HERBAL TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Stephen Buhner has generously shared this very thorough description of how Corona/Covid19 works, and details mechanism of how each individual plant addresses its the actions of the virus in the body.
For example, many of us permaculturists grow elderberries/sambucus for the flowers and berries. But did you know that ELDER LEAF decoction (boiled in water) is an even more potent anti-viral in this treatment protocol for Corona/ Covid19?
If you grow elderberries, or know where wild ones grow, it's a great resource for effective medicine.
5 of the important herbs for the anti-viral protocol grow wild here in Vermont, USA; Boneset, Japanese knotweed (invasive), barberry (high in berberine and also invasive), hawthorne, and elderberry leaf. Land stewards and entire communities can learn to harvest and make medicines.
Let’s help each other! Please share this information widely!
See this paper shared generously by Stephen Buhner detailing the virus mechanism and the herbal protocol.
"About Decocted (Sambucus) Elder Leaf Tincture
“This is not generally commercially available. (Please see the lengthy section on Elder in my book Herbal Antivirals). Elder leaf and bark are exceptionally potent medicines for a variety of things, including viral pathogens. Unfortunately bad press by adversarial medical activists in the early twentieth century spread the rumor that elder (Sambucus) is a poisonous plant. It is not. In descending order of impact the bark, leaves, and berries can cause vomiting in some people, not all. (I am not generally affected and use undecocted tinctures.) It depends on the dose and personal susceptibilities. However, if the herb is boiled (i.e., decocted) the compounds that cause vomiting are deactivated. Note: The leaves and bark are far more potent anti-virals than the berries or flowers. I would not suggest the berries for use in treating this pathogen; they are not, in my opinion, strong enough.” From Stephen Harrod Buhner, HERBAL TREATMENT FOR CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
HOW TO MAKE ELDER BARK-STEM-LEAF TINCTURE:
“To make a decocted elder leaf tincture: Boil four ounces of dried elder leaf [or bark] (two ounces if fresh) in two quarts water until it is reduced by half. Cool, strain, then measure the amount of liquid left. To this add 25% pure grain alcohol. If your state will not allow you to buy pure grain alcohol (which is 95% alcohol) then after you cool and strain the liquid, put it in the pot again and reduce it once more by half. Let it cool again and then measure and add to it the same amount of 40% to 50% vodka, 50% is preferable.”