From our list of herbs and spices, the following are recommended for Boils:
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- Echinacea
- Eleutherococcus
- Ginseng
- Rhodiola
- Tea Tree Oil
- Topical Garlic
Natural Cures and Remedies for Boils
The paste of henna leaves, boiled in coconut oil to get a darkish oil, can be used as a hair dye to blacken grey hair. The paste itself can be applied to the hair and washed away after a few hours to dye the grey hair. Washing the hair with concentrated tea extract twice a week is also considered useful in colouring grey hair to brown or black.
Dosages (European Peony) – 1 tsp (~1 g) flower/cup water (APA; PH2; WIC); 30-40 grains seed for nightmare (FEL); 2 g seed (HHB); 3-12 g peony root (FAY); 1 oz root boiled in a pint of liquid (1 part “good gin”:2 parts water) (FEL); 1-30 drops root tincture (FEL); 0.3-0.6 g powder root for children (MAD); 5-15 drops tincture (MAD); 2-3 fluid oz 3-4 ×/day (FEL).
Echinacea, Eleutherococcus, Ginseng, Rhodiola, Tea Tree Oil, Topical Garlic
Indications (Boswellia) – Allergy ; Alzheimer’s ; Arthrosis ; Asthma ; Biliousness ; Boil ; Bronchosis ; Bursitis ; Cancer ; Cancer, skin ; Carbuncle ; Colitis ; Convulsion ; Cough ; Crohns Disease ; Dermatosis ; Diabetes ; Diarrhea ; Dysentery ; Dysmenorrhea ; Dyspepsia ; Edema ; Fever (f; KAB; KAP;
Carrot is also considered useful in impotence. For better results, carrot should be taken with a half-boiled egg dipped in a tablespoonful of honey once daily for a month or two. This recipe increases sex stamina by releasing sex hormones and strengthens the sexual plexus. It is for this reason that carrot halwa, prepared according to Unani specifications is considered a very effective tonic to improve sexual strength.
Dosages (Maidenhair Fern) – 1 oz herb/pint boiling water, sweetened (GMH); 1.5 g herb/cup tea (HH2; PH2).
Echinacea
Eleutherococcus
Ginseng
Rhodiola
Tea Tree Oil
Topical Garlic
in 30% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 2-8 ml root bark tincture (BPC; CAN); boil 9 leaves with sugar water to make a cough syrup (JFM); 2-5 g liquid extract (MAD).