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Bottom Line's Prescription Alternatives Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA See book keywords and concepts

A glass of room temperature water, raw cabbage or potato juice, or herbal teas such as fenugreek, slippery elm, comfrey, licorice, and meadowsweet (lukewarm, no lemon) can bring quick relief. Fresh papaya or banana can help as well. If you do need to lower your stomach acidity, you can use a form of organic sulfur called MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) in supplement form, 1,000 mg daily. Don't eat a lot of fat, either, as fat slows the emptying of the stomach. Use alcohol and chocolate in moderation. Eat several small meals a day so that you don't overeat at any one meal.

Gary Null's Power Aging Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

If you absolutely have to have liquids with your meal, try to have just herbal teas or fresh juices. Also, when we suspect there is impaired digestion, we recommend digestive enzymes. While ideally you want to flood the body with the natural enzymes found in fresh food and juices, for extra help the enzymes you get at the health food store can be valuable. Take the amount directed with each meal to facilitate better digestion. A variety of herbs can help with allergies. In my opinion, garlic is the number-one herb for building immunity and acting as a natural antiseptic agent.

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson See book keywords and concepts

The herb is used as an ingredient of herbal teas, often with other herbs, for nervous disorders and insomnia (see Chapter 16). Toxicity Lemon balm is well tolerated, although it should not be taken internally in high doses over a long period because of its antithyroid activity. Garlic, Allium sativum L. H (Allii sativus bulbi) The plant and the drug Garlic (Allium sativum) has been described in Chapter 14.

Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

You should not take green tea within one hour of taking herbal teas or patent (over-the-counter) medicines. This avoids diluting the decoction in the stomach or interfering with the medication. This is especially important if you are taking codeine, colchicine, or ephedrine, which may become insoluble in the presence of tannins from green or black tea. Finally, you should not drink green tea if you are using ginseng regularly. Green tea can reduce the effectiveness of ginseng. Black tea is not known to have this effect.

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Although they may have an unpleasant taste, herbal teas can often produce dramatic results in the battle with UTI. In addition, the homeopathic remedy cantharis can be used to alleviate irritations of the bladder and urethra. A final suggestion for preventing urinary tract infection: After having sexual intercourse, women may want to gently cleanse the opening of the urethra with a dilute solution of Betadine or a potent solution of goldenseal tea in order to remove harmful bacteria that may have been pushed into the region during intercourse.

The Complete Book of Alternative Nutrition Selene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books See book keywords and concepts

Coffee, green tea, colored tea, black tea, stimulating herbal teas such as peppermint, and artificial beverages like soda. • Mayonnaise and other oily dressings; tropical oils like coconut and palm oil. • Artificially colored, preserved, sprayed or chemically treated foods. • Refined and polished grains and flours and foods made from them. • Mass-produced and processed foods such as canned, frozen and irradiated foods. structor at the Kushi Institute and co-author of Amber Waves of Grain: American Macrobiotic Cooking.

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The best choices are steam-distilled water and herbal teas. Fresh vegetable juices supply necessary vitamins and minerals. LL1 Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and sugar. These products increase the body's production of lactic acid. LJ Even if it seems impossible, exercise daily. Pick exercises that do not use the most painful muscles. Increase your workout time from two or three minutes a day up to twenty or thirty minutes. While there may be some cardiovascular benefits to light exercise, the primary benefit is its effect on hormones and sleep. LJ Be sure to get a thyroid function blood test.

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Antibiotic herbal teas may be helpful. Symptomatic relief from sinusitis can be eased through moist heat packs, steam inhalation, and nasal irrigation. Massaging areas of the foot, using the principles of reflexology, can provide relief of sinusitis. See also: Allergies, Headaches. Skin Cancer In the United States, skin cancers are the leading type of malignant disease. Forty to 50 percent of all people develop the condition at least once by the time they are 65.

Short fruit V V fasts, with plenty of pure water and cleansing herbal teas, can be helpful. Good herbs to include are sage, rosemary, cayenne, echinacea, goldenseal, chaparral, red clover, astragalus, and burdock root. Beneficial bacteria, such as those found in yogurt, or supplements of lactobacillicus and acidophilus, support the digestive processes necessary for the maintenance of the immune system. Other nutrients that directly enhance the immune system include garlic, quercetin, zinc gluconate, buffered vitamin C, and beta-carotene or vitamin A.

In addition to conventional treatment, the patient with cerebral palsy can be helped by herbs. Many herbal teas nourish the muscles and nerves with valuable minerals and enzymes. When highly diluted, they become gentle enough for infants and children. Some herbs act as antioxidants; they help to fight the free radicals that are prevalent in this condition. These include rosemary, ginkgo biloba, and ginger. In addition to being an antioxidant, ginger improves circulation to the extremities. Other herbs to consider are yellow dock, watercress, and milk thistle.

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Or look for it in supermarkets, which are now carrying more herbal teas. Follow the directions on the package. The herbs stimulate your salivary glands, which makes you swallow more, and the urge to swallow suppresses the urge to cough. Some herbs for tea are sold loose rather than in tea bags. You'll need one to two teaspoons of the herb per cup of boiling water; try different amounts until you find the strength that tastes best to you. If you're using the roots of the herb, put some water in a pan, bring it to a boil, add the roots and simmer for about 15 minutes over low heat.

The Way of Herbs Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts

Tinctures are usually made with the more potent herbs that are generally not taken as herbal teas. If a tincture is to be made with milder herbs, the dose will have to be increased to one or two tablespoons, about the equivalent of one-half cup of the tea. Do not confuse tinctures with the commercially available "fluid extract." The fluid extract is made by techniques that utilize multiple solvent extraction, resulting in a very concentrated product.

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Especially when symptoms are acute, take care to replace fluids by drinking vegetable broth, diluted vegetable juices, and herbal teas. Take 30 milligrams of zinc daily. The changes in virally infected liver cells that cause cirrhosis involve an imbalance of zinc and copper, with copper in excess. Copper, an oxidant, can damage the walls of cells, and zinc displaces copper from the cells. Take 500 to 1,000 milligrams of liver extracts daily. Over a period of three to six months, the use of liver extracts lowers liver enzyme levels.

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In the tropics, for instance, people on a macrobiotic diet can eat more tropical fruits as well as spices, herbs and herbal teas, which cool the body, says Kushi. In polar regions, people who follow macrobiotics may eat warming, yang foods, like fish and other seafood. Even if you live in a temperate zone like the United States, you should make minor adjustments to eat with the seasons, says Kushi. He recommends eating lighter, cooler foods in the spring and summer months and heavier, warmer foods in fall and winter.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

In Chinese medicine, herbal teas are called tang, which means soup. This is because the ingredients of formulas are based not on the total amount of herbs but on the dose of each, so that many ingredients can constitute a large total herb amount. Furthermore, these are usually decocted for a prolonged period (30 minutes to 1 hour)—sometimes double-decocted, which makes them quite strong and souplike. Chinese soups provide warm, flavorful liquids that can be taken throughout the meal.

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Drink herbal teas brewed from hops, passion flower, or valerian. Remember, herbs are compact powerful foods that contain vital antioxidants. There are four major categories of stress that can occur in any combination at the same time. They are: • Chemical—including, but not limited to, pesticides, insecticides, air pollution, water pollution, heavy metals such as mercury (tooth fillings), lead (paint, pipes), asbestos (insulation), and radioactive waste. • Emotional—family disagreements, financial problems, Job pressures, illness and death.

The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay. See book keywords and concepts

Herbal teas can often be useful treatments even for serious cases. Make a tea from herbs that fight heat and inflammation, like honeysuckle flower, tulsi, forsythia fruit, peppermint leaf, ginger root, echinacea, mullein flower, licorice root, scute root, and isatis root or leaves. Add 20^0 drops of the very effective tincture of white sage (Salvia apiana) and drink a cup every 2 to 3 hours, making sure to gargle a bit. Periodontal Gum Disease / Gingivitis Gingivitis describes an inflammatory condition of the gums, wherein the gums become swollen, spongy, and prone to bleeding.

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There's nothing like a cup of hot tea to soothe the soul—but some herbal teas can make you sick. Dieter's teas that contain senna, aloe, buckthorn, cascara, and other plant-derived laxatives produce the illusion of weight loss through dehydration. They can cause diarrhea and stomach cramps and decrease your body's ability to absorb nutrients. If you use such laxative teas too frequently, your bowels may no longer function without them, warns Dr. Catellani. These products can also deplete levels of potassium in your blood, which can lead to paralysis and irregular heartbeat.

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Allowed foods are fruits and vegetables, olive oil or unheated flaxseed oil, herbal teas, green tea, water, lemon water, diluted fruit juices, vegetable juices, whole-grain rice and rice products (including brown, basmati, Thai, and wild rice), mung beans, bean thread noodles, and miso (a flavorful soybean paste). Foods to avoid are meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, fats and oils (other than those listed above), chocolate, nuts, beans (other than those listed above), grains (other than those listed above), sugar, alcohol, coffee, and black tea.

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On the other hand, lemon juice and herbal teas are both felt to be beneficial to the voice. Lemon acts as a demulcent, thinning mucosal secretions. Ll Alcohol abuse damages the voice. Lack of coordination and decreased awareness of vocal stress lead to cumulative damage. In addition, cocaine is extremely irritating to the mucosal linings of the vocal cords and also causes loss of vocal control. Ll Removal of the tonsils can alter the voice by changing the configuration of the vocal tract. In addition, scarring may alter muscle function in the voice box.

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An alternate route to toothache relief is to actually drink certain herbal teas rather than just swishing an extra-strong version around in your mouth. One tea that Dr. Stay recommends is marjoram, a kitchen herb that can relieve toothache pain (as well as the headache that sometimes accompanies it). Buy the dried herb at a health food store. Steep 1 full tablespoon in 1 cup of hot water to make a strong but drinkable tea. "Drink it while it's comfortably hot," Dr. Stay advises. Cause: Cavities or oral infections such as periodontitis are the most common causes of toothaches.

Chamomile, Peppermint, or Lemon Balm Spritz away dryness when you travel with any of these herbal teas. The relative humidity can be less than 10 percent inside an airplane cabin—or even in your own house in the dead of winter. Like a dry sponge, the air soaks moisture and oils right out of your skin, says Dr. Dattner. To replace them, use a small spray bottle filled with your favorite herbal tea—such as lemon balm, peppermint, or chamomile—to hydrate and soothe. The volatile oils in the tea also have an anti-inflammatory effect.

The Herbal Drugstore Linda B. White, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Good beverage choices include water, herbal teas, sports drinks (Recharge, Gatorade, and others), and diluted vegetable and fruit juices. Full-strength fruit juice can aggravate diarrhea. And milk is best avoided because you'll likely have trouble digesting it. þ Eat cooked fruits and vegetables, particularly cooked carrots and applesauce. Bananas, active-culture yogurt, and low-fiber grains such as white rice and flour are also good choices. Attapulgite (Diar-Aid, Diasorb, Fowlers Diarrhea Tablets, Rheaban, Parepectolin).

You can also freeze herbal teas in an ice tray. þ Beef up your B6 intake. Vitamin B6 deficiency is common during pregnancy. It could even be causing your nausea. Eat plenty of foods rich in B6, such as nuts, legumes, wheat germ, whole grains, dark green vegetables, meat, and fish. Or take 50 milligrams of a B6 supplement twice per day. þ Check out hydrochloric acid. It's necessary for normal digestion and helps the body absorb some vitamins. Deficiency is common in the early stages of pregnancy.

Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Herbal teas made from lemon grass, peppermint, ginger, and red clover can also be very energizing," Dr. Haas says. week or two to reduce or eliminate all the sources of caffeine in your life: coffee, tea, cola, medications, and chocolate. "If you're having 5 cups of coffee a day, for example, cut back to 4% on the first day, to 4 on the second day, to 3Vi on the third day, and so on. Or substitute tea for coffee the first week, then slowly cut back on the tea the second week.

Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

The rule for heating Chinese herbal teas is "start fast, end slow." Bring the water to a boil, using high heat, and then simmer. Most formulas are heated for between twenty and thirty minutes, and then taken in the number of doses prescribed by an herbalist. It is important not to lift the lid of the pot too often during the tea-making process, since many herbs contain aromatic oils that can escape if they are boiled in an open pot. If the tea is overcooked or burned, discard the herbs. Never add water to cook again.

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They put arthritis patients on a supervised fast using only herbal teas, vegetable broths, and vegetable juice extracts. No fruit juices were used. After seven to ten days, foods were reintroduced one at a time every other day until the patients were consuming a varied vegan (pure vegetarian) diet. After 3Vi months on the vegan diet, other foods were introduced and their effects noted. If any newly introduced food caused the arthritis to return, the dietary trigger was eliminated again. The result was a substantial reduction in morning stiffness and joint swelling and tenderness.

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LJ Drink plenty of fluids such as water, juices, herbal teas and vegetable broths. LJ Avoid processed foods. LI Rest until the rash and fever have disappeared. LJ Do not send a child who has had measles to school until seven to nine days after the fever and rash have disappeared. CONSIDERATIONS LJ Allergic reactions to mumps-measles-rubella (MMR) vaccine in children that are severe enough to require emergency room treatment are rare, affecting approximately 1 in 60,000 to 70,000 children given the vaccine, primarily those who are allergic to eggs.

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Other herbal teas that act as decongestants are made from anise, echinacea, peppermint and chamomile. honey The rich Greek dessert baklava, generously laced with honey, might add a few pounds to your middle, but it also might prevent you from sneezing your way through springtime. Honey has long been used by Greeks, Asians, Italians and Hungarians to prevent hay fever. The small amounts of pollen from the flowers that are found in the honey desensitize the honey eater to the allergic effects of these flowers.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

This replacement can be in the form of herbal teas, vegetable broths, fruit juices, and electrolyte-replacement drinks. An old naturopathic remedy is to sip a drink made of equal parts of sauerkraut and tomato juice. When there are young children in the household, it is a good idea to have electrolyte replacement drinks on hand as a precautionary measure. In addition to the well-known Pedialyte and Gatorade brands, electrolyte-replacement drinks with healthier ingredients are available at health food stores. These drinks are generally marketed as "sports drinks.

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