Botanical Index No. 1006

Sweet Gale

myrica gale

Medicinal Actions

Antioxidant, Antiviral, Astringent, Diuretic, Emetic, Expectorant, Hepatoprotective, Insecticide, Narcotic, Sedative, Sialagogue, Stimulant, Stomachic, Toxic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Bacteristat Errhine Fungistat Insectifuge Vermifuge Alopecia Bacteria Bite Bleeding Boil Cancer anus liver spleen Cholera Condyloma Diarrhea Dermatosis Dysentery Dyspepsia Epistaxis Fever Flu Fungus Gonorrhea Headache Hepatosis Herpes Hysteria Insomnia Itch Metrorrhagia Nervousness Palsy Parasite Sclerosis Scrofula Sore Sore Throat Splenosis Swelling Toothache Typhoid Uterosis VD Virus Wart Water Retention Worm

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. EO is toxic. “The mixing of the plant with beer, as practiced in the Middle Ages, is said to have led to manic episodes”.

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