Western Formula Data For Liquid Extracts

Here are some Western herbal formulas that have had great success among practitioners. More in-depth data can be found in Thorne's Guide to Herbal Extracts, Volume I (revised and updated version)"and "Thorne's Guide to Herbal Extracts, Volume II" by author Terry Thorne. Dosages are based on a 160-pound body. For smaller bodies, adjust dosage accordingly. Nothing here shall be considered a substitute for the advice or recommendations of a medical doctor or qualified herbalist and is not intended for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease. All material is copyrighted by Pat Monville and is reproduced here by written permission.

Artichoke Leaf Formula
Contents: Artichoke Leaf, Dandelion Root, Burdock, Yellow Dock, Calendula, Turkey Rhubarb.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Liver and gall bladder. Restores bile flow, cleans and dissolves gallstones.

Bee Pollen Formula
Contents: Royal Jelly, Bee Pollen, Bee Propolis.
Dosage: 40 drops to one teaspoonfull 4 times per day.
Usage: Feeds the body and adrenals, antibiotic properties, high energy food.

Bilberry Formula
Contents: Bilberry, Lycium Berry, Parsley, Rue, Purple Loosestrife, Eyebright, Chrysanthemum Flowers, Privet Berry, Marshmallow, Ginger, Capsicum.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Strengthen and clear eyesight, improves night vision (potassium supplementation may be necessary with this formula as urination is increased).

Black Haw Formula
Contents: Black Haw, Crampbark, False Unicorn Root.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Male and female infertility, prevent miscarriage. For women prone to miscarriage, start 2 to 3 weeks before expected occurrence and continue to use for about 2 weeks after any disturbances.

Black Walnut Hull Formula
Contents: Black Walnut Hull (green), Ajenjo, Blue Vervain, Cascara Sagrada.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage. Eliminates worms and parasites. Note: It's important to keep bowels open.

Blessed Thistle & Lily
Contents: Blessed Thistle, Lily of the Valley.
Dosage: 5 to 40 drops 3 to 4 times per day.
Usage: Good for heart repair, fluid retention, hiatal hernia, valvular heart problems, heart pains, angina pectoris, heart problems in general.

Blueberry Leaf Formula
Contents: Blueberry Leaf, Chinese Ginseng, Devil's Club, Fenugreek, Licorice Root, Suma, Dandelion Root.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Blood sugar problems, adrenal stress.

Buchu Formula
Contents: Buchu, Uva Ursi, Yarrow, Quack Grass, Corn silk, Pipsissewa.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day, or every hour if in a crisis.
Usage: Urinary infections.

Bugleweed Formula
Contents: Bugleweed, Motherwort, Valerian Root.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Over-active thyroid.

Butcher's Broom Formula
Contents: Butcher's Broom, Agrimony, White Oak Bark, Sweet Root, Barberry, Angelica, Cascara Sagrada, Plantain, Marshmallow.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops in the evening.
Usage: Repairs lower bowel.

Capsicum & Indian Tobacco
Contents: Capsicum, Indian Tobacco.
Dosage: Internally, 40 to 80 drops in a cup of water (avoid contact with eyes and sensitive areas). Externally, apply Peppermint Oil followed by this formula to affected area and along the spine as well as on temples and forehead (avoid eye area). Wash hands VERY well after use as the Peppermint Oil can irritate sensitive areas.
Usage: Good for circulation; headache, neck, shoulder and back pains; joint and arthritic pain.

Chaste Berry Formula
Contents: Chaste Berry, Dong Quai, Partridge Berry, Red Raspberry Leaf, Yarrow, Wild Yam, Klamath, Blessed Thistle, Ginger.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day starting 10 days before and continuing through menstrual period.
Usage: Menstrual irregularities - cramping, headache, fluid retention, depression, nerves.

Chicory Formula
Contents: Chicory, Dandelion Root, Figs, Cape Aloe, Slippery Elm.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Restores stomach function, repairs stomach.

Clove Formula
Contents: Cloves, Black Walnut Hull (green), Wormwood.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Parasites. Note: it's important to keep the bowels open when using this formula.

Devil's Claw Formula
Contents: Devil's Claw, Yarrow, Lapacho, Tumeric, Burdock, Rose Hips, Alfalfa, Gravel Root, Wild Yam, Yucca, Angelica, Marshmallow, Irish Moss, Prickly Ash, Guggulu.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day. Can be applied externally.
Usage: Arthritic and rheumatic conditions, mineral deposits.

Elecampane Formula
Contents: Elecampane, Indian Tobacco, Yerba Santa, Mullein, Marshmallow.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Congested lungs and those quitting smoking. Repairs lungs.

Fenugreek & Comfrey
Contents: Fenugreek, Comfrey.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Eliminates mucous congestion of bronchial passages, lungs.

Frankincense, Myrrh, & Turkey Corn
Contents: Frankincense, Myrrh, Turkey Corn.
Dosage: 5 to 10 drops 3 times per day when used internally. Also for external use by applying over the area that needs it.
Usage: Blood stagnation and resultant pain in traumatic injuries, sores, inflammation. Note: Frankincense and Myrrh contain resins that are hard on the kidneys and should not be used internally for a long time.

Gentian Formula
Contents: Gentian, Safflower, Ginger, Fenugreek, Sweet Root.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops before meals or as needed.
Usage: Stomach problems, bloating, heartburn.

Ginger Formula
Contents: Ginger, Peppermint Leaf, Fennel, Sweet Root, Angelica.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops in water, 5 to 10 drops externally on baby's stomach.
Usage: Good for gas, bloating, digestion.

Ginkgo & Gotu Kola Formula
Contents: Ginkgo, Gotu Kola, Sweet Root, Holy Basil, Ma Huang, Chinese Ginseng, Reishi, Dendrobium, Tremella, Chinese Licorice, Peppermint Leaf, Schizandra Berry, Lycium Berry, Dong Quai, Siberian Ginseng, Triphala.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Mind tonic. Promotes awareness and ability to think clearly. Calms. Improves memory.

Gotu Kola Formula
Contents: Gotu Kola, Black Walnut Bark, Parsley, Lady's Slipper, Passion Flower, Scullcap, Sweet Root, Chamomile, Alfalfa, Guggulu.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops after meals.
Usage: Repairs and feeds nerves and brain.

Gravel Root Formula
Contents: Gravel Root, Stoneroot, Uva Ursi, Parsley, Corn Silk, Quack Grass, Marshmallow.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Good for gravel (sand-like crystal deposits), stones.

Hawthorn Formula
Contents: Motherwort, Hawthorn, Guggulu , Capsicum.
Dosage: 10 drops 2 times per day for one week, then 20 drops 2 times per day.
Usage: Feeds and repairs the heart.

Horsetail & Quack Grass
Contents: Horsetail, Quack Grass.
Dosage: 10 to 30 drops 3 times per day. Children's dose should be proportional to their weight.
Usage: Urinary incontinence (inability to control urination).

H.U.F.
Contents: Japanese Honeysuckle, Usnea, Forsythia.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day or 10 drops every hour in acute conditions.
Usage: For acute infections and inflammations.

Indian Tobacco Formula
Contents: Indian Tobacco, Catnip, Chamomile, Passion Flower, Klamath, Sweet Root.
Dosage: 10 to 20 drops on tongue as necessary.
Usage: Eases the physical symptoms of stopping tobacco use and other drugs.

Lemon Balm Formula
Contents: Lemon Balm, Dill, Chamomile.
Dosage: 10 to 20 drops 3 times per day, or as needed. For children, adjust dose according to body weight.
Usage: Indigestion, colic (abdominal pain caused by muscle spasms), nervousness, simple acute children's diseases.

Licorice & Peppermint Formula
Contents: Licorice Root, Peppermint Leaf, Plantain, Bee Propolis.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 2 to 3 times per day.
Usage: Anti-cold sore.

Magnolia Flower Formula
Contents: Magnolia Flower, Peppermint Leaf, Chickweed, Bayberry, Sweet Root, Gentian, Oregon Grape, Wood Betony.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Sinus swelling, sinus headache. Good for discomfort of hay fever, allergies, helps eliminate causes of sinus problems.

Ma Huang & Gurana Formula
Contents: Ma Huang, Gurana, White Willow Bark, Ginger, Gentian, Tumeric, Burdock, Barberry, Buckthorn, Plantain, Triphala, Sweet Root, Gotu Kola, Atractylus, Poria, Atlantic Kelp, Fennel, Hawthorn, Guggulu.
Dosage: 30 to 40 drops 3 times a day before meals.
Usage: Firms up body, gets rid of fat in favor of muscle. Some weight loss will occur, but more size loss (because a pound of muscle is only 1/7 the size of a pound of fat). Normalizes metabolism without causing wired-up nerves and jittery feeling.

Marshmallow Formula
Contents: Marshmallow, Slippery Elm, Comfrey, Chickweed.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Soothes, coats, and heals irritated lungs, stomach, intestines, colon, entire digestive system. Helps ligaments, bones, and glands.

Mathake Formula
Contents: Mathake, White Pond Lily, Lapacho.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day. Start with the lowest dose and work up.
Usage: Yeast infection, Candida albicans, thrush (a blistering disease of the mouth, lips and throat caused by a fungus).

Mayapple & Milk Thistle Formula
Contents: Mayapple, Milk Thistle, Garlic, Sarsaparilla, Ginkgo, Cranesbill, Kelp, Horsetail, Buckthorn.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 2 times per day. It is important to keep bowels open when using this formula, and even though Buckthorn has laxative qualities, an additional herbal laxative may be needed if the bowels are not moving.
Usage: Blood and lymphatic purifier, removes heavy metals.

Milk Thistle Formula
Contents: Milk Thistle, Bupleurum, Tumeric.
Dosage: 10 to 30 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Cleans, detoxifies, protects and regenerates liver. Also good for gall bladder.

Mullein & Elecampane Formula
Contents: Mullein, Elecampane, Indian Tobacco, Ma Huang, Licorice Root, Marshmallow, Capsicum.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day, or as needed.
Usage: Asthma, emphysema, breathing difficulty, sinus problems, upper respiratory congestion.

Oatstraw Formula
Contents: Oat straw, Dulse, Horsetail, Marshmallow, Red Raspberry Leaf, Chickweed, Rosemary.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Good for nerves, tissue repair.

Oregon Grape Formula
Contents: Oregon Grape, Cleavers, Marshmallow, Blue Flag, Dandelion Root, Prickly Ash, Plantain, Echinacea.
Dosage: 5 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Cleans lymphatic system. Good for skin diseases.

Parsley & Sage Formula
Contents: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme.
Dosage: 40 drops 3 times per day. Every hour while awake if in a crisis.
Usage: Anti-plague, antibiotic, builds immunity.

Partridge Berry & Red Raspberry Leaf
Contents: Partridge Berry, Red Raspberry Leaf.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Strengthen reproductive system, prepares body for childbirth, helps prevent miscarriage, eases labor.

Peppermint & Dandelion Formula
Contents: Dandelion Leaf, Dulse, Peppermint Leaf.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Good for potassium deficiency, which causes muscle weakness (inability to contract), low blood sugar, listlessness, fatigue, gas pains, constipation, insomnia, foggy thinking, irritability, water retention, damage to and degeneration of the heart muscles.

Potentilla Formula
Contents: Potentilla, Triphala, Sanguinaria, Myrrh.
Dosage: 40 drops in water 2 times per day as a mouth rinse.
Usage: Cleans and strengthens gums, corrects swollen gums, dissolves plaque.

Pygeum & Saw Palmetto Formula
Contents: Pygeum, Saw Palmetto, Pumpkin Seed, Horsetail, White Pond Lily, Marshmallow, Cornsilk.
Dosage: 30 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Benign prostate enlargement and problems resulting from enlargement.

Red Root Formula
Contents: Red Root, Echinacea, Licorice Root, White Oak Bark, Myrrh.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops after meals. Take every two hours if in a crisis. Coat both ear canals with vitamin E and add extract-soaked cotton balls in each ear.
Usage: Tonsillitis, swollen glands, ear infection, strep throat.

Reishi & Echinacea Formula
Contents: Reishi, Shiitake, Suma, Lapacho, Echinacea.
Dosage: 30 to 40 drops 3 times per day. Usage: Builds immune system. Used for tumors, cancers, and infections.

Reishi & Ma Huang Formula
Contents: Reishi, Ma Huang, Plantain, Scute, Chinese Licorice, Schizandra Berry.
Dosage: 20 drops 3 times per day, or 10 drops every hour depending on severity. Can also be applied externally on affected area.
Usage: allergic reactions, hives.

Sarsaparilla Formula
Contents: Sarsaparilla, Spikenard, Prickly Ash, Gentian, Black Cohosh, Yellow Dock, Burdock, Red Clover, Buckthorn, Licorice Root, Dandelion Root, Echinacea, Barberry, Yarrow.
Dosage: 30 to 40 drops 3 times per day (if bowels are not moving, use an herbal laxative with this formula).
Usage: Cleans the blood of toxins and pollutants.

Scullcap Formula
Contents: Scullcap, Blue Vervain, Indian Tobacco, Parsley, Blue Cohosh, Black Cohosh.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 3 times per day. Also coat ear canal with vitamin E oil and place extract-soaked cotton ball in ear overnight.
Usage: Co-ordination, strengthens nervous system. Helps nerve disorders.

Sea Formula
Contents: Irish Moss, Atlantic Kelp, Bladderwrack, Dulse.
Dosage: 40 drops to 1 teaspoonful, 3 to 4 times per day.
Usage: Herbal source of organic minerals and trace elements. Feeds all cells.

Sheep Sorrel Formula
Contents: Sheep Sorrel, Burdock, Slippery Elm, Turkey Rhubarb.
Dosage: 10 to 20 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Elevate enzyme, hormone and immune systems to build body's self-curing ability. Purifies blood, destroys cancer cells.

Spearmint & Chamomile
Contents: Spearmint, Chamomile.
Dosage: 10 to 20 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Used warm (put extract in hot water for tea) to reduce fevers. Quiets nerves, soothes stomach. Safe for children.

Stillingia & Astragalus Formula
Contents: Stillingia, Astragalus, Fennel, Echinacea, White Oak Bark.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: For side effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Protects adrenal-cortical function during chemotherapy.

Sunflower Formula
Contents: Sunflower Seed, Wheat Germ, Rose Hips, Rice Bran & Polish, Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Dandelion Leaf, Alfalfa, Rosemary, Gentian.
Dosage: 40 to 80 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Source of vitamins and minerals in an easy to assimilate form.

Thyme Formula
Contents: Thyme, Alfalfa, Yellow Dock, Red Raspberry Leaf.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 1 to 3 times per day.
Usage: Natural iron source, good for anemia and related fatigue, builds blood.

Tienchi & Biota Seed Formula
Contents: Tienchi Ginseng, Biota Seed, Turkey Rhubarb, Ginger.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops before bed.
Usage: Constipation due to heat and dryness in intestine, intestinal bleeding. Note: Do not use during pregnancy.

Valerian Root Formula
Contents: Valerian Root, Lady's Slipper, Passion Flower, Chamomile, Scullcap, Blue Vervain.
Dosage: 10 to 40 drops 3 times per day or 1/2 hour before bed.
Usage: Calms nerves. Good for insomnia, promotes restful sleep.

Vitex Formula
Contents: Chaste Berry (Vitex), Shatavari, Klamath, Motherwort, Crampbark, Damiana.
Dosage: 20 to 30 drops 2 to 3 times per day.
Usage: Menstrual irregularities, menopause.

White Oak Formula
Contents: White Oak Bark, Chestnut Leaf, Calendula, Rose Hips, Butcher's Broom, Chickweed.
Dosage: 40 drops 4 times per day and externally over troubled areas.
Usage: Good for hemorrhoids, varicose veins, restoring blood vessels and body tissue repair.

Wild Cherry Bark Formula
Contents: Wild Cherry Bark, Eucalyptus, Elecampane, Sage, Horehound, Bistort Root, Marshmallow.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops every 3 to 4 hours as needed internally. Also use as a gargle or throat spray. Usage: Coughs, colds, sinus problems, strep throat, lung congestion, flu, smoker's coughs.

Yarrow Formula
Contents: Yarrow, Dandelion Leaf, Parsley, Uva Ursi.
Dosage: 20 to 40 drops 3 times per day.
Usage: Water retention.