Common Name: Elecampane root
Tincture: 1:3 @ 25%.
Comment: specific for irritating bronchial cough (see also Primula veris as another herb for eliminating mucous), phthisis, and the irritating cough of children.
Note: used to lower high cholesterol.
Purposes: (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)
| cough | Chronic. |
| emphysema |
| enteritis |
| gastritis |
| hyperventilation | Pectoral in origin. |
| indigestion |
| phthisis |
| tuberculosis |
Used In: (See Formulas)
Asthma Tonic #1DC143
Bronchitis Decoction #1DC143
Cough Syrup (Herbal) #2DC130
Cough Syrup (Nervine) #2DC53
Lung Tonic Syrup #2DC53
Properties:
Antibiotic
Antiseptic
Carminative
Diaphoretic
Expectorant
Nervine
Tonic
Contraindication(s):
Clinical: 10 ml per 100 ml tincture.
Clinicals:
BREATHE EASY+1 dr thymus
expectorant
Constituents:
| Alkaloid | Possibly. |
| Bitter principle | s. Possibly including alantolactone. |
| Essential oil | Helenin: solid at room temperature. Includes camphor, alantol, alantoic acid, and the sesquiterpene lactone--alantolactone. |
| Inulin | 40%. |
| Mucilage |
| Saponin, triterpenoid | s. Including dammaradienol, stigmasterol, friedelin. |
Materia Medica: (See Materia Medica.)
| Expectorants | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |