Widely used during flu epidemics. Boneset is especially helpful in viral flu and fevers with aching bones and muscles and bowel pain. This herb encourages sweating to reduce fever and disconfort by expelling poisons and cooling.

BONESET
Common Names:
Eupatorium, crosswort.

Parts Used: Whole plant.

Historical Uses: A common home remedy of the 19th century America, extensively used by Native Americans and early settlers. Widely used during flu epidemics. Boneset is especially helpful in viral flu and fevers with aching bones and muscles and bowel pain. This herb encourages sweating to reduce fever and disconfort by expelling poisons and cooling. Also used for malaria, snakes bites and stomach burns.

Modern investigative evidence does indeed reveal that Boneset causes the body to produce a substance in the liver called interferon, which, in turn, causes proteins to be made by the body cells that cause the destruction of viruses.

Contraindications: None.

Adverse reactions: Avoid ingesting in large amount, boneset can be toxic.

Dosage: 10 to 40 drops or more three times a day.

References: Herbal Research Group; Andrew Chevalier, Encyclopédie des Plantes Médicinales 1997; Secrets et vertus des plantes médicinales