European Hornbean is effective in treating infections, especially of the sinus. It is also useful for treatment of certain clotting conditions of the blood. European Hornbeam dramatically helped my patient who had been suffering from severe autumn allergies from the Chinese Elm trees that lined his street. He wrote, "This is miraculous, now I don't have to move."

• Sinus infections
• Chronic sinusitis
• Ear, nose, throat
• Mucous membrane of lung
• Coughs
• Bronchitis
• Improves blood clotting (including thrombocytopenia after splenectomy)

For more information about gemmos, see Natural Baby and Childcare by Lauren Feder, M.D.