Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  The naturopath practices a natural form of health care the traditions of which precede the advent of modern medicine, not unlike the traditional Tibetan physician who must be able to identify nearly 1,000 different healing herbs, mineral sources, and animal sources. The naturopath has years of extensive study in the healing potential of such substances. He or she is also able to understand muscular and skeletal bodily adjustment. Naturopaths use a much broader basis for diagnosis than do conventional allopathic physicians. Finally, the naturopath is usually a very good teacher as well. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts |  Kim E, a thirty-one-year-old woman who worked on her allergies after taking a class taught by Karta Purkh, used a program of immune tonics and respiratory-tissue healing herbs for almost a year to build before the allergy season hit. When it did, she kept waiting for some symptoms to show up, and since none did, finally decided it must not be a very bad year for hay fever. When she mentioned this to her doctor, he said, "What do you mean? This has been the worst pollen season ever! |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
See book keywords and concepts | | This combination contains Aloe Vera and Slippery Elm among others excellent healing herbs.
VARICOSE VEINS
Herbal Combinations:
Liver/Gall Combination
Goldenseal/White Oak Bark
Single Herbs:
Cayenne Comfrey
Goldenseal
Kelp
Lobelia
White Oak Bark
— Eight capsules a day of White Oak Bark has helped control and alleviate symptoms of varicose veins.
Vitamins & Minerals: Natural Multiple Vit. & Min. Supplements
B Complex, Rutin, Mega A, C, E. Diet: Real Food Diet, Mild Food Diet, Chlorophyll or Green Drink Other:
— Goldenseal/White Oak Bark fomentations are one of the better remedies. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts | | Therefore, we believe that it will be valuable, as you begin learning how to integrate healing herbs into your life, to have at least a rudimentary understanding of one of the systems that has yielded so much of what we know about herbs today. Connecting herbal recommendations to their sources and influences, and seeing the beliefs about health and the body that surround those recommendations, give perspective to what you are trying to do.
In the interest of providing this context, we considered offering a chapter on one of any number of Eastern healing systems. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
See book keywords and concepts | | Salves with Comfrey and Chickweed (and other healing herbs) are wonderful because of the contact healing properties of those herbs.
Poultice Combination Salve: mix poultice combination in with another salve, comfrey, or an A and E cream, or with natural vaseline.
Goldenseal/Myrrh Salve: Mix Goldenseal and Myrrh in equal parts in a natural vaseline until it becomes a dark color.
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Survival, Year's Supply
SURVIVAL OR YEAR'S SUPPLY
Herbs are essential to a year's supply. Herbs store indefinitely as long as they are kept in a cool, dry place. |
Kenny Ausubel
See book keywords and concepts |  After my wife illustrated a book about southwestern herbs, I became friendly with the herbalist author and ended up producing my first documentary, Los Remedios: The healing herbs, about the rich legacy of plant medicine in the Southwest. A friend showed the program to Catherine Salveson, a registered nurse with a background in cancer care, herbs, and media. Over lunch, I shared with her the story of Hoxsey. Catherine, who even in her nursing uniform bore an uncanny resemblance to singer Joni Mitchell, turned out to be extremely bright, articulate, and open. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The New healing herbs by Michael Castleman (Emmaus, Pa.:
Rodale Inc., 2001). Physicians Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines, 2nd ed., by
J. Gruenwald, et al. (Montvale, N.J.: Medical Economics
Company, 2000). Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, revised ed., by R. C. Wren (Essex, England: C. W. Daniel Co.
Ltd., 1989).
Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy by Simon Mills and Kerry Bone (Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone, 1999).
Rational Phytotherapy: A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine, 3rd ed., by Volker Schulz, Hansel Rudolf, and Varro E. |
Thomas Bartram
See book keywords and concepts |  Terminal cancer patient, given 3 months to live, set out on a world search for healing herbs. Was successful in self-treatment for infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma wrapped round the carotid artery and attached to the wall of the jugular vein. Treatment: Red Clover blossoms, Chaparral herb and a known spice, drunk as a simple tea. Book: Killing Cancer.
WITCH HAZEL. Harnamelidis. Winter Bloom. Hamamelis virginiana L. French: Hamamelide. German: Zaubernuss. Italian: Amamelide. Spanish: Hamamelis, carpe. Chinese: Chin-lu-mei. Bark, leaves. |
Michael Castleman
See book keywords and concepts |  He is the author of seven previous consumer medical guides, including The healing herbs (Rodale Press, 1991). In addition, he writes frequently for many national magazines and teaches health and medical writing as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, who is a family physician, and their two children.
Bibliography Note
Space limitations preclude listing the 148 books, 244 medical journal articles and 257 other resources used to prepare Nature's Cures. | | Herbal Healing
Books
The healing herbs by Michael Castleman (Emmaus, Pa.-. Rodale Press, 1991). A comprehensive guide to using medicinal herbs confidently, effectively and safely.
Herbal Medicine by Rudolf Fritz Weiss (London, England: Beacons-field Publishers, 1988). Herbal medicine is much more mainstream in Germany than it is in the United States, and Dr. Weiss is a leading German physician who specializes in herbal therapy. This is a medical text for those who want technical information.
Natural Health, Natural Healing by Andrew Weil (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990). |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Ginger is one of the best healing herbs that is effective in reducing inflammation of all kinds.
The extract of a new ginger subspecies called EV.EXT33 (Zinaxin) has been shown in clinical studies to reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis and fibromyalgia.
EVEX-33 inhibits prostaglandin production (which causes short-term joint problems) and leukotrienes (which can produce long-term joint problems). A major U.S. study is currently underway to research these effects in more detail. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Since it is found in the soil and in many healing herbs, some levels of mineral germanium will always be available to us. More research into this fascinating, semiconductor trace element may help us to better understand the mysterious powers of some of our great, ancient healing plants.
Royal Jelly
Royal jelly is another panacea for health and longevity seekers. Worker bees make this exotic substance their queen bee. And all of us want to be queen or king bees, of course. Royal jelly is definitely an energizer. |
Andrew Chevallier
See book keywords and concepts |  Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries as pioneers moved west across the frontier territory, new plants were constantly being added to the official record of healing herbs. In addition to the three species mentioned above, about 170 native plants were listed in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States.
Samuel Thomson & his Followers
Lobelia was one of the key herbs, along with cayenne (Capsicum fmtescens, p. 70), advocated by Samuel Thomson (1769—1843), an unorthodox herbal practitioner. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
See book keywords and concepts | | Any Hypoglycemic, who has trouble using it, should substitute Myrrh or add Licorice Root to the Golden Seal.
— contact healer.
— stops internal and external bleeding, and reduces swelling.
— heals mucous membranes anywhere in the body, helps eliminate all catarrh conditions even when chronic in the intestines.
— has been used for skin cancers.
— tea used for nose drops, drunk for sore esophagus, as a mouthwash for cankers and sores, pyorrhea, and combined with White Oak Bark to make a tea for a rinse after tooth extraction or oral surgery. (See Ailments) NOTE: Golden Seal is very bitter. |
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