Repertory

The repertory lists herbs that can be considered for specific diseases. Herbs that can be regarded as specifics are underlined.

Abscess

Blue Flag Cleavers Coltsfoot Echinacea Fenugreek Garlic Golden Seal Mallow Marshmallow Myrrh Poke Root Wild Indigo

Acne

Blue Flag Cleavers Echinacea Garlic Poke Root Wild Indigo

Amenorrhoea

see ‘Menstruation (delayed)’

Adenoids

Cleavers Echinacea Garlic Golden Seal Marigold Poke Root Wild Indigo

Angina pectoris

Hawthorn Motherwort

Appetite loss

Balmony Blessed Thistle Calamus Calumba Caraway Cardamon Centaury Chamomile Condurango Galangal Gentian Golden Seal Mugwort Quassia Southernwood Tansy White Poplar Wormwood

Anxiety

Balm Betony Californian Poppy Chamomile Cowslip Damiana Hops Hyssop Lime Mistletoe Motherwort Oats Pasque Flower Passion Flower Peppermint St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian Vervain Wild Lettuce

Appendicitis

Agrimony Cranesbill Golden Seal Wild Yam

Arteriosclerosis

Hawthorn Lime Mistletoe

Arthritis

Birch Bittersweet Black Cohosh Bogbean Celery Seed Daisy Guaiacum Juniper Meadowsweet Pine Prickly Ash White Poplar Wintergreen Yarrow Wild Yam

Asthma

Balsam of Tolu Black Cohosh Black Haw Blood Root Blue Cohosh Butterbur Coltsfoot Elecampane Ephedra Grindelia Lobelia Mullein Pasque Flower Pill-bearing Spurge Senega Sundew Wild Cherry

Blood pressure (high)

Balm Black Haw Cramp Bark Garlic Hawthorn Lime Mistletoe Yarrow

Blood pressure (low)

Broom Hawthorn

Boils

Blue Flag Chickweed Cleavers Coltsfoot Comfrey Echinacea Fenugreek Figwort Flaxseed Garlic Mallow Marshmallow Myrrh Pasque Flower Poke Root Plantain Wild Indigo

Bronchitis

Angelica Aniseed Balm of Gilead Balsam of Tolu Blood Root Caraway Carline Thistle Coltsfoot Comfrey Cowslip Echinacea Elecampane Ephedra Fennel Fenugreek Flaxseed Garlic Grindelia Ground Ivy Horseradish Hyssop Iceland Moss Ipecacuanha Irish Moss Liquorice Lobelia Mallow Marshmallow Mouse Ear Mullein Nasturtium Pansy Pill-bearing Spurge Pine Plantain Pleurisy Root Senega Soapwort Squill Sundew Sweet Violet Thyme White Horehound Wild Cherry

Burns

Aloe Chamomile Chickweed Comfrey Cucumber Elder Marigold Plantain Quince Seed St. John’s Wort

Bruises

Arnica Chickweed Cucumber Elder Lady’s Mantle Marigold St. John’s Wort

Catarrh

Avens Balsam of Tolu Bistort Chamomile Coltsfoot Daisy Echinacea Elder Eyebright Fenugreek Garlic Golden Rod Golden Seal Grindelia Ground Ivy Hyssop Iceland Moss Mallow Mouse Ear Mullein Myrrh Peppermint Pill-bearing Spurge Pine Poke Root Sweet Violet Wild Indigo

Chilblains

Cayenne Ginger Horsetail Mustard Prickly Ash

Circulation

Cayenne Ginger Horseradish Mustard Prickly Ash Rosemary

Cold

Angelica Avens Bayberry Catnip Cayenne Cowslip Echinacea Elder Eyebright Fenugreek Garlic Ginger Golden Rod Golden Seal Hyssop Lime Marjoram Peppermint Yarrow

Colic

Allspice Angelica Aniseed Avens Balmony Blessed Thistle Blue Cohosh Boldo Butterbur Calamus Caraway Cardamon Catnip Cayenne Chamomile Cinnamon Condurango Coriander Cramp Bark Dill Fennel Gentian Ginger Horseradish Jambul Juniper Liquorice Mugwort Pennyroyal Peppermint Rue Tormentil Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam Wormwood

Colitis

Agrimony Bayberry Bistort Black Catechu Comfrey Cranesbill Marshmallow Meadowsweet Oak Bark Tormentil

Conjunctivitis

Chamomile Eyebright Fennel Golden Seal Marigold

Constipation

Aloe Balmony Barberry Black Root Bogbean Boldo Buckthorn Butternut Cascara Sagrada Figwort Flaxseed Rhubarb Senna Wahoo Yellow Dock

Cough

Angelica Aniseed Balm of Gilead Balsam of Tolu Caraway Carline Thistle Coltsfoot Comfrey Cowslip Daisy Elecampane Fennel Fenugreek Garlic Golden Seal Grindelia Ground Ivy Hyssop Liquorice Mallow Marjoram Marshmallow Mouse Ear Mullein Myrrh Pine Plantain Pleurisy Root Red Poppy Senega Soapwort Sundew Sweet Violet Thuja Thyme White Horehound Wild Lettuce

Cramp

Black Cohosh Cayenne Cramp Bark Ginger Pasque Flower Skullcap Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam Woundwort

Cystitis

Angelica Bearberry Benzoin Birch Boldo Buchu Carline Thistle Celery Seed Cleavers Coltsfoot Corn Silk Couchgrass Echinacea Golden Rod Gravel Root Ground Ivy Horsetail Hydrangea Juniper Pansy Pellitory of the Wall Sea Holly Yarrow

Debility

Agrimony Balmony Barberry Betony Blessed Thistle Calamus Cayenne Damiana Dandelion Ginger Golden Seal Kola Life Root Mugwort Oats Rosemary True Unicorn Root White Poplar Wormwood

Depression

Balm Celery Chamomile Damiana Kola Mistletoe Mugwort Oats Rosemary Skullcap Southernwood Valerian Vervain Wormwood

Diarrhoea

Agrimony Avens Bayberry Bistort Black Catechu Blessed Thisle Burr-Marigold Caraway Catnip Cinnamon Comfrey Coriander Cranesbill Daisy Eyebright Ground Ivy Jambul Kola Lady’s Mantle Meadowsweet Oak Bark Plantain Rhatany Self-Heal Silverweed Tormentil

Diarrhoea (in children)

Cranesbill Meadowsweet Lady’s Mantle

Diverticulitis

Comfrey Chamomile Marshmallow Wild Yam

Earache (see also ‘Infection’)

Mullein Pennywort Pasque Flower

Eczema

Balm of Gilead Bittersweet Blue Flag Burdock Chickweed Cleavers Comfrey Figwort Golden Seal Mountain Grape Nettles Pansy Red Clover Sarsaparilla Sweet Violet Yellow Dock

Epilepsy

Hyssop Passion Flower Skullcap Valerian

Fever

Angelica Boneset Borage Carline Thistle Catnip Cayenne Chamomile Ginger Horseradish Mustard Peppermint Peruvian Bark Pleurisy Root Vervain

Fibrositis

Cayenne Ginger Horseradish Pine Ragwort Rosemary St. John’s Wort Wintergreen

Flatulence

Allspice Angelica Aniseed Balm Blessed Thistle Calamus Calumba Caraway Cardamon Catnip Cayenne Centaury Chamomile Cinnamon Cloves Condurango Coriander Fennel Galangal Gentian Ginger Horseradish Juniper Marjoram Mugwort Parsley Pennyroyal Peppermint Southernwood Thyme Valerian Wormwood

Fungus infection

Golden Seal Greater Celandine Marigold Myrrh

Gall-bladder problems

Balmony Barberry Black Root Bogbean Boldo Dandelion Golden Seal Greater Celandine Fringetree Bark Marigold Milk Thistle Vervain Wahoo Wild Yam

Gastritis

Calamus Chamomile Comfrey Cranesbill Golden Seal Iceland Moss Irish Moss Liquorice Mallow Marshmallow Meadowsweet Peach Leaves Quince Slippery Elm

Gingivitis

Avens Bayberry Bistory Black Catechu Echinacea Garlic Golden Seal Lady’s Mantle Myrrh Oak Bark Poke Root Red Sage Rhatany Self-Heal Silverweed Tormentil Vervain Wild Indigo

Glands (swollen)

Cleavers Echinacea Marigold Poke Root Wild Indigo

Glandular fever

Echinacea Eucalyptus Garlic Myrrh Poke Root Wild Indigo Wormwood

Headache

Betony Chamomile Cowslip Feverfew Hops Marjoram Mistletoe Peppermint Rosemary Rue St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian

Haemorrhoids

Balmony Bistort Comfrey Cranesbill Ground Ivy Horsechestnut Lady’s Mantle Oak Bark Pilewort Plantain Rhatany Silverweed Tormentil

Heartburn

Comfrey Iceland Moss Irish Moss Mallow Marshmallow Meadowsweet Slippery Elm

Halitosis

Dill Fennel

Hayfever

Elder Ephedra Eyebright Garlic Golden Seal Peppermint

Hypersensitivity

Ephedra

Incontinence (urinary)

Agrimony Ephedra Horsetail

Indigestion

Allspice Agrimony Balm Balmony Blessed Thistle Boldo Calamus Caraway Cardamon Catnip Cayenne Centaury Chamomile Cinnamon Cloves Condurango Dill Fennel Galangal Gentian Ginger Iceland Moss Marjoram Mugwort Peppermint Quassia Red Sage Rosemary Thyme True Unicorn Root Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam Wormwood

Infection

Cayenne Cleavers Echinacea Fenugreek Garlic Ginger Golden Seal Myrrh Nasturtium Thyme Wild Indigo Wormwood

Influenza

Angelica Balm Boneset Carline Thistle Cayenne Echinacea Elder Garlic Ginger Golden Seal Horseradish Lime Marjoram Mustard Myrrh Nasturtium Peppermint Pleurisy Root White Poplar Yarrow

Insomnia

Californian Poppy Chamomile Cowslip Hops Jamaican Dogwood Lime Pasque Flower Passion Flower Skullcap Valerian Wild Lettuce

Itching

Chamomile Chickweed Cleavers Cucumber Golden Seal Marigold Peppermint St. John’s Wort

Jaundice

Balmony Barberry Bittersweet Black Root Centaury Dandelion Golden Seal Mountain Grape Vervain Wahoo Wild Yam Yellow Dock

Kidney stones

Bearberry Corn Silk Couchgrass Dandelion Gravel Root Hydrangea Pellitory of the Wall Sea Holly Stone Root Wild Carrot Yarrow

Labour pains (false)

Black Cohosh Blue Cohosh Cramp Bark Motherwort Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam

Laryngitis

Agrimony Balm of Gilead Bayberry Bistort Black Catechu Blood Root Caraway Cayenne Chamomile Echinacea Fenugreek Golden Rod Golden Seal Lady’s Mantle Mallow Myrrh Oak Bark Poke Root Red Sage Thyme Tormentil Wild Indigo

Leucorrhoea

Avens Bayberry Bearberry Beth Root Bistort Black Catechu Cranesbill Golden Seal Ground Ivy Lady’s Mantle Life Root Myrrh Nasturtium Oak Bark Wild Indigo

Liver tonic

Balmony Black Root Blue Flag Bogbean Burdock Centaury Dandelion Garlic Golden Seal Mountain Grape Wahoo Wild Yam Yellow Dock

Lumbago

Cayenne Mustard Ragwort Wintergreen

Menopause

Beth Root Black Cohosh Chaste Tree False Unicorn Root Golden Seal Life Root St. John’s Wort

Menstruation (delayed)

Blue Cohosh Chaste Tree False Unicorn Root Life Root Marigold Motherwort Mugwort Parsley Pennyroyal Rue Tansy Thuja Southernwood Yarrow Wormwood

Menstruation (excessive)

Beth Root Cranesbill Golden Seal Lady’s Mantle Periwinkle

Menstruation (painful)

Black Cohosh Black Haw Blue Cohosh Butterbur Caraway Chaste Tree Cramp Bark False Unicorn Root Jamaican Dogwood Marigold Pasque Flower St. John’s Wort Skullcap Squaw Vine Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam

Metrorrhagia

Beth Root Cranesbill Golden Seal Lady’s Mantle Periwinkle

Migraine

Feverfew Jamaican Dogwood Kola Mistletoe Peppermint Skullcap Wormwood

Milk stimulation (breast)

Borage Caraway Dill Fennel Fenugreek Goat’s Rue Milk Thistle

Miscarriage (threatened)

Black Haw Blue Cohosh Cramp Bark False Unicorn Root

Mouth ulcers

Bistort Chamomile Lady’s Mantle Myrrh Oak Bark Red Sage

Nausea

Avens Black Horehound Cayenne Chamomile Cinnamon Cloves Fennel Galangal Marshmallow Meadowsweet Peppermint

Neuralgia

Betony Black Cohosh Hops Jamaican Dogwood Mistletoe Pasque Flower Passion Flower Rosemary St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian

Nosebleed

Lady’s Mantle Marigold Tormentil Witch Hazel

Ovarian pain

Jamaican Dogwood Pasque Flower Passion Flower St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian Wild Yam

Pain

Black Cohosh Black Willow Cramp Bark Guaiacum Hops Jamaican Dogwood Rosemary Skullcap Valerian Wild Lettuce

Palpitations

Motherwort Skullcap Valerian

Phlebitis

Hawthorn Horsechestnut Lime Mistletoe

Pre-menstrual tension

Chaste Tree Lime Pasque Flower Skullcap Valerian

Pregnancy tonic

Raspberry Leaves Squaw Vine

Pregnancy (vomiting)

Black Horehound Blue Cohosh False Unicorn Root Meadowsweet Peppermint

Psoriasis

Balm of Gilead Blue Flag Burdock Chickweed Cleavers Figwort Flaxseed Mountain Grape Red Clover Sarsaparilla Sassafras Thuja Yellow Dock

Prostate

Corn Silk Couch Grass Damiana Horsetail Hydrangea Saw Palmetto Sea Holly

Rheumatism

Angelica Arnica Birch Bittersweet Black Cohosh Blue Cohosh Bogbean Burdock Cayenne Celery Seed Couch Grass Daisy Dandelion Elder Fennel Gravel Root Guaiacum Horseradish Horsetail Juniper Meadowsweet Mustard Pine Poke Root Prickly Ash Ragwort St. John’s Wort Sarsaparilla Sassafras Thuja White Poplar Wild Carrot Wild Lettuce Wild Yam Wintergreen Yarrow

Sciatica

Black Cohosh Jamaican Dogwood St. John’s Wort Yarrow

Shingles

Flaxseed Hops Jamaican Dogwood Mistletoe Passion Flower St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian Wild Lettuce Wild Yam

Sinusitis

Chamomile Elder Eucalyptus Eyebright Garlic Golden Rod Golden Seal Myrrh Peppermint Pine Poke Root Thyme Wild Indigo Yarrow

Sore throat

Agrimony Balm of Gilead Bayberry Cayenne Chamomile Echinacea Garlic Ginger Golden Rod Golden Seal Myrrh Oak Bark Poke Root Silverweed Thyme

Spots

Blue Flag Cleavers Echinacea Figwort Garlic Poke Root

Stress

Balm Betony Borage Chamomile Cowslip Damiana Hops Lime Mistletoe Oats Pasque Flower Passion Flower St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian Wild Lettuce Wormwood

Sunburn

Aloe Eyebright Marigold St. John’s Wort

Tension

Balm Betony Californian Poppy Cowslip Damiana Hops Jamaican Dogwood Lime Mistletoe Motherwort Pasque Flower Passion Flower Peppermint St. John’s Wort Skullcap Valerian Vervain Wild Lettuce

Tinnitus

Black Cohosh Golden Rod Golden Seal Ground Ivy

Tonsillitis

Cleavers Echinacea Garlic Golden Seal Myrrh Poke Root Red Sage Thyme Wild Indigo

Toothache

Cloves

Travel sickness

Black Horehound Galangal Peppermint

Tumours

Cleavers Comfrey Elder Fenugreek Greater Celandine Red Clover Sweet Violet Thuja

Ulcers (mouth)

see ‘Mouth ulcers’

Ulcers (peptic)

Calamus Comfrey Cranesbill Golden Seal Irish Moss Liquorice Mallow Marshmallow Meadowsweet Slippery Elm

Ulcers (skin)

Chickweed Comfrey Echinacea Golden Seal Marigold Marshmallow

Varicose ulcers

Comfrey Golden Seal Horsechestnut Marigold Marshmallow

Varicose veins

Hawthorn Horsechestnut Lime St. John’s Wort Witch Hazel

Vomiting

Black Horehound Cinnamon Cloves Comfrey False Unicorn Root Iceland Moss Meadowsweet Peppermint Rosemary

Warts

Greater Celandine Thuja

Water retention

Bearberry Birch Broom Tops Buchu Burr-Marigold Carline Thistle Celery Seed Corn Silk Dandelion Gravel Root Horsetail Juniper Berries Parsley Pellitory of the Wall Sea Holly Stone Root Wild Carrot Yarrow

Whooping cough

Black Cohosh Coltsfoot Ephedra Garlic Grindelia Lobelia Mouse Ear Mullein Pansy Red Clover Sundew Wild Cherry

Worms

Cucumber Garlic Kousso Male Fern Pomegranate Pumpkin Quassia Santonica Tansy Wormwood

Wounds

Carline Thistle Chamomile Chickweed Comfrey Elder Fenugreek Garlic Golden Seal Horsetail Lady’s Mantle Marigold Marshmallow Mouse Ear Plantain Red Sage St. John’s Wort Self-Heal Tormentil Woundwort