All Healing Herbs

Use for chronic lung infections and respiratory dis-eases as an expectorant to stop coughing and to thin and expel mucus; deactivates the coughing reflex, strengthens and warms the lungs; also has antiseptic, antiviral, and antibacterial action; for colds, hacking coughs, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, whooping cough, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary dis-ease (COPD), emphysema, tuberculosis; also for congestive heart failure with angina and shortness of breath; clears chronic discharges anywhere in the body (vaginitis, urinary) and excess mucus from the gastrointestinal tract, heals indigestion with debility, stimulates bile flow, expels intestinal worms; use for hemorrhoids, liver dis-eases, and hepatitis; brings on menses, breaks fever by promoting sweating; diuretic for water retention, PMS, bloating, edema, and urinary tract and kidney infections; aids depression; use internally and externally (poultice or compress) for skin dis-eases, scabies, impetigo, itching skin, sciatica, and neuralgia. Expectorant, diuretic, antiseptic, antiparasitic, antibacterial. Avoid if allergic to inulin (the herb’s active ingredient), ragweed, sunflowers, asters, or other daisy-family plants; side effects with overuse or overdose include vomiting, diarrhea, irritated mouth and intestinal tract, spasms, palpitations, paralysis; not for use in pregnancy or nursing, or by diabetics; no known drug interactions.