| In a viral infection the virus gets attached to the | | | | the kidney. Women used it to recover from childbirth. |
| walls of the mucous membranes in the respiratory | | | | Also, it was used to cure deep wounds; inflammation |
| tract causing flu symptoms. Natural herbs provide an | | | | and gastric ulcers. It is now used as a cure against |
| effective way to combat viral infections. The | | | | viral diseases also. Cats claw is a woody vine that |
| following herbs are the most popular flu herbs being | | | | has thorns growing on the vine that look like the |
| used by herbalists today. | | | | claws of a cat. It can reach over 30 m high into the |
| Cats claw is a multipurpose herb that treats asthma, | | | | canopy and has small, yellowish-white flowers. Cats |
| inflammations of the urinary tract, arthritis, | | | | claw is found in South America in the Amazon rain |
| rheumatism, and bone pain. It is a cleanser herb for | | | | forest of Peru. |