8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Prunus virginiana, Valeriana spp.). Due to the powerful sedative action of prunasin on the cough reflex, chokecherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating coughs. Valerian enhances the natural body's process of slipping into sleep and making the stresses of the day recede.
The bark and root are tinctured in 80% food grade alcohol. The tinctures are then blended together and then mixed with a sugar syrup.
Chokecherry Constituents: The pharmacologist’s main interest in Chokecherry bark is due to the presence of the cyanogenetic glycoside prunasin. Benzaldehyde, prussic acid, three, four, five-trimethoxybenzoic acid (= eudesmic acid), p-coumaric acid, scopoletin (coumarin derivative), tannins and sugars.
Valerians form upright stems from one to three feet in height with one or more sets of opposite leaves along the stem, each group separate from the next. The above ground growth of these perennials is green, succulents and new each year. The flower umbels appear at the end of the stems. Flower color ranges from light pink to white. The roots have the distinctive “Valerian” scent.
Valerian Constituents: Valepotriates, valtrate, didrovaltrate, acevaltrate, isovaleroxy-hydoxydidrovaltrate; volatile oil, esters, bornyl isoValerianate, bornylacetate, bornyl formate, eugenyl isovalerate, isoeugenyl, isovalerate alcohols, eugenol, terpenes, Valerianol, sesquiterpene alcohol. Alkaloids including chatinine, valerine and two others similar to skytanthine.
8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Prunus virginiana). Due to the powerful sedative action of prunasin on the cough reflex, chokecherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating, dry or whooping coughs.
The bark is tinctured in 80% food grade alcohol. The tincture is then blended together mixed with a sugar syrup.
Constituents: The pharmacologist’s main interest in Chokecherry bark is due to the presence of the cyanogenetic glycoside prunasin. Benzaldehyde, prussic acid, three, four, five-trimethoxybenzoic acid (= eudesmic acid), p-coumaric acid, scopoletin (coumarin derivative), tannins and sugars.
8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Prunus virginiana, Sambucus caerulea). Due to the powerful sedative action of prunasin on the cough reflex, chokecherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating coughs. Elderberry tincture has proven to have strong antiviral effects since the berries contain proteins that prevent viruses from entering cells.
The bark and berries are tinctured in 80% food grade alcohol. The tinctures are then blended together and then mixed with a sugar syrup.
Elderberry fruit has proven to have strong antiviral effects since the berries contain proteins that prevent viruses from entering cells. It is recommended as a daily tonic throughout the cold and flu season.
Elderberry Constituents: The fruit contains flavonoids, including rutin, quercitrin and kaempferol etc., phenolic acids, e.g. chlorogenic acid, pectin, and sugars.
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana). Due to the powerful sedative action of prunasin on the cough reflex, chokecherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating coughs and thus has a role in the treatment of bronchitis and whooping cough.
8 oz. glass bottle Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) Syrup. Horehound is a valuable plant in the treatment of bronchitis where there is a non-productive cough. It combines the action of relaxing the smooth muscles of the bronchus while promoting mucus production and thus expectoration. It is beneficial in the treatment of whooping cough.
Horehound is used in most cough mixtures to clear phlegm. As a bitter is restores normal secretions to the organs and glands.PHOTOS: Horehound Cough Syrup, Horehound, Horehound in bloom, picking tender young Horehound leaves.
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.
8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Prunus virginiana) and (Abies balsamora). This syrup helps calms coughing and reduce fevers and sore throat symptoms.
Each herb was tinctured individually, in 50% food grade alcohol, to extract their constituents, then blended together to form the syrup.
Chokecherry Bark constituents: The pharmacologist’s main interest in Chokecherry bark is due to the presence of the cyanogenetic glycoside prunasin. Benzaldehyde, prussic acid, three, four, five-trimethoxybenzoic acid (= eudesmic acid), p-coumaric acid, scopoletin (coumarin derivative), tannins and sugars.
Balsam Fir Needles contain antiseptic and diaphoretic properties.
Balsam Fir Constituents: Abietic-acid (resin), abietinolic-acid (resin), abietospirone (plant), alpha-&-beta-abietinolic-acid (resin), alpha-fenchene (leaf), alpha-phellandrene (leaf), alpha-pinene (plant), alpha-thujone (plant), beta-fenchene (leaf), beta-phellandrene (plant), beta-pinene (leaf), bornylene (leaf), camphene (leaf), cyclofenchene (leaf), decyl-aldehyde (leaf), delta-three-carene (leaf), EO (leaf), gamma-terpinene (leaf), L-alpha-pinene (leaf), L-bornyl-Acetate (leaf), L-Limonene (leaf), Laevopimaric-Acid (resin), lauraldehyde (leaf), limonere (leaf), maltol (plant), myrcene (leaf), neoabietinic-acid (resin), P-C\cymene (leaf), palustrinic-acid, alustrinic-acid (resin), sabinene (leaf), salicylic-acid (plant), santene (leaf), succinic-acid (resin), terpinolene (leaf), tricyclene (leaf).
8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Osmorhiza Occidentalis). The syrup's traditional use is for treating morning sickness, nausea, motion sickness and colic.
The Wild Sweet Cicely was tinctured in 50% food grade alcohol, to extract its constituents, then blended together to form the syrup.
Sweet Cicely is one of the first herbs to appear in spring. It grows in various parts of the Rocky Mountains, on low-lying, moist lands, flowering in May and June. Its leaves resemble those of the carrot. The spring umbels of the Sweet Cicely are pale yellow to greenish yellow. The sweet-scented flowers are hermaphroditic (have both male and female organs). The plant is self-fertile. By summer the flowers have matured into long, angular, thin, dark seeds that taste like licorice. The thick, fairly upright roots have a strong scent similar to root beer, with a sweet, spicy flavor that leaves a tingling aftertaste.
Constituents: Anethol-glycol, caffeic-acid, cholrogenic-acid, choline, eugenol, mannitol, myricanol, photoanethole, quercetin-glucosides, rutin, sabinene, squalene, stigmaterol and umbelliprenine.
Constituents: Flowers contain triterpenes including ursolic acid, three-0-[[beta]]-hydroxyursolic acid, oleanolic acid, [[alpha]]- and - [[beta]]-amyrin and free and esterified sterols. Fixed oil, with fatty acidsmainly linoleic, linolenic and palmitic acids, alkanes.
8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Usnea sp. and Balsamorhiza sagittata). Made from equal amounts of Usnea and Arrowleaf Balsamroot tinctures to which 1/3 volume of simple syrup has been added to make the mixture more palatable to children.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot usually grows in large stands on hillsides. It has long, basal, silvery-green leaves shaped like arrowheads. Early spring blooming sunflowers are bright yellow and extend past the leaves on long stems. The root of Arrowleaf Balsamroot can be quite large--weighing up to 30 pounds. When broken or bruised, the massive, bark-covered root exudes a sticky, fragrant sap.
Adaptogen – As an Adaptogen, take 1 tsp. tincture of the root twice daily for six weeks.
Antibacterial – A tincture of the root may be applied to infections and hard to heal wounds. A tincture of the root and bark may be used internally or externally for bacterial problems. For internal use take one teaspoon tincture three times daily.
Antifungal – Make a liniment from the pounded root and bark by infusing it in rubbing alcohol. Apply to athlete's foot and other fungal outbreaks.
Immune Stimulant – Use the tincture as you would Echinacea, taking one teaspoon twice daily to strengthen the immune system.
Usnea is recommended by herbalists and naturopathic doctors for acute and chronic lung infections, such as pleurisy, pneumonia, colds and flu, and as an adjunct to tuberculosis (TB) treatment Usnic acid, the constituent of the Usnea species that has been studied most extensively, inhibits gram-positive bacteria such as streptococcus, staphylococcus, and mycobacteria. The organism Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacterial pneumonia in children, and a related organism, Streptococcus pyogenes, is responsible for the clinical condition pharyngitis, which is commonly referred to as strep throat.
The lichen also helps the body to resist and kill unwanted organisms such as bacteria, virus, fungus and parasites. The properties are often referred to in a more specific way using the terms anti-bacterial, anti-biotic and anti-fungal. Usnea appears to kill bacteria by disrupting their metabolic function. Specifically, it uncouples oxidative phosphorylation by acting on the inner mitochondrial membrane and also has ATP-ase activity. Both of these mechanisms ultimately kill bacterial cells by cutting off their energy supply. Unlike bacterial cells, human cells are less permeable to usnic acid and are not adversely affected.
Usnea Constituents: Usnic acid, mucilage.
