David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHWith its focus on preventive medicine, holistic approaches to health can
be most helpful in many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions
are brought under control during childhood they can often be avoided entirely in adult life.
This is a vague and variable problem that is functional in nature and usually not due to an underlying structural cause. Belching, distension and borborygmus often occur associated with abdominal or epigastric pain. There is often an overt...
Euonymus atropurpureus
Part Used: Root bark.
Constituents:
Cardenolides based on digitoxigenin
Childhood Indigestion ;In addition to the information given for functional dysp
Calendula officinalis
Compositae
Names: Marigold, Marybud, Gold-bloom, Caltha officinalis.
Ha
Valeriana officinalis
Part used: Rhizome, stolons & roots.
Constituents: A range of unique chemical constit
Chamaelirium luteum
Liliaceae
Names: Starwort, Helonias Root.
Habitat: USA
Collection: T
Artemisia absinthum
Compositae
Habitat: Native to Europe, N. Africa and Western Asia,
cultivated in the USA and e
Marsdenia condurango
Asclepiadaceae
Names: Eagle vine.
Habitat: Ecuador and Peru.
Pa
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menyanthaceae
Names : Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil.
Habitat : Marshy ground in B
