American Medical Publishing
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| But the herb is certainly not the "miracle drug" that the media bandwagon made it out to be — but by the time everyone sobered up and took a closer look at the products, millions in profits had been made and the damage was done both to the pocketbook of the consumer, and probably the healthy of many innocent people who put their faith in media excess and questionable drug company studies.
So here again we see an example of a relatively safe and common natural substance that somehow gets elevated into a kind of manic public craze which causes it to be used in an unsafe manner. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 Synonyms: CAS: 8000-29-1 clary oil___
Products and Uses: Derived from a European herb. A food and beverage spice found in vermouth wine, root beer, cream soda, butter, fruits, licorice, black cherry and grape flavorings, ice desserts, candies, and bakery goods. Also used as a perfume fixative.
Precautions: GRAS (generally recognized as safe) when used in moderate amounts.
Synonyms: CLARY SAGE OIL ? OIL OF MUSCATEL clove leaf oil madagascar__
Products and Uses: Used as a food flavoring agent, a dental analgesic (kills pain), and a dental germicide. |
Maesimund B. Panos, M.D. and Jane Heimlich
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 Calendula officinalis, prepared from the tall, wild marigold, "the herb of the sun," is the chief homeopathic medicine for wounds. The late Dorothy Shepherd, a British homeopath who had vast experience treating wounds as a medical officer at an outpatient center in London during World War II, describes Calendula as "the most satisfactory wound dressing I have come across... . [It] is not an antiseptic in the true meaning of the word, but germs do not thrive in its presence. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 There are several Ayurvedic antiarthritic formulas on the market; many include boswellia, another Hot 100 herb (see page 11).
Possible Benefits
Enhances energy.
Improves sexual performance.
Relieves arthritis.
The Right Amount
Take up to three 4.5-mg. standardized tablets daily.
Facts
Bee propolis (also known .is bee yluci is the stickv substance used by bees to seal their hives to protect them from unwanted in traders and infection. Insects or small animals who haplessly enter the hive are first stung to death and then embalmed with propolis to prevent disease-causing decay. |
| In the West, researchers have focused on isolating the one or two active ingredients within each herb. In the Ayurvedic tradition, however, the entire plant is used on the assumption that all the compounds in a plant are meant to work together. For more than 1,000 years, ashwagandha has been highly prized as a treatment for impotence, stress, infertility, and arthritis. Because of its wide range of activity on many different body systems, ashwagandha is reputed to be an overall tonic that can promote health and vitality, much like ginseng (see page 170. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| Chamomile as an herb or aromatic oil is known to be an anticonvulsant with very soothing and calming properties. Because of these particular properties we should be able to assume that chamomile would be very advantageous in normalizing adrenalin flow and assisting in withdrawal. Study the alternatives available to you. Learn about your choices in life. Take charge of your own life and health. Truth and knowledge do set us free from many things, including the terrible bondage of disease.
Just as this edition of PROZAC: PANACEA OR PANDORA? |
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ESSENTIAL OIL SOURCES:
Oils may be obtained through any local health store. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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| In fact, as many as half of all Americans—more than 100 million people—use supplements in one form or another, whether it's a basic multivitamin, a homeopathic remedy for colds and flu, or an herb to treat menopause or prostate problems.
Until recentiy, however, our choice of supplements was rather limited. For example, many products sold over the counter and used for decades in Europe were simply unavailable in the United States because of restrictive laws. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| John's Wort and seen panic and anxiety increase at significant enough amounts from this herb to lead someone to be prescribed an SSRI - leading to additional horrors. Because of this I warn against the use of these products - especially for anyone who has had their ability to metabolize serotonin impaired via the use of serotonergic medications. L-TRYPTOPHAN: The same concern would apply to L-tryptophan. Anything that increases serotonin should be avoided. WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS are additional concerns. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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| But there's even more exciting news about the herb known as the "stinking rose." According to researchers at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center, aged garlic can dramatically reduce the growth of human prostate cancer cells in test tube experiments. Researchers exposed prostate cancer cells to S-allylmercaptocysteine, a sulfur compound found only in aged, (not fresh) garlic. Prostate cancer cells are sensitive to the male hormone testosterone and particularly to DHT, a potent metabolite of testosterone that can stimulate the growth of prostate tumors. |
George R. Schwartz
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 Hot or Cold Tomato herb Soup (Makes 18-20 portions)
V2 pound butter or margarine
7 cups onion, sliced
8 garlic cloves, minced 1 cup fresh dill
Va cup fresh thyme, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried
8 pounds fresh ripe tomatoes or canned plum tomatoes, drained
Va cup fresh oregano, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried
1/3 cup fresh basil, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried salt and pepper to taste
18 cups chicken stock or water
1 teaspoon ground allspice
V2 teaspoon ground mace
1 tablespoon sugar
1. Heat butter or margarine in a large stock or soup pot. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 By following a nine-point program that combines the standard tools of diabetes control and prevention—exercise, diet, stress reduction, and vitamin supplementation—with a mineral called chromium and an herb called HCA, you can prevent, control, and even cure type 2 diabetes. I emphasize the prevention aspects of the nine-point program because type 2 diabetes is one of the most preventable of all diseases. |
Zorba Paster, M.D. and Susan Meltsner
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 If you choose an herb or botanical treatment, be sure that the remedies are manufactured by a reliable source. The FDA does not regulate supplements as it does drugs. That means that even though the label may say that a particular supplement contains a certain ingredient, there is no guarantee that it actually will. I find this lack of government regulation repulsive. I think that if the label says feverfew, ginkgo, or milk thistle, it should have that in it. If it says 10 mg, it should have 10 mg. Sadly, that is not the case. Know thy supplier. |
American Medical Publishing
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| This natural herb that anyone could buy of the shelf, without a prescription, was the possible key to a happy, bright personality.
The day after the 20/20 report, sales of St. John's Wort exploded across the United States. Americans everywhere rushed to health food stores and bought every bottle off the shelf. Supplier of St. John's Wort could barely keep up with the demand. Because St. John's Wort was a "natural" substance, people assumed it was 100% safe, and they also began to swallow St. John's Wort capsules in large quantities. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 Roasted Yams or Sweet Potatoes
Serves 6
4 yams or sweet potatoes
2 teaspoons Schilling Garlic and herb Seasoning or other seasoning mix
Va teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 500°F.
Scrub the sweet potatoes or yams and cut them into chunks. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray. Spread the yams in the dish, sprinkle with the seasonings, and toss to mix. Bake until tender when pierced with a fork, 25 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition information per l-cup serving: 158 calories, 1. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 Echinacea
Perhaps the most widely used Western herb for enhancement of the immune system is echinacea. The two most widely used species are Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea. Both have been shown to exert profound immune-enhancing effects. Several classes of constituents contribute to this action. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 This powerful herb may also bolster your immune system. And if you toss some garlic into your chicken soup, you'll be getting two natural infection fighters at the same time.
Water. To prevent dehydration, drink plenty of water, especially when you have a cold or the flu. Dr. Mary L. Hardy, director of the Integrative Medicine Medical Group at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, believes in the healing power of water.
"The first defense system in the body consists of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory tract," she says. "And those work better when they're moist. |
Paul Pitchford
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 Chaparral's properties can be extracted in water, but for greatest effectiveness the whole herb needs to be consumed—or it is taken in an alcohol-extracted tincture.
If chaparral powder is available, stir one heaping teaspoon in a cup of warm licorice or mint tea (to mask its very bitter flavor); do not strain but drink the powder with the tea. Chaparral powder can be made from the leaves, with a blender or mortar and pestle. The powder may also be put in capsules, or bought in ready-made capsules, tablets, or tinctures. |
| A plant known to directly stimulate the production of estrogen is the Brazilian herb "Suma™" (Pfaffia paniculata [Martius] Kuntze). Suma has safe estrogenic activity because of its store of sitosterol, a compound which increases the natural estrogen of the body without stimulating an excess. Suma falls in the category of an adaptogen: It enhances immunity and enables one to adapt more easily to stressful experiences. The general tonic properties of Suma are useful in such conditions as fatigue, anemia, impotence, tuberculosis, bronchitis, diabetes, and cancer. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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| Flax is an herb that is high in omega-3, which is unusual for a plant. You might know it by the name linseed, because it's the plant linen is made from. For thousands of years, certain types of the flax plant have been grown for the edible seeds and the oil that can be pressed from them. But don't confuse this edible oil with linseed oil for wood, which is made from a different variety of the plant. |
Sydney Walker III, M.D.
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 The ambiguities involved in using (or ignoring) DSM diagnostic criteria allow agencies discretion and a rationale for accepting, rejecting, or referring an applicant for service," Stuart Kirk and herb Kutchins say, in The Selling of DSM. "A clinic offering a special program for people with 'mood disorders' may need operationally to liberalize their interpretation of the criteria when in need of clients and narrow it when their caseloads are full. |
| And, according to an in-depth analysis by university professors Stuart Kirk and herb Kutchins, the field trials the authors of DSM brag about are so poorly designed that they are close to meaningless.
The result, inevitably, is that the final terms published in various editions of DSM reflect panel members' personal biases and beliefs rather than any valid research. Attorney Jean Matulis, a critic of DSM's pervasive influence not only on psychiatry but on legal proceedings as well, has called it "the collective hunches of a bunch of people. |
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| This fragrant herb does more than add flavor to meals. It also lowers cholesterol and protects your arteries from clogging. That way, your blood can zip through with less "oomph' from your heart. Some studies show garlic lowers your systolic blood pressure by nearly 7 percent and your diastolic blood pressure by almost 8 percent.
DASH recommends using both garlic and its cousin, the onion, as tasty cooking alternatives to salt.
Eating vegetarian
Going green might bring your blood pressure out of the red zone, but make sure you plan before switching to a vegetarian diet. |
Sydney Walker III, M.D.
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| I respect my friends' and patients' religious beliefs even when I don't share them, and if someone wants to practice bloodletting, herb sniffing, or crystal gazing as part of a religious rite, it's none of my business. But religion isn't medicine—and it isn't psychiatry. And I do care if patients with treatable, curable problems forgo an accurate medical diagnosis and attempt to treat potentially lethal brain dysfunctions by balancing "hot" and "cold" foods, or performing "therapeutic vomiting"—treatments that Raso rightly describes as "nutrimedical witchcraft. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Week 1: Twice a day, take one dose of a dong quai and chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) combination formula supplying 500 milligrams of each herb, plus an antioxidant combination supplying 10,000 international units of vitamin A, 15,000 international units of beta-carotene, 3,000 milligrams of vitamin C, 1,500 milligrams of bioflavonoids, and 200 micrograms of selenium daily.
Week 2: Three times daily, take 200 milligrams of dong quai or 20 milligrams of black cohosh and 500 milligrams of red raspberry leaf. |
| Days 13-16: Take one dose of a gentian and dandelion root combination formula supplying 250 to 300 milligrams of each herb three times daily. If your digestion is impaired, continue taking them for one month.
¦ Once the incision has closed and healing has begun, and your surgeon gives you the okay, gently rub vitamin-E oil, castor oil, or evening primrose oil into the wound to minimize scarring.
HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathic treatment for appendicitis is intended to support recovery from surgery. It is not meant to be a substitute for surgical treatment. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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| Glucosamine sulfate, five hundred milligrams three times a day, has helped many people and appears to be much safer than the usual antiinflammatory medications. The herb feverfew is also sometimes found to be helpful. Typically, one capsule is taken two to three times per day. Feverfew should not be taken if you are pregnant. Both of these products are available in health food stores.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is very common, but what causes it is still largely unknown. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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 She took the herb Ginkgo biloba, as well as a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals. She also took a homeopathic remedy for vertigo, in pills and injections.
In addition, she underwent a regimen of advanced medical acupuncture, and each day she performed a series of mind/body exercises designed to increase her ability to focus, and to improve her vertigo.
The acupuncture treatment, focused primarily on points in her scalp, was somewhat similar to another treatment that has elicited remarkable results among thousands of amnesia patients: transcranial electrical brain stimulation. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| Fresh whole herb, standardized extract, capsule, liquid.
Stomach upset, contact dermatitis, flatulence.
Fresh cloves may be used, but odorless capsule form may be more palatable for some people. Use with caution if you have a bleeding problem or are taking anticoagulants.
Ginger
Aids digestion; relieves congestion; promotes perspiration and relieves fever; soothes achy muscles.
Root.
Standardized extract, tincture, tea, bath or oil for achy muscles.
Diarrhea, nausea.
Use with caution if you have a bleeding problem or are taking anticoagulants. |
Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., and Jo Robinson
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 Arugula has a peppery taste akin to watercress and can be found in the produce section of most large supermarkets, typically in the herb section.
Arugula is commonly used as a salad ingredient or as a colorful bedding for meat or bean dishes. Large leaves can be quite bitter, but if you select young and tender ones (two to four inches long), they are mild enough to be the primary greens in a salad. Some specialty stores feature arugula that has been grown hydroponically (in a water solution, not soil), resulting in especially mild-flavored leaves. |
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