Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 Also, drinking an herbal tea containing comfrey root and the silica-containing spring horsetail will support the healing process. White willow bark contains natural salicylates and thus possesses anti-inflammatory properties. It is available in tablets or capsules and can be used like aspirin for sore joints or muscle aches. Bromelain is an enzyme from pineapple and is available as a supplement; it too has mild anti-inflammatory effects, and aids digestion of vegetable protein in the gastrointestinal tract. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 There are many types of cold/flu herbal tea mixtures on the market. For respiratory ailments look for teas containing licorice, fennel and hore-hound. For sinus ailments and headaches look for chamomile, echinacea, goldenseal and bayberry.
Ginseng
Studies have shown that 100 mg a day of ginseng extract significantly cuts your chances of catching a cold or flu bug.
Vitamin C
Take at least 2,000 mg a day of vitamin C. The esterfied C type works best for a sensitive stomach. |
Rebecca Wood
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 In Peru, anise ranks with chamomile as a popular herbal tea and is listed on many restaurant menus. In Mediterranean regions, fresh anise greens are used as a salad ingredient and a cooked vegetable.
See Herbs and Spices.
Anjou Pear See Pear. ANNATTO
Achiote, Lipstick Tree
(Bixa orellana)
The rust-colored seeds of the annatto evergreen are a potent, almost neon orange-red colorant. The intensity of color is comparable to turmeric only it is predominantly salmon red rather than mustard yellow. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 So with my doctor's supervision, I modified my diet to include textured soy protein; plums and prunes for boron; capsules of fenugreek; more fruits and vegetables, especially crucifers and pomegranates; and an occasional cup of a 'female' herbal tea. [This regimen] relieved my hot flashes."
Later, she wrote me again: "Just a note to update you on my experience with plant estrogens as a way of dealing with menopause. |
Rebecca Wood
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| CORN SILK
The silk, or tassel (stylus of female flowers), from any corn variety makes a delicious herbal tea as well as a sweet-tasting stock. Use it as a diuretic to ease edema, reduce high blood pressure, and to help dissolve kidney and gall stones. Herbalist Michael Tierra observes that "Even though it is effective for kidney stones, it is one of the milder and safer diuretics."
Favor organic corn silk. Remove the corn husk, then the silk. Use it fresh in season or spread it on a dry surface to dry, which takes about three days. |
Thomas Bartram
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 To clean out a clogged colon, injection of a herbal tea into the rectum not only proves effective but brings about a healthful purgation and release from tension. 2-3oz herb is brought to the boil in 1 gallon water, simmered for one minute, and allowed to cool. The tea is strained when warm and injected.
Enema herbs include: Soapwort, Chamomile, Marshmallow, Catmint, Raspberry leaves, Chickweed.
Alternative: 20-30 drops Tincture Myrrh added to boiled water allowed to cool.
HYDROTHORAX. A collection of fluid in the pleural cavities.
HYMENAL BLEEDING. |
Earl Mindell
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 Therefore, an open-face turkey sandwich and a cup of herbal tea (chamomile, valerian, skullcap) before bedtime could be the sleep remedy of your life.
For more difficult insomnia, try 1 mg. of melatonin sublin-gually (dissolved under the tongue) 15 minutes before bedtime.
232. Itching
As an antihistamine, one 1,000 mg. vitamin-C tablet, plus a 1,000 mg. MSM tablet, in the morning and in the evening, with food, might be helpful. I would also recommend 1,000 mg. pantothenic acid 1-3 times daily, and vitamin-E cream (20,000 IU per ounce) applied to afflicted area three times daily.
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Thomas Bartram
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| While cure is not possible, atheroma may be arrested by a cup of herbal tea: Hawthorn blossoms. Motherwort, Horsetail: single or in combination. 1-2 teaspoons to each cup boiling water; infuse 5-15 minutes; 1-2 cups daily. Formula. Hawthorn 2: Ginkgo 2: Horsetail 1: Ginger quarter. Dose. Powders: 500mg (two 00 capsules or one-third teaspoon). Liquid extracts: 1 teaspoon. Tinctures: 2 teaspoons. Twice daily: morning and evening in water or honey.
Diet. See: DIET - HEART AND CIRCULATION. Few grains of Cayenne pepper as seasoning on food once daily. Stop smoking. |
| Compresses consisting of a cloth or other suitable absorbant material immersed in a herbal tea and wrung out. Almost any herb may be used for this purpose. Before application the skin is smeared with Olive oil to avoid burning. May be hot or cold. Heat relaxes, cold tones. Wrung-out material is held in position by a plastic cloth or other suitable protective covering. Fomentations have many uses: they convey heat and medication to arthritic joints and to cold extremities in old age (Ginger, Prickly Ash). |
| Injection of fluid (herb teas, etc) through a tube into the rectum, via the anus, to relieve constipation or convey medication or nutriment. A herbal tea may be given as a stimulating nervine (to rouse from severe prostration as in apoplexy, meningitis); relaxant (when the body is feverish and tense); or to re-activate after collapse and shock. Usual enemata: 2 pints herb tea.
Bayberry bark, Burdock root, Catnep, Lobelia, Fenugreek seeds, Raspberry leaves, Chickweed, Tormentil, Lime flowers, Mullein. Evacuant Children. Catnep tea, with 2 teaspoons honey. Adults. Catnep, Raspberry leaves. |
| Rene noticed that an elderly patient had cured herself of breast cancer with an Indian herbal tea. She asked for the recipe and later modified it. Rene's aunt, after using the remedy for 2 years, fully recovered from an inoperable stomach cancer with liver involvement, and other terminal patients began to improve.
Rene's request to be given the opportunity to treat cancer patients in a larger way was turned down by Ottawa's Department of Health and Welfare. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 Rene Caisse, a Canadian public health nurse, was told by a patient in 1922 that an Indian herbal tea had saved her life from breast cancer. Caisse obtained the recipe, reportedly used it successfully on a few of her patients and then named the therapy "Essiac", or Caisse spelled backward. Her troubles with the government waxed and waned for the coming decades until 1978, shortly before her death, when she signed over the rights to her secret formula to a Canadian manufacturing firm. |
Rebecca Wood
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| Use Caraway seeds may be chewed or infused as an herbal tea. The seeds are used to flavor breads, cakes, and pastries, and vegetable and meat dishes, especially in German, Austrian, and Scandinavian cuisine. The feathery, mild:flavored greens are used, before they flower, as an herb. Cook the taproot as you would a carrot.
See Carrot Family; Herbs and Spices.
CARDAMOM
(Elettaria cardamomum)
Cardamom, an Old World spice that tastes like lemon zest and eucalyptus, is a member of the ginger family. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 Although chamomile is best known for its ability to calm your nerves, is also has powerful anti-inflammatory action. An herbal tea works well in this case.
¦ Cumin has 3 pain-relieving compounds, as well as numerous anti-inflammatory substances. Add this spice to your food liberally.
• Sage is another spice with anti-inflammatory compounds.
Dosages may vary, depending on the duration and severity of your symptoms. Consult a qualified health practitioner before beginning any herbal regimen.
What makes it worse? |
Rebecca Wood
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| Use Honey can be stirred into herbal tea, spooned on hot cereal, or smeared on toast. Honey is used as an ingredient in spreads,
HONEY FOR SUGAR
To use honey as a sugar replacement in baked goods, substitute % cup honey for 1 cup white sugar, reduce the liquid by A cup, add lA teaspoon baking soda per cup of honey, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees, and increase baking time as necessary. sauces, marinades, and dressings. Since honey absorbs ,and retains moisture, homemade baked goods made with honey as a sugar substitute stay fresher longer. |
John Heinerman
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 Colicky symptoms such as night awakenings and crying were significantly reduced in the herbal tea group, but hardly affected in the placebo group. Four infants dropped out of the study (3 tea, 1 placebo), but not due to side effects from either preparation. The conclusion reached by these doctors is that fennel tea by itself or in conjunction with other herbs is extremely useful in reducing infantile colic in healthy babies.
Culinary Aspects
At the time of the Norman Conquest in England, fennel seed was used with all kinds of fish dishes and still is today. |
| To make the herbal tea, combine equal parts of these cut, dried herbs: chickweed, cleavers or bedstraw and fennel seed—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.
Naturalist's Recipe
The late great nature lover and herb forager, Euell Gibbons, devised several recipes using fresh chickweed. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Of those who got an herbal tea consisting of chamomile, vervain, licorice, fennel, and lemon balm for seven days, 57 percent had fewer colic symptoms.
Whether you're giving the child herbal or homeopathic forms of chamomile, be sure to treat the underlying cause as well. If the infant is still breast-feeding, the mother should avoid eating chocolate, peanuts, cow's milk, and spicy foods. Some children have an adverse reaction to cow's milk-based formulas and even soy formulas. |
| Efficacy of herbal tea preparation in infantile colic. Journal of Pediatrics 1993; 122:650-652.
• "... One study found chamomile to be effective in speeding the healing of skin abrasions after tattoos were surgically removed with abrasive materials." Glowania HJ, Raulin C,
Swoboda M, The effect of chamomile in healing wounds: A clinical, double-blind study. Zeit fur Hautrankheiten 1987; 17(62):1262-1271.
• "... Animal studies have demonstrated the anti-ulcer effects of chamomile." Szelenyi I, Isaac O, Thiemer K, Pharmacological experiments with compounds of chamomile/III. |
Michael Castleman
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 A smoker might commit to having a cup of herbal tea after meals instead of lighting up.
Hold the line. As you prepare to lose weight, quit smoking, eliminate credit card debt or make other changes, a good way to begin is to maintain your bad habit without allowing it to get worse.
If you're 40 pounds overweight, don't jump right into a weight-loss program. Instead, for a few months, maintain your current weight. If you smoke ten cigarettes a day, don't increase the number. Or if you owe $3,000 on your credit cards, maintain that level of debt. |
| While you're waiting, sip water, club soda or herbal tea. If you do keep the bread basket, remember that breadsticks, rolls and French bread are lower in fat than croissants and most muffins.
Come prepared. If a restaurant doesn't serve healthful dressings and condiments, discreetly bring your own. Salsa makes an excellent bread spread, salad dressing and vegetable topping. Or prepare some herb-and-lemon-juice salad dressing and bring it in a small container.
Get skinned. When ordering chicken, insist on skinless parts and ask if the skin was removed before cooking.
Ask questions. |
Rex Adams
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 After boiling the water, I put the herbs in—about two tablespoons of elderberry and two of the mixture—boiled it and then steeped it, simmering gently on the fire for about 15 minutes.
"Then I put the brew in a pan and bathed my feet in it... Oh! what a comforting relief it was! Immediately, I felt a wonderfully refreshing feeling coursing through my legs, and my legs and feet began to tingle ... When I took my feet out about ten minutes later, the pains were completely gone and they felt so strong and new! It was really amazing. |
Dr. Cass Ingram
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 White Coffee and drink several times daily.
Foods that help
• Pomegranate Syrup — add a tablespoon to hot water and drink several times daily.
• raw honey or carob molasses — soothing and easy to consume
Things to avoid
• arguments
• chocolate (stimulates the growth of viruses)
• corn, wheat, and rye
Lead poisoning
Lead poisoning usually develops over a prolonged period. The vast majority of cases occur in individuals who work in factories which utilize lead. People living in in older homes which have old or lead paint. |
Frantisek Stary
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 A cup is the equivalent of about 125 ml.
A glass is the equivalent of about 200 ml.
For home remedies drugs are usually administered in the form of infusions—short-term infusions, long-term infusions or decoctions. To prepare them always use porcelain or glass vessels and lids of the same material or else enamelled lids.
Short-term infusion (infusum) is the commonest method of preparing medicinal teas. Boiling water is poured over the crushed or crumbled drug, covered with a lid and left to steep in a warm place for at least ten to fifteen minutes. |
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