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Elecampane
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ELECAMPANE
Inula helenium
Liquid extract of dried second-year roots.
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Actions: Stimulating, cleansing and tonic
to mucous membranes. Excellent antiseptic expectorant. Alterative.
Uses: All affections of mucous membranes with excessive
mucous secretions. Bronchial and lung irritation with teasing cough
and abundant discharge; humid asthma; bronchitis; pneumonia; tuberculosis
of lungs; other respiratory infections. Chronic mucous discharge from
urinary bladder and the reproductive organs; leucorrhea; gleet. To cleanse
stomach and intestines of excess mucous coating. Night sweats.
Dose: Take 30 to 40 drops, 2 to 5 times per day.
Cautions: Moderate use during pregnancy or nursing.
Elecampane is best suited for wet coughs and not dry or unproductive
coughs.
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