GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

SYMPTOM
CONDITION
SUB-CONDITION
HERB
ANOREXIA
Anorexia nervosa, in stressed adolescents
 
Calamus, Cannabis, Panax quinquefolium, Swertia
 
 
with chronic simple pelvic irritabilities
Actaea, Cimicifuga
 
In the feeble, asthenic
 
Aristolochia (all), Castela, Gentiana, Picraena, Ptelea, Xanthoxylum
 
After G.I. infections
 
Castela, Frasera, Erythraea, Gentiana, Swertia
 
Asecretory/achlorhydria
 
Capsicum, Ptelea, Xanthoxylum
 
Chronic with recurring viral infections
 
Euonymus
 
 
with simple dyspepsia
Frasera, Swertia
 
 
with colon, rectal catarrh
Anemopsis, Hydrastis, Myrica
 
 
with depressed autonomic and myenteric stimulation
Asclepias tuberosa, Lobelia, Xanthoxylum
 
 
with extensive hypersecretion of pulmonary, renal, and intestinal mucus
Eriodictyon
 
Convalescence with ileocecal cramps
 
Chelone
 
From chemotherapy
 
, Cannabis, Euonymus, Panax (uncured)
ATONIC COLON
 
with mucus in feces
Hydrastis, Myrica
 
 
with mucus in feces, difficult defecation, but without inflammation or fissures
Aloe, Rhamnus
 
 
with anorexia
Gentiana, Mahonia
 
 
with asecretory upper G.I. functions
Xanthoxylum
 
 
with anorexia and liver hypofunction
Euonymus
 
 
without inflammation but with hard, formed feces
Senna
 
 
without inflammation but with marbly, hard feces
Asclepias tuberosa, Lobelia
 
 
with solitary red eruptions on buttocks, shoulders
Rumex crispus
 
After intestinal infections
 
Ptelea
CANDIDIASIS
After antibiotic or anti-inflammatory therapy
 
Castela, Chilopsis, Tabebuia, Tecoma
COLIC
General
 
Dioscorea, Mentha piperita oil
 
Flatulent
 
Angelica, Anthemis, Asarum, Calamus, Carum, Lavandula, Mentha (all), Micromeria, Pimenta oil
 
Gastric with flatulence
 
Angelica, Calamus, Eucalyptus
 
Small intestine
 
Lavandula oil, Mentha piperita oil
 
Cecum with uneasy, distressing pain
 
Chelone, Juglans major
 
 
with chronic, non-inflammatory diarrhea
Epilobium
 
Chronic with catarrh
 
Anemopsis, Hydrastis, Juglans
 
From cathartics
 
Curcuma, Zingiber
COLITIS
From candidiasis
 
Castela and Tabebuia
 
"Chronic"
 
Mentha piperita oil, Myrica, Rheum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
From intestinal putrefaction and liver or portal dysfunction
 
Chelone, Fouquieria Ulcerative, bleeding Erigeron
CONSTIPATION
With poor appetite
 
Agave
 
Dry feces with tenesmus
 
Rhamnus (all)
 
Dry feces with scanty secretions
 
Agar, Glycyrrhiza, Plantago ovata
 
 
with light feces
Iris, Mahonia
 
 
with poor appetite, post febrile
Euonymus, Ptelea
 
Chronic, atonic
 
Frangula, Juglans, Rhamnus (all), Senna (pods)
 
 
with chronic dyspepsia
Rheum, Xanthoxylum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with atonic gastric functions, eruptions on face neck, back, or buttocks
Juglans, Rumex crispus
 
 
with poor fat absorption, sluggish portal circulation
Aristolochia (all), Fouquieria, Podophyllum
 
 
with sense of constriction and cramps
Rheum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with autotoxicity, mouth sores
Taraxacum
DIARRHEA
Burning, acrid
 
Juglans, Rheum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
Septic
 
Ambrosia, Astragalus, Baptisia, Echinacea
 
For tenesmus
 
Dioscorea, Garrya
 
From dietary indiscretions
 
Mahonia, Monarda
 
Greenish
 
Paullinia
 
Large mucoid semi-formed feces
 
Iris, Myrica
 
In asthenics, with atomic gastric functions
 
Prinos Giardia Castela, Picraena
 
Amebic, as preventative
 
Castela, Rheum and Picraena
 
Chronic with semiformed feces, frequent evacuations and debility
 
Datura, Garrya
 
Recuperating
 
Anemopsis, Berberis, Coptis, Mahonia, Ptelea
 
Supportive for gas and cramps
 
Zingiber
DYSENTERY
 
with blood
Althea enema, Erigeron
 
 
with suppurations; bacillary
Baptisia and Echinacea, Fraxinus
 
General supportive astringent
 
Quercus
 
Recuperation
 
Hydrastis, Ptelea
 
Supportive for gas and cramps
 
Zingiber
 
General tonic when self-limiting
 
Epilobium, Rhus glabra, Xanthoxylum (berries)
 
Chronic
 
Geranium
 
For concurrent mouth sores
 
Anemopsis, Coptis
DYSPEPSIA
 
with flatulence
Populus, Tanacetum
 
 
with flatulence, slow transit time, borborygmus
Aletris, Rheum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with flatulence that's chronic anyway
Foeniculum
 
 
with flatulence from overeating and digestive abuse
Calamus, Juglans, Ptelea, Xanthoxylum berries
 
 
with flatulence, nervous dyspepsia, nausea
Lavandula
 
Atonic
 
Asarum, Calamus, Zingiber
 
Atonic in alcoholics
 
Capsicum, Myrica, Picraena (acetum tincture)
 
From Fats
 
Berberis, Mahonia
 
From starches
 
Humulus
 
Asecretory
 
Capsicum, Xanthoxylum, Zingiber
 
Asecretory with anorexia, atonicity
 
Coptis, Euonymus, Ptelea
 
Fermentative, aggravated by food
 
Echinacea, Eucalyptus
 
Chronic catarrhal with constipation
 
Juglans, Myrica, Swertia
 
Chronic catarrhal with anorexia
 
Eriodictyon, Gentiana
 
 
with nausea, sick headache, light feces
Iris
 
 
with nausea, frontal headache
Mahonia
 
 
with dizziness, anorexia, sick headache, coated tongue
Podophyllum
 
 
with sluggish liver and portal circulation
Chelone, Collinsonia and Rumex crispus
 
Aggravated by fats and proteins
 
Larrea, Leptandra
 
Simple nervous dyspepsia from agitation
 
Coriandrum, Matricaria, Mentha viridis, Nepeta
FLATULENCE
 
without active inflammation
Capsicum, Xanthoxylum
 
 
with inflammation
Angelica, Calamus, Myrica, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with painful intestinal spasms
Mentha piperita oil, Zingiber
 
 
with emotional depressions, especially first hour after eating
Valeriana
GASTRITIS
Acute
 
Acacia
 
 
with cough, bronchial irritation
Prunus
 
 
with catarrh
Anemopsis
 
 
with uterine reflex
Actaea
 
Recuperation
 
Anemopsis, Hydrastis, Ptelea
 
Chronic with abdominal tenderness
 
Amygdalus, Prunus
 
Static
 
Myrica
 
Catarrhal
 
Xanthoxylum
 
 
with sulfuric, putrid belching
Echinacea, Eucalyptus, Hydrastis, Tabebuia
 
From alcoholic excess
 
Hydrastis, Mahonia, Myrica, Picraena
 
 
with poor HCl, extended transit time
Alnus
 
 
with pulsation of epigastric arteries
Eucalyptus oil (3-5 drops)
 
 
with liver weakness, poor portal circulation
Aristolochia
 
Convalescence
 
Ptelea
GASTROENTERITIS
 
with elongated red tongue, tender abdomen, nausea, vomiting
Rheum, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with mucus hypersecretions
Anemopsis, Commiphora, Iris, Myrica
 
 
with flatulence and palpitations
Asafoetida
 
 
with colic, green diarrhea, no fever
Epilobium
 
 
with colic, green diarrhea, fever
Paullinia
 
 
with hepatic misfunction, slight jaundice
Mahonia
 
Recuperation
 
Anemopsis, Hydrastis, Ptelea
HEARTBURN
 
with vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain
Abies, Neutralizing Cordial
 
 
with anorexia
Castela, Gentiana, Picraena
 
From fats
 
Iris, Mahonia
HEMORRHAGE, MILD
Acute, with sharp pain
 
Capsella, Trillium
 
Subacute or chronic, with ache or no pain
 
Cinnamomum, Erigeron
HEMORRHOIDS
In athletic, strong individuals
 
Aesculus glabra
 
Bleeding
 
Capsella, Erigeron
 
Painful, extruding
 
Althea(poultice), Anemopsis (sitz bath)
 
 
with constant throbbing pain
Anemopsis (internally and externally)
 
 
with sense of fullness, weight, congestion
Gaultheria, Hamamelis
 
From any venosities, especially with leg or cervical varicosities
 
Chionanthus, Collinsonia
 
Subacute, from recent liver or portal congestion
 
Chelidonium
 
Non-ulcerative with intestinal weakness, steatorrhea
 
Hydrastis
 
All cases aggravated or initiated by dietary or alcoholic excess
 
Fouquieria
HICCOUGHS
General
 
Mentha piperita oil or spirits
 
Obstinate
 
Garrya, Viburnum prunifolium
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
General
Mentha piperita oil (10-20 drops in a capsule 4x/day, or, if possible, enteric coated capsules)
 
 
 
with chronic ileo-cecal inflammation or cramps
Myrica
 
 
with occasional colitis-like bleeding
Erigeron
 
 
with constipative phase dominant, in adrenergic stress individuals
Glycyrrhiza
NAUSEA
After eating
 
Anemopsis, Mahonia, Mentha arvensis, Mentha piperita
 
Before eating with anorexia
 
Gentiana, Swertia
 
In morning from alcohol abuse
 
Hydrastis, Myrica, Picraena
 
In morning, after fatty breakfast
 
Iris, Larrea, Mahonia
 
From motion sickness, excitation
 
Cereus, Cola
 
After sick headache
Mentha viridis
 
General anesthetic
 
Lavandula, Matricaria, Nepeta
 
General antispasmodic
 
Dioscorea, Garrya
PERITONITIS
Recuperative for distention
 
Xanthoxylum
 
Post-operative
 
Bryonia
 
 
with lingering autotoxicity
Astragalus, Echinacea
PINWORMS
General treatment
 
Picraena enema
 
Preventative or recuperation
 
Artemesia absinthium, Artemesia vulgaris
PROLAPSUS
Ani
 
Aloe
 
Rectal mucosa
 
Abies
SHIGELLOSIS
Supportive to primary therapy
 
Baptisia and Echinacea
 
Recuperative period
 
Anemopsis, Hydrastis, Ptelea
 
For cramps
 
Garrya
 
For lingering autotoxicity
 
Mahonia, Taraxacum
STEATORRHEA
From overindulgence in fats
 
Chionanthus, Fouquieria
 
 
with bile deficiency, nausea, sick headache
Mahonia
 
 
with ileocecal irritability
Fouquieria, Larrea, Rumex crispus
 
 
with eruptions on buttocks
Juglans and Rumex crispus
ULCERS
Gastric, with vomiting
 
Geranium, Krameria
 
Gastric or duodenal, slow healing
 
Anemopsis, Mahonia
 
Bleeding
Capsella, Cinnamomum, Erigeron, Quercus
 
Subacute or chronic, not inflamed but congested
 
Bursera, Commiphora, Hydrastis, Ptelea
 
Subacute or chronic with vomiting or spitting of ropy mucus
 
Anemopsis, Myrica
 
Duodenal, with pain shooting to navel
 
Piper methysticum
 
Waking pain during first REM period
 
Myrica and Piper methysticum
 
General, for pain, in place of antacids
Symphytum leaf, Neutralizing Cordial
VOMITING
General
 
Anemopsis, Coffea, Caryophyllus, Dioscorea, Mentha piperita, Nepeta
 
From alcohol abuse the night before
 
Coptis, Hydrastis, Picraena, Ptelea
 
From fats, pastry abuse
 
Iris, Mahonia
 
 
with diarrhea, pointed tongue
Rheum
 
 
with pointed tongue
Neutralizing Cordial
WORMS
Tapeworms
 
Aspidium
 
Ascaris
 
Chenopodium
 
Lumbricoid
 
Spigelia
 
Pinworms, threadworms
 
Castela, Picraena (both internal and as enemas)
OTHER PARASITES
Entameba histolytica
 
Castela OR Picraena and Rheum
 
 
Giardia
Castela, Picraena

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