Herbal Action: Antiseptic

Germ killer

Antiseptic herbs destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria. They stop the decay of tissue and prevent the formation of pus.

What they do:

• Destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria

• Stop the decay of tissue

• Prevent the formation of pus

How they're used:

Commonly used externally as washes, salves, poultices, or compresses applied directly to the affected area, and internally as teas or extracts to support the body's response to infection.

When to consider them:

Use for wounds, cuts, abrasions, abscesses, ulcers, gangrene, frostbite, and infection.

Herbs

• Barberry

• Birch bark

• Black walnut

• Blackberry

• Bladderwrack

• Bugle

• Cajuput

• Camphor

• Chaparral

• Comfrey

• Culver's root

• Echinacea

• Elder bark

• Eucalyptus

• Garlic

• Goldenseal

• Horseradish

• Juniper berries

• Mullein

• Myrrh

• Nettles

• Olive leaf

• Oregon grape

• Plantain

• Pleurisy root

• Prickly ash

• Rosemary

• Sage

• Saw palmetto

• Smartweed

• Thyme

• Tobacco

• Trillium

• Turpentine

• White oak bark

• White willow

• Wintergreen

• Wood sage

• Wormwood

Other Antiseptics

• Raw honey

• First Aid Liniments