Herbs Used for Parasites/Worms

Black Walnut * Butternut * Chaparral * Elecampane * Epazote * Feverfew * Garlic * Goldenseal * Oregon Grape * Papaya * Prickly Ash * Tansy * Wormwood *

Agrimony For: Parasitic and other infections.
Profile	Agrimony contains the chemical compound agrimophol, which expels parasites. Agrimophol causes parasites to lose their hold on the lining of the bladder or intestine so that they are evacuated with urine or stool. This substance also kills the organism that causes river blindness, a tropical disease in which parasites infest the eye, and many common bacteria, including Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus bacteria, as well as the bacteria that cause dysentery and typhoid fever. Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Black Walnut For: Worming
Profile	Black walnut hulls offer safe worm intervention, but is not intended for chronic or long term use. Avoid herbal remedies including both heartwood and hulls

Bloodroot For: Ringworm, bronchitis, eczema
Profile	For ringworm apply the fluid extract. Also good for torpid liver, scrofula, dysentery. It is applied to fungoid growths, ulcers fleshy excrescences, cancerous affections and as an escharotic. Sanguinaria root is chiefly used as an expectorant for chronic bronchitis and as a local application in chronic eczema, specially when secondary to varicose ulcers. In toxic doses, it causes burning in the stomach, intense thirst, vomiting, faintness vertigo, intense prostration with dimness of eyesight. Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Butternut Bark For: Intestinal Parasites
Profile	Butternut is a mild cathartic like rhubarb; it does not constipate and is often used as a habitual laxative, also for dysentery and hypatic congestions. It has been employed as a vermifuge and is recommended for syphilis and old ulcers. The expressed oil of the fruit removes tapeworm. Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Chaparral For: Parasitic infections
Profile	Traditional uses of Chaparral include parasitic infections, but the herb can cause adverse effects on the liver. Internal use is no longer recommended James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Elecampane For: Worms, roundworm
Profile	Elecampane treats parasitic infections, including roundworm, hookworm, whipworm and threadworm. James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Elecampane For: Scabies, skin diseases
Profile	Alantolactone in elecampane expels worms and the plant has long been used externally for scabies, herpes and other skin diseases from which it gained its country name scabwort. Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Feverfew For: Parasites
Profile	Feverfew is a traditional remedy for parasites.

Garlic For: Worms, roundworm
Profile	Safe and effective taken over time, garlic's power to kill roundworm, pinworm, tapeworm, and hookworm has been confirmed by scientific studies. Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Gentian For: Digestive, Tonic, Anthelmintic
Profile	Besides being unrivaled as a stomachic tonic, Gentian possesses febrifuge, emmenagogue, anthelmintic and antiseptic properties, and is also useful in hysteria, female weakness, etc. Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)

Goldenseal, Garlic For: Parasites, worms
Profile	Combines well with garlic as an anti-parasitic treatment

Oregon graperoot For: Parasites
Profile	Oregon graperoot contains berberine, which acts against the parasites Entamoeba bistolytica and Giadia lamblia. Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Papya For: Intestinal worms, vermafuge
Profile	Proteolytic enzymes in papaya work to remove intestinal worms and other parasites. The primary use of papaya leaf is that of a vermifuge, it contains tannins that the fruit does not, helping to protect against reinfection.

Prickly Ash Bark For: Abdominal Pain, Roundworms
Profile	Chopped prickly ash bark can be used to make teas or tinctures when combined with: Ginger and/or Panax ginseng for relieving chronic abdominal pain. Ginger to treat nausea and vomiting in long-term illnesses. Mume fruit(plum blossom)and coptis, or Oregon grape root for treating symptoms caused by roundworms (usually vomiting). . Prickly Ash Bark and Powder Profile. (2010), Mountain Rose Herbs

Tansey For: Worms
Profile	Tansy, like wormwood, is rich in thujone which is potentially damaging to the central nervous system if taken in too large doses or for too long. However, in the hands of a trained herbalist it is useful for expelling worms (round-worm and threadworm). Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Tansy For: Worms
Profile	Tansy was largely used for expelling worms in children, the infusion of 1 OZ. to a pint of boiling water being taken in teacupful doses, night and morning, fasting. Note: Most modern herbalists warn against its use by laymen. The active constituents are toxic in large doses. Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Wormwood For: Dewormer, traditional
Profile	Wormwood is the classic dewormer, but it contains the toxic chemical thujone and should not be used for long periods, and taken internally only under the advice of a qualified herbalist.

Parasites/Worms Information

• Digestion/Indigestion :
  Bitter herbs are unrivaled stomach tonics. They improve the appetite, promoting digestive juices, peristalsis and the flow of bile.
• Constipation :
  Reserve strong laxatives such as senna, aloe, cascara sagrada, and turkey rhubarb for those occasions when all else fails.
• Diarrhea :
  There are many time-honored herbal treatments for common diarrhea, that can in fact be just as helpful, if not more than many over-the counter remedies.
• IBS :
  Herbs and spices when used in preparation of a healthy diet can help maintain good digestion, lessening IBS symptoms.
• Nausea :
  Learn how to use natural herbs and spices to curb nausea and upset stomach.
• Culinary :
  Herbs can be thought of as food, medicine, or better yet food pharmacy. They add micro nutrients and vitamins, digestive enzymes and great taste to any meal.