Gale Maleskey
See book keywords and concepts |  There are also herbs such as red clover and black cohosh.
There's one thing to keep in mind, however. Almost all of the studies on breast cancer-preventing agents have been done on foods, not supplements, says naturopathic doctor Tori Hudson, N.D., professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and author of Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. Many times, the supplements that are recommended to prevent cancer are the key nutrients in the particular foods that have been shown to help, she says. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Hochu-ekki-to
This Japanese herbal formula, also known as Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi (or Chi) Decoction, combines astragalus, atractylodis, bitter orange peel, black cohosh, bupleurum, dong quai, ginseng, and licorice. Although the formula was originally used to treat prolonged infections causing fevers and chills, its most frequent application today is in the treatment of male infertility for which there is no readily discernible cause. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  Blue cohosh, black cohosh, yarrow, and chaste tree help to balance hormone production. Other herbs for balance include raspberry leaf, along quai, wild yam, and passion flower. |
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See book keywords and concepts |  If you've tried chasteberry and black cohosh, though, and they don't seem to work, licorice may be worth a try.
Prostate Problems t^V^thing is certain but death and taxes. And, if you're a man, prostate problems.
It's not really a question of if your prostate gland will start acting up; it's more a matter of when, says Steven L. Bratman, M.D., medical director for Prima Health publishing in Fort Collins, Colorado, and author of The Alternative Medicine Ratings Guide.
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His Prostate Proved the Point in the early 1990s, James A. Duke, Ph.D, laid his butt on the line. | | Stay within the recommended tea strength, because too much black cohosh can lead to nausea and vomiting, according to Dr. Stay.
Type A Personality
Xou can suspect that something's amiss in a culture in which the same personality traits that make for success are also a prescription for an early death.
That's the way it is with Type A personalities. | | Like black cohosh, red clover is rich in hormonelike substances that can help regulate your own estrogen levels.
To make a cup, pour 1 cup of just-boiled water over 1 tablespoon of dried red clover flowers and raspberry leaves and steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Drink it warm or at room temperature.
Migraine hen workers in munitions plants around the end of the nineteenth century were plagued by blinding headaches, they discovered that the word trigger had a double meaning in their line of work. | | Mixed isoflavone supplements, which use any number of plants, from black cohosh to kudzu, are also available and are just as effective as the soy versions.
Overweight
UC/alk into any health food store, and you're sure to see a shelf lined with products touting their power to help you lose weight naturally. The truth is, there is no magic formula—herbal or otherwise—to shed those unwanted pounds. If there were, 97 million of us wouldn't be walking around with layers of excess fat stored on our frames.
Even the herbal supplements and teas lining store shelves aren't very helpful. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Herbs associated with balanced blood sugar include black cohosh, panax and Siberian ginseng, dandelion, gentian, ginger, cinnamon, uva ursi, licorice root, and huckleberry leaves. Goldenseal is helpful but should only be used for short periods to prevent the depletion of B vitamins. Astragalus, by contrast, is a tonic herb that can be safely used on a daily basis. It boosts energy by providing adrenal and immune support, and can be taken as an extract or made into a soup by boiling the root.
•Pay Attention to When You Eat...When you eat is just as important as what you eat. | | When taken in the last two or three weeks of pregnancy, black cohosh helps ripen the cervix and bring down the fetus. Sometimes the herb is taken together with blue cohosh.
In general, herbs to avoid are bitter (such as goldenseal and pennyroyal), those with antihistamine properties (such as ma huang and osha root), and diuretics (including buchu, horsetail, and juniper berries).
Exercise
Most pregnant women benefit from a mild to moderate exercise program. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | Other herbs to consider include barberry, black cohosh, and butcher's broom.
CHELATION THERAPY
Dr. Steenblock describes the treatment: "Chelation is a therapy using an IV and a material called EDTA, which is basically a fancy vinegar molecule. It is put into a bottle that is hung up about two to three feet above the person's head. The person sits in an easy chair, and this material drips into a vein over a three-hour period. This modified vinegar molecule goes into the blood and circulates around the fluid spaces around all the cells of the body, cleaning all the tissue. | | Cimicifuga is derived from black cohosh, a powerful herb for treating hysteria and female complaints. It is needed when a woman feels as if a dark cloud of gloom has settled over her. She fears losing her mind. Often this stems from a very difficult delivery where the woman had a mini nervous breakdown, feeling at one point as if she was going insane. This leaves her with a great fear of ever having a baby again. Often she has alternating states. | | The following herbs may also prove beneficial: licorice root, black cohosh, dong quai, alfalfa, red clover, sarsaparilla, and blessed thistle.
HOMEOPATHY
The homeopathic remedy chosen should correspond to the symptoms described. According to Ken Korins, a classically trained homeopathic physician in New York City, only one should be used for best results. Sometimes it's a matter of trial and error; if one does not work, another can be tried. These are some of the remedies Dr. Korins recommends for menopause:
REMEDIES FOR HOT FLASHES:
Lachasis. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Herbs that serve as natural sources of phytoestrogens and progesterone include dong quai, wild yam, alfalfa, black cohosh, sarsaparilla, and blessed thistle. To assist with proper functioning of the nervous system, consider skullcap, motherwort, valerian root, passionflower, ginseng, fresh oat, and blue vervain.
Homeopathic Remedies
There are several homeopathic remedies that can be effective in treating flooding in younger women. (Flooding is the condition in which menstrual bleeding stops for a period of time and then resumes profusely. | | Herbs that help to normalize blood sugar levels include black cohosh, ginseng, and dandelion, among others.
Supplements that provide overall support may be beneficial, as well as those that benefit specific organs, including the liver, adrenal glands, and pancreas.
Hypoglycemia patients often need emotional support to encourage the development of new habits.
Hypothyroidism
The thyroid gland makes hormones that control metabolism. Hypothyroidism occurs when too few hormones are produced due to decreased thyroid gland activity. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
See book keywords and concepts |  Other activity
An open, multicentre, postmarketing surveillance study investigated the efficacy and tolerance of a combination of hypericum and black cohosh in the treatment of 812 patients for psychological complaints experienced in menopause. Good improvement was observed in 90% of patients, with improved concentration and reduction in hot flushes. The treatment demonstrated an effect after 3 weeks, with 2% of patients experiencing side effects (most frequently gastrointestinal complaints). |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Pregnancy
Clinical evidence suggests black cohosh relives the pain and distress of pregnancy, contributes to easy and quick uncomplicated deliveries, and promotes uterine involution and recovery.
—D.B. Mowrey, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine, New Canaan, CT, Keats
Publishing, 1986, p. 108.
¦ BLACK WALNUT
Cancer
This study examined antitumor activities of compounds present in Juglans nigra (black walnut) in mice with spontaneous and/or transplanted tumors. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Dong quai root, peony, cramp bark, blue cohosh, false unicorn, and black cohosh, sold commercially as Utero-tone/Fem-Trol by Phytopharmica/Enzymatic Therapy of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
OTHER THERAPIES
• Chiropractic or osteopathic adjustments may bring relief. An exercise program specific for your back may help alignment. You may not be aware of any apparent back problems. However, menstrual cramps may suggest that some structural work may still be in order.
A hot water bottle, heating pad, or castor oil pack on the lower abdomen over your uterus area will usually bring significant relief. |
Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  I suggested. black cohosh is a beautiful plant that hides a horrible smell. The flower essence is said to help "wrestle with the shadow parts in the self and in others." "Your mother represents a part of yourself that you have projected and need to reclaim."
She looked at me intently for a moment. "Tell me more," she said.
"You have to recover the power you've given over to your mother. It's a part of you that is split off and projected. The power is you, but the negative use of it is not. You are afraid of the power because you are afraid you can't use it constructively. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  An herb such as black cohosh, chaste tree berry, dong quai, or red clover.
¦ For fatigue, some combination of the following is often helpful:
• A multivitamin and mineral supplement, plus supplemental magnesium and malic acid and royal jelly.
• Siberian ginseng and/or ginkgo biloba.
¦ For anxiety and/or insomnia, some combination of the following is often helpful:
• Regular exercise (done in the early part of the day only).
• Stress-relieving strategies such as meditation, breathing exercises, and others.
• A multivitamin and mineral supplement, plus supplemental L-tryptophan. | | Week 2: Take black cohosh extract (choose a product standardized to 2.5 percent triterpenes per tablet, and take 40 milligrams twice a day). Also take 500 to 1,000 milligrams of borage, evening primrose, or flaxseed oil twice daily. Continue taking the multivitamin and mineral and vitamin E supplements.
Week 3: Take 500 milligrams of chaste tree berry three times a day. Also take 500 milligrams of vitamin C and an equal amount of bioflavonoids three or four times daily. Continue taking the multivitamin and mineral supplement.
Week 4: Apply l/i teaspoon of progesterone cream three times daily. | | HERBAL TREATMENT
¦ black cohosh acts to enhance the production of estrogen and helps to diminish hot flashes. It has been used as a remedy for menopausal difficulties for centuries. Choose an extract standardized to contain 2.5 percent triterpenes (calculated as 27-deoxyaceteine) per tablet, and take 20 to 40 milligrams twice a day.
¦ The combination of bupleurum, white peony, and atractylodes root is a very old Chinese remedy that is helpful against many menopausal symptoms. Bupleurum has a harmonizing effect on the liver. | | Week 4: Three times daily, take one dose of dong quai or black cohosh and red raspberry leaf (see under Week 2, above).
Note: You should also use a calcium and magnesium combination formula providing at least 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 500 milligrams of magnesium daily throughout the month. If you suffer from persistent or recurrent infections, take one dose of an echinacea and goldenseal combination formula supplying 250 to 500 milligrams of echinacea and 150 to 300 milligrams of goldenseal daily for one week per month to support your immune system. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | The following herbs may also prove beneficial: licorice root, black cohosh, dong quai, alfalfa, red clover, sarsaparilla, and blessed thistle.
HOMEOPATHY
The homeopathic remedy chosen should correspond to the symptoms described. According to Ken Korins, a classically trained homeopathic physician in New York City, only one should be used for best results. Sometimes it's a matter of trial and error; if one does not work, another can be tried. These are some of the remedies Dr. Korins recommends for menopause: remedies for hot flashes:
Lachasis. | | Clinical evidence suggests that black cohosh relieves the pain and distress of pregnancy, contributes to easy, quick, and uncomplicated deliveries, and promotes uterine involution and recovery.
D. B. Mowrey, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1986): 108. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
See book keywords and concepts | | In an uncontrolled trial, 62 menopausal women were treated with a low dose of standardized black cohosh extract (60 drops of tincture per day, decreasing to 30 over time). The patients initially also received hormone treatment, which was discontinued over the course of treatment where possible (except for those with complete hormone deficiency). | | In an uncontrolled study conducted by 131 general practitioners, patients with climacteric symptoms were treated with standardized black cohosh extract (80 drops per day of tincture, over 6-8 weeks). About 40% of the 629 women who completed the study were also taking oestrogen therapy and/or psychotropic drugs. After 4 weeks, significant improvement of climacteric symptoms was observed in 80% of patients and symptoms had largely disappeared after 6-8 weeks of treatment. Nervousness, sleeplessness and depression showed similar improvement. | | Fractionated extraction of black cohosh and subsequent testing with three fractions indicated that the LH-suppressive substances reside in the dichloromethane extract. The intact glycosidal components of this extract were more active with regard to LH suppression than the aglycone form. Oral administration of the non-hydrolysed extract demonstrated a significant inhibition of LH, although much lower than that achieved by injection.13 (This does not necessarily mean the aglycone is inactive as the glycoside may provide enhanced bioavailability with cleavage, yielding an active aglycone. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Menstrual cramps
Utero-Tone or Fem-Care (dong quai, peony, black haw, blue cohosh, true unicorn root, black cohosh): one to four capsules three to four times a day as needed (Phyto-Pharmica/Enzymatic Therapy). Women's Balance (bupleurum, dong quai, peony, dan shen or salvia, poria, atractylodes, cyperus, citrus, moutan, gardenia, ginger, licorice root): three tablets two or three times a day between meals (Health Concerns). |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
See book keywords and concepts | | The antiinflammatory, tonic, adaptogenic, aldosterone-like and mucoprotective properties (among others) of specific saponins are examined in detail in the monographs on Astragalus (p.273), black cohosh (p.303), Bupleurum (p.313), ginseng (p.418), Horsechestnut (p.448), licorice (p.465), poke root (p.515) and Withania (p.595).
Saponins are capable of destroying red blood cells (RBCs) by dissolving their membranes, a process known as haemolysis, releasing free haemoglobin into the bloodstream. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | In the final stages of pregnancy, it can be combined with black cohosh, squaw vine, and peppermint to relax the pelvis, speed up delivery, and make delivery less bloody.
Ginger is one of the best natural remedies for nausea, especially when accompanied by small, frequent, meals, fresh air, and plenty of rest. Ginger can be taken as a capsule or tea.
A washcloth soaked in ginger or comfrey tea and applied to the area promotes healing of an episiotomy.
Rosemary added to bath water relieves tension and back pain. |
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