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Top ten herbs, then and now... by Paul Bergner Medical Herbalism 04-30-94 6(1): 8 In 1921, the Lloyd Brothers company in Cincinnati, then the leading distributor of botanical extracts to physicians, compiled a list of their best selling herbs. They were (exact species not originally indicated): Echinacea Echinacea spp Chionanthus (fringe tree) Chionanthus virginicus Macrotys (black cohosh) Cimicifuga racemosa Crataegus (Hawthorn) Crataegus oxycantha Pulsatilla Anemone pulsatilla Gelsemium Gelsemium sempervirens Thuja Thuja occidentalis Phytolacca (Poke) Phytolacca decandra Cactus (night-blooming cereus) Cactus grandiflorus Passiflora (passion flower) Passiflora incarnata All these
herbs remain in use in
naturopathic medical practice in the U.S. Only
echinacea, crataegus,
black cohosh, passion flower, and poke appeared on
anyone’s top ten
lists in the accompanying poll, and only echinacea
and hawthorne made
the top ten in that poll.
Copyright
2001
Paul Bergner
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