Botanical Name:Nigella sativa Common Name:Black Cumin Seed, Black Seed, Nigelia, Fennel Flower, Roman Coriander
What's It Used For?
Today, black seed is used for treating digestive tract conditions including gas, colic, diarrhea, dysentery,constipation and hemorrhoids. It is also used for respiratory conditions including, asthma, allergies, cough,bronchitis, emphysema,flu, swine flu, and congestion.
Botanical Name: Consolidae Radix Common Name: Ass Ear, Black Root, Blackwort, Bruisewort, Common Comfrey
What's It Used For?
Comfrey is used as a tea for upset stomach, ulcers, heavy menstrual periods, diarrhea, bloody urine, persistent cough, painful breathing (pleuritis), bronchitis, cancer, and chest pain (angina). It is also used as a gargle for gum disease and sore throat.
Botanical Name: Ocimum tenuiflorum Common Name: Holy Basil
What's It Used For?
Holy basil is used for the common cold, influenza ("the flu"), H1N1 (swine) flu, diabetes, asthma, bronchitis, earache, headache, stomach upset, heart disease, fever, viral hepatitis, malaria, stress, and tuberculosis. It is also used for mercury poisoning, to promote longevity, as a mosquito repellent, and to counteract snake and scorpion bites.
Botanical Name: Marrubium vulgare Common Name: Horehound Herb
What's It Used For?
Horehound is used for digestion problems including loss of appetite, indigestion, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, and liver and gallbladder complaints. It is also used for lung and breathing problems including cough, whooping cough, asthma, tuberculosis, bronchitis, and swollen breathing passages.
Botanical Name: Glycyrrhiza Glabra Common Name: Licorice
What's It Used For? Licorice is used for various digestive system complaints including stomach ulcers, heartburn, colic, and ongoing inflammation of the lining of the stomach (chronic gastritis). Some people use licorice for sore throat, bronchitis, cough, and infections caused by bacteria or viruses.
Botanical Name: Lobelia inflata Common Name: Lobelia
What's It Used For?
Lobelia can be used for breathing difficulties including asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, and shortness of breath (apnea) in newborn infants. Some people take lobelia as a sedative to help them relax. Other people use it to increase perspiration.
Lobelia can be applied to the skin for muscle pain, joint lumps associated with rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatic nodules), bruises, sprains, insect bites, poison ivy, and ringworm.