liquid balsamea? A.K.A LOMATIUM DISSECTUM

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now first off when searched on it found a soap looks like stuff disease hates in it here is the link (it is uk by the way) : http://www.lovelula.com/pd_pangea_canadian.cfm. (STUFF GOOD FOR TOPICAL FIRST LINK) now here is some about balsamea. Note: Balsamea Fluid is the tincture of Lomatium dissectum in water. Indian Balsam Capsules are Lomatium dissectum powdered root extract Joe Brown was involved in developing these products. -BL, Lomatium.com

August 20, 1998
Re: Balsamea Fluid
Indian Balsam Capsules

here is some background regarding this and native american history: Dr. Krebs Uses Lomatium for Influenza Epidemic

The following is verbatim from: Bulletin of the Nevada State Board of Health , No. 1 , Carson City, Nevada , January, 1920
HERE IS SOME INFO ON THIS ROOT HERB: Lomatium Lomatium dissectum


What is Lomatium Used for Today? | Dosage | Safety Issues | References

Principal Proposed Uses

Anti-Viral
Other Proposed Uses

Acute Bronchitis
Colds and Flus
Herpes
HIV
Sinusitis
Viral Hepatitis
An herb of bright yellow, umbrella-shaped flowers, lomatium was widely used among native peoples of North America as a treatment for a variety of infections, especially those involving the lungs. Reportedly, use of this herb protected the Washoe Indian tribe of Nevada from suffering any deaths during the 1917/1918 worldwide pandemic of influenza. It was also said to be useful for pneumonia and tuberculosis.

What is Lomatium Used for Today?

Lomatium is currently regarded by some herbalists as an effective treatment for many types of viral infection, including HIV , viral hepatitis , colds and flus , acute bronchitis , sinusitis, and herpes . However, there is no meaningful scientific evidence that lomatium is helpful for these conditions, nor indeed that it has any antiviral effects at all. The story mentioned above about the great influenza pandemic of 1917/1918 cannot be taken as meaningful evidence of benefit; like all other great plagues, the influenza pandemic gave rise to innumerable rumors of cures, none of which have held up to scientific testing.

At most, there is exceedingly weak evidence from a small number of test-tube studies hinting hint that Lomatium species might have antiviral properties. 1-3 However, tens or hundreds of thousands of substances have shown antiviral effects in the test tube; very seldom do benefits hypothesized from preliminary test tube studies hold up when human studies are performed. Only double-blind , placebo-controlled studies can show a treatment effective, and no studies of this type have been performed on lomatium. (For information on why such studies are essential, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies?)

Dosage

Lomatium is typically used in the form of a resin-free extract, taken at a dose of 1–3 ml daily.

HERE IS A LITTLE ARTICLE ABOUT IT: NewsTarget) A powerful antiviral plant used by Native Americans to survive the 1918 influenza epidemic may prove to be a strong modern-day cold and flu remedy, according to a report from the University of California.
The root -- called Lomatium Dissectum, Biscuit Root or Indian Consumption Plant -- was eaten by the Washoe Indians to battle viral illnesses such as influenza. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, not a single Washoe tribe member died from influenza or its complications. However, other tribes living in Nevada in areas where the plant did not grow experienced a number of deaths, according to Dr. Ernst T. Krebs, a Nevada physician writing in the Bulletin of the Nevada State Board of Health.

The plant, a member of the parsley family, is wildcrafted, and grows in dry, sandy climates. Krebs says it acts as a bronchial, intestinal and urinary antiseptic, and is also a diaphoretic (causes perspiration) and diuretic. It is usually prepared by cutting up the root and boiling it in water, then skimming off the top and consuming large doses of the broth to treat cold, flu and even pneumonia.

"As the human population faces the near-certain risk of future infectious disease pandemics, plants like Lomatium may prove themselves as lifesavers for those consumers wise enough to acknowledge that nature, not man, creates the best medicine," said Mike Adams, author of How to Beat the Bird Flu.

Currently the Lomatium plant is listed as "at risk" by United Plant Savers.


AN INDIAN REMEDY FOR INFLUENZA

In publishing this paper the State Board of Health does not give its endorsement to the remedy until it has had further trial. We merely present the facts as stated by Dr. Krebs, with the idea of giving the matter publicity and encouraging others to give it a trial.

During the fall of 1918 when the influenza epidemic visited this section of Nevada, the Washoe Indian used a root in the treatment of their sick which was gathered along the foot-hills of this slope of the Sierra. The plant proved to be a rare species of the parsley family (Leptotaemia dissecta*), according to a report from the University of California.

The Indians gather this root in the late fall, November being considered the proper month for gathering. The root is used in the fresh or dry state. It is cut up and a decoction is made by boiling the root in water, skimming off the top and giving large doses of the broth. A pound of root is considered about the proper dose to treat a case of fever for three days, which is the longest time needed to break up a fever due to influenza or a pulmonary disease, although the Washoes used it as a panacea. Whether a coincidence or not, there was not a single death in the Washoe tribe from influenza or its complications, although Indians living in other parts of the State where the root did not grow died in numbers. It was such a remarkable coincidence that the root was investigated by a practicing physician who saw apparently hopeless cases recover without any other medication or care of any kind. A preparation was prepared and employed in a great many cases among the whites, from the mildest to the most virulent types of influenza, and it proved, among other things, that it is the nearest approach we have today to a specific in epidemic influenza and the accompanying pneumonia. Where used early it proved itself to be a reliable agent in preventing pulmonary complications. Other physicians were induced to give it a trial, with the same results. It is beyond the experimental stage, as its therapeutic action in this direction is established and beyond any doubt. The cases in which it has been used run into the hundreds. There is probably no therapeutic agent so valuable in the treatment of influenzal pneumonia and, as far as being tried, in ordinary lobar pneumonia if started early. Its action on coughs is more certain than the opiate expectorants and its benefit is lasting. It acts as a powerful tonic to the respiratory mucous membranes. It is a bronchial, intestinal and urinary antiseptic and is excreted by these organs. It seems to stimulate the pneogastries (sic) and causes a slow pulse with increased volume and reduced tension. It is a pronounced diaphoretic and somewhat diuretic, and it is a stimulating and sedative expectorant. In large doses it is a laxative, and in extreme doses emetic.

To make a therapeutically active preparation, the proper variety of the root must be selected in the late fall and properly cured out of the sun. Its active principles must be extracted with as little as possible of the objectionable constituents. The active principles of the root are decidedly complex. It contains a glucoside (as its solutions precipitate copper from Fehling's solution). It contains one or more alkaloids and an acid analogous to benzoic acid, one or more volatile and fixed oils, a resin and a gum. It can be seen from this that it resembles a balsam from the fact that it contains an oleogumresin and an acid besides alkaloids and glucosides. One can at once appreciate the fact that a reliable pharmaceutical preparation representing the action of the root is not readily made. The volatile oil, which is one of the principal therapeutic agents, is lost in making a decoction.

This particular variety of Leptotaemia* is not as common as believed as some, and it is this particular variety that has medicinal or therapeutic virtues. It grows in dry sandy soil, as a rule, under or between tall sagebrush or greasewood. The plant grows from two to four feet high and has a blossom similar to wild parsnip and leaves like a carrot. It is a perennial, and the older roots frequently weigh from two to six pounds. It sprouts early in April, blooms in May, seeds in June, and withers in July. A number of trials in transplanting the root have been made, but none were successful.

Leptotaemia dissecta * is destined to become one of the most useful if not the most important addition to our vegetable materia medica.


ERNST T. KREBS, M.D. Carson City, Nevada.



* The botanical name was changed in 1942 by Matthias and Constance, from Leptotaenia dissecta to Lomatium dissectum.




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Big Medicine
Traditional Uses of Lomatium dissectum.

Across the Great Basin and through the Northwest, the perennial Lomatium species were referred to as ‘the big medicine’.

A recent publication, American Indian Healing Arts, by Kavasch and Baar (Bantam 1999), includes a discussion of Lomatium use in association with the importance of the breath. They note the traditional use of this herb to treat respiratory problems.

In the ‘40s and ‘50s when Edith Van Allen Murphey and Percy Train were asking the Native Americans of Nevada to report on their use of herbal medicines, Lomatium dissectum was known botanically as Leptotaenia multifida.

Edith Van Allen Murphey’s report entitled Indian Uses of Native Plants is printed by the Mendocino County Historical Society, Ukiah, CA, 1959. The common name for Lomatium dissectum was at that time “Indian Balsam”.

Murphey reports that at her writing, three Indian tribes occupied Nevada with an Indian population of about six thousand: Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone. She says, “Many of these Indians still depend largely upon their ancient sources of supply of native plants for medicinal, ceremonial and subsistence uses. In the course of their travels they draw upon several botanical zones,…which formerly were adequate for Indians who wrested from seemingly barren surroundings something for their every need.”

Murphey states that Indian Balsam was used by all these tribes for colds. Tea was made for coughs and flu from dried root chips. It is under her reference for colds that she tells us this herb is considered ‘Big Medicine’ by these tribes.

Murphey also described treatment for ‘heart and tonic’ conditions where Indian Balsam decoction of dried root is drunk as tea. The patient is instructed to drink only this tea for fluids, together with bed-rest for one week.

Three gentlemen, Percy Train, James R. Henrichs, and W. Andrew Archer compiled a publication in 1941 entitled Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. My copy is a facsimile of the revised edition of 1957 from Quarterman Publications Inc., 5 South Union Street, Lawrence, MA 01843.

Train makes this significant statement in reference to Lomatium dissectum, then called Leptotaenia multifida: “Of all the ailments to which the Indian is heir, probably there is none which has not been treated in one way or another by remedies prepared from the root of this plant. Although considered universally as a panacea, the medicines most commonly used are for coughs and colds, and disorders such as hayfever, bronchitis, influenza, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.”

Train describes inhaling the fumes of the root which is burning in a bed of live coals, for asthma or congestion of the lungs. Also common was to chew a piece of raw root for sore throat. The root was also the basis for a number of antiseptics, the decoction as an external wash for smallpox, skin rashes, cuts and sores. The oily sap from sliced fresh roots, when available, was used on cuts and sores.

This significant work on the medicinal plants of the Native American tribes of Nevada was done from 1935 to 1941. The greater part of the actual contact with native peoples was done by Percy Train and his wife, Agnes Train. Although in the first year, Mrs. Edith Van Allen Murphey was among those engaged in this work.

In the Introduction by Mrs. Agnes Train (aka Mrs. J. M. Janssen), she tells of her sources of information, and scope of their field work. "The so-called medicine man of today is simply an individual just two jumps ahead of his fellow tribesmen and alert to the opportunity presented to make money by acquiring medicinal plant knowledge handed down to him from generations past and augmented by his own experiences. Several of the latter, notably, Ike Shaw (Shoshone) of Beatty, Bronco Charlie (Shoshone) of Ruby Valley, and Dan Voorhees (Paiute) of walker River Reservation, had a wide knowledge of medicinal plants and a substantial record of effective cures behind them."

"During these four years (starting in 1937) every Nevada Indian reservation, colony and community, large or small, in the entire State was visited, and a close study of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe languages, as far as plant names and medicinal usages were concerned, was made in the field."

"During the work of plant collecting a rare opportunity was presented for meeting the older generation in individual families living in remote parts of the desert, as well as in larger Indian settlements and reservations in Nevada. These scattered Indian families were a rich source of medicinal plant information, for they were more dependent upon themselves and their own medicine."


here is where it talks of uses: Uses


Hepatitis C and Other Viral Syndromes

In 1997 I began recommending Lomatium dissectum extracts to my patients with Hepatitis C, and was excited to note that a majority of the people using it regularly, as part of a program, had dramatic reductions in viral counts. Many experienced improvements in energy. Since then I have recommended it for other viral syndromes, upper respiratory illness and sinusitis with good results. It seems to be helpful both by itself and in combination with other herbs, depending on the condition.
Cheri Quincy, DO
Internal Medicine
Santa Rosa Medical Group

Influenza - Chronic Fatigue - HIV

Herbalist Michael Moore, in his book, "Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West", (Red Crane Books 1993), notes that Lomatium “definitely helps simple head colds and shortens the duration of overt influenza viral infections." It also seems to be helpful in "limiting the severity and number of respiratory infections in those with slow viruses…” (the chronic fatigue genre). He suggests the possibility of trying it with HIV infections, again due to its ability to improve general resistance to respiratory infections.

Naturopaths, Michael T. Murray, N.D., and Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., in their classic Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, (Prima Publishing, 1991) consider Lomatium dissectum and Ligusticum porteri (a plant from the Southwestern US commonly called Osha) together. In their chapter on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the authors consider that “….. Empirical experience with virus-associated diseases strongly recommends serious consideration of these plants as elements of a protocol for virus-associated acquired immune deficiency.”

Influenza Epidemic

In 1920, Dr. Ernst Krebs of Carson City, Nevada, reported on his use of Lomatium dissectum, then called Leptotaenia, during the epidemic of 1918. He observed that the nearby Washoe tribe had not a single death from influenza or its complications. He then made a preparation of this plant medicine for treating his patients with influenza, from the mildest to the most virulent cases. He states that he found Lomatium dissectum to be the nearest approach then available as a specific in epidemic influenza and the accompanying pneumonia.

His complete report is copied under "History" here in our website, and it is worthwhile reading for it's complete description of how this herbal medicine works in the body.


here is where to order from website found info what jonsi told me about: http://www.lomatium.com/order.asp . i will now search now that know proper herbal name to see what i find:

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HERE ARE SOME ARTICLES INFO ABOUT IT: NewsTarget) A powerful antiviral plant used by Native Americans to survive the 1918 influenza epidemic may prove to be a strong modern-day cold and flu remedy, according to a report from the University of California.
The root -- called Lomatium Dissectum, Biscuit Root or Indian Consumption Plant -- was eaten by the Washoe Indians to battle viral illnesses such as influenza. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, not a single Washoe tribe member died from influenza or its complications. However, other tribes living in Nevada in areas where the plant did not grow experienced a number of deaths, according to Dr. Ernst T. Krebs, a Nevada physician writing in the Bulletin of the Nevada State Board of Health.

The plant, a member of the parsley family, is wildcrafted, and grows in dry, sandy climates. Krebs says it acts as a bronchial, intestinal and urinary antiseptic, and is also a diaphoretic (causes perspiration) and diuretic. It is usually prepared by cutting up the root and boiling it in water, then skimming off the top and consuming large doses of the broth to treat cold, flu and even pneumonia.

"As the human population faces the near-certain risk of future infectious disease pandemics, plants like Lomatium may prove themselves as lifesavers for those consumers wise enough to acknowledge that nature, not man, creates the best medicine," said Mike Adams, author of How to Beat the Bird Flu.

Currently the Lomatium plant is listed as "at risk" by United Plant Savers.

HERE IS MORE INFO ABOUT IT *NOTE THE SKIN RASH IS FROM THE PLANT RESIN, NOT THE PURE EXTRACT FREE OF THE RESIN: Lomatium - Uses and Benefits
Botanical name: Lomatium dissectum.

Other Names : Biscuit Root, Pungent Desert Parsley, Consumption plant

Lomatium is used in herbal medicine as an antiviral, also known as Indian Consumption plant. It is on the concerned/to endangered list of plants in Idaho. It is prolific in Clearwater area. According to obscure sources, lomatium is reputed to have antiviral effects. One source suggests the constituents tetronic acids and a glucoside of luteolin may be potentially antiviral.

Lomatium extracts with the resins removed, 1-3 ml per day, have been recommended. Lomatium tincture, 1-3 ml three times per day, can also be used, but it may cause a rash in susceptible people. The tincture should not be used unless a very small amount of it is first tested for a reaction. However, even very small amounts can cause a reaction in sensitive people.

The name lomatium generally refers to Lomatium dissectum , one of the numerous species and varieties of the Lomatium genus that is native to western North America. Lomatium is a member of the Apiaceae family. In the wild, lomatium grows in rocky soil and reaches a height of 3 ft.

Uses:-
The important uses of lomatium are as:-

Lomatium is currently used as an antiviral remedy to treat colds, coughs, and infections. The herb is also known for boosting the immune system and reducing inflammation.
Lomatium root has been used as an effective anti-viral and anti-bacterial remedy, it is especially useful in the treatment of respiratory and urinary infections.
This herb was used by the North American Indians as their most powerful herbal antibiotic.
It has shown effective against a wide variety of bacteria and fungi in lab tests.
This herb also has the ability to make the blood more alkaline, which is beneficial for many people who have too acidic blood.
Use of lomatium extracts or tinctures containing the resin can, in some people, cause a whole-body rash.
This herb may also lead to nausea in some people. The safety of lomatium during pregnancy and breast-feeding is unknown and is therefore not recommended.
It is used to overcome viral infections in flu, chronic fatigue, staph and strep infections.
It could also be used for relief of respiratory and congestive conditions.
Side effects:-
Although lomatium is generally believed to be safe, the herb has been reported to cause a skin rash. A high dosage of the herb may result in nausea .

Dosage
Lomatium is typically used in the form of a resin-free extract, taken at a dose of 1-3 ml daily

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