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Uses:

1. Clears Wind and Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat: (West, TCM)

-Colds, Flu, as well as Epidemic, Malignant and Pestilential Fevers
-Sore Throat, Diphtheria
-Measles, Small Pox, other Eruptive Fevers

2. Clears Heat and Toxin, Resolves Swellings: (West, TCM):

-abscess of the Breast, Mastitis, Scrofula
-Cholecystitis, Jaundice, abdominal Tumors, Hepatitis, Liver Cirrhosis, Ascites and Splenomegaly

3. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation: (West, TCM)

-‘Excellent for the Womb’ (Culpeper)
-Amenorrhea and Dysmenorrhea.
-during Menopause to relieve symptoms

4. Clears Wind, Calms the Liver, Moves the Blood:

-specific for Headaches; used for Tension Headaches, Liver Headaches, Headaches from Blood Stagnation and Migraines
-Toothache, Facial Neuralgia

5. Kills Worms: (West, TCM)

-kills and expels Worms.

6. Promotes Urine, Clears Gravel and Stones: (West, TCM)

-nephritic Edema, Oliguria.
-Gout, Gravel and Stones.
-used as an auxiliary for Diabetes

7. Clears Phlegm and Heat, Stops Cough and Wheezing: (West, TCM)

-heat-types of Coughs including Whooping Cough;
-Wheezing, shortness of Breath, Asthma

8. Externally:

-poultices or plasters for Headache, Toothache, Rheumatic pain
-topically to move the Blood, ease Pain, and clear Bruising
-poultices, plasters, compress and washes for Sprains, Swellings, Sores, Wounds, Abscesses, Boils, Skin Inflammations and Tumors.
-applied with honey to Ulcers of the Leg
-gargle for Sores and Ulcers of the Mouth and Throat.
-ointment with Lard is applied to pain and swelling of the Genitals, especially in women.
-fresh herb is stamped with Oil of Roses and vinegar and applied to stop Falling Hair. The juice has been massaged into the scalp for all
–diseases of the hair including baldness and thinning.
-decoction or distilled water as as eye drops for weak, red, sore Eyes, and poor Eyesight.

Main Combinations:

Betony & Vervain

1. Fever:
i. Vervain with Willow bark
ii. Vervain with  … available in PRO version
2. Spotted Fevers, Small Pox, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
3. Scarlet Fever, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
4. Viral Infections, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
5. Headache, Migraine:
i. Vervain with  … available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with  … available in PRO version
iii. Vervain with  … available in PRO version
6. Epilepsy, Vervain with Peony, Mistletoe
7. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
8. Anemia, Chlorosis, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
9. Jaundice with spleen congestion, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
10. Diabetes from Heat, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
11. Ulcers and Abscesses, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
12. Breast Swellings, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
13. Wounds, Trauma, Vervain with  … available in PRO version
14. Poor and Weak Eyesight:
i. Vervain with  … available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with  … available in PRO version

Major Formula:

Betony Infusion Compound
Decoction for the Womb
Decoction for Diabetes from Heat
Decoction to Cleanse the Sight (Riverius)
Powder Against Rabies
Powder to Cleanse the Sight
Powder Against Rabies
Universal Vulnerary Decoction
Water of Emperor Frederick for the Sight