Showing posts with label butterbur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterbur. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Butterbur: European Herb

I am investigating the herb butterbur because it is suggested that the allergies that I currently have may be helped. Mold is one such allergy.
Here, from Web MD are my notes:
Other names of herb:
Blatterdock, Bog Rhubarb, Bogshorns, Butter Bur, Butterburr, Butter-Dock, Butterfly Dock, Capdockin, Exwort, Flapperdock, Japanese Butterbur, Japonica Petasites, Langwort, Pestwurz, Petasites, Petasites flower, Petasites hybridus, Petasites officinalis Petasites leaf, Petasites rhizome, Petasites root, Petasitidis Folium, Petasitidis Rhizoma, Petasitidis Hybridus, Petasites Japonicus, Petasites Vulgaris, Plague Root, Purple Butterbur, Tussilago hybrida, Umbrella Leaves.
It can cause liver damage and should be labeled PA-free to be safe in taking the product. PA's are chemicals called pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Take these nasties out and the product is good to go. The herb is good for the following
Butterbur is used for pain, upset stomach, stomach ulcers, migraine and other headaches, ongoing cough, chills, anxiety, plague, fever, trouble sleeping (insomnia), whooping cough, asthma, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), and for irritable bladder and urinary tract spasms. Butterbur is also used to stimulate the appetite. So watch out to not gain weight on this one.





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Monday, September 26, 2011

Natural Allergy Relief

There is the European herb butterbur which is as effective as a popular antihistamine in controlling symptoms of hay fever. Now I don't have hay fever, but the antihistamine effects should help in quelling the other effects of the allergy of mold. I have not personally tried this herb -yet.

I am now on another regimen, which I rotate in order for the body not to build up resistance to any one.
  • Oregano oil
  • homeopathic remedy histaminum hydrochloricum 6 c from WholeFoods
  • homeopathic remedy Bio Active Homeopathic Mold Antigens from Dr. Mueller's office. Probably available on the web somewhere.
  • Golden Seal herb.
  • Chiropractic care. Dr. Isaac has moved the Atlas bone and given me a isometric exercise to strengthen the right side of the posterior neck. He showed me the x-ray where the Atlas bone was about 1/8 of an inch out of alignment. He positioned me on my left side and then applied pressure to the correct area the bone slid into place. But it came out over time. Yes, I knew it would, because the muscles around it are used to it's old position. So the need for exercises to strengthen that area to keep the bones in place.
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