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  1.                        HERBS FOR AILMENTS
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  3.  
  4. This is only a partial list of specific herbs to use for specific
  5. ailments.  To get a full listing you must send in the registration
  6. fee.  To register, see the Main Menu. A complete list of herbs and
  7. what each is used for is included on this disk the HERBAL CATALOG, which you may choose at the Main Menu.
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  9. ACNE: Burdock, chaparral, parsley, echinacea, red clover, capsicum.
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  11. ANEMIA: Alfalfa, Red beet root, yellow dock root, strawberry leaves,
  12.         chickweed, burdock root, nettle, mullein leaves.
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  14. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS: Comfrey, evening primrose oil, cayenne, golden
  15.                   seal, rose hips, garlic.
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  17. ATHLETES FOOT: Goldenseal, garlic, black walnut hulls, powdered 
  18.                turmeric, benzoin, myrrh.
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  20. BAD BREATH: Parsley, myrrh, rosemary
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  22. BED WETTING: watermelon, cranberry juice.
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  24. BLOOD CLEANSER:  Red clover, chaparral, dandelion, garlic, burdock.
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  26. BLOOD PURIFIER: Pau d'arco, red clover, chaparral, Oregon grape root.
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  28. BURSITIS: Alfalfa, chaparral, comfrey, mullein.
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  30. CANKER SORES: Burdock root.
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  32. COLIC: Catnip, fennel, camomile, peppermint.
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  34. COMMON COLD: Red raspberry tea, chaparral, rose hips, honey, garlic,
  35.              golden seal, chamomile flowers, slippery elm bark,
  36.              cayenne, peppermint, blessed thistle.
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  38. DERMATITIS: Pau d'arco, aloe vera (topically), dandelion, golden 
  39.             seal, evening primrose.
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  41. EAR INFECTION: Blue cohosh, scullcap echinacea.
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  43. ECZEMA: Aloe vera, chickweed, red clover, yellow dock, Pau d'arco.
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  45. EYE DISORDERS: Eyebright.
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  47. GAS, INTESTINAL: Catnip, ginger, peppermint, horseradish.
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  49. GLAND INFECTIONS: Bee pollen (excellent although not an herb), golden
  50.                   seal, saw palmetto, echinacea.
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  52. GOUT: Yucca, stinging nettle, safflower, Pau d'arco, lobelia.
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  54. HEMORRHOIDS: Yellow Dock, butcher's broom, marshmallow, black walnut,
  55.              lobelia. (all external as well as internal application)
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  57. IMPETIGO: Echinacea, red clover, licorice root, turmeric (made into a
  58.           paste and applied externally)
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  60. CHICKEN POX: Lobelia, cayenne, red clover.
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  62. KIDNEY AND BLADDER STONES: Corn silk, dandelion, juniper, parsley,
  63.                            uva ursi, thyme.
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  65. LAXATIVES: Psyllium husks, flaxmeal.
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  67. LEG CRAMPS: Horsetail grass, alfalfa, comfrey herb, oat straw, 
  68.             scullcap.
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  70. LIVER DISORDERS: horsetail, dandelion, cascara sagrada
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  72. LOWER BOWEL PROBLEMS: Psyllium seed husks, calamus root tea.
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  74. MIGRAINE HEADACHES: Feverfew, camomile.
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  76. MORNING SICKNESS: Red raspberry, peppermint leaf, alfalfa, catnip,
  77.                   ginger.
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  79. MOUTH SORES (Canker, Thrush, Pyorrhea): Aloe vera, golden seal, 
  80.             myrrh, red raspberry, white oak bark, lecithin.
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  82. PHLEBITIS: Calendula.
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  84. PROSTATE AND KIDNEY: Golden seal, corn silk, uva ursi, juniper 
  85.                      berries, ginseng, cayenne.
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  87. SENILITY: Dandelion, ginseng, gotu kola, alfalfa, licorice, yellow
  88.           dock.
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  90. THYROID: Mullien, parsley, kelp, black walnut, irish moss.
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  92. TONSILLITIS: Echinacea, bayberry root, ginger.
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  94. VAGINAL PROBLEMS: Aloe vera, blessed thistle, garlic, ginger, golden
  95.                   seal root, red raspberry, slippery elm bark, yellow
  96.                   dock root, comfrey root, uva ursi.
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  98. VARICOSE VEINS: White oak bark, calendula, witch hazel, yarrow.
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  100. WATER RETENTION: Dandelion, parsley, uva ursi, cranberry, juniper,
  101.                  buchu.
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  103. WHOOPING COUGH: Valerian root, cayenne.
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  105.        *******************END OF CHAPTER******************
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