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If you don't feel like keeping a lot of chrysanthemums around the house, the same effect comes from drinking an herbal tea made with this flower." migraines caused by hormonal imbalance. "To keep hormones in balance, supplementing the diet with vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil around the time of the menstrual period may help restore hormonal balance enough to forestall migraine attacks." migraines caused by cranial faults. "Since migraines involve the cranial nerves, patients suffering from migraines should always be examined for cranial faults.

This is another good herbal tea for helping the immune system. Also helpful are goldenseal, bearberry, Oregon grape, German chamomile, aloe vera, rosemary, ginger, alfalfa, red clover, and fennel. colon therapy "My battle with Candida lasted a long time," says colon therapist Tovah Finman-Nahman. "I tried everything, including a strict diet, antifungals, and vitamin C drips. But I never got it under control until I started doing colonics. Then I saw quick results. The gas and the bloating went away, and my chronic fatigue amazingly disappeared.

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She sipped herbal tea to make her hunger more tolerable. She now admits that she was extremely hungry during this phase of her illness, but she never admitted it then, not to others and not to herself. Although she kept regular appointments at the clinic, Kelly swears these meetings did nothing to influence her eating choices. If there was an effect, it was this: these visits made her even more determined to eat the way she wanted to eat because she felt that the clinic was trying to take this right away from her. It seemed that nothing could persuade her to eat more at this point.

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Or use a caffeine-free herbal tea. Ll Acupuncture is a useful complementary therapy for fibrocystic breasts. Unlike other treatments that focus on estrogen regulation, acupuncture modifies the tendency of the immune system to produce inflammatory chemicals that cause pain and swelling. Both traditional acupuncture and electroacupuncture are effective for this disease. (See acupuncture in Part Three.) Ll Good results have been achieved using evening primrose oil to reduce the size of the cysts. þ See also premenstrual syndrome in Part Two.

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It is taken in an herbal tea as a daily tonic. North American Indians used ginseng as a love potion. It has been found to normalize high or low blood sugar. It produces a resin, a sugar starch, glue, and volatile oil. Ginseng is used as a flavoring additive in the United States and has a sweetish, licoricelike taste and is widely used in Asian medicines as an aromatic bitter. No known toxicity. GLUCAMINE • An organic compound that is prepared from glucose (see). GLUCITOL • Sorbitol. Sorbol.

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Add a pinch to any herbal tea. A terrific antiflu remedy beloved by many (and abhorred by some—it is strong stuff!) is a combination of salt, cayenne, apple cider vinegar, and boiled water, or if a stomach buffer is needed, hot chamomile tea instead of the boiled water. Combine 1 tablespoon each of coarse or sea salt and cayenne pepper powder, add to 1 cup of boiling water (or chamomile tea). Cool the preparation. Add a quarter- to a half-cup of apple cider vinegar (depending on the sturdiness of one's digestive system). Place in a labeled bottle. Store in the refrigerator.

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The powdered herbs are moistened with hot water, herbal tea, a liniment or a tincture. Herbs that are not available in powder form may be added by using one of these other extraction methods and then adding it to the powder. A witch hazel extract, available at most drugstores, is useful for this purpose. In the wilds, a poultice can be made by chewing the fresh herbs, such as plantain, before applying them to the affected area.

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Add the dried hips to any herbal tea or grind them and add to soups or sauces. Fortify your food through the addition vitamin C- and flavonoid-rich wild rose hips. Your health will improve as a result. Nuts Virtually everyone has made at least one attempt to collect nuts from the wild. The most common wild nut trees are black walnuts, hickory nuts, hazelnuts, butternuts, and pecans. Extracting the nuts from their shells is arduous. However, the meats are delicious and highly nourishing. If there is no food to be found, locate nut trees and fill bags full.

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Peppermint can also help your stomach: Add a drop, mixed with a teaspoon of honey, to a cup of herbal tea to ease intestinal discomfort, suggests Scholes. (Honey is added to help quickly disperse the essential oil within the water.) Average price: $5 for five milliliters, ' ,;*.'¦> •-i. Rosemar]'. An invigorating oil for low-energy days, it works well in an aroma lamp or a diffuser, says Scholes. "You can also inhale right from the bottle," he adds. Average price: $3 to $4 for five milliliters. Tea tree.

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A survey released in March 1998 (conducted by Celestial Seasonings, a leading herbal tea manufacturer), announced that based on polling of 500 people, aged 35 to 54, 37% use herbal supplements. This was a tenfold increase in usage since 1990, Celestial Seasonings reported. • According to Natural Foods Merchandiser, an industry trade publication, 1997 natural products sales totaled $14.8 billion, of which $2.6 billion were for nutritional supplements—a 19.5% increase over 1996. • The demand for alternative medicine is 39% higher than the supply.

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You sit in the bath, and drink at least 6 cups of very hot herbal tea. It is a sweat routine, and boy do you sweat. When you can't stand it anymore, you have someone wrap you up in a white cotton sheet that has been sitdng in ice water. (I was hot from the bath - the sheet felt really good.) Next you are taken to bed and covered with more sheets and cotton blankets and you "incubate" for at least 3 hours or preferably overnight. Well, I messed up this roudne, too. Somedmes I would do it, and I didn't get the fever I was supposed to get. The last dme I did this routine, I got a fever of 104.6.

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Hepatic veno-occlusive disease in newborn infant of a woman drinking herbal tea. / Pediatrics 1988; 112: 433-36. 9. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997, 117-18. 10. Weiss RF. Herbal Medicine. Gothenburg, Sweden: Ab Arcanum and Beaconsfield, UK: Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd., 1988, 196-97. Comfrey 1. Mills SY. Out of the Earth: The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine. New York: Viking Arkana, 1991, 544-47. 2. Weiss RF. Herbal Medicine.

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Add some ginseng powder to your favorite herbal tea (such as peppermint) or to hot lemonade. The Chinese also combine ginseng with ginger, licorice root, Chinese angelica (dong quai), and mandarin orange. Chronic Case: Immerse feet in a hot shallow bath. Apply a hot moist compress to the side of the chest that is involved. Direct a no-force rain spray and alternate hot and cold spray on the chest over the area affected. Follow the chest spray with alternate hot and cold jet showers directed to the feet and legs. The hot shower should last 4 minutes; the cold shower, 30 seconds.

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Efficacy of herbal tea preparation in infantile colic. / Pediatr 1993; 122: 650-52. 11. Schilcher H. Phytotherapy in Paediatrics. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 1997, 80. Common Cold/Sore Throat 1. Hemila H. Does vitamin C alleviate the symptoms of the common cold?—A review of current evidence. Scand J Infect Dis 1994; 26: 1-6. 2. Macknin ML. Zinc lozenges for the common cold. Cleveland Clin J Med 1999; 66: 27-32 [review]. 3. Eby G, Davis DR, Halcomb WW. Reduction in duration of common colds by zinc gluconate lozenges in a double-blind study.

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Also sip hot herbal tea with chamomile, thyme, marjoram, and bruised cinnamon, cloves, or aniseed. And of course, there is the age-old elixir: chicken soup. It not only provides necessary vitamins and protein, but the hot broth breaks up mucus and diminishes the cough. Salt water is an old standby for colds, cough, and flu. Use it in these two ways: sniffed up each nostril (dissolve a half-teaspoon of salt in a half-glass of water), and as a gargle to soothe a throat made raw from coughing. (Dissolve 1 tablespoon in a glass of water.

For digestive disturbances, add a few grains of powdered cayenne pepper to a hot herbal tea: chamomile, peppermint, or linden are excellent. For energy, add a tiny pinch or several grains per glass, or about one-quarter teaspoon to a quart of pure grape juice, and sip as needed. DRINKING WATER FOR NEWBORNS I have often been asked if newborn infants should be given purer water than adults. The answer is definitely yes. The newborn child is susceptible to dehydration and needs water that is almost mineral and sulphate free.

To increase urination use any diuretic herbal tea such as parsley, corn silk, goldenrod, juniper berry, rose hip, or dandelion root. To use any of these herbs on a preventive basis, drink a glass of the herb tea each day before lunch. For pain, use a half-cup of any of these natural diuretics every two hours. For bloody urine, take one small sip an hour of St. John's wort tea. A macrobiotic remedy is to sip adzuki bean water. Prepare it by adding 1 tablespoon of adzuki beans to 2 quarts of boiling water. Reduce by boiling down to 1 quart. Add a pinch of salt.

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German chamomile's aromatic, slightly bitter taste, reminiscent of apples, is familiar to herbal tea drinkers. The herb's varied medicinal uses, however, are not as well known. It is an excellent herb for many digestive disorders and for nervous tension and irritability. Externally, it is used for sore skin and eczema. Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile, p. 184) is a close relative, used in a similar way. Parts Used German chamomile is a valuable herb to cultivate for home use.

It is cultivated in temperate climates as an aromatic, ornamental plant and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. The leaves are gathered in late summer. Parts Used Leaves. Constituents Lemon verbena contains a volatile oil (mainly consisting of citral, cineole, limonene, and geraniole), mucilage, tannins, and flavonoids. History & Folklore Lemon verbena was introduced to Europe in 1784. In Spain, France and elsewhere in Europe, the infusion is a popular drink.

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RED BUSH herbal tea See: ROOI BOSCHETEA. RED CLOVER. Trefoil. Trifolium pratense L. German: Wiesenklee. French: Triolet. Spanish: Trebol. Italian: Moscino. Flowerheads. Used by Hippocrates and physicians of the Ancient World. Constituents: flavonoids, isoflavones, resins, coumarins, minerals, vitamins. Action: deobstruent, antispasmodic, alterative, sedative, expectorant. Mild stimulating and relaxing alterative with affinity for throat and salivary glands. (Priest) Anti-inflammatory. Reputed antineoplastic for reduction of tumours and hard swellings, especially of ovaries and breast.

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Dare to use a pinch of cayenne pepper in any restorative herbal tea. General Therapy Heavy or profuse bleeding during the menstrual cycle is thought to be a temporary hormonal imbalance, possibly caused by the body's inability to properly synthesize prostaglandins. Help to rebalance the body with essential fatty acids (ERA) such as evening primrose, borage, or black currant seed oil. Although a heavy profuse menstrual flow usually causes a mild iron depletion, insufficient levels of iron in the system can also cause such a profuse flow.

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Buying Mate is available packaged, in bulk herb departments, in natural food stores, and as an ingredient in herbal tea blends. See Herbs and Spices. LA BOMB ILL A Slurping mate, the definitive South American tea, from a dried gourd through a bombilla is satisfying to the soul. The bombilla is a metal straw that ends in a spoon-shape sieve. The sound made while sucking the dregs to savor one last sip is deliciously barbarous. The irregular-shape gourd—which is both brew pot and drinking cup—is soft in the hand and adds ambiance.

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To make the herbal tea, combine equal parts of these cut, dried herbs—chicKweea, cleavers or oeastraw ana rennei seea—or approx. 2-1/2 tbsp. of the same in 1 pint of boiling water. Let steep for half an hour before drinking. Both methods should have the scales soon dropping in your favor and pleasing you very much. Naturalist's Recipe The late great Nature lover and herb forager, Euell Gibbons, devised several recipes using fresh chickweed.

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If you have diarrhea, it is essential to replenish the lost fluids by drinking lots of clear broth, filtered water, apple juice, and herbal tea, as well as minerals, particularly potassium. Pectin, a form of soluble fiber found in fruits and vegetables, can also help to reduce diarrhea by absorbing water and important minerals in the bowel. Foods rich in pectin include apples, carrots, rice, and bananas; it is also available in capsules. Blueberries are an excellent food to eat when you have diarrhea.

Try an herbal tea, such as mint, before going to bed after a night of mbibing. The menthol in mint may relax the smooth muscle lining of he digestive tract, acting as an antispasmodic. Chamomile is another ;ood remedy because of its mild, tranquilizing effect. A tea of equal >arts kudzu root and fresh ginger root (both available at health-food tores) has an antispasmodic effect on the lining of the stomach and nay lessen the affects of a night on the town.

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Devil's claw {Harpagophytumprocumbens) has been used as an herbal tea ingredient in Europe, a folk remedy in Africa and recently has entered the health food marketplace in the United States. Africans have used the herb to treat skin cancer, fever, malaria and indigestion. In Europe, the tea is recommended for arthritis, diabetes, allergies, senility and more. There are no clinical studies to refute or verify any of this, but extracts of the plant do appear to have antiinflammatory activity in experimental animals. These studies should be pursued.

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When you're brewing some other herbal tea, add a little licorice. Licorice by itself makes a sweet, pleasant-tasting tea, and when added to other teas, it serves as a sweetener. VW Yellowroot (Xanthorrhiza simplicissima). If the late Alabama herbalist Tommie Bass's experience with yellowroot can be believed—and I'm inclined to believe it—this herb is worth a try. (For details, see "Folk Wisdom Vindicated Again" on page 438.) Yellowroot is an antibiotic that should work by helping to control H. pylori bacteria.

You can mix up a jar of dried herbs and keep the mixture handy for whenever you want an herbal tea. Chinese angelica in Chinese herb shops and some health food stores. (Do not take this herb if you are pregnant, however.) VV Javanese turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza). In Asian folklore, this herb has been highly regarded for conditions related to the liver, particularly gallstones and jaundice. Taiwanese scientists have discovered why: Extracts of this yellow root are significantly protective for the liver.

I'd also suggest Catnip Catnip, a member of the mint family, releases a distinctive aroma when it's made into an herbal tea. using rosemary liberally in cooking. It's especially good on roasted potatoes and is often used in chicken dishes. W Brazil nut (Bertho-lettia excelsa). These nuts contain generous amounts of vitamin E, plus the essential trace mineral selenium, which boosts vitamin E's antioxidant benefits.

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When an herbal tea bag is steeped in hot water, it is actually a type of herbal extract known as an infusion. The water is serving as a solvent in removing some of the medicinal properties from the herb. Teas often are better sources of bioavailable compounds than the powdered herb, but are relatively weak in action compared to tinctures, fluid extracts, and solid extracts. These forms are commonly used by the lay public and herbal practitioners for medicinal effects. Tinctures are typically made using an alcohol and water mixture as the solvent.

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