Herbs
Traditionally Used Against
Viral Diseases
Please note: The
descriptions below are from the Traditional Chinese and or "Folk Medicine"
use of herbs provided for
information and not intended to replace advice from a medical doctor or to
replace any drugs that are FDA approved.
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This is a combination of six powerful Chinese herbs and one
amazing western herb. The Chinese plants in this
formula have traditionally been used against a broad range of germs. If a
disease has settled deep into your lungs we strongly suggest taking
Coptis (Huang Lian) Capsules
along with this. However
in most cases Viral Defense alone can stop just about any flu
quickly. Many times over night if cought
early!
The Americian Osha Root in
the formula is also an extremely strong herb traditionally
used for it's Anti-viral action. You can read "How I was "healed" of
Viral Pneumonia by using Osha Root". by going here
TCM use:
This is something you always want in your medicine
cabinet! If you feel a "flu bug" or most any infection just coming on,
take a tablespoon 2-3 times that day and maybe the next day too. In most
cases that is all it takes! The taste?........ Well, let's just say, have
a chaser handy! But the trade-off is sure worth it. I can not begin to
tell you how many times I have seen this work overnight for
people with the onset and in just a few days after infections have been
hanging on for weeks and even months. Many people take this for
Hepatitis C and all forms of Herpes (Including Genital)
with much better success than any pharma
drug.
The powerful Chinese herbs in this formula
are Ban Zhi Lian (Chinese Barbed Skullcap -
whole plant), Xia Ku Cao (Chinese Prunella Vulgaris
- Flower Spikes),Jin Yin Hao (Gold and Silver
Honeysuckle Flower) Da Qing Ye (Isatas or Chinese
"Woad" leaves) and Mu Dan Pi. (Root bark
of the Mountain Tree Peony) There is also a small amount of Gan
Cao (Chinese Licorice Root) added to make the herbs work together
as a unit. The final herb used is the root of a western high
mountian plant called "Osha" (Ligusticum
porteri)
Let’s take a look at the Traditional Chinese use of
these herbs one by one:
Ban Zhi Lian:
A True Heat Clearing herb, this Barbed Skullcap is now used in many
modern Chinese formulas against cancer. The western use of Skullcaps are
thought of mostly as a Nerve Relaxing herb (Which it does do a very good
job at) but many people have failed to note it's knick-name often found
next to it in many American herbals, "Mad Dog Weed". This is because of an
early American success (Early 1800s - Dr. Van Derver) with it being used
against the Rabies Virus in both animals and man,
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It turns out that
most any of the many varieties of Skullcap around the world have a strong
anti-viral action. It also lowers fever quite effectively and can bring
down seriously high blood pressure very quickly (in high
doses).
Xia Ku Cao:
This Chinese Prunella
Vulgaris is much more potent than it's American cousin (the flower spikes
are 5-6 times longer for one thing). This is a strong heat clearing herb
used to relieve fevers, headache, and high blood pressure. It is known for
being highly effective in liver problems associated with jaundice and has
been shown in China to work well against many forms of
herpes.
Da Qing Ye:
This extremely powerful Heat Clearing herb is perhaps the most
directly anti-viral (in the western way of thought) of the Chinese herbs.
It was one of the first herbs to be used for removing 'toxins of the
blood' which was very close to an understanding of "germ theory" only
2,000 years earlier! Even the Traditional Chinese Teachings say its main
indications are: 'Epidemic febrile diseases with heat invading the blood'.
This herb has an extremely cold energy and a very bitter taste. Da Qing Ye
is extremely fast acting and seems to help activate other herbs in
formulas that contain it.
Mu Dan
Pi:
This Heat
Clearing root bark is also associated with epidemic febrile diseases of
the blood and is now shown to be effective against a broad range of germs
by modern science (as if we ever needed modern science). The part that
science may never grasp is that the Yin and Yang energies of the body are
often affected in diseases and this must be addressed. It is within these
energies that herbal TCM works -- I just don't think they well ever get
it.
In the case of Mu Dan Pi, this herb is most effective when the
yin is damaged (Noted by heavy night-time fever). This herb is also often
used in normalizing Menstruation as its over all effect on the blood is
very profound.
Jin Yin
Hua:
This
herb is the dried Gold and Silver Honeysuckle Flower and is
classified as a potent Heat Clearing Herb. It is almost
miraculous in its ability to rid the body of the common cold, feavers and
both viral and bacterial infections. This is a very important herb in
the classic Chinese formula for colds and flu known as "Yin Qiao Jie Du
Wan"
Osha:
The
last major anti-viral herb in this formula is not Chinese but the American
Osha Root. This is heat clearing but accomplished with heat itself through
sweating. I, myself, was "cured" of a terrible reoccurring
viral pneumonia with this herb and it was in fact the healing from
this herb that caused me to make the decision to become an
herbalist.
It is noted in a few old medical books (The ones that
weren't burned) that many of the Arapaho Indians kept alive and well
during the 1918 Flu Epidemic with the use of this herb and that they had
cured quit a few white folks with it as well. You can bet the AMA did not
want to hear that!
Remember, Viral Defense is not a "tonic" formula to boost
the Immune system and protect you from getting what ever may come your
way. Viral Defense is to kill the
disease head on. There are other great things for the
immune system to protect you such as the combinition of Reishi
Mushroom and Huang Qi extract as in our formula we
call "Strong Defense". It
can be combined, however, unlike Viral
Defense, you should not take Strong Defense during the time you
have a fever. If you have a fever please
take Viral Defense as often as you can as it is very heat
clearing and will help to quickly stop the fever.
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