Asthma, bronchitis, cough, laryngitis and hoarseness, lung cancer symptoms, mouth and throat irritations, sore throat, wheezing.
The herb Coltsfoot is shaped like a coltsfoot. Therefore the name.
A poultice of flowers is sometimes applied to the skin to treat eczema, stings, bites, and skin inflammations.
There are no studies of the interactions of coltsfoot with conventional pharmaceuticals or other herbal remedies.
State what it is.
They do not treat all diseases. For the diseases they can treat the embryonic cells can provide replacements for the failing (or entirely missing) cells that due to their absence cause the disease.
Anti-inflammatory.
Coltsfoot leaves resemble, well, a colt's foot. The size of the plant and the color of its flowers are both similar to a dandelion. The best factor I know of identifying coltsfoot is that, unlike dandelions, the flowers appear long before the leaves.
Coltsfoot is believed to increase the incidence of liver damage and cancerous liver tumors in both laboratory animals and humans.
It eases cats' coughs when they breath in smoke.
With antibiotics.
Barley grass is said to treat skin diseases, hepatitis, asthma, anemia, diabetes, arthritis and obesity.
Acne, cold sores, and such skin diseases as psoriasis.