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commercial healing herb combinations (Renders 1999, 212). Echinacea is often combined with
goldenseal for fighting flu. Do not use echinacea for over three weeks at a time, for it has the
potential to cause bladder irritation
Elderberry.
This herb has excellent antiviral properties, and has been referred to as the
“medicine chest” of country people. Laboratory studies on Sambucol, an Israeli-made elder-
berry extract, have shown the product to be effective against human, swine, and avian flu
strains. Unlike Tamiflu, the well-known antiviral pharmaceutical Sambucol and other elder-
berry extracts have no negative side effects.
Epsom salts.
Epsom salts are useful for adding to water for hot-soak infection treatments,
and for adding to enema water. A low-cost material, Epsom salts are available at all drugstores
and many supermarkets.
Garlic.
A true “wonder herb,” garlic has powerful antibiotic and antibacterial properties as
well as tremendous nutritional antioxidant value. Whereas the number of active ingredients in
penicillin is one, at least thirty-five active ingredients have been identified in garlic, making it
much more difficult for bacteria to grow resistant to garlic than to penicillin. Crush the whole
cloves and use directly on fungal infections and on wounds to prevent infection or gangrene.
Taken internally, it has been found effective against various tumors, tuberculosis, cholera,
typhus, and amoebic dysentery. It has been used effectively against many different viruses and
antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well as intestinal parasites. Use raw, fresh cloves, as powdered
garlic loses most of its potency.
Caution:
Cooking destroys most of garlic's potency, but your
friends may not stick around after a serious raw garlic treatment!
Goldenseal.
Goldenseal is one of the most popular herbs of all time. It has powerful anti-
fungal and antibacterial properties against organisms such as
Candida
and
E. coli
. The
powdered root has strong cauterizing properties and can be used directly on wounds to reduce
or eliminate excessive bleeding.
Grapefruit seed extract (GSE).
Like garlic, GSE is another true “wonder herb,” exhibiting
powerful antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial properties. It has been used success-
fully to battle numerous diseases and ailments, including Lyme disease,
Candida
,
Giardia
,
amoebic dysentery, many kinds of parasites, athlete's foot, ringworm, gum disease, herpes,
colds, flu, and some forms of arthritis. We have used GSE to successfully fight illnesses that
did not respond to colloidal silver. The liquid form is bitter and may be diluted in juice to make
it more palatable. The typical treatment is 10 to 15 drops of GSE liquid concentrate diluted in
juice, taken three to four times daily (Sachs 1997, 78). Its high antibacterial action combined
