View photos of the medicinal plant Cupressus arizonica (Arizona cypress), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.
A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:
Cypress’s aromatics are inhibiting to Giardia lamblia and the ameba group of organisms, particularly Entamoeba histolytica. The tea or tincture can be used alone, or more successfully with Castela emoryi or Ailanthus altissima.
View photos of the medicinal plant Juniperus monosperma (One seed juniper), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.
A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:
Use it in chronic cystitis and painful urination accompanied by mucus in the urine. Although alcoholic preparations tend to extract Juniper’s volatile constituents more completely, the leaf/berry tea is just as useful as a urinary tract antiseptic (both fungal and bacterial strains are inhibited).
View photos of the medicinal plant Juniperus coahuilensi (Redberry juniper), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.
