| Reno, Nevada, makes the following recommendations for treating cystitis and other urinary tract infections:
• Uva ursi (bearberry) herb and tincture are helpful along with goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea), Popu-lus tremuloides, and homeopathic Cantharis.
• Drinking plenty of pure water is very important as is the use of pancreatic enzymes and food-derived enzymes such as bromelain (from pineapple) and papain (from papaya), taken between meals to relieve inflammation. |
| Kruzel chose saw palmetto and horsetail, both specific for the epididymis; pulsatilla, a good herb for swelling and pain seen in male genitourinary diseases; and homeopathic Staphysagria, for mental and emotional issues. A homeopathic constitutional remedy of Lycopodium was also prescribed.
At his three-week follow-up visit, Mario reported an 85% improvement of the pain, but the rash had returned, although with no itching. Without adjusting the medications, Dr. Kruzel told him to return in one month. "On the return visit, he was completely pain free and the skin rash was just about gone. |
Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg
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 Coleus forskohlii, an Ayurvedic herb, can help Disease, pp. 102-103. jncrease cyCljc AMP levels. Substances that work to decrease levels of cyclic GMP include antioxidants, such as vitamins A, E, and C, zinc, and selenium, and antioxidant enzymes such as cata-lase, which is included in many Thera-zyme formulas.
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Recent findings show abnormally high levels of arachidonic acid—an end product of unsaturated fat metabolism which has inflammatory properties—in areas of the body affected by psoriasis. |
Rowan Robinson
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| During World War II and the Korean War, many soldiers became acquainted with the herb for the first time. Returning home after their tours of duty, many of them took advantage of the G.I. Bill to go to college, introducing cannabis to the fertile social enviroment on campuses all across America. Disgusted by the bland conformity of the suburban life to which their parents had consigned them, dismayed by the complacent values they observed in their parents' affluent lifestyles, middle-class American youth had begun to feel a tug at their souls. |
Stephanie Beling
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 Leafy chicory comes in red as well as green and is esteemed as a medicinal herb for liver irregularities, as a blood purifier, and to nourish the heart and circulatory system. Chicory is also an excellent source of potassium, calcium, and Vitamin A. A popular salad vegetable, chicory can be blanched to reduce the bitter flavor.
Ogden Nash once opined that "Parsley's gharsley," but this relative of rosemary and cilantro has long been believed to contain magical properties. |
Leo Galland
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 I prescribed a herb, Artemisia annua, which kills several types of parasites and also destroys the bacteria that feed them. For over two thousand years, Chinese physicians have prescribed Artemisia for the treatment of fever. Recent research has shown that A. annua has great activity against malaria. Its most active ingredient, artemisinin, is administered intravenously in Vietnamese hospitals to cure patients who are dying of malaria in the brain.
Three days after Lauren began her treatment, I received an emergency phone call. All her original symptoms had returned at their full intensity. |
| I knew that this was not a direct side effect of the herb.
"This is actually a good sign," I said, hopefully. "If you were allergic to dust, and you decided to dust your room, you would cough and sneeze. This treatment is comparable to dusting the parasites out of your body. As they are killed, the allergens or the toxins they contain that are making you sick are liberated and your exposure goes up. Give this treatment another week and call me if you're not better."
A month later she was back in my office, buoyantly happy. "It happened exactly the way you said it would!" She beamed. |
| Controlled studies have found that vitamins or minerals may be useful for chronic pain management, and the herb feverfew can help to prevent migraine headaches:
G. Schweiger, H. Karl, and E. Schohaber, Relapse prevention of painful vertebral syndromes in follow-up treatment with a combination of vitamins B], B6, B]2, Annals of the New York Academy of Science, Vol. 585 (1990), pp. 540-42. Vitamin B[ (thiamine 100 mg), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine 200 mg), and vitamin Bu (cyanocobalamin 0.2 mg) given three times a day for six months improved mood, mobility, and pain when compared with placebo.
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Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D.
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 SECTION TWO
SELF-ASSESSMENT
T V ith natural medicinals you may search for an herb to "boost the immune system" or a tissue salt to quell inflammation, but there's no talk of strep throats or influenza. As a result, the next time you have an illness, you may find yourself in a bind. You have in mind a homeopathic remedy that seems to fit. But there's this diagnosis that you have been labeled with—and it sounds serious. Suddenly you're faced with an uncomfortable choice: holistic or conventional treatment? The holistic approach makes sense and holds the promise of a gentle and thorough healing. |
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Info on their own and other courses. |
| Instead I treat her very simply and supportively with the low-potency homeopathic remedy, tissue salts, and herb. And she seems reassured. The Arsenicum, however, will increase her capacity to deal with the larger issues that she is facing—the issues about life direction that had surfaced earlier. It will loosen some of her fearful self-centeredness. This is the beauty of the holistic approach; the symptoms portray the pattern she is stuck in, and to resolve that sets her up to go to the next step. My teacher would have said, "She is asking for a dose of Arsenicum. |
| The sweet taste, for example, is an indication that the food or herb carries a strong expression of the Earth and Water Elements. Sweets will strengthen those Elements in those who take them—i.e., lead to more matter. That's clearly no surprise for those who have watched a box of chocolates add inches to their most sensitive measurements.
A sour taste indicates both Earth and Fire, and while its Earth aspect provides nourishing and building, the Fire Element in sour foods stokes the digestive furnace. |
| You can test any food or herb to see what its properties are. All you need to do is taste it!"
After years of thinking that medicine had to depend on vast laboratories with high-tech autoanalyzers and spectrometers, and on huge and incomprehensible pharmaceutical factories, I found it exhilarating to think that, equipped with a tongue and palate, a knowledge of the Five Element system, and nature's bounty, I could treat the sick. There was only one more piece, my teacher insisted. I had to have a way of sizing up the situation so I would know exactly what the person in question needed. |
Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D.
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 Plantago seed Also called "psyllium seed," this herb is an effective laxative. Take it with plenty of water.
Plantain Tea prepared with fresh or dried leaves will calm coughs and soothe the throat. It's helpful for colds and flu.
Saw palmetto Liquid extracts and tablets made from this shrub contain chemicals said to decrease the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), an enlarged but otherwise normal prostate gland. BPH commonly causes urinary-tract problems in men. However, research results are controversial. |
Rowan Robinson
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| In addition to various commercial, medicinal, and recreational uses of hemp, Washington was introduced to the nutritional potential of the herb. In a letter to Dr. James Anderson, dated 26 May 1 794, Washington gratefully acknowledges receipt of a sample (presumably dry) of a traditional northern European soup made with hemp seed and millet:
I thank you as well for the Seeds as for the Pamphlets which you had the goodness to send me. |
Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D.
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| Milk thistle The seeds of this herb are said to help protect liver cells against antioxidants, but documentation is limited.
Nettle A tea made from the nettle root is an effective treatment for urinary difficulties related to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate. It has minimal side effects. Dried leaves are often used as a diuretic to increase the flow of urine.
Oak bark Oak bark contains chemicals that work well as skin astringents and help heal rashes. Boil 2 teaspoons of powdered dried bark in a pint of water. Strain, cool, and apply to skin. |
Rowan Robinson
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| Benedictine monk and radical dissenter Francois Rabelais (1483-1553) satirized both church and state in the esoteric book series Gargantua and
Pantagruel (see chapter 4), in which "the herb Pantagruelion" is incontrovertibly hemp.
So stigmatized was the mind-altering use of hemp that it did not reemerge in Europe in any obvious manner until the mid-nineteenth century when its use assumed a less spiritual and more recreational focus. In 1845 French psychiatrist Dr. |
| In one old tale retold by Abel, a priest is in the midst of an animated sermon against the "vile drug" when his tunic falls open and a bag of the herb tumbles to the ground. Not missing a beat, the priest shouts to his startled audience, "This is the demon of which I have warned you; the force of my words have put it to flight. Take care that in leaving me, it does not throw itself on one of you and enslave you." When the holy man finishes his harangue, the crowd disperses; he picks up his bag, resecures it behind his tunic, and goes on his way. |
| The Republic of Panama prohibited the "cultivation, use, and consumption of the herb Kan-Jac [cannabis]" in 1923 just as concern about reports of American soldiers smoking cannabis prompted the provost marshall to prohibit its possession by military personnel in the Canal Zone. A formal committee was convened in April 1925 to investigate the use of marijuana. The committee, which was chaired by Colonel J. F. Siler of the Army Medical Corps, observed some soldiers, four doctors, and two police officers smoking cannabis without untoward effect. |
| Theophrastus wrote of the dendromalache, "the herb tree." Among the other classical writers who took notice of hemp are Aetius, Democritus, Cinegius, Hesychius, Lucilius, Moschion, Pausanius, Strabo, and Titus Livius.
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The Romans helped spread hemp through Europe, although the plant was well known there already. A sixth-century b.c.e. tomb at Wilmersdorf (Brandenburg) offered up an urn containing sand and an assortment of plant fragments, including hemp seeds and pericarps, when it was excavated by German archaeologist Herman Busse in 1896. |
Dr. Gary Null
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 Romania is a dark black herb that is high in iron and helps to nourish the blood and improve kidney function.
Dong quai resembles a cross section of the uterus, and has an affinity for this area of the body.
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Abuse against women is a problem of staggering magnitude, and it occurs in every socioeconomic and ethnic group. In the United States, it is estimated that 1.8 million women are beaten every year by current or former partners. About 15 percent of women using primary care clinics have been assaulted by partners. |
| Also, dong qua\, a Chinese herb, is a rich source of phytoestrogens and a smooth-muscle relaxant; it may relieve cramps from fibroids (500 to 1000 mg/day).
S. Lark, "Fending Off Fibroids," Vegetarian Times 193 (September 1993): 100.
Red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is an astringent anti-hemorrhagic and a general toner and strengthener of uterine tissues. |
Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D.
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| Sometimes a chemical isolated from an herb is copied in the laboratory so that the supply of the naturally growing plant is not threatened. Pharmaceuticals typically contain one active chemical
Caution
In the United States.we tend not to worry or even think much about the safety of the foods and drugs we buy. Nonprescription (over-the-counter) drugs, as well as prescribed pharmaceuticals, contain warnings, lists of possible side effects, and cautions about drug-drug interactions. |
| Do not use if pregnant: this herb has induced labor and caused birth defects in animals.
Blueberry fruit A tea made from dried blueberry fruit relieves diarrhea.
Bromelain Bromelain is an enzyme that reduces the kind of swelling and discoloration that can be caused, for example, by a sprain. Pineapples contain bromelain, but eating enough pineapple to do the job is likely to erode the inside of your mouth. Fortunately, bromelain is available in capsules.
Buckthorn hark Buckthorn is a relative of cascara (see below). A fluid extract works as an effective laxative. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 This was reconfirmed in Sweden where a study found the rate of improvement at 71 % (Melchior et al. 1997). At the onset of a cold, a typical dosage of 400 mg (standardized at 4-6% andrographolide) taken 3 times a day has been proven effective at quickly reducing headache pain, fever, irritation, congestion, and fatigue without toxic side effects.
Lactoferrin
Lactoferrin is a subtraction of whey with well-documented antiviral, antimicrobial, anticancer, and immune modulating/enhancing effects. It has a strong affinity to bind iron and is considered a potent antioxidant. |
Larry Dossey
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 Once, when she prescribed a flowering herb not in season, the plant suddenly materialized. This had happened twenty years earlier; Billot had deliberately not reported such an outrageous event. He overcame his hesitation when his correspondence with Deleuze revealed that Deleuze, too, had witnessed similar examples but also thought it unwise to publish them. "I have suppressed many things in my works because I considered it was not yet time to disclose them," he said.12
What are we to make of these happenings? |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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Cimicifuga racemosa (family: Ranunculaceae)
Common names: black cohosh, macrotys, rattleweed, black snake root
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Cimicifuga racemosa is a perennial herb native to North America that grows on hillsides and in woods at higher elevations from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin, Georgia, and Missouri. The large, creeping rhizome produces stems up to 9 feet high. The ovate or oblong leaflets are 1-6 inches long and 4 inches wide, while the smaller leaflets are ternate, then pinnate, and sometimes even further divided. |
National Women's Health Network
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 Black Cohosh in Breast Cancer Survivors The
Jacobson study found that black cohosh had no effect on hot flashes in women who had breast cancer, and it's not known whether this herb is safe for breast cancer survivors. Laboratory tests of black cohosh on breast cancer cells have been mixed.10 One recent study found that black cohosh significantly increased the growth of breast cancer cells compared with untreated control cells (an effect similar to that of estrogen 17 ^-estradiol). |
| While black cohosh seems to be a useful herb for menopausal symptoms, we cannot presume it is safe for long-term use until appropriate studies are conducted. Side effects of black cohosh include frontal headache, stomach discomfort, nausea, vomiting, disturbances in vision, and possibly a slow heartbeat.
Commission E, part of the German agency that is equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, does not recommend using black cohosh for longer than six months. We agree with this caution. |
| Although there is some evi- . . herb to solvent ratio in 90 percent alcohol) 0.3 to 2.0 ml each day; tincture (1:10 in 60 percent alcohol) 2 to 4 ml each day; or tablets (40 mg standardized extract once a day). Although black cohosh is available in ointments and salves, no one is sure whether our skin actually absorbs it.
Ch dste-Tree Berry (Vitex dgnus-cdstus)
Chaste-tree berry, also called vitex, contains flavonoids (primarily casticin) and iridoids (aucubin and agnuside). |
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