Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 Amber-colored original flavor Listerine contains a mixture of herbal extracts that can fight fungal nasties from dandruff to jock itch. Some people have also reported having good success with soaking infected nails in Listerine.
*** Listerine
Q. / cured my toenail fungus using a fifty-fifty mixture of vinegar and Listerine. I kept the mixture in a quart jar with a screw-on lid and used a clean paintbrush to apply the liquid to the affected toes morning and night. I wore socks to protect the bedsheets at night.
The fungus took about 3 months to clear up. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They'll control blood sugar with herbal extracts and heal broken bones with electricity. Aspartame will be outlawed, the mass fluoridation of public water supplies will be abandoned, and the FDA as we know it today will have long since disappeared into the history books. Only the most ignorant consumers will use synthetic chemicals (prescription drugs) to treat health problems.
These events, and many others, will take most people by surprise. But not NewsTarget readers. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 This is a combination nutritional supplement that contains a balanced blend of all major vitamins and minerals, trace elements, and a variety of herbal extracts used to support men's health.
• Wellness Formula from Source Naturals. This supplement is designed to support optimal health in cold weather. Its ingredients include vitamins A and C, beta-carotene, and bioflavonoids; the immune-boosting mineral zinc; bee propolis; and the herbs angelica, astragalus, boneset, cayenne, echinacea, garlic, goldenseal, hawthorn berry, horehound, mullein, pau d'arco, and Siberian ginseng. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 So, for instance, our herbal extracts are our standardized extracts. They are very concentrated and highly reliable in terms of what therapeutic actions you're going to get from them.
For our herbal concentrate, you use one drop per five pounds of body weight. With most other herbal companies, you have to use a quarter to one-half teaspoon per 10 or 20 pounds of body weight. That is a lot more product to try and get into the body. Now, when you're putting a lot more product into the body, the body has to digest and utilize that in order to extract the therapeutic ingredient. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| When administered sublingually (drops are placed under the tongue), herbal extracts can be absorbed by the body quickly. This is an especially effective way for older adults and people with absorption problems to use herbs.
Plasters, Compresses, and Poultices
These are ways of applying herbal remedies directly to the skin. Plasters and compresses are cotton bandages soaked in infusions or decoctions and wrapped around the affected area or held on with pressure. Compresses are also warm.
Poultices are made by moistening herbs, placing them on the skin, and holding them there with a bandage. |
| It contains a variety of herbal extracts, phytochemicals, and nutrients, including genistein, black currant blend, freeze-dried broccoli, gotu kola, indole-3-carbinol, saw palmetto, and lycopene.
Caution: Pregnant women and nursing mothers should not use these products.
ž Raloxifene (Evista), a newer drug similar to tamoxifen, has been found in two clinical trials to be at least as effective in the prevention of breast cancer, without the increased risk of uterine cancer linked to tamoxifen. |
| This product combines a number of herbal extracts and nutrients, including ginkgo biloba, goto kola, ginseng, garlic, phosphatidyl serine, and phosphatidyl choline, in a supplement intended to support and improve memory, concentration, and mental energy and alertness.
Diamond Trim from Diamond-Herpanacine Associates. This is a supplement program intended to promote weight loss by helping control appetite, reduce food cravings, increase the burning of calories, and reduce the absorption of fats. It also contains minerals to replenish those often lost through dieting. |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 Indeed, many simple herbal extracts are still called "galenicals." Later on, some well-known herbal works appeared, including Liber de Proprietatibus Rerum written by an English Monk, Bartholomew Glanvil, in the fifteenth century.
Although drug discovery in ancient times was largely by chance and based on practices in humans, it provides a precious legacy and knowledge that benefit us even today. In fact, botanical medicine changed when the advancement of chemical techniques in the beginning of the ninteenth century made possible the isolation of chemical constituents from plants. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Glycerin A transparent substance derived from the decomposition of Fats or fixed oi Is; a suspension base for sweetening (55-75% as sweet as sucrose), smooth ing herbal extracts, therapeutically unites with tissue poisons like prescription drugs, mercury, iodine, sulfates, arsenic, strychnine, etc.. Internally is partly oxidized. Contains Malic acid for digestion and body energy; blood coagulation, normal menses; healthy arteries and veins; and helps produce Red blood cells. l-2tbs. |
| GLYCERIN A suspension base for sweetening (55-75% as sweet as sucrose), smoothing herbal extracts, a solvent that therapeutically unites with tissue poisons 1 ike prescription drugs, mercury, iodine, sulfates, arsenic, strychnine, and others in medical usage; for skin diseases; and orally to lessen glaucoma eyeball pressure, and decrease cranial pressure. SEE under hydroCarbons.
HALOGENS Electronegative, non-metallic, these are the most active elements; can combine directly with a metal to form a salt. Fluorine with Atomic weight of 19; Chlorine with At. wt. of 3 5.5; Bromine with At. wt. |
| Employ wholefoods diet, supplements, herbal extracts, and Rife electromagnetic application. According to chiropractor Lowell Ward of Long Beach, Cal. treat the meninges covering of the Brain and spinal cord, a tough 3-ply substance; use a special shoe lift for better balance; and perform precision exercises to restore meningeal flexibility. »Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy Enlarged muscles, muscle weakness, falling down, and no reflexes; usually terminal. ? |
Amarjit S. Basra
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| It is evident that this isobol method cannot be applied to herbal extracts or extract mixtures. Here detailed pharmacological investigations with single constituents or mixtures of them in comparison to an extract fraction or the whole extract must be used. In Table 1.1 are listed those herbal drugs for which pharmacological evidence of this potentiated synergistic effects has been assessed. The corresponding major constituents of these herbal drugs, which were used for comparison, are also given. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 Instead, they tended to cause a reduction in this range that was especially marked with valerian and lavender. The herbal extracts showed varying patterns of effects in the long-wave delta frequency range. Marked increases were observed with lavender extract, moderate increases with valerian and passion flower extract, and decreases with kava extract.
Donath et al. (2000) found no improvement over placebo in 14 patients with insomnia (ICSD code 1.A.1) who were treated with a single dose of 600 mg of valerian extract. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 Each capsule contains 250 mg cola (Cola nitida) nut extract containing 35 mg of caffeine alkaloids; 250 mg ephedra aerial part extract containing 15mg concentrated ephedrine group alkaloids in the form of herbal extracts; and 110 mg green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaf extract containing 15 mg of caffeine alkaloids.
Excel: Excel Corporation / Salt Lake City, UT: no information available.
Metabolife 356®: Metabolife International, 5070 Santa Fe Street / San Diego, CA 92109 / U.S.A. / Tel: (858) 490-5222 / www.metabolife.com. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 Both of these extraordinarily well-tolerated herbal extracts are available now to men with BPH.
These new discoveries of how estrogen, SHBG, and DHT induce prostate enlargement provide a rationale basis for the BPH sufferer to supplement with pharmaceutical-potencies of nettle root, pygeum, and saw palmetto (supercritical extract).
Using Aromatase Inhibiting Drugs
Some men with severe BPH do not obtain adequate symptomatic relief from European phyto extracts and/ or finasteride (Proscar). |
Patrick Holford
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 Look for combinations of these nutrients and herbal extracts (see Resources).
_To keep your bones and joints in good health_
• Keep fit and supple and see an osteopath or chiropractor once a year. Reduce your meat consumption to avoid excessive protein.
• Get out of the "stress cycle" and keep stimulants to a minimum.
• Make sure your diet is rich in minerals from seeds, nuts, and root vegetables.
• If you have arthritis, check out possible food allergies.
If you have osteoporosis, consider natural progesterone (as a cream, not as HRT). |
Mark Blumenthal
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| Antioxidants and herbal extracts protect HT4neuronal cells against glutamate-induced cytoxicity. Free Rad Res
2000;32(2):115-24.
Kohama T, Suzuki N. The treatment of gynecological disorders with Pycnogenol®. Euro Bull Drug Res 1999;7(9):30-2.
Kraus P, Schwender W. Randomized, open comparative study with Sinupret® sugar-coated tablets vs. Gelomyrtol® F. conducted at the German Army Hospital in Amberg [abstract]. 4th National and 1st International Congress on Phytotherapy;
1992 Sep 10-13; Munich, Germany.
Kuratsune H, et al. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| Combination products containing herbal extracts or plant constituents from the group of saponins (e.g., aescin) or flavonoids (e.g., rutin) are also used. The topical application of these agents does not produce systemic therapeutic levels of the active principle. Their therapeutic effects may be based largely on the ointment base and the tissue massage that occurs when the ointment is applied. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| More importantly, Life Extension Mix contains unique vegetable, fmit, and herbal extracts along with high-potency amino acids, minerals, and special antioxidants.
The primary reason that people take dietary supplements is to obtain concentrated doses of beneficial nutrients that are found in fruits and vegetables. Consuming lots of fruits and vegetables dramatically lowers the risk of degenerative disease. This fact has been documented in epidemiological studies showing that people are healthier, if they incorporate more of the right kinds of plants into their diet. |
Mark Blumenthal
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| In vitro studies of the inhibitory effect of ethanolic herbal extracts and tinctures on the cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) system revealed a median inhibitory concentration (IC50) of a chamomile extract ranging from 1-2%. This might have implications for predicting the likelihood of potential herb-drug interactions (Budzinski etal., 2000), although such reactions have not been reported. Potential interactions with warfarin have been reported, and caution regarding their concomitant use has been suggested (Heck et ai, 2000), although this remains speculative. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| Natural Sleep does not contain any potentially toxic herbal extracts. Insomnia often is a lifelong affliction, requiring the continuous need for nightly self-medication. The ingredients in Natural Sleep have been investigated for long-term safety and can be taken for an indefinite period of time without any risk of toxicity or tolerance.
Some people who occasionally wake up in the middle of the night will take another dose of melatonin to get back to sleep.
OTHER NATURAL SLEEP-INDUCING THERAPIES
Some people find that commercially available GABA taken before bedtime is helpful. |
| To reduce the inflammation associated with CTS, one or more of the following fatty acids and herbal extracts may be taken:
• Super GLA/DHA contains a balanced blend of essential fatty acids. Three softgels daily contain 450 mg of GLA from borage oil and 500 mg of DHA and 200 mg of EPA from marine lipid extract. Up to 6 softgels may be taken daily.
• Mega EPA contains 400 mg of EPA and 300 mg of DHA in each softgel capsule. Up to 8 softgels may be taken daily for thetapeutic purposes.
• Boswella, one 300-mg capsule daily.
• Curcumin (from the spice turmeric), 900-1800 mg daily. |
| Research has confirmed the antibacteriological value of herbal extracts from many parts of the world. Examples of useful herbal remedies abound. Goldenseal may be an effective natural antibiotic (Scazzocchio et al. 2001). Raw garlic has potent antibacterial effects (Kumar et al. 1998). Kyolic, an aged garlic product, does not kill bacteria directly, but does boost immune function, enabling the body to fight off some chronic bacterial infections. |
Mark Blumenthal
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| An in vitro evaluation of human cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibition by selected commercial herbal extracts and tinctures. Phytomedicine 2000 Jul;7(4):273-82.
Cabieses F. The saga of the cat's claw. Lima, Peru: Via Lactea Editores; 1994.
CAMR. See: Center for Alternative Medicine Research.
Center for Alternative Medicine Research. Cat's Claw Summary [University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health web site]. 4 May 1999. Available at: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/utcam/summary/cat.htm. Accessed 18 Oct 1999.
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The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| Astringents: witch hazel, herbal extracts, citrus seed extracts, and calendula can help remove excess facial oil.
• Facial masks: Seaweed extract and bentonite clay (a combination of montmotillonite and volcanic ash that is highly absorbent) will pull oils and toxins from the skin.
At-home Care of the Skin
• Wash your face gently with unscented, oil-free cleansers, and keep your skin clean. Remember: Acne is not caused by dirt, and scrubbing an inflamed skin condition only makes acne worse.
• Control the urge to squeeze, scratch, or pick at pimples; let them drain when they are ready. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| The dominant therapeutic effect in any given case may be the tonic effect of the candytuft and angelica root extracts or the more spasmolytic effect of the other herbal extracts, depending on the initial pathophysiology (Rosch, 2000). With this action profile, the product has an intermediate classification between bitters and antidyspeptics.
A review of studies on the efficacy of Iberogast (Rosch, 2000) presents data from 8 controlled clinical studies, 4 of which were older studies in a total of 158 patients with "functional or organic gastroenterologic disorders. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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 The leaves are the source of the drug and are usually gathered in the second year of growth. herbal extracts of these plants are not suitable for treating heart failure as they are highly potent and the effects are cumulative.
Constituents
Both species contain cardenolides, which are glycosides of the steroidal aglycones digitoxigenin, gitoxigenin and gitaloxigenin. There are very many cardiac glycosides, but the most important are digoxin (Fig. 14.2) and digitoxin and the purpurea glycosides A and B. |
Dr. Julian Whitaker
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| I recommend that you choose solid herbal extracts whenever possible. They are the most concentrated form, and they have the greatest chemical stability. In addition, they are the most economical.
Choose Extracts Standardized for Active Ingredients
One of the most important contributions scientific research has made to consumers and the herbal industry is the standardization of herbal extracts. Researchers have identified the active ingredients, or constituents, in each herb that give it its therapeutic powers. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Reuters reports that herbal extracts show promise for diabetes.
• The Associated Press reports that walking may ward off Alzheimer's disease.
• Reuters reports that eating organic is shown to prevent and cure a host of various diseases.
• Reuters reports that acupuncture eases post-surgical ills including nausea and actually works better than drugs!
• Reuters reports that the herbal remedy St. John's Wort is as effective, or more effective, in treating depression than drugs.
• The FDA itself finally admits that extra virgin olive oil reduces the chances of coronary heart disease. |
Dr. Julian Whitaker
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| Choose Extracts Standardized for Active Ingredients
One of the most important contributions scientific research has made to consumers and the herbal industry is the standardization of herbal extracts. Researchers have identified the active ingredients, or constituents, in each herb that give it its therapeutic powers. Scientific studies have also determined an effective dose of that active ingredient in herbal extracts. |
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