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Anti-Rheumatics

These are remedies that have been observed improving the patients experience of rheumatic problems. That is not to say that they have a specific effect upon the disease or even necessarily upon the musculo/skeletal tissue itself. It is a description of outcome rather than process, and as such is very limited in its applicability.

The activity of these herbs as anti-rheumatics can be explained as an expression of a more broadly relevant action. This may be explained by the main action alone or a more holistic synergy of the plants actions. For example the alteratives can work in a number of different ways as can the anti-inflammatories. Of course this cannot always be worked out. If you want predictable, reductionist cause & effect, become an accountant....................

Anti-Inflammatories : Angelica, Birch, Bogbean, Celery Seed, Devil's Claw, Feverfew, Guaiacum, Meadowsweet, White Poplar, Wild Yam, Wintergreen
Alteratives : Bladderwrack, Blue Flag, Bogbean, Burdock, Devils Claw, Guaiacum, Mountain Grape, Nettles, Poke, Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock
Diuretics : Bearberry, Boneset, Celery Seed, Dandelion, Gravel Root, Juniper, Parsley, Yarrow
Circulatory Stimulants : Bayberry, Cayenne, Ginger, Horseradish, Mustard, Prickly Ash, Rosemary

Anti-Spasmodics : Black Cohosh, Cramp Bark
Other action or basis unclear : Arnica, Blue Cohosh, Mugwort, Wormwood

Anti-Rheumatics List

Angelica Angelica archangelica

Arnica Arnica montana

Bayberry Myrica cerifera
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Birch Betula spp.
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa
Bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus
Blue Cohosh Caulophylum thalictroides
Blue Flag Iris versicolor

Bogbean  Menyanthes trifoliata
Boneset  Eupatorium perfoliatum
Burdock  Arctium lappa

Cayenne Capsicum minimum

Celery Seed Apium graveolens

Cramp Bark Viburnum opulus
Dandelion Taraxacum officinalis
Devil's Claw Harpagophytum procumbens
Feverfew Tanacetum chrysanthemun

Ginger Zingiber officinale
Gravel Root Eupatorium purpureum

Guaiacum Guaiacum officinalis

Horseradish Armoracia lapathifolia

Juniper Juniperus communis

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria

Mountain Grape Berberis aquifolia

Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris

Mustard Brassica spp.
Nettles Urtica dioica
Parsley Petroselinum sativum

Poke Phytolacca decandra

Prickly Ash Xanthoxylum americanum

Rosemary Rosemarinus officinalis

Sarsaparilla Smilax spp.

White Poplar Populus tremuloides
Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa

Willow bark Salix spp.
Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens

Wormwood Artemisia absinthium

Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Yellow Dock Rumex crispus

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