HERBALIST’S COMPANION Henryk Różański, Marcelin Jan Pietryja

The first joint publication by Henryk Różański and Jan Marcelin Pietryja is the result of several years of cooperation in the field of herbal medicine and phytotherapy. 51 preparations for various ailments, 100 formulas for herbal mixtures, drops and capsules. Detailed descriptions of the functioning of various systems in the human body. The formulas require the ingredients to be selected and prepared by the user. They are not marketed as finished products

Henryk Różański

Marcelin Jan Pietryja

HERBALIST’S COMPANION

Herbal Preparations – Kits

Katowice 2022

Herbarium Library No. 13

Review: Prof. Tadeusz Trziszka, ScD Eng.

© Copyright by Henryk Różański, Marcelin Jan Pietryja, 2022

© Copyright by Instytut Medycyny Klasztornej, Katowice 2022

ISBN 978-83-965940-0-6

The advice in this book is not a substitute for consulting your doctor. The authors and the publisher assume no responsibility for the effects of the treatment undertaken.

Cover designer: Małgorzata Głuchowska

Photo on cover: Wikimedia Commons - Enrico Blasutto - CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Anatomical illustrations: Shutterstock.com (str. 18, 56, 96, 136, 162, 188, 202, 222, 260, 272, 288, 314)

Photographs of plants: Henryk Różański

Edited, typesetting, preparation for print by: Magdalena Spyrka

Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Klasztornej

Table of contents:

Preface / 7

Introduction / 9

Chapter 1

Digestive system – Systema digestorium / 17

Chapter 2

Nervous system – Systema nervosum / 55

Chapter 3

Genital organs – Organa genitalia  / 95

Chapter 4

Vascular system, lymphatic system and heart – Systema vasorum, lymphaticum et cor / 135

Chapter 5

Respiratory system – Systema respiratorium / 161

Chapter 6

Excretory system – Systema uropoëtica / 187

Chapter 7

Haematopoietic system – Systema haemopoetica / 201

Chapter 8

Metabolism – Metabolismus / 221

Chapter 9

Skeletal and articular system – Systema ossae et articulationes / 259

Chapter 10

Skin – Integumentum commune (cutis) / 271

Chapter 11

Immune system – Systema immunologica / 287

Chapter 12

Antitumour – Antitumoral / 313

References / 338

Index of plants and preparations / 341

Glossary of Latin terms / 349