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This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract and tincture. The herbalists speak of the European variety (Solidago virgaurea) and the American variety (Solidago odora), both of which grow on both continents, in the same breath, and regard them as medicallyequivalent. Golden Rod is an anti-inflammatory urinary antiseptic. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends European goldenrod herb (Solidago virgaurea) 'As irrigation therapy for inflammatory diseases of the lower urinary tract, urinary calculi and kidney gravel, as prophylaxis for urinary calculi and kidney gravel.' 'Daily dosage: 6 - 12 g herb; equivalent preparations. Mode of Administration: Comminuted drug for teas and other galenical preparations for internal use.' 'Actions: Diuretic: Mildly antispasmodic: Antiphlogistic.' As an astringent antiseptic, it is also a useful irrigation therapy for upper respiratory problems such as colds and flu, particularly if accompanied by much mucus. It will also help with flatulent dyspepsia. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': [Solidago virgaurea] 'Aromatic, stimulant, carminative. Golden Rod is an ingredient in the Swiss Vulnerary, faltrank. It is astringent and diuretic and efficacious for stone in the bladder. It is recorded that in 1788 a boy of ten, after taking the infusion for some months, passed quantities of gravel, fifteen large stones weighing up to 1¼ oz., and fifty over the size of a pea. It allays sickness due to weak digestion.' 'In powder it is used for cicatrization of old ulcers. It has been recommended in many maladies, as it is a good diaphoretic in warm infusion, and is in this form also helpful in dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea. As a spray and given internally, it is of great value in diphtheria.' 'Dosage: ½ to 1 drachm of the fluid extract.' 'S. Odora or Sweet-scented, or Fragrantleaved Goldenrod, also of the United States, is used as an astringent in dysentery and ulceration of the intestines. The essence has been used as a diuretic for infants, as a local application in headache, and for flatulence and vomiting. The flowers are aperient, tonic, and astringent, and their infusion is beneficial in gravel, urinary obstructions, and simple dropsy.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: [Solidago odora] 'Sweet-scented goldenrod is gently stimulant and carminative, and, in warm infusion, diaphoretic. It may be given in infusion in flatulent colic, amenorrhoea, sickness at the stomach, and as a pleasant drink in convalescence from severe dysentery, diarrhoea, cholera morbus, etc.; and may also be added to nauseating medicines to render them more agreeable to the taste.' 'The oil is carminative and diuretic; and its tincture or essence has been used as a diuretic in suppression of urine among infants, and as a local application in some forms of headache. Its essence is useful to remove flatulency, c
Manufacturer: Starwest Botanicals SKU: 18711 Category: Bulk Herbs-Cold & Flu
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