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 REPPED: The Thai people have a long tradition of natural healing, and their hot compresses, known as herbal bags, are a favorite remedy around the world. "Herbal heat revival," also known as the herbal bolus treatment, is believed to calm the nerves and redirect the body energy in a way that is vital to good health.
Products at The Herbalist (www.theherbalist-shop.com) are "developed in alignment with ancient beliefs of the chakra system providing a fundamental context for treatment of body, mind and soul. |
| These are the stated benefits of the Catalina herbal heat bag, according to The Herbalist:
May assist in the relief of muscle pain, aches and tension.
May assist with symptoms of abdominal pain such as feeling bloated.
Helps in the relief of the common cold and a stuffy nose (inhale the fragrance at nighttime).
Helps to reduce signs of swelling and muscle inflammation.
Assists in the reduction of stiffness in the joints.
Helps to stimulate peripheral blood circulation
The manufacturer is based in Australia, and looking for a distributor in the US for this unique product. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 What we're trying to do is make Chinese herbal medication easier to understand. The Western herbs are much more written about. Chinese herbs sometimes can't even be pronounced, let alone understood. So we've tried to take the mystery out of it by using names like Blood Sugar Balance, Clear Lungs, Sinus Clear -- things that people can understand. By doing that, we've had a lot of success because one thing I think people do understand is that the Chinese knew what they were doing and still know what they're doing when it comes to herbal medicine. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 To prepare the bath, make a standard herbal tea using about 1 gallon of water for a footbath or gallon for a hand bath. Strain out the herbs and pour the tea into a wide basin. Place your bare feet or hands in the basin, and enjoy the relaxing sensation until the water cools down. If you have a warm condition—inflammation, such as from a sprain, or fever or headache—a cool washcloth on the forehead can be a nice addition; refresh it every two to three minutes. Afterward, pour cold water over the top and bottom of your feet and hands, then dry the skin thoroughly. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 An isolated case of blistering and inflammation of the eyes, mouth, and penis occurred in a patient within a few days of oral ingestion of an herbal formula containing Red Clover (Monk, 1986). Excessive intake should be avoided due to the estrogenic constituents.
Fertility: Red Clover-fed animals show decreased cervical mucus viscoelasticity, a condition that renders their cervix less accessible to spermatozoa. Reduced fertility may thus result from the excessive use of Red Clover (Adams, 1995; Kallelaetal, 1984). |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| Sometimes the shops offer workshops on using herbs, which can be tremendously helpful in the study of herbal medicine. The more experience you can get, the better!
Do your best to seek out organically cultivated herbs. Not only do they have the most healing properties (pesticides are designed to destroy, not heal), but organic cultivation is healthier for the planet and creatures that live upon it. Sometimes you may find supplies of wildcrafted herbs; these are herbs that have been collected from the wild. |
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| The Efficacy of Traditional Chinese herbal Therapy in Atopic Eczema. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 104; 222-226. 1994
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Tomoda M, Miyamoto H, Shimizu N. Structural features and Anticomplementary Activity of Rehmannan SA, a Polysaccharide from the Root of Rehmannia glutinosa. Chem Pharm Bull. 42 (8); 1666-1668. |
| Inhibitory Effects of Rikkunshi-To, a Traditional Chinese herbal Prescription, on Tumor Promotion in Two-Stage Carcinogenesis in Mouse Skin. Biol Pharm Bull. 18 (5); 730-733. 1995
Rehmannia glutinosa
See Rehmannia (Di-Huang)
Rhamnus catharticus
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Rhamnus frangula
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Rhamnus purshiana
See Cascara Sagrada
Rhatany
Krameria triandra description
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the air-dried root, separated from the rhizome.
Flower and Fruit: The 7- to 12-mm long flowers are spare terminal racemes. The calyx is petaloid. |
| Sarris J. herbal medicines in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. Phytother Res. 2007 Jun 11; [Epub ahead of print]
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 There's a science called herbal pharmacognacy, where the best people can identify over 1,000 herbs by taste or smell and tell you how strong they are more accurately than any equipment. People wonder how that could be, and I just remind them to think of wine tasters.
Wine tasters' palettes are quite sophisticated and can do far better than any testing equipment known to man. It's the same thing with herbs, and I don't consider myself an herbalist, although I know probably more than 95 percent of the people who do claim to be. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| TINCTURES
Tinctures are herbal extracts made with alcohol, vegetable glycerin, or vinegar instead of water. Tinctures are especially useful for extracting resins and oils from plant material, which water doesn't do very well. The liquid used to extract the herbs is known as the menstruum. The herbs being tinctured are known as the mark.
Prepare the herbs by chopping or grinding them. Put them in a glass jar and cover with the menstruum of your choice, adding enough that there is an extra inch of liquid above the plant material. Store in a cool, dry location. Shake daily. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| The herbal bag uses a combination of 10 selected Thai herbs in one compress. Each herb works its specific healing when absorbed into the skin. They include 30% zingiber cassumunar (a type of ginger), 20% turmeric, 20% citrus hystrix, 10% citronella grass, 5% tamarind leaf, 5% ginger, 5% Borneo camphor, and 5% menthol.
The treatment claims, "the unique Camalina system of warming up the compress but not heating the fragile herbs themselves ensures that they are never subjected to direct heat. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Tyler VE, (1987) The new honest herbal. A sensible guide to herbs, related remedies. 2nd ed Stickley Co., Philadelphia, S 125-126.
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Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| One of my favorite simples is nettles.
But herbal medicines need not be limited to using a single plant at a time. Many wonderful medicines with great flavor and therapeutic potential can be made by blending herbs. When you are creating your own formulas by mixing herbs together, it is helpful to know as much as possible about their effects, and of course about any possible side effects, in order to evaluate their potential synergy. However, don't be afraid to play around with combinations of herbs that are generally regarded as safe. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| External folk medicine uses include herbal cures, baths and alcoholic extracts in embrocations for rheumatic disorders and sprains.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: As a comminuted drug for infusions and other preparations for internal use. The drug is a component of various standardized preparations of antitussives. Alcoholic extracts are contained in cough drops.
Preparation: To make an infusion, pour boiling water over 1. |
| It is contained in herbal sedative bath additives.
Preparation: To make an infusion, pour 150 ml of hot water over 1 teaspoon drug and strain after 10 minutes. To make a rinse for the external treatment of hemorrhoids, put 20 gm drug into 200 ml simmering water, strain and use when cooled.
Daily Dosage: The daily dosage is 4 to 8 gm of drug in infusions and other galenic preparations. The infusion can be taken 2 to 3 times throughout the day and one-half hour before bedtime.
LITERATURE
Anonym, Phytotherapeutika: Nachgewiesene Wirkung, aber wirksame Stoffe meist nicht bekannt. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| Making herbal Medicines m a ydrotherapy, as healing with water is § M known, has been around for as long as L JL. humankind. And why not? Water is an adaptable conductor of many types of energies, from electricity to magnetism to heat. It is also a solvent, capable of leaching constituents away from other compounds and carrying them in itself. In this way water, and its cousins alcohol and vegetable oils, are able to be infused with the properties of healing herbs. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| The herbal infusion dosage is 1 cup 2 to 3 times daily. violae odoratae floa
Preparation: To prepare an infusion, decoction or tea, use 1 heaping teaspoonful of drug with 1 cup of water.
Daily Dosage: The folk medicine dosage for an infusion, decoction or tea is 1 cup twice daily, or taken in sips 1 to 2 times per hour. The dosage of Violet syrup is 1 to 2 tablespoons every 2 hours.
LITERATURE violae odoratae rhizoma et herba Famsworth NR, (1968) Lloydia 246.
Willaman JJ, Hui-Li L, (1970) Lloydia 33 (3A):1.
Further information in:
Hansel R, Keller K, Rimpler H, Schneider G (Hrsg. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 While the FDA will openly tolerate useless synthetic vitamins (which are mostly made by pharmaceutical companies anyway), the rogue agency will not tolerate herbal products that actually work to cure cancer, halt diabetes, reverse heart disease or otherwise strip revenues from Big Pharma by eliminating disease.
Personally, I hope you support this company just to spite the FDA. You can learn more about their bitter melon product at www.charanteausa.com
Bitter melon really works to help regulate blood sugar. In my view, it works better than diabetes drugs. |
| Censoring truthful health claims of nutritional supplements
While the FDA claims it raided the Charantea company in order to protect consumers from mislabeled products, the truth is that the agency -- which operates a criminal prescription drug racket that should be prosecuted under organized crime laws -- is far more interested in protecting the market for pharmaceuticals. herbal tea products that effectively lower blood sugar are seen as competition for high-profit diabetes drugs. |
| The Food and Drug Administration has a long history of engaging in armed raids against nutritional supplement and herbal companies. Read these articles to learn more:
The true history of FDA armed raids: http://www.newstarget.com/021791.html
The FDA shuts down red yeast rice distributors: http://www.newstarget.com/022046.html
See NewsTarget's 222 articles on the FDA: http://www.newstarget.com/list_features_the_FDA. |
| By terrorizing fruit growers, herbal tea companies and nutritional supplement manufacturers, the Food and Drug Administration continues to exercise iron-grip control over the printing of any information regarding the true medicinal applications of foods and plants. The FDA's censorship campaign is, by any measure, outrageously successful, and any company that dares to tell the truth about its own products is very much aware that they risk being put out of business by this rogue agency. |
| There's a revenue stream at stake here, and patients must remain diseased in order for Big Pharma to profit from them. Any herbal product that actually works will quickly find itself in the FDA's crosshairs, especially if it is described with honest, accurate language telling consumers the truth about what the product actually does. Garlic halts the growth of cancer tumors, but don't you dare say it on your web page, or the FDA will consider you a criminal and seize your garlic supplements.
If you think this is criminal behavior on the part of the FDA, you are right! |
| The most effective way to protect the market for patented pharmaceuticals is to disrupt the business operations of those selling natural alternatives such as herbal teas, and that's exactly why this raid took place.
From a scientific standpoint, there is absolutely no question that drinking bitter melon as a tea (or taking it as a supplement) helps regulate blood sugar. Cinnamon has a similar effect, as do many other herbs. These medicinal plants have been used for thousands of years to support human health. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| Ten percent of any herbal formula usually consists of a stimulating herb that will help transport the benefit of the other herbs to where it is needed. Some examples of stimulating carriers are angelica, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
• It may help to determine the main organ that needs help (for example, the skin) and then add herbs to support three systems that affect that organ (for example, the lungs, liver, and large intestine).
• Study the physiology of the health concern you want to address. Understand its energy, and understand the energy of the person experiencing the health concern. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Comminuted drug for infusions and other galenic preparations for oral use; liquid forms of medication for parenteral application; ointments, liniments, cataplasms, and herbal sachets for external use; ointments and suppositories for rectal use.
Preparation: To prepare an infusion, pour boiling water over 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls of comminuted, cut drug, strain after 5 to 10 minutes.
Daily Dosage: The average daily dose of the herb or preparation in amounts corresponding to 3 to 30 mg of coumarin; parenteral application corresponding to 1.0 to 7.5 mg of coumarin. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You see, that's why the benefit versus risk argument is never applied to herbal remedies. herbal remedies don't benefit pharmaceutical companies, so there's no reason for the FDA to go out of its way to keep them on the market. In fact, the availability of herbal remedies competes with prescription drugs. Consequently, the FDA, which is out there to protect Big Pharma, has every reason to outlaw herbal remedies. That alone will boost the sales of prescription drugs. |
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