemongrass, lime leaves, bamboo, tea (in bath), willow.

 

HEPATITIS:

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, liver tonic, anti-viral.

Suggested plants: dandelion root, calendula, chrysanthemum, goji berry, schisandra berry.

 

HERPES:

Desired properties: anti-viral, immune tonic.

Suggested plants: echinacea, amaranth, lemon balm, gynostemma, lemon, ginger, linden.

 

BLOOD HYPERCOAGULATION:

Desired properties: blood thinning.

Suggested plants: linden, sage, willow.

 

HYPERTENSION:

Desired properties: hypotensive.

Suggested plants: goji berry, chrysanthemum, green tea, chaga mushroom, wood forget-me-not, stevia, lemon balm, amaranth, lemon.

 

HYPERTHYROIDISM (with reservations, take your medication or seek medical supervision):

Suggested plants: lemon balm, burdock.

 

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC:

Suggested plants: white tea, green tea, oolong tea, red tea, pu-erh tea, gynostemma, osmanthus, oats, lemongrass, wood forget-me-not, amaranth, honeysuckle, ginger.

 

IMMUNODEPRESSION:

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, astragalus, gynostemma, chaga mushroom, echinacea.

 

RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (ask for our flu-breaking blend):

Desired properties: anti-viral, anti-bacterial, warming, diaphoretic (brings down fever).

Suggested plants: mint, ginger, licorice, mullein, lemon peel.

 

URINARY TRACT INFECTION:

See Cystitis

 

INSOMNIA:

Desired properties: nerve tonic, calming, sedative.

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, German chamomile, lavender, valerian, linden, rooibos, osmanthus, jasmine, lily flowers, oats, wood forget-me-not, sage, peach bud, lemon balm, hops.

 

IRRITATION:

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, calming, astringent, emollient.

Suggested plants: peach bud (body), raspberry leaf (oral), sage (oral), oats (skin), carnation (intestine), black mulberry leaf (oral), lemon balm (intestine), marshmallow, licorice, honeysuckle, hibiscus, slippery elm (digestive system).

 

LARYNGITIS:

See Tonsillitis/Sore Throat

 

LIBIDO:

See aphrodisiac

 

MALARIA:

Desired properties: anti-parasitic, immune tonic.

Suggested plants: lemongrass, artemisia annua.

 

STOMACH ACHE:

Desired properties: depending on the cause.

Suggested plants: rosebuds, lemongrass, licorice root, willow, catnip, lemon balm, hops, fennel, ginger, slippery elm.

 

SORE THROAT:

See tonsillitis

 

HEADACHE / MIGRAINE:

Desired properties: calming, antispasmodic.

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, German chamomile, lavender, valerian, linden, osmanthus, jasmine, rosebuds, lemongrass, nettle, lemon balm, verbena, willow, lime tree.

 

MEMORY:

Desired properties: microcirculation tonic, antioxidant.

Suggested plants: sage, green tea, lemon balm, gynostemma, schisandra berry, astragalus, notoginseng, ginger.

 

MENOPAUSE (ask for our Menopresse blend):

Desired properties: various.

Suggested plants: sage, lavender, gynostemma, schisandra berry, peppermint, hops, oats, nettle.

 

MENSTRUATION (ask for our Red Moon blend):

Desired properties: uterine tonic, emmenagogue (helps induce menstruation).

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, sage, raspberry, yarrow, rose.

 

MILK SUPPLY:

See Galactagogue.

Suggested plants: sage (stops milk production).

 

MYCOSIS:

See Fungicide.

 

NAUSEA:

Desired properties: anti-nausea, antiemetic.

Suggested plants: peppermint, lemongrass, peach bud, ginger, fennel.

 

NEUROSIS:

Desired properties: nerve tonic.

Suggested plants: linden, oats, mint, hops, gynostemma, schisandra berry, passionflower, nettle, orange.

 

MUMPS:

Suggested plants: Flu Breaker blend

 

OSTEOPOROSIS:

Desired properties: mineralizing, alkalizing, bone tonic.

Suggested plants: nettle, raspberry, black mulberry, notoginseng, oats, bamboo.

 

HEARING:

Desired properties: microcirculation tonic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral.

Suggested plants: chrysanthemum, gynostemma, chaga mushroom.

 

WEIGHT LOSS:

Desired properties: metabolism activation, blood sugar regulator, appetite suppressant

Suggested plants: oolong tea, red teas, pu-erh tea, gynostemma, forget-me-not, oats, nettle, rosehip, notoginseng, osmanthus.

 

PLETHORA:

Suggested plants: Detox blend

 

PNEUMONIA (consult a doctor):

Suggested plants: Flu Breaker blend.

 

POSTPARTUM (after childbirth):

Desired properties: blood tonic, nerve tonic, heart tonic.

Suggested plants: notoginseng, astragalus, lavender, rose, catnip, chamomile, nettle, oats, gynostemma, rooibos.

 

LUNG:

Desired properties: pulmonary tonic, mucolytic, anti-infectious.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle (protection), licorice root, mullein, bamboo, ginger, lemon and orange peel, carnation, lemongrass.

 

BLOOD PRESSURE:

See Hyper or Hypotension.

 

REJUVENATION:

See Slowing aging.

 

BODY COOLING/REFRESHING:

Desired properties: refreshing, peripheral vasodilator.

Suggested plants: lemongrass (regulates), peach bud (cools and calms the body), mint, hibiscus, catnip, verbena, lemon balm, linden.

 

HORMONAL REGULATOR:

Suggested plants: sage, peach bud, schisandra, gynostemma.

 

KIDNEY (cleansing):

Desired properties: diuretic, emollient, antioxidant, blood capillary protector.

Suggested plants: marshmallow root, peppermint, nettle, sage, dandelion root, lemongrass, fennel, linden.

 

SLOWING AGING/PRESERVING YOUTH CAPITAL:

Desired properties: adaptogenic, nutritive, mineralizing, antioxidant.

Suggested plants: white tea, green tea, gynostemma, rooibos, honeybush, goji berry, forget-me-not, rosebuds, rosehip, osmanthus, astragalus, schisandra berry, notoginseng.

 

RHEUMATISM:

See Arthritis

 

MEASLES:

Suggested plants: Flu Breaker blend

 

AIDS:

Desired properties: antiviral, immune tonic, general tonic.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, chaga mushroom, amaranth, artemisia annua.

 

SARS (see flu cold):

Suggested plants: Flu Breaker blend.

 

SEDATIVE:

Suggested plants: lime leaves, lemon balm, chamomile, valerian, chrysanthemum, lavender, linden, hops, fennel, verbena, oats, nettle.

 

ABDOMINAL SPASM :

See cramp

 

SUDORIFIC (see also anti-sudorific) :

Suggested plants: linden, lemongrass, burdock, ginger.

 

IMMUNE SYSTEM :

Desired properties: immune system tonic, anti-bacterial, anti-viral.

Suggested plants: goji berry, echinacea, rooibos, honeybush, gynostemma, green tea, white tea, ginseng, ginger, honeysuckle, chaga mushroom, amaranth, carnation, forest forget-me-not, peach bud, astragalus.

 

NERVOUS SYSTEM :

Desired properties: tonic, calming.

Suggested plants: peach bud, lime leaf, lemon balm, linden, oat, gynostemma, schisandra berry, verbena, lemongrass, orange peel.

 

TENDONITIS :

Desired properties: anti-inflammatory, alterative

Suggested plants: lemongrass, willow, nettle, calendula, burdock

 

BLOOD PRESSURE :

See Hyper or Hypotension

 

TONIC :

Suggested plants: nerves: Lavender, sage, lemon balm, peach bud, astragalus, oat, nettle.

liver: dandelion, schisandra berry, peppermint.

mineralizing: nettle, forest forget-me-not, oat, bamboo, lemongrass.

stomach: licorice wood, willow, orange peel.

female reproductive system: peach bud, raspberry, yarrow,

 

TUBERCULOSIS :

Desired properties: lung tonic, immune tonic.

Suggested plants: honeysuckle, chaga mushroom, lemongrass, mullein, ginger, gynostemma, schisandra berry, notoginseng.

 

COUGH :

Desired properties: soothing, expectorant, emollient.

Suggested plants: jasmine, osmanthus, lemongrass, carnation, peppermint, marshmallow.

 

GASTRIC ULCERS :

Desired properties: mucous membrane tonic, anti-bacterial, healing.

Suggested plants: orange, licorice, fennel, slippery elm, willow, German chamomile, marshmallow, chaga mushroom, calendula.

 

INTESTINAL WORMS :

Desired properties: parasiticide.

Suggested plants: carnation.

 

VISION/SIGHT/EYES :

Desired properties: nervous tonic, ocular tonic, antioxidant.

Suggested plants: goji berry, chrysanthemum, forest forget-me-not, schisandra berry, calendula, sunflower, osmanthus.

 

RESPIRATORY TRACT :

See Lung

 

SHINGLES :

Desired properties: antiviral, anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving.

Suggested plants: willow, oat, gynostemma, calendula, lemon balm, linden.