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a qualified herbalist should make up this formula because of the oral
use of essential oils. Store in a dark cupboard.
Pain and headache: a tincture of willow bark, wild lettuce juice, fever-
few leaf, meadowsweet leaf and flower, St. John’s wort flower, and
lavender leaf and flower. Take one teaspoon hourly. California poppy
tincture can also be added for extra pain relief.
Swollen glands: use three parts mullein leaf and one part lobelia leaf in tea,
tincture, or powder form during or after the first bout of swollen
glands; take one teaspoon three times daily. If the throat, in particular,
is painful, use tinctures of four parts echinacea root, two parts red
clover flower, two parts sage leaf, two parts barberry root bark, two
parts myrrh resin, and one part Siberian ginseng root. Take one tea-
spoon, three times daily, for ten days.
Book List
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants by Andrew Chevallier (London: Dor-
ling Kindersley, 1996)
The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook by James Green (Berkeley, Califor-
nia: The Crossing Press, 2000)
Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival by Tom Brown Jr. (New
York: Berkeley Books, 1983)