From The Forest

Arrowleaf Balsamroot Constituents: Dihydroxy-cycloartenol, hydroxy-two-0-hexa-nor-cycloartenone, hydroxy-cycloartenol, hydroxy-cycloartenone, hydroxy-lanosterone, beta-hydroxy, beta-acetoxy, alpha eudesmol, beta eudesmol, beta sellinene, carissone, cinnamic acid, heptadeca-one-cis-8-diene, nonacos-one-ene.

Lomatium contains an oleo-resin rich in terpenes and sesquiterpenes. These act as stimulating expectorants in the lungs, enhancing the liquification and consequent elimination of mucoid material from the lungs. They also exert a strong antibacterial activity, interfering with bacterial replication and inducing increased phagocytosis by leucocytes. There are a number of furano-coumarins including nodakenetin, columbianin and pyranocoumarin. These are responsible for the marked anti-viral effect of Lomatium which acts quickly and strongly to prevent viral replication and host cell response. They are also partly responsible for the phagocytic induction apparent with Lomatium.

Lomatium Constituents: Essential oil, tetronic acid, luteolin, gums, resin, glycosides, furocoumarins, pyronocoumarins, saponins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, and ascorbic acid.

Gumweed is an expectorant herb with bronchospasmolytic activity. It is traditionally recommended for the treatment of spasmodic respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1983 lists the specific indication as bronchial asthma with tachycardia. Eclectic physicians also utilised Grindelia for asthma. Gumweed also treats neuralgia, bladder infections, and, externally, skin eruptions.

Gumweed Constituents include a resin containing diterpenoid acids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, an essential oil, and small amounts of saponins.

PHOTOS: Immune Enhancing Syrup, Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Lomatium roots ready for chopping and tincturing, Gumweed flowers.