Cold and Flu Tinctures

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Cold and Flu Tinctures

Lomatium Dissectum

The big medicine plant of the Great Basin country. It was traditionally used for practically everything by the native people who inhabited that area, butit is particularly useful in viral infections. Extremely strong resins which stimulate the immune system. When I get the flu, this (along with Osha) ismy chicken soup.

Lomatium Root Tincture (1 oz) $12.80Lomatium Root Tincture (4 oz) $40.95

Osha (Ligusticum porteri)

This is the other big medicine root of the intermountain west. It grows across the Southwest and has very similar actions to Lomatium - strong resins whichstimulate the immune system. This tends to be a little more specific than Lomatium in treating lung and throat infections. Whenever I feel a cold settingup camp in my throat, I gargle with this stuff and a little warm salt water - the combination works wonders. In herbal medicine school my teachers taughtme to use specific herbs for specific purposes, but when I get sick I'm just not in the mood to try different things one at a time, so I go for the "nuke'em" strategy and use both Lomatium and Osha together (along with a little Echinacea, Garlic and Cayenne) to make sure that no mercy is shown to our littlevisitors.

Osha Root Tincture (1 oz) $12.80Osha Root Tincture (4 oz) $40.95

Yerba Santa (Eridictyon californicum)

Nature's decongestant. O.K, so it doesn't always work as well Contact, it also doesn't leave you with the speedy, druggy decongestant feeling and it worksgood enough for most runny nose/hay fever/congestion symptoms. As an added bonus, it smells just like Robutussin.

Yerba Santa Herb Tincture (1 oz) $12.80Yerba Santa Herb Tincture (4 oz) $40.95

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