Antiviral Carminative

Mucolytic, cell regenerating, neurotoxic Spasmolytic, sedative, antifungal Expectorant, stimulant UV sensitising, antimicrobial Anti-inflammatory, antiviral Carminative, anaesthetic Mucolytic, immune stimulating... 

N.A. Camphor, camphene, dipentene, limonene, phyllandrene, pinene, cinnamaldehyde.99-100 119 Carminative, antispasmodic, antiseptic, and antiviral. 

N.A. Cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, tannins, coumarins, mucilage. A stimulant, carminative, antispasmodic, antiseptic, and antiviral. It is a sedative, analgesic, reduces blood pressure and fevers. 

Cloves are more often used to assist the action of other herbal remedies rather than alone. When not available, allspice is substituted. It is spicy, warming, stimulant, anodyne, anaesthetic (topical), antiemetic, antigriping (added to other herbs), vermifuge, uterine stimulant, stomachic, aromatic, carminative, antiseptic, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antispasmodic, expectorant, aphrodisiac and promotes salivation and digestive juices. The oil is expectorant, anaesthetic, emmenogogue it affects the kidney, spleen and stomach and has preservative properties. Tea made from clove bud (other herbs/spices can be used or added to cloves, such as allspice, bay, cinnamon and marjoram) has been used to relieve bronchitis, asthma, coughs, a tendency to infection, tuberculosis, altitude... 

Actions Antibacterial, antiviral, circulatory stimulant, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, antispasmodic, antiemetic, antifungal, hypotensive, anti-clotting agent, carminative, antiarthritic, analgesic, antitussive. 

The methanolic extract of sweet marjoram exhibited moderate antibacterial activity against Helicobacter pylori Its aqueous extract has also been reported to have antiviral activities against herpes simplex in vitro. Sweet maijoram is considered to have carminative, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, and diuretic properties. Ursolic acid has been reported to inhibit acetylcholineesterase and may thus have potential in the management of Alzheimer s disease. Larvicidal activity... 

Carmine AA, Brogden RN, Heel RC, Speight TM, Avery GS (1982) Trifluridine a review of its antiviral activity and therapeutic use in the topical treatment of viral eye infections. Drugs 23 329-353... 

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