Dosages (Colombo) – 0.5-2 g/day (HHB); 1 tbsp decoction every 2 hours (PH2); 5 g colombo wine (PH2); 20 drops liquid extract (PH2). Gas Flatulence, Nausea, Vomiting The Benefit of using Cardamom as a natural cure Pycnogenol works in part by inhibiting production of peroxides, which stimulate inflammatory activity in white blood cells. In a laboratory experiment, researchers found that Pycnogenol reduced peroxide formation and increased levels of glutathione, an anti-inflammatory antioxidant. Extracts (Barberry) – Berbamine strongly active against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhii, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus viridans. Berbamine increases white blood cell and platelet counts in animals; used in China for “essential hypotension” (PNC) and leukopenia following chemotherapy and/or radiation. Palmatine anticholinesterase, hypotensive, and uterostimulant. Jatrorrhizine antifungal, hypotensive, and sedative. Magnoflorine and oxyacanthine also hypotensive. Alkaloids with many additional activities. A good source of the COX-2 inhibitor, berberine (COX; FNF). Berberine showed bactericide property superior to chloramphenicol (APA). consideration, the numbers of annual deaths resulting from herbs is still less than 1 percent of the total annual deaths resulting from prescrip-tion drugs. Gas Flatulence- Nausea- Vomiting- grains nutmeg (FEL); 300-600 mg 5-10 ×/day (HHB); 1-3 drops EO, 2-3 ×/day (PH2); 2-10 ml tincture/day (PH2); 0.3-1 g powdered nutmeg (PH2). Continue Reading →