1. Heat/Excitation Tissue State
Materia Medica
Heat/Excitation Tissue State

2. Excitation/Irritation Tissue State
Characterized by Exaggeration of Function
Tissues are in a state of excitation, irritation or over stimulation. Blood rushes to the area with classic symptoms of heat, redness, swelling and pain.
This is not necessarily inflammation as inflammation can have multiple underlying tissue state causes e.g Putrefaction. All excitation is inflammation but not all inflammation is a result of excitation.
Matthew-Please develop inflammation versus excitation

3. Primary Symptoms:
Heat, Swelling, Redness, Pain associated with immune overreaction and excess.
Mucosa & skin: red/pink (carmine)
Pulse: Elevated, beats towards surface of vessel; Rapid.
Tongue: Elongated, pointed, red, carmine, flame shaped.
Urine: Dark and concentrated

4. Remedy Qualities Remedies often have a sour taste.
Flavonoids (don’t influence taste), fruit acids and limonene (lemon oil) all reduce tissue irritation/excitation and together yield a sour taste.
Cyanogenic glycosides, mainly in the rose family also reduce tissue irritation by interfering with the Krebs cycle and reduce the energy level of the cell.

5. Remedy Families Lemon, Lime Rose family: Rosaceae
Rosehips, Strawberry leaf, Hawthorne, Peach, Wild cherry bark
Honeysuckle family: Caprifoliaceae
Elderflower and berry, Honeysuckle, Cramp bark
Rhubarb Family: Polygonaceae
Yellow Dock, Rhubarb, Sheep sorrel, garden sorrel
Citrus family: Rutaceae
Lemon, Lime
Anomalous: Lavender, Linden, Yarrow, Lemon Balm, Blueberry and Bitter mints, eg. Skullcap.

6. Rose (Rosa spp) Taste/Smell: Hips-Sour, sweet, cool astringent.
Petals-Sweet, Slightly bitter, aromatic
Tissue States: Excitation, relaxation
Energetics/Action:
cooling, drying, astringent
Parts used:
Hips, Petals most commonly used-most parts of the plant have been used. Seeds are toxic.
Constituents:
Tannins, flavonoids, fruit acids, (malic, citric and ascorbic) essential oils and anthocyanidins.
Notes are here testing testing

7. Rose (2of 4)
Organ affinity: Emotions, Lungs, Cardiovascular, Digestion, Kidneys/Bladder, Sexual system, Muscular/Skeletal
Presentation: Delicate, sensitive children, children born by c-section, never have to fight their way out.
Specific Indications: Elongated, pointed, red/pink tongue with moisture or streamers down the sides indicating excess dampness.

8. Rose (3 of 4) Characteristic uses : Eyes: Farsightedness
Lymphatics: Red, irritated skin and mucosa with watery deposits or stagnation of the lymph of the upper body
Respiration: Sore throat, irritated cough; TB (traditional use)
Cardiovascular: Vascular anomalies (esp. in children); passive venous congestion; easy bruising, clotting, thrombosis;
Digestion: heat/irritation in intestine, constipation, damp mucous containing, unformed stools, chronic yeast infection.
Kidneys/bladder: Frequent urination, bedwetting
Sexual system: Vaginitis with bleeding and discharge; In TCM for loss of semen and to strengthen the kidneys.

9. Rose (4) Contraindications:
Seeds contain glucoside and are toxic. Rose hip tea can contain fine hairs that are irritating to the throat and mouth that cling to the seeds. Strain well.
Preparation & Dosage:
Hips in various preparations: Short decoction, capsules, tincture
Petals as infusion, 1-2 tsp to 8 oz water. 3x/day or as needed
Essential oil

10. Rose Folklore/Magical/:
Wild Rose was standard remedy for rabies by Romans.
Distribution/Habitat:
Widely distributed, common in wild but generally not in large stands in northwest. Cultivated are also useable. Be aware of pesticides.
This is the rose city, they grow well here

11. Strawberry (Fragaria ssp.)
Taste/Smell: Sweet, cool and moist, mucilaginous, slightly astringent
Tissue States: Excitation
Energetics/Action: Cooling, refrigerant.
Parts used: Leaves
Constituents: Fruit acids, leucocoanthocyanin, Vit C, catechins (all cooling) tannins, volatile oils
Notes are here testing testing

12. Strawberry (2) Organ affinity:
Emotions, Head, Mouth, lungs, digestion, kidneys/bladder, Female organs, skin, thermoregulation
Presentation:
Swollen red, dry tongue, possibly with painful itching and swelling (can cause or cure)
Specific Indications:
Head: Red inflamed eyes, stye,
Teeth: Plaque, spongy gums, mouth ulcers, lack of saliva, no appetite.
Digestion: Diarrhea, obstinate dysentery (roots)

13. Strawberry (3) Characteristic Uses:
Kidneys and Bladder: Bladder infections with alkaline urine. Scanty dark urine, painful sharp scalding.
Female: Menses: irregular, excessive bleeding, vaginal yeast infection with itch
Pregnancy: Morning sickness, prevent miscarriage
Postpartum: Night sweats
Skin: Eczema, psoriasis (internal and external), hives from overconsumption of season fruit (cause and cure)
Other: Fever, Gout, High Blood Pressure

14. Strawberry (4)
Contraindications: Most likely plant of the rose family to cause allergies.
Preparation & Dosage: 1tsp of dried herb to 1 pint water, steep 20 min.
Distribution/Habitat: Found widely in scattered stands in Northwest.

15. Hawthorne (Crataegus ssp)
Taste/Smell: Berries: sweet, sour
astringent, Leaves: astringent and sweet, Flowers: putrid smell.
Tissue States: Excitation, Atrophy, Relaxation
Energetics /Action: Cooling, Sedating, Diuretic, tonic, Digestive, Cardiotonic, Antioxidant Astringent
Parts used: Berries, Flowers, Leaves
Constituents: Flavonoids, esp Rutin oligomeric procyanidins and numerous acids
Notes are here testing testing

16. Hawthorne (2)
Organ affinity: Emotional, Respiratory, Heart/circulatory, Digestion
Presentation: Person is worse from excitement or exertion physical or mental, redness under the nose. Heartache, physical or emotional. Irritable and nervous.
Specific Indications: If skin of the palms or fingers is red, press and watch for blanching (skin stays white longer than normal).
Characteristic uses:
Emotional: Can’t focus, restless, irritable, nervous; ADD

17. Hawthorne (3)
Heart and Circulation: Angina, Degenerative conditions of heart
Hypertension: Opens coronary circulation. May reduce deposits and/or effects of arteriosclerosis
Cardiac arrhythmias: Particularly effective with extra systoles and acute tachycardia.
Fever: Weakness of myocardium after fever, flu etc. Also with excessive sweating after such events
Gray pallor showing possible heart attack
Pulse: rapid irregular, intermittent and small, feeble, deep.

18. Hawthorne (4) Digestion:
Food sits in stomach, ferments. Indigestion, heartburn constipation, atonic lower intestine
Nervous stomach
Other:
Allergies;
Inflammatory arthritis;
Low blood pressure; exhaustion from small movement.

19. Hawthorne (5)
Contraindications: Can increase effectiveness of cardiac drugs like digitoxin, digoxin, and other cardiac glycosides. If taking heart medication concurrently with Hawthorne, should be monitored.
Preparation & Dosage:
Overnight infusion of flowers-1 heaping tsp per cup, water decoction of berries 2-3x day or more
Dry Berries 1:5 50% alcohol, 40% water, 10% Glycerine
Fresh leaf/Flower 1:2 75 alcohol, 15% water 10% glycerin
Dosage: MW doses or drops 4x per day
Folklore/Magical: Story of Thomas the Rhymer, Tree of the Celts and the Faerie Folk
Distribution/Habitat-Widely distributed in northwest

20. Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Taste/Smell: Sweet, Bitter,
Astringent, almond-like taste.
Tissue States: Excitation, Depression
Energetics/Action: Hot and cold, damp and dry. Astringent, Expectorant, Sedating.
Parts used: Bark
Constituents: Flavonoids, bitter cyanogens, tannins, bit of mucilage, resins and volatile oils
Notes are here testing testing

21. Wild Cherry 2 of 4
Organ affinity: Heart /Circulatory, Digestion, Lungs
Presentation/Specific Indications: People with tendency to red histaminic reactions; thin people with cold extremities and cool damp skin. Nervousness, recovering from debilitating illness. Reddish, slightly purple and yellow skin that blanches under pressure
Characteristic uses:
Respiration: Suppresses the cough reflex; Calms irritated, histaminic, excited coughs; treats old tired coughs that linger after infection is passed; pleurisy, bronchitis; pneumonia; Accumulation of hardened mucus.
Cardiovascular: Pulse weak and erratic, Cardiac irregularities in bronchitis, anemia or nervousness. Heart palpitations, high blood pressure; “Heart fire blazing” in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

22. Wild Cherry 3 0f 4 Characteristic uses:
Digestion: Nervous irritation of GI tract; Food allergies, celiac disease; Poor digestion from weakness after illness. Irritable hemorrhoids.
Skin-Shingles; Herpes - when eruption is on tongue or in mouth. Esp with general redness not vesicles. With vesicles try Ranunculous bulbosus.
Thermoregulation- Fever
Other: Lack of muscular tone after illness, nervous irritability.
Works well in formulations

23. Cherry 4 of 4
Contraindications: Some say use lower dose for shorter periods due to cyanogens, others say look to the extensive historical record of safety even with children and use as it has been used.
When to Harvest: Opinions vary; Collect in spring and fall unlike some barks that are collected in winter.
Preparation &Dosage:
Decoction: 1 tsp dried bark per cup of water
Dry Bark Tincture: 1:2 50% alc d 4x per day (first soak in water overnight to remove excess cyanogens)
Distribution/Habitat- present in the wild in Northwest.

24. Peach (Prunus persica)
Taste/Smell: Sour, bitter, sweet; mucilagenous.
Tissue States: Excitation, Atrophy
Energetics/Action: Cooling, moistening, sedating, slightly demulcent.
Parts used: Twigs, bark, leaves, kernal, even fruit
Constituents: Fruit acids, cyanogens
Notes are here testing testing

25. Peach (2 of 4) Organ affinity: Emotions, Respiration, Digestion, Skin
Specific Indication: Carmine, flame shaped, red and dry tongue. (If moist think rose or linden, if harshly dry and burnished think marshmallow for dryness causing heat). Allergic, hot, irritated, jangled nerves, fair skin people, insomnia, overstimulation.
Characteristic uses:
Complexion-Fair skinned, irritation from heat, allergies, immune excess.
Mind/Emotion-Nervousness, overstimulation, insomnia
Respiration-Allergies, esp eyes, nose,
Cough with irritation and dryness, eg. whooping cough, chronic bronchitis.

26. Peach (3 of 4)
Digestion: Gastritis, dyspepsia, diarrhea, nausea. Vomiting during pregnancy.
Fever: With heat and dryness
Other:
Hives, rashes, allergic skin; Mild pain reliever.
Cyanide disrupts krebs cycle in mitochondria of cells to decrease activity of the cell and associated tissue
Peach leaf tea is used in some Native American groups to precede bad news and discipline children.

27. Peach (4 of 4)
Contraindications: Large amounts of cyanide are poisonous, so use only small doses of peach preparation that have characteristic bitter almond taste and smell of cyanide.
Preparation & Dosage:
Cold infusion of bark, twigs and leaves 1 tsp per 8oz water. 3x day
Tincture : 1:5 (dry herb) tincture 40% alcohol, 1-10 drops of tincture 1-3x daily.
Distribution/Habitat- Cultivated. Portland is within its northern range though mostly it thrives under cultivation further south.

28. Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus, V. trilobum)
Taste/Smell: sour, acrid. There are few plants that combine these flavors to target irritation and tension.
Tissue States: irritation, tension
Energetics/Action: antispasmodic, astringent, cooling, nervine, carminative, anti-inflammatory.
Parts used: bark
Constituents: hydroquinones, coumarins, tannins
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29. Cramp bark (2)
Organ affinity: Female reproductive, Nervous, Digestion, Kidneys, Respiratory, Muscular/Skeletal system.
Specific Indications: cramp-like, spasmodic pains, pain recurring at intervals, spasmodic and congestive conditions especially of the female genitourinary tract.
Characteristic uses:
Mind, senses, nerves, emotions, personality
Nervous tension
restores sympathetic and parasympathetic balance

30. Cramp bark (3) Female Uterine cramps
Menses; bearing down pains precede the period; late period, scanty, with cramps; heaviness, aching in ovaries, sacrum, down the back and thighs.
Irritation from IUD.
Pregnancy: cramping during, repeated early miscarriage
Labor - spasmodic contractions and hemorrhage during labor and post partum.
Post-partum pains

31. Cramp bark (4) Respiratory system:
Acute spasms of bronchitis, whooping cough, and asthma.
Digestive System:
Painful intestinal cramping
Sudden abdominal cramps and colic
Enteritis, colitis, dysentery
Nervous indigestion, flatulence
Kidneys and Bladder:
Spasmodic stricture in urinary tract infections
Enuresis, cystitis

32. Cramp bark (5) Other: Crampy back pains, sore nape of neck or sacrum.
Upper and lower back issues (old whiplash stuff)
Cramping and fever
Neuralgia
Preparation & Dosage
Fresh or dry bark tincture.
1:5 dry tincture 50% alc drops 1-4 x/day.
Distribution/Habitat
Viburnum opulus is native to Europe; V. trilobum is native to north America; V. edule in Northwest.

33. Elder (Sambucus ssp) Taste/Smell: Sweet, Sour, Slightly Acrid,
Tissue States:
Dry flowers: Excitation, Tension, Depression
Berries: Excitation, Tension, Atrophy
Energetics/Action: Moist, cooling, sedating, stimulating diaphoretic, mild laxative, diuretic. Elder opens all tubes of body: Skin, lungs, colon, kidneys, blood vessels , increasing oxygenation and removal of waste
Parts used: Flowers, Berries
Constituents:
Berries: Flavonoids, Cyanogens, some volatile oils,
Flowers: Coumarins, Bitters, flavonoids, fatty acid rich volatile oils, mucilage, sterols and tannins
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34. Elder 2
Organ affinity: Psychological, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Thermoregulation, Skin, Immune, Kidneys, Lymph.
Presentation/Specific Indications:
In Infants indicated by blue pale coloring across the nose, and red dry irritated skin on cheeks. It lubricates skin, improves respiration. Great children’s remedy.
Full bodied persons, esp. women with red blue marbling of flesh on arms and legs with colic, lower back pain and water retention, puffy skin.
Older persons w/ edema, blue swollen ankles
Pale, blue, swelling (stagnant blood and fluids) and/or dry, red, skin.
Characteristic uses: Respiratory:
Postnasal drip. Chronic sinusitis.
Wakes at night, can’t breathe, turns blue
Spasmodic cough, croup

35. Elder 3 Digestion: Intestinal colic, constipation
Skin: Eczema, weeping eczema, purplish, mottled skin, appears swollen
Thermoregulation: Fever, Flu, Other viral infections eg West Nile. Great for immunity esp. during cold season. Flowers stimulate sweating to break fever. Warm infusion is best in this application. Classic formula is Elder, Peppermint and Yarrow.
Kidneys: Increases flow through kidneys. Has been used in rheumatic conditions where a diuretic is helpful.
Other : Has been used externally and internally for sprains esp. with classic elder coloring: purple, swollen, little reddish, white esp wrists and ankles. Has anti-hepatotoxic, and anti-viral compounds.

36. Elder 4
Contraindicaitons: Entire plant is somewhat toxic Large doses are cathartic, may cause nausea, tachycardia, diarrhea. Red Elder is considered more toxic and not used in herbal medicine, though some sources consider it edible in the northwest
When to Harvest:
Flowers: Midsummer to late summer (Red flowers earlier and isn’t used)
Berries: later summer, early fall
You can often find flowers and berries on same plant at same time
Preparation & Dosage:
Dried Flowers: Infusion 2-4 oz in 3 cups water. Divide to 3x per day
Dried Berries: up to 3 oz per 3 cups-divide into 3 divided doses

37. Elder 5 Tincture Fresh Berries 1:2 100% alc., 20-60d 3x day
Tincture Fresh Flowers 1:2 75 % alc. 25 % h2o, 20-60d 3x day
Folklore/Magical: One of 2 or 3 primal remedies of European herbal tradition. King Charlemagne decreed that an Elder be planted in every yard to be a ‘medicine cabinet’ . Called Little Elder Mother, associations to the queen of the underworld. It was once believed to be dangerous to fall asleep under an elder due to danger of being taken to the underworld , with which this tree is often associated. According to some Christ was crucified on Elder, and Judas hanged himself on an Elder tree.
Distribution/Habitat-Widely distributed in Northwest

38. Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus)
Taste/Smell: sour, astringent, bitter
Tissue States: irritation/excitation, relaxation, stagnation
Energetics/Action: cooling (sour), somewhat astringent (binding, drying), alterative (bitter), hepatice, cholagogue, cleansing, laxative. Helps downward movement in digestive tract.
Parts used: root
Constituents: small amounts of anthraquinone, tannins, oxalates, glycosides
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39. Yellow Dock (2)
Organ affinity: Digestive system, liver, Kidneys and Bladder, head and respiratory system.
Presentation:
Yellow around eyes, nose, and mouth with reddish, often dry cheeks (stagnation of digestive tract).
Elongated pointed red tongue with red on the sides, tip, or middle, often with thrush-like coating on back or sides.
Overabundance of saliva showing digestive over activity, excessive appetite, and excessive Hydrochloric acid.
Slow digestion; food sits in stomach like a brick, in the colon.
Characteristic Usage:
Digestive System: Digestive Normalizer.

40. Yellow Dock (3)
Excess stomach secretions and hydrochloric acid; gastric reflux due to heat; red tipped tongue, excess salivation and big appetite. Compared to reflux due to cold digestion/hypochlorhydria/gastric hypofunctioning (pale tongue, thick tongue coating, lack of appetite, food sits in stomach, feels like a brick, and ferments). See bitters.
Diarrhea, dysentary, colitis.
Diarrhea, especially in the morning; exhaustive, scanty, bloody, offensive, colicky pains before and after passage, sinking sensation in the stomach.
Pain in lower back caused by constipation (person more aware of pain than of constipation).
Hemorrhoids, with bleeding, itching, pain, poor expulsion of stool.

41. Yellow Dock (4) Liver Torpid or sluggish liver, gallstones Skin
Red, damp, skin conditions including eczema, psoriasis and acne.
Chronic erysipelas, or inflamed puffiness of the skin (dry root decoction).
Female
Poor iron absorption/anemia, amenorrhea, Pregnancy: anemia (with nettles).
Head:
Nursing sore mouth with ulcerated mucosa; thrush
Tongue elongated, pointed, red with patches of white on the back or in mouth, heavy thrush-like coating

42. Yellow Dock (5)
Contraindications: use cautiously if person has history of oxalate kidney stones.
Preparation & Dosage: Root is ideally collected after going to seed in summer or fall and used by decoction or tincture. Usual dose of tincture 5-30 drops (Fyfe), or 20-40drops twice per day (Gagnon). Curly dock rather than water dock should be used.
Distribution/Habitat: Grows widely throughout North America. Mostly replaced in Northwest by Rumex obtusifolia.

43. Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Taste/Smell: sour, slightly sweet, aromatic lemony smell
Tissue States: heat/excitation
Energetics/Action: cooling, calming, nervine, sedative, mild anti-depressant, mild anti-spasmodic, carminative, Diaphoretic, antiviral.
Parts used: flowering herb
Constituents: (major constituents): several flavonoids, triterpenes, and essential oils (including citronella).
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44. Lemon Balm (2)
Organ affinity: nervous system, respiratory system, heart, digestive system, thyroid (hyper), thermoregulation/fever
Tongue/Pulse: Rapid and or superficial pulse, and an elongated pointed, red tongue.
Characteristic uses:
Nervous system:
Sympathetic excess, hyper-adrenalism,
Nervousness, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia.
Debility and weakness of nervous origin
Nervous headache (cold infusion)

45. Lemon Balm (3) Respiratory System: Antiviral , colds, coughs
Thyroid and Heart
Hyperthyroidism, anxiety, palpitations, headaches, irritability.
Atrial fibrillation, heart palpitations, high blood pressure associated with anxiety and hyperthyroidism.
Rapid or superficial pulse.
Digestive System:
Dyspepsia, upset stomach, flatulence.
Nervous indigestion (hot tea after meal)
Nausea and vomiting.

46. Lemon Balm (4)
Skin:
Burns, blisters, herpes/cold sores (very useful), stings, burning sensations.
Sweaty palms (hyperthyroid/hyper adrenalism).
Fevers:
Recent colds and fevers (hot tea to promote perspiration).
Acute febrile conditions in children
Depression following exhaustive fevers and long irritation of the digestion.

47. Lemon Balm 5 Contraindications: hypothyroidism, pregnancy
When to Harvest: summer
Preparation and Dosage: fresh tincture 1:2 100% alcohol. Fresh tincture preferred d 3-5/day or as needed
Distribution: Widely distributed in Northwest (wild and cultivated).

48. Linden Flower, Tilia americana, T.ssp.
Taste/Smell: sweet, slightly astringent.
Tissue state: heat/excitation, atrophy, relaxation
Energetics/Action: moist, cool, diaphoretic, diuretic, hypotensive, antispasmodic, sedative, nervine, antidepressant.
Parts used: flower and leaves
Constituents: flavonoids, tannins, mucilage, sterols, steroidal saponins, volatile oils.
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49. Linden Flower (2)
Organ affinity: nervous system, thermoregulation, respiratory system, digestive system, cardiovascular system.
Characteristic uses
Nervous system, mind, emotions:
Nervousness, restlessness, hyperactivity, insomnia, hypertension.
Panic attacks, anxiety
Nervous headache, migraine, dizziness, neuralgia, convulsions (children).
Respiratory system:
Influenza, fever, colds, coughs.

50. Linden Flower (3) : Digestion:
Indigestion, nervous vomiting, painful digestion, colic, diarrhea.
Cardiovascular & Blood:
Heart palpitations, cramps
Arteriosclerosis and hypertension associated with nervous tension.
Other:
If client is on cortisone this remedy is indicated.

51. Linden (4) Contraindications: none known
Preparation & Dosage: American and European species are interchangeable.
Infusion: 1-2 tsp per cup water
1:5 dry herb tincture drops 1-4 times/day.
Distribution/Habitat: Often planted along residential streets in the Northwest. See Powell Boulevard Portland in the 20s and 30s and beyond.

52. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Taste/Smell: bitter, pungent, acrid, astringent, aromatic.
Tissue States: excitation, depression, relaxation
Energetics/Action: cooling & warming (normalizing), drying, diaphoretic, bitter tonic, astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory.
Parts used: flowers and leaves
Constituents: flavonoids, vitamin C, bitters, tannins, alkaloids, sterols, phenolic acids (incl. salicylates), coumarins, sesquiterpene lactones, volitile oils, and many others.
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53. Yarrow (2)
Organ affinity: circulatory system, digestion, female, thermoregulation/fever, respiratory system, kidney/bladder, wounds/injuries.
Presentation
Robust sanguine persons, with red, full blooded complexion.
Skin complexion is red with blue veins showing through on the arms and legs; bruises are red and blue.
Specific Indications:
Tongue elongated, pointed, red, blue in center, dry toward center, not heavily coated, wet toward edges.
Tongue cracked down middle and opening to reveal crisscrossed red tissues (feathered look - like a yarrow leaf).
Rapid, full, non-resistant pulse.

54. Yarrow (3) Characteristic uses:
Mind, senses, nerves emotions, personality
‘wounded warrior, wounded healer’ remedy; and sensitive delicate persons.
Wounds/Injuries/Bleeding
Lacerations; injuries to arteries of violent origin, hemorrhage of bright arterial blood.
Bruises of violent origin, with cuts (cf. Arnica - bruises w/out cuts / bleeding)
Old bruises that have become hard, especially to head
Internal bleeding/hemorrhage; Stroke, head injury; Cerebral thrombosis; Nosebleed
Acute inflammation with congestion of blood

55. Yarrow (4) Respiration:
Bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, inflammation and pain in the chest; bleeding from lungs with night sweats.
Digestion:
Lack of appetite, bloating, digestive cramps, colic.
Dyspepsia, colitis, diverticulitis, with tongue cracked down middle and full, non-resistant pulse. OR pale dry tongue (cold digestive system).
Bleeding from stomach and intestines
Bleeding hemorrhoids
Decongests internal organs when blood is collecting in the interior. Brings blood to surface and improves digestion and assimilation.
A cold cup of yarrow tea stimulates digestion, while a hot cup tends to open the skin.

56. Yarrow (5)
Female:
Lack of menstrual flow (slow onset), or heavy hemorrhagic flow/excessive bleeding.
Reduces uterine and circulatory blood congestion and moderates menstruation.
Clumsy feeling before period; menstrual cramping
Uterine fibroids with bright red hemorrhage (cf. Capsella (Shepherds purse), fibroids w clotted dark flow).
Endometriosis (cf. Trillium)
Inflammation of ovaries
Atonic uterus and vagina, and Uterine prolapse
Menopause, restless night sweats
Pregnancy & Parturition - clumsiness 12 hrs before delivery due to hormonal changes, and prevents excessive bleeding; pain after delivery, suppression of the lochia.

57. Yarrow (6) Fever: In acute fever, rapid, full, non-resistant pulse.
Fever; sudden onset, with or without chills (especially in robust persons)
Fever; chicken pox, measles (brings out the rash).
Acute fever, early stages; skin cool, weak pulse, brings circulation to the surface and brings out the rash.
Circulation and blood
Yarrow is Master of the Blood
Varicose veins; High blood pressure when there is blood congestion; thrombosis, stroke, clotting disorders; arterial bleeding.
Kidney & Bladder
Acute inflammation and bleeding (Nephritis)
Acute cystitis with or without bleeding with scanty urine and incontinence.

58. Yarrow (7)
Contraindications: Be aware of possible allergies. Some say avoid during first trimester.
Preparation & Dosage:
Harvest flower tops in summer. Yarrow from harsher environments seem to have stronger medicinal properties.
Infusion: 1 tsp per cup of water;
Tincture 1:1 fresh tincture 100% alcohol, drops 1-4 times per day.
Distribution/Habitat: Widely distributed worldwide.

59. Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia)
Taste/Smell: aromatic, bitter
Tissue States: excitation, constriction, atrophy, depression
Energetics/Action: antiseptic, cooling, stimulating, relaxing, carminative, antidepressant, and nervine.
Parts used: flower
Constituents: volatile oils, triterpenes, coumarins, flavonoids.
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60. Lavender (2)
Organ affinity: Nervous system, respiratory system, skin, digestive system.
Presentation/Constitution: Irritability, nervousness, anxiety, panic, depression, nervous exhaustion, especially in Vata types. Driven people with too high standards, insomnia and irritability from stress and overwork.
Characteristic uses:
Mind, senses, nerves, emotions, personality
Perfectionist, detail-oriented, picky
Depression and mild anxiety
Insomnia; mind too active to sleep

61. Lavender (3) Head: Dizziness, fainting
Severe headaches, neuralgia of the head (a drop of oil on temple)
Migraine from detail work or overwork, head droops from fatigue
Digestion:
Nervous dyspepsia with flatulence, cramping, nausea, vomiting
Stomach cramp, intestinal gas and colic
Motion sickness

62. Lavender (4) Respiratory System:
Influenza, bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, Pneumonia
Liver: liver congestion
Skin
Burns, vesiculation with redness
Cardiovascular system:
Emotional mental unrest with anxiety and palpitations.
Muscular /skeletal
Painful arthritic joints and weak limbs

63. Lavender (5)
Contraindications: Some herbalists advise avoiding in pregnancy unless supervised by qualified practitioner.
Preparation & Dosage:
Essential oil (most commonly used preparation external and inhalation)
1-2 tsp /cup water (infusion)
1:5 dry liquid extract: drops 1-4x/day
Distribution/Habitat: Common garden herb in Northwest.

64. Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
Taste/Smell: Bitter, Acrid, Aromatic
Tissue States: Excitation, Tension, Atrophy
Energetics/Actions: Nervine, Sedative, Hypotensive, Cardiotonic, Bitter refrigerant, Emmenagogue, antispasmodic.
Parts used: Aerial parts
Constituents: Alkaloids, Bitter iridoids, diterpenes, Flavonoids, Plant acids, Resins, Tannins and Volatile oils.
Notes are here testing testing

65. Motherwort 2
Organ affinity: Mind, Heart/cardiovascular, Digestion, Kidneys, Female system, thermoregulation
Presentation: Heart palpitations. Disturbed sleep. Nervousness, anxiety in menopausal women. Issues of the heart, mind, and uterus.
Characteristic uses:
Mind: Insomnia, anxiety, dizziness from peripheral tension.

66. Motherwort 3 Digestion: Indigestion due to nervous irritability
Cardiovascular:
Heart palpitations during pregnancy, menstruation or menopause. High blood pressure.
Hyperthyroidism with heart symptoms including tachycardia, heart palpitations. (compare to Lycopus and Melissa).
Tachycardia due to anxiety
Female: Superlative female remedy
Premenstrual cramps, nervousness, esp with delayed menstruation; congestive amenorrhea, and dysmenorhea.
Suppressed lochia. It expels afterbirth.
Relaxes and organizes the contractility of the uterus.

67. Motherwort 4 Thermoregulation:
Fever, colds, chills, flu esp. when nerves are affected, debility, exhaustion.
Opens the skin as a diaphoretic
Hot flashes, heart palpitations and nervousness following fever.
Spasms, seizures associated with fever
Other:
Mildly stimulates the kidneys and colon,
Some benefit in melancholy
Used in china as kidney remedy.

68. Motherwort 5
Contraindications: Contraindicated during pregnancy due to emmenagogue effects. Contraindicated for hypothyroid.
When to Harvest: All summer
Preparation & Dosage:
Infusion: 1 oz: 8oz up to 4x daily
1:2 tincture drops up to 4x per day.
Distribution/Habitat:
Cultivated in our region. Grows very well in Northwest gardens.

69. Lycopus/Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus )
Taste/Smell: Bitter
Tissue States: Excitation, Atrophy
Energetics/Actions: Cooling, Drying, Sedative Astringent, Hemostatic, Nervine, Diuretic.
Parts used: Aerial parts
Constituents: Flavonoids (cooling) bitters, tannins, and volatile oils
Notes are here testing testing

70. Lycopus 2 Organ affinity: Mind, Heart, Circulation, Digestion, Thyroid
Presentation and Specific Indications
Staring, fearful, hunted animal eyes.
Pulse rapid and tumultuous showing heart excitation
Hyperthyroidism, (compare with Motherwort and Melissa); hyperadrenalism.
Characteristic Uses:
Mind: anxious, driven, fearful
Insomnia- Morbid vigilance (extreme insomnia)

71. Lycopus 3 Circulatory: Irregular rapid pulse
Labored tumultuous action of heart with skin blanched and extremities cold
Equalizes circulation; Tachycardia; arrhythmias; Often works in conditions where digitalis fails.
Heart palpitations with nervous origin
Maybe useful in pericarditis and endocarditis (Ellingwood).
Passive capillary congestion
Endocrine:
Reduces output of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) from pituitary, turning down excessive thyroid level
Reduces hyperadrenalism
Other: Bleeding in various organs, kidneys, lungs etc.

72. Lycopus 4
Contraindications: Due to complex pharmacology and endocrine effects it is not advised for nursing mothers, pregnant women and in cases of hypothyroidism. Not advised for moderate coronary artery disease without expert guidance.
When to Harvest: Before flowering is best
Preparation & Dosage:
Tincture 1:2 Fresh herb drops 3x/day
For heart arrhythmias lower more frequent doses.
Cold infusion 1 oz to 8oz water up to 3x daily
Distribution/Habitat- L. uniflorus common in wet areas, low to middle elevations in Northwest.

73. Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Taste/Smell: Bitter
Tissue States: Excitation, Constriction, Atrophy
Energetics/Actions
Cooling, Sedative, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Hypotensive, Anxiolytic
Parts used: Aerial parts
Constituents: Flavonoids, bitter iridoids, volatile oil, tannins
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74. Skullcap 2 Organ affinity: Mind, Nervous system, Musculoskeletal.
Presentation: Overly sensitive to sound, lights, activity. Anxiety. Restless, twitches before sleep, digestive constriction. Restlessness with fever. Nervous fear.
Characteristic Uses:
Mind: oversensitivity, irritability, insomnia with twitching, nervous stomach.
Nervous system: Musculoskeletal spasm and twitching due to nervous origin. Can bring this about in large doses. Can also cause twitching and spasm.

75. Skullcap 3 Nervous System continued:
Nervous excitability and exhaustion. Functions here as a nerve trophorestorative
Once used to help treat epileptic seizures
Thermoregulation:
For high fever with delirium, tremors spasms
Mild fever with irritability, insomnia
Restores the nervous system after a high or protracted fever has caused imbalance
Musculoskeletal:
Twitchy muscles, twitching during sleep
Nervous excitability

76. Skullcap 4
Contraindications: Earlier reports of hepatotoxicity were due to adulteration with Germander
When to Harvest: Before seed is best.
Preparation & Dosage:
Infusion 1-2 tsp in 8oz water up to 4x daily
Tincture: Dry 1:5 in 40% alc drops up to 4x daily
Distribution : Scutellaria lateriflora grows wild in OR in moist bottom lands, meadows and grassy clearings. Grows well cultivated. Can be easily confused with relatives. Safest to pick cultivated.

77. Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
Taste/Smell: sour, sweet
Tissue States: Tension, Excitation
Energetics/Action: cooling, relaxing
Parts used: flowering herb
Constituents: flavonoids (inc. rutin), indole alkaloids, fatty acids, and sterols.
Notes are here testing testing

78. Passionflower (2)
Organ affinity: Nervous system, Mind, Head, Respiratory system, Digestive System, Female reproductive
Presentation: Overactive mind, mind chatter, nervous excitement, irritation, agitation, or exhaustion with muscular twitches; convulsions of any character; neuralgias.
Characteristic uses:
Mind senses nerves, emotions, personality
Wakefulness, insomnia, mental chatter, inability to turn off the internal dialogue; easily distracted and over stimulated during the day with difficulty falling asleep at night.
Sleeplessness following excessive use of alcohol.
Head
Acts strongly on hind brain (medulla oblongata)

79. Passionflower (3) Respiratory System
Spasmodic Asthma; spasmodic cough, dry nervous cough.
Contraindications: In sensitive individuals or children may cause overexcitement , nausea, or vomiting. unknown
Preparation & Dosage: There is great variation in the medicinal properties of the wild plant.
Dry flower extract 1:2: 5-40 drops 3-5x day
Distribution/Habitat: Native in southern united states and Guatemala. Cultivated in Northwest. Flowers but doesn’t fruit

80. Other plants that fit this tissue state
Rhubarb root(Rheum officinale)
Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
Garden Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Lemon/lime (Citrus spp)
Blueberry (Vaccinium spp)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera ssp.)
*In general most fruits and berries are cooling and fit this tissue state