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headache, nausea, and stupor (APA; PHR). Long-term consumption may damage idiosyncratic
livers (PHR). Not allowed in German products (PHR). Animals fed large doses of coumarin may
experience blood clotting problems, growth inhibition, liver damage, and testicular atrophy.
WOOD SAGE (Teucrium scorodonia L.) +Activities (Wood Sage) — Alterative (f; EFS); Antipyretic (f; EFS); Antiscorbutic (f; EFS);
Antiseptic (1; FNF; PNC); Astringent (f; PNC); Carminative (f; PNC); Diaphoretic (f; EFS; MAD;
PNC); Diuretic (f; MAD; PNC); Emmenagogue (f; EFS; MAD); Expectorant (1; HH2; MAD;
PH2); Tonic (f; EFS); Vulnerary (f; PNC).
Indications (Wood Sage) — Abscess (f; PNC); Adenopathy (f; MAD); Adiposity (f; MAD);
Arthrosis (f; MAD); Asthma (f; MAD); Atony (f; MAD); Boil (f; PNC); Bronchosis (f; HH2; PH2);
Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Catarrh (f; MAD); Cholecystosis (f; MAD); Cold (f;
PNC); Cough (f; MAD); Cramp (f; HH2); Diarrhea (f; MAD); Dyspepsia (f; PNC); Fever (f; EFS;
MAD; PNC); Fibroma (f; JLH); Flu (f; MAD); Gas (f; PNC); Gastrosis (f; JLH); Hemoptysis (f;
MAD); Hemorrhoid (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f; HH2; MAD; PH2); High Blood Pressure (f; HH2;
PH2); Inflammation (f; PH2); Mucososis (f; PH2); Orchosis (f; MAD); Pharyngosis (f; PH2); Polyp
(f; JLH); Respirosis (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f; PNC); Rhinosis (f; JLH; HH2; PH2); Sore Throat
(f; PH2); Spasm (f; PH2); Splenosis (f; MAD); Swelling (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; HH2; MAD;
PH2); Water Retention (f; MAD; PNC); Wound (f; MAD; PH2).
Dosages (Wood Sage) — 2 tsp (~2.6 g) herb/cup (HH2; PH2; MAD); 2–4 ml liquid herb extract
(PNC); herb poulticed topically (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Wood Sage) — Class 4 (AHP). Not covered
(KOM). None known when properly dosed (PH2).
WOOD SORREL (Oxalis acetosella L.) ++Activities (Wood Sorrel) — Antidote, arsenic (f; HHB); Antidote, quicksilver (f; HHB);
Antipyretic (f; EFS); Antiscorbutic (1; EFS); Antiseptic (f; CEB); Aphrodisiac (f; CEB);
Astringent (f; EFS); Cardiac (f; MAD); Depurative (f; MAD); Diuretic (1; CEB; MAD; PH2);
Emmenagogue (f; HHB; MAD); Expectorant (f; HHB); Hemostat (f; HHB; MAD); Toxic (f;
EFS); Vermifuge (f; HHB).
Indications (Wood Sorrel) — Atherosclerosis (f; HHB); Bleeding (f; FEL; HHB; MAD); Caco-
ethes (f; JLH); Cancer (f; JLH; MAD; WOI); Cancer, breast (f; CEB); Cancer, lip (f; WOI); Cancer,
liver (f; JLH); Cancer, mouth (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Catarrh
(f; FEL; WOI); Cystosis (f; MAD); Dyspepsia (f; PH2); Dysuria (f; FEL; PNC); Fever (f; EFS;
MAD); Fistula (f; MAD); Gastrosis (f; CEB); Gingivosis (f; PH2); Gonorrhea (f; FEL; WOI);
Heartburn (f; MAD); Hemorrhoid (f; CEB); Hepatosis (f; JLH; MAD; PH2); Induration (f; JLH);
Inflammation (f; PH2); Jaundice (f; HHB; MAD); Nephrosis (f; HHB; MAD); Orchosis (f; MAD);
Quinsy (f; WOI); Sclerosis (f; JLH); Scrofula (f; FEL); Scurvy (1; PH2); Sore (f; MAD); Sore
Throat (f; WOI); Spermatorrhea (f; LEL); Splenosis (f; JLH); Stomatosis (f; MAD); Swelling (f;
CEB); Thirst (f; MAD); Urethrosis (f; CEB); VD (f; WOI); Water Retention (1; CEB; MAD; PH2);
Worm (f; HHB; MAD); Wound (f; MAD; PH2).
Dosages (Wood Sorrel) — Evaporate the sorrel juice in sun, adding juice of red clover leaves and
flowers, thickening with white oak ashes, applying topically to cancers, especially breast cancer
(CEB). Others suggest sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), which is in the Essiac formula.