LIFE ROOT Senecio aureus, L.( U. S. Agricultural Department, Appalachia, 1971)
Dose: Tincture of Senecio alone, 10 – 20 drops in water three or four times a day. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh plant in flower— Amenorrhoea, Ascites, Coryza, Cough, Dropsy, Dysmenorrhoea, Dysuria, Epistaxis, Fainting, Gleet, Gonorrhoea, Haemorrhages, Homesickness, Hysteria, Kidney( inflammation of), Lumbago, Mania, Menorrhagia, Menstruation( delayed; early, and profuse; obstructed, vicarious), Nails( brittle), Nervousness, Neurasthenia, Phthisis, Prostatitis, Puerperal mania, Renal colic, Sciatica, Spermatic cord( pain in), Wounds. Russian Experience: Senecio platyphylus( broad leaf), Life root, grows in Russia’ s Caucasus mountain range; known in their language as Krestovnik. There is no Folk Medicine practice indicated in Russian literature. Clinically: Extracts of the root and herb are used in powder form and ampoules( Atlas, Moscow, 1962). Clinically given for stomach and intestinal spasm, spasmatic constipation, ulcers, colitis, colic, liver malfunction, bronchial asthma, high blood pressure, angina pectoris, disturbance and circulation of the blood stream due to spasmodic character. Also used in eye practice. Industrial: To assist the demand for Life root, in Russia Agro-Technics have successful plantations in many parts of central Russia, Bello-Russia and Ukraine.
For 1 acre they seed 5 – 6 lb. in square nest system; row system, 7 – 8 lb. The first year’ s collection of the dried herb is only 100 – 200 lb. per acre. The third year jumps to 800 – 1,000 lb. of the dried roots and herb for the same acre.
LINDEN Tilia cordata, Mill, L.( N. O.: Tiliaceae)
Common Names: Lime Tree, Common Lime, Linden Flower, American Basswood. Features: Linden, a common name for trees of the genus tilia, in the family tiliaceae, which in Great Britain are commonly called“ Limes”, and in America“ Basswood”( the native species at least), which is Tilia americana, a magnificent forest tree that reaches 130 ft. in height. The genus comprises some