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Herbal Antivirals: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections Paperback – September 24, 2013

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Take control of your health and learn how to use herbs safely and effectively to prevent and fight off a wide range of viral infections, including coronaviruses, SARS, influenza, encephalitis, dengue fever, and more. Expert herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner offers this exhaustive guide to understanding the antiviral properties of dozens of herbs, backed up by the most recent research studies and findings. In addition to in-depth profiles of the herbs, Buhner provides complete, step-by-step instructions for obtaining high-quality herbs and preparing and using customized herbal formulations for strengthening the immune system and addressing each virus. Discover how these natural remedies can help keep you and your family healthy and strong.
- Print length424 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherStorey Publishing, LLC
- Publication dateSeptember 24, 2013
- Dimensions6.05 x 1.3 x 8.95 inches
- ISBN-101612121608
- ISBN-13978-1612121604
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“Whether for everyday well-being or in dealing with dangerous diseases, plants offer natural options for improved health. … Herbal Antivirals help[s] put plant power in the reader’s hands.” — Energy Times
“This is a must have book, not only for the professional herbalist but for anyone who is interested in using plant medicine in their own lives.” — Herbalists Without Borders
“A powerful survey that's a 'must' for any alternative health and healing collection” — Midwest Book Review
“Herbalist Buhner expands upon his goal of finding ecologically sustainable, human-friendly options for healing… A detailed review of herbs demonstrates the depth of Buhner’s knowledge of their applications.”— Publishers Weekly
“Arms readers with medicines that are easy to grow, easy to use, and easy to make — natural remedies that combine modern science with herbal methods.”— Mother Earth Living
“Medicinal plants address not only the virus itself, but the ecosystems that are our bodies. Stephen does a great service for us all by exploring their potential.” — Jim McDonald, herbcraft.org
“In one book after another, Stephen Harrod Buhner has demonstrated new ways of thinking that address the increasing medical dogmatism and uncertainty of our times. We need a wise interpreter and he has proven himself worthy of the title.” — Matthew Wood, MS (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (American Herbalists Guild)
“Provides an alternative — and life-saving — solution.” — Laurie Regan, PhD, ND, Dean of Classical Chinese Medicine, National College of Natural Medicine, and cohost of True Nature Radio
“Buy this book now. Be prepared. Stephen on viruses (and ways to cohabit lovingly with them) is, as always, fascinating, scary, practical, fun, detailed, thorough, clear, and thought provoking.” — Susun S. Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal Series
“This book is a must for every herbalist and every health-care worker’s office — full of plants and ideas that can make a difference!” — Kate Gilday, herbalist and Ayurvedic lifestyle consultant, Woodland Essence
“Elegant, articulate and brilliantly researched. Given the critical nature of our ecological fragility, this book is a must for every practitioner’s library.” — Kathleen Maier, RH (AHG), Sacred Plant Traditions, LLC
“Whether for everyday well-being or in dealing with dangerous diseases, plants offer natural options for improved health. … Herbal Antivirals help[s] put plant power in the reader’s hands.”
From the Back Cover
Protect Yourself with Natural Treatments for Viral Infections
Viruses are smart, mutating and becoming resistant to antiviral pharmaceuticals. Global crises such as SARS and dengue fever spread more quickly than we can develop medicines to fight them, and every season there are new flu strains that challenge the effectiveness of vaccines.
Build your immunity and protect yourself with broad-spectrum herbal treatments. Stephen Harrod Buhner profiles the plants that have proven most effective in fighting viral infections and provides in-depth instructions for preparing and using formulations to address the most common infections and to strengthen your immunity, safely and naturally.
About the Author
Stephen Harrod Buhner is the author of Herbal Antivirals,Herbal Antibiotics, and 17 other works. He speaks internationally on herbal medicine, emerging diseases, complex interrelationships in ecosystems, Gaian dynamics, and musical/sound patterns in plant and ecosystem functioning. He is a tireless advocate for citizen scientists, amateur naturalists, and community herbalists everywhere. He lives in New Mexico.
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- Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC; 1st edition (September 24, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 424 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1612121608
- ISBN-13 : 978-1612121604
- Item Weight : 1.46 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.05 x 1.3 x 8.95 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #46,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #96 in Herbal Remedies (Books)
- #1,947 in Medical Books (Books)
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Stephen Harrod Buhner is the author of Herbal Antivirals, Herbal Antibiotics (now in its second edition), and 17 other works including Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver, Sacred Plant Medicine, The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Ensouling Language. He speaks internationally on herbal medicine, emerging diseases, complex interrelationships in ecosystems, Gaian dynamics, and musical/sound patterns in plant and ecosystem functioning. He is a tireless advocate for the citizen scientist, the amateur naturalist, and community herbalists everywhere. He lives in New Mexico.
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I bought this book last month, because I have had chronic fatigue syndrome since 2003, coming and going in varying degrees of severity. All our American doctors know to do is prescribe a pill for a symptom. That isn't healing; that's palliative treatment. That's what they do to keep you comfortable until you croak. The last 5-1/2 years, especially, as I approach 60 years of age, have been a down-hill slide into increasingly broken health. Three weeks ago I started the author's protocol for Epstein-Barr systemic infection and infection of the cornea of the eye. I also added the Sacred Seven mushrooms in powdered form once daily in my coffee and hyaluronic acid eyedrops and MSM eyedrops. In just 10 days, I've seen a rather dramatic upward curve in my health. The systemic inflammation is down by probably 75% after 15 months of rheumatic hell. My corneas are still touchy, but the virus is not active and they are stable for the first time in over 1 year. Today, I went out in the 96-degree Texas heat and humidity and used a heavy pole saw to cut a big, fallen pecan limb off my telephone line and garage roof, so I can take pics and file a claim for roof repair. The fact that I had the muscular strength to hoist a pole saw 14 feet into the air is remarkable. The additional fact that I felt only temporary muscle fatigue that faded after I showered and rested an hour and that I am not utterly exhausted and, in fact, feel good...like cooking a meal and practicing my musical instrument kind of feel good...is enough to bring tears to my eyes. Thank God for this author and this book, and for all the external sources he has pointed me toward. I feel better than I've felt in over 10 years. It's not a fragile shift toward the better. It's a roaring into the straightaway, clear- and bright-eyed, glowing-complection kind of shift. We don't build resistance to healing plant and food substances like we do pharmaceuticals. There's no reason to fear this immune-building protocol will stop working for that reason. My fingers are crossed, and I'm hopeful. I may actually get my life back. Please God, let it be so!
It was about twenty years ago, and I still remember vividly an anxious middle aged man on oxygen sitting up on his stretcher in the waiting area of the Hospital Xray department outside my office. He was there for his daily chest Xray to follow his viral pneumonia. After a few days, he stopped coming down, and the hospital staff informed me he had succumbed to his illness. This was a bitter lesson. Although we doctors have effective antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia, we have no such drugs for viral pneumonia, and in fact, we have very little to offer these unfortunate people except supportive care. And yes, some die from viral pneumonia.
Although modern medicine has made considerable progress in antiviral drug discovery such as Acyclovir for Herpes virus, most cultures and ethnic groups on the planet have successfully used anti-viral medicinal plants for thousands of years for prevention and treatment of a viral disease. The mechanism is fusion inhibition, which prevents attachment of the viral capsule to the host cell membrane, thus preventing entrance of virus into the cell where replication takes place.
Buhner's Herbal Antivirals book has an excellent discussion of the Influenza epidemic of 1918 and discusses various herbal treatments for various viral diseases as well in depth discussion of each herbal. I must say the book is impressive for a number of reasons. One is the extensive reference to the medical literature as well as the ethnic herbal literature, pulling usually separated sources together. My only quibble is that reference numbers are missing in the text, so one is forced to search through the bibliography to find the reference if interested in reading it. According to Dr. Buhner’s book, the three top candidates as anti-viral herbals are Elderberry, Licorice Root and Chinese Skull cap. Perhaps the most widely available of the antiviral botanicals is Black Elderberry Syrup, which can be found at most health food stores and markets.' This is just the thing for little kids who pick up a new bug every week at child day care.
Licorice Root is widely available at most health food stores as capsules or tinctures. One must be careful to avoid the DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice root) as this form has the active ingredient removed. Douglas Labs offers l Douglas Laboratories® - Licorice Root-V (with Glycyrrhizin) which Dr Buhner recommends: standardized to 12% glycyrrhizin per each 500 mg capsule. I have given this product to family members during viral illness with good results. Licorice Root is also available from various herbal apothecaries as tinctures.
Chinese Skullcap is one of Buhner's favorite anti-virals. Dr Buhner reminds us to avoid the American Skullcap which is a different species and less effective than Chinese skullcap which contains the active ingredients Baicalin and Baicalein. American skullcap is called Scutellaria lateriflora whereas the correct one, the Chinese skullcap, is called Scutellaria baicalensis. The Chinese Skullcap comes as a dried root, and best used as a tincture prepared in alcohol. Dr Buhner lists a number of herbal apothecaries that he likes for the tinctures.
As an added bonus in the book, Buhner provides his favorite sources for the herbal preparations mentioned in the book. This list of herbal anti-virals is by no means final, as there are perhaps hundreds more, such as ginger, Olive Leaf, Garlic, Artemisinin, Berberine, Monolaurin, Humic Acid, Lactoferrin, colostrum etc.
One should remember the importance of replenishing vitamin C and selenium levels in the critically ill patient with pneumonia as discussed in my previous article. A good Vitamin D level prevents viral infection as mentioned in my previous article.
Jeffrey Dach MD
I have much to learn and this book is going to be something I return to often. After a day of reading I immediately bought his Herbal Antibiotics book. Equally thrilled there as well.

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019
I have much to learn and this book is going to be something I return to often. After a day of reading I immediately bought his Herbal Antibiotics book. Equally thrilled there as well.


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I am a biological scientist specialising in vaccines by trade so the scientific descriptions in this book were music to my ears. I am used to reading (and instantly dismissing) overblown claims for various health suppliments and herbs. But the approach in this book spoke to my educated self. I don't have time to fully describe how well presented this book is to do it justice but I will say that it is thorough and scientific, with references to both academic papers and clinical studies. It describes exactly how and where in the body the different herbs advocated work in fighting infection. I had no idea so much was known (and proven in random double blind clinical studies). The book has recipes for herbal combinations/formulations to treat various ailments and or boost the immune system. It also has a very detailed section on each of the anti viral herbs recommended with references to studies evaluating them. It gives advice on how to take, how much and what form. This is particularly important because when you search for the ingredients often a whole load of options come up: powder, root, leaves, mixtures of roots and leaves, tinctures... some in a variety of strengths. Sometimes the particular plant variety also matters. I almost can't wait to get sick again!
My only gripe is that the herbs recommended were chosen partly for their availability in the US. I have yet to find as many in the UK.
