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Used as an infusion, decoction, extract and tincture.
The herbalists speak of the European variety (Solidago virgaurea) and the American variety (Solidago odora), both of which grow on both continents, in the same breath, and regard them as medically equivalent.
Golden Rod is an anti-inflammatory urinary antiseptic.
The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends European goldenrod herb (Solidago virgaurea) 'As irrigation therapy for inflammatory diseases of the lower urinary tract, urinary calculi and kidney gravel, as prophylaxis for urinary calculi and kidney gravel.'
'Daily dosage: 6 - 12 g herb; equivalent preparations. Mode of Administration: Comminuted drug for teas and other galenical preparations for internal use.'
'Actions: Diuretic: Mildly antispasmodic: Antiphlogistic.'
As an astringent antiseptic, it is also a useful irrigation therapy for upper respiratory problems such as colds and flu, particularly if accompanied by much mucus.
It will also help with flatulent dyspepsia.
Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': [Solidago virgaurea] 'Aromatic, stimulant, carminative. Golden Rod is an ingredient in the Swiss Vulnerary, faltrank. It is astringent and diuretic and efficacious for stone in the bladder. It is recorded that in 1788 a boy of ten, after taking the infusion for some months, passed quantities of gravel, fifteen large stones weighing up to 1¼ oz., and fifty over the size of a pea. It allays sickness due to weak digestion.'
'In powder it is used for cicatrization of old ulcers. It has been recommended in many maladies, as it is a good diaphoretic in warm infusion, and is in this form also helpful in dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea. As a spray and given internally, it is of great value in diphtheria.'
'Dosage: ½ to 1 drachm of the fluid extract.'
'S. Odora or Sweet-scented, or Fragrantleaved Goldenrod, also of the United States, is used as an astringent in dysentery and ulceration of the intestines. The essence has been used as a diuretic for infants, as a local application in headache, and for flatulence and vomiting. The flowers are aperient, tonic, and astringent, and their infusion is beneficial in gravel, urinary obstructions, and simple dropsy.'
King's 1898 Dispensatory: [Solidago odora] 'Sweet-scented goldenrod is gently stimulant and carminative, and, in warm infusion, diaphoretic. It may be given in infusion in flatulent colic, amenorrhoea, sickness at the stomach, and as a pleasant drink in convalescence from severe dysentery, diarrhoea, cholera morbus, etc.; and may also be added to nauseating medicines to render them more agreeable to the taste.'
'The oil is carminative and diuretic; and its tincture or essence has been used as a diuretic in suppression of urine among infants, and as a local application in some forms of headache. Its essence is useful to remove flatulency, check vomiting, relieve cramp of the stomach, and to mask the unpleasant flavor of nauseous medicines. The flowers are said to be aperient, tonic, astringent, and diuretic, and have been found beneficial in gravel, urinary obstructions, ulceration of the bladder, and in the early stage of dropsy; taken in infusion (herb i to water Oj) in doses of 1 or 2 fluid ounces; the oil, from 1 to 3 drops.'
American Materia Medica, 1919 (Ellingwood): [Solidago odora] 'This agent has been used as a domestic remedy for backaches and diseases of the kidneys for centuries in Germany. Rademacher spoke highly of its properties. Homeopathic physicians prescribe it where there is pain in the kidneys, from any cause, extending forward toward the abdomen. Pain in circumscribed spots over the kidneys. Difficult and scanty urination, where the urine is of dark color, and contains a heavy sediment. Where there is nephritis, either acute or chronic. It is useful where there is suppression of urine in infants, or retained urine, which causes general depression, with headache. Urinary obstructions, from any character, in the early stage of dropsy, depending upon kidney disease.'
'The oil is carminative, and may be given in flatulent colic, cramps or pains in the stomach, from flatulency, with or without nausea.'
'In dysentery, diarrhea and in cholera morbus, an infusion or a few drops of the oil in hot water, given in conjunction with other indicated remedies, will be found of service. Hot infusions should be tried in amenorrhea, especially that form resulting from a cold of recent occurrence.'
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