General Index

- Mind Medicine

- Rituals

Bibliography

Notes

Herbs

Uses:

See Recipes for more on herbal home remedies.

Method:

 

 

Common herbal remedies include the following

Delirium: Foxglove
Depression: Bugloss steeped in wine
Falling Sickness: Marsh Marigold or Carnation
Fear: Powdered betony with wine
Grief: Nepenthese
Hysteria: White Bryony
Mania and Epilepsy: False/White Hellebore
Melancholy: Christmas Rose ("Helleborus niger")
Nervous Headaches: Rue, Camomile Tea
Neurosis: Water-mint, Catmint Tea or Lavender
Sadness, pensive without speech: Chrysanthemum
Sexual Overdrive: Sweet Marjoram (17).

 
Side Effects:

Some herbs can cause violent vomiting and diarrhea, therfore some people believe the true power of these remedies is exhausting the patient by inducing excessive purging (17).