Herbs for Colds, Flu and Other Viruses

judsoncarroll4

https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/11/herbs-for-colds-flu-and-other-viruses.html

Torey

You’ve given quite an extensive list here, @judsoncarroll4. It should be fairly easy to find something from these choices to suit your symptoms to "cure what ails ya". There were a couple that I am not familiar with so will have to do some more research on those.

With regards to Lomatium and Osha. Osha has antiviral properties but with its affinity to the respiratory tract, it also helps clear the lungs. Helps people breathe easier. Lomatium was sometimes combined with Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza). Michael Moore has compared Balsamroot to a combination of Echinacea and Osha. There was an archaeological discovery made 1988 in Utah that is called the Patterson Bundle. It has been carbon dated to between 400-600 years old. It contained both Osha and Balsamroot along with Pleurisy Root and Yucca Leaf. I will leave a link here to a Herbalgram Issue with an article on the Patterson Bundle. The article starts on page 36. Caution: Osha should not be harvested in the wild as it is becoming much more rare. But I think you mentioned that in the audio post on Antiviral Herbs.

https://www.herbalgram.org/media/11996/issue55.pdf

I thought this was a good article about the use of Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) from the East West School that makes a nice complimentary article to what you have written.

https://planetherbs.com/blogs/michaels-blogs/rediscovering-boneset-for-influenza/

On another note, Red Root (Ceanothus) is fairly common in the Pacific Northwest; not so much where I am, but a bit further south and well into Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Ceanothus%20sanguineus&redblue=Both&lifeform=4

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/906823#Comment_906823

Thanks! I;m working on an article on red root now, so this comes in handy.

Jens the Beekeeper

@judsoncarroll4 wow quite a list. I think I have to get through this quite some times more.

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/906835#Comment_906835

I left out a bunch... always more to learn!

JodieDownUnder

@judsoncarroll4 great discussion. Lots to think about. I’ve recently added Nettle tea to my diet but have been boiling the water. Maria Treben states she doesn’t boil the water. Does that mean cold water infusion or warm?

I am also in awe of St Johns Wort, such a handy herb. Just had a friend harvest some and post to me. I’m in the process of making an infused oil and about to make a tincture. In the past have bought it from supplier but never get that red colour!.

In my everyday diet, I try to include mushrooms, astragalus, Siberian ginseng, turmeric, garlic, ACV, etc. Every time I feel a little something coming on, I reach for the Elderberry syrup and Nasturtium tincture, seems to work. Now I’ll have more in my repertoire.

judsoncarroll4

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/906839#Comment_906839

SHe means to bring the water to a simmer then add the herbs - don't boil the herbs in water.

Sounds like a good protocol