| These preparations are used in modern medicine to stimulate neuromuscular function. The herb also reduces urinary tract irritation. It has been shown to contract the uterus and lower blood pressure. SHIELD FERN • Buckler Fern. Extract of the leaves of Dryopteris felix-mass, a fern that grows in Bermuda. SHOREA ROBUSTA • See Damar. SHORTENINGS • See Salad Oils.
SIENNA • Used to color face powder. It is made from any of the various earthy substances that are brownish yellow when raw and orange-red to reddish brown when burnt. |
Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra
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 Echinacea
Echinacea is another herb I frequently recommend. Echinacea is one of the many coneflowers, a group of native American wildflowers in the sunflower family. There are nine species, but Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea, and Echinacea pallida are the most commonly used. Since it provides the most active range of medicinal chemical compounds, Echinacea purpurea is used more often than the other two species mentioned above.
Used widely by Native Americans to treat a host of ailments, echinacea has a reputation for healing venomous bites from both spiders and snakes. |
Rex Adams
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 Twice a day I drink strong herb teas, not straining them, but also eating the grinds. I am 78 years old.... After all these years, I am so happy to know how to stop migraine headaches."
Lecithin For Migraine!
Mrs. A.M. reports: "I cured my migraine headaches with lecithin. For around six years I've been plagued by migraines and wouldn't go anywhere without my bottle of Fiorinal. Then some months ago I remembered an old man telling me that if he didn't take lecithin he couldn't control his temper. |
| The herb With The Miracle Healing Power!
A medical doctor reports the case of a man with a large tumor in his nose and mouth, which was removed surgically. A month later, the growth had again returned. It bulged through the incision and almost closed the right eye. It was blue, firm and did not break. His case was hopeless, and he was sent home to die.
A few weeks later, the patient walked into the doctor's office looking in better health than he had ever been. The tumor had completely disappeared from the face and there was no trace of it in the mouth. He had no pain and was apparently well. |
| An eye doctor was astonished when a patient, suffering a deep burn of the eyeball—due to red hot molten copper which had splashed on him—was miraculously healed by a liquid derived from the common herb comfrey. The swelling of the cornea disappeared, with firm healing of deeper layers and the formation of new tissue, described as rapid and dramatic!
Many Near-Blind Cases Helped!
Reportedly, many cases of near blindness have been helped by nerve massage. |
William Duffy
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 Some say tobacco was the Mexican-Indian word for the herb; others claim it was the name of the y-shaped, wooden tube apparatus the natives fitted into their nostrils.
The tobacco plant itself was first brought to Europe in 1558 by a physician dispatched by Philip II of Spain to investigate the flora and fauna of Mexico. The French Ambassador to Portugal brought tobacco seeds to his queen, Catherine de Medici. His name, Jean Nicot, eventually became the basis for the Latinized name of the plant Nicotinia. Like sugar, nicotinia was thought to possess healing medical powers. |
Rex Adams
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| It is difficult to dismiss the old wives' tales about this herb. Read these and judge for yourself:
* In a miraculous case, Mr. Emmet T., 60, suffering pain after food, vomiting of blood, and other ulcer symptoms—with no relief from medicines—finally agreed to an operation. He nearly died on the operating table after the stomach (with an ulcer in it) had been exposed. The operation had to be abandoned, and the ulcer remained. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 Lucia Drops
These drops are prepared from the herb atel cugel.
Dr. Victor Marcial-Vega of Health Horizons Rejuvenation Clinic, Coral Gables, Fl. ( www.healthhorizonsinc.com) claims that St.Lucia drops eliminate cataracts, eye infections, glaucoma, retinitis and ptergium. One drop is applied to the eye at bedtime nightly. Results appear in two weeks.
Dr. Marcial-Vega relates that dissolution of the cataracts will be followed by reappearance of the cataracts if life style changes are not accomplished. |
David Brownstein
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 Research has also shown the herb feverfew to be effective in improving the symptoms of arthritis.10
Final Thoughts
Nutritional supplements are important elements that provide the body with essential nutrients to promote healing of injured areas. They also provide the basic building blocks to promote the health of the individual.
As previously mentioned, due to our poor food supply, it is nearly impossible to obtain from our diet all of the nutrients we need to maintain health. I encourage readers to do their own research about which supplements might be beneficial to their health. |
| Taking an herb, saw palmetto (300mg twice per day), may block any possible negative effect of testosterone on the prostate by stopping the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. Dihydrotestosterone is thought to cause the excess growth of the prostate gland.
Natural Progesterone
Progesterone is one of two major hormones produced by the ovaries in females. (The other is estrogen.) Progesterone is primarily produced in the second half of the woman's menstrual cycle and is the hormone necessary for the survival of the fetus. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| IN ADDITION: There's an herb called silymarin, which is actually the common milk thistle, that is reported to be enormously helpful in fighting the effects of cirrhosis of the liver and particularly alcoholic cirrhosis. It is commonly used in Europe and is finally being studied in the United States. Catechine is another botanical that can be helpful. Both are available in health food stores. Discuss these treatments with your doctor. |
| Instead, stick with herb teas such as chamomile or mint to help settle your stomach.
• Avoid "diet" foods—candy and gum—that are sweetened with sorbitol or mannitol; these artificial sweeteners can act as laxatives.
• After a day of a clear diet, you'll be ready to start some solid foods. Yogurt with live active cultures (check the label) is a good choice, as it can help restore the bowel flora.
• Bananas help restore minerals; they're an easily digested carbohydrate rich in pectin, which helps bowel function. |
| This herb is available in capsule form in health food stores. Take one or two capsules twice a day, or as directed on the container, for up to two weeks.
Congestive Heart Failure
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE is a symptom of many serious diseases including high blood pressure (see Hypertension, page 194), heart valve disease, heart attack (see Angina, page 12), emphysema, congenital heart disease, and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), among others. It's caused when the pumping action of the heart is impaired. |
David Brownstein
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 Taking an herb, saw palmetto (300mg twice per day), may block any possible negative effect of testosterone on the prostate by stopping the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. Dihydrotestosterone is thought to cause the excess growth of the prostate gland.
Natural Progesterone
Progesterone is one of two major hormones produced by the ovaries in females (the other is estrogen). Progesterone is primarily produced in the second half of the woman's menstrual cycle and is the hormone necessary for the survival of the fetus. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| Avoid fruit juices including orange juice, and rely on herb teas, warm soups, and vegetable juices.
• For sore throat pain, gargle with a teaspoon of salt dissolved in a glass of half warm water and half hydrogen peroxide. You can repeat hourly or as needed.
• Use a humidifier, particularly in your room at night.
• Don't exercise until the third or fourth day after the start of the cold, with the exception of light stretching exercises.
• If coughing is keeping you up at night, use an over-the-counter medication that will allow you to rest. |
| Warm liquids, like herb teas, soups, and warm cider, can be particularly soothing to asthmatics. Not only do they keep mucus fluid, they also can act as natural bronchodilators, relaxing the airways and, in some cases, preventing an attack entirely. This can be especially useful for children with asthma. If the child begins to feel an attack coming on, a warm drink can be distracting and relaxing. Sometimes averting anxiety can avert an attack. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 S-allyl cysteine (SAC) inhibited proliferation and cell growth of nine human and murine melanoma cell lines, producing positive end results without side effects (Takeyama et al. 1993). Of equal importance, gatlic modulated majot cell differentiation markers of melanoma. As the cell shows distinguishable characteristics (differentiation), it eventually loses its uncontrollable propensity to divide and replicate.
• Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. |
Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra
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| Gotu Kola
Gotu kola is a quick-acting herb that comes from a medicinal plant popular in Pakistan, India, and Ceylon and is used for the treatment of fatigue. In Ceylon it is considered a brain food and is reported to stimulate the memory. I once sat on a plane next to an anesthesiologist from India. He saw me reading about gotu kola and told me that this plant is often used as a tea in his country, primarily for enhancing memory and rejuvenating energy. Gotu kola contains no caffeine. |
John Boik
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 Salvia miltiorrhiza (dan shen)
An isolated component of the herb inhibited proline uptake by fibroblasts, and inhibited fibronectin and collagen synthesis by cultured fibroblasts.*
Liu etal., 1992b
* In contrast, in rats with experimentally induced acute liver failure, Salvia miltiorrhiza (dan shen) and Paeonia lactiflora (bai shao and chi shao) increased plasma fibronectin levels (Qi, 1991).
3.3.5 Copper
Copper complexes have been shown to increase angiogenesis, and angiogenesis fails to occur in copper-deficient rabbits. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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 D, of Scottsdale, Arizona, who specializes in the treatment of male genital and urological infections, finds that saw palmetto is the most important herb in treating men for these infections. Berberine, an active constituent of goldenseal, has been shown to stimulate the immune system.' In India, berberine drops are used on patients with chlamydial eye infections. |
Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D. Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D. Uma Shivakumar, Ph.D. R. Rajendran, M.S.
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| The long-established image of turmeric as a commercial dyestuff and component of curry6 was partly responsible for overshadowing its importance as a medicinal herb.
The significance of turmeric in medicine has changed considerably since the discovery of the antioxidant properties of naturally occurring phenolic compounds. The same ground, dried rhizome of Curcuma longa, which has been used for centuries as a spice, food preservative and a coloring agent, has been found to be a rich source of phenolic compounds or curcuminoids. |
Gary Null
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 New York City, 1984
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HEALTH AND NUTRITION
PROTEIN
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 1:29
If I were to do a word association test with you and I mentioned the word protein, the first thing to come to your mind would probably be meat.
After the term meat, no doubt you would mention chicken, hamburger, steak, veal—the flesh of an animal. |
| So increase your liquid intake: drink consomme-type soups and herb tea, for example.
• Foods such as grains and legumes that encourage the formation of bulk in your intestines can be purchased from your health food store. These foods help you absorb excess fluid in the intestines and firms up the bowel matter.
• If you eat anything, it should be something that is easily digestible—cooked, gruellike, soft cereals (Wheatena, Cream of Wheat, oatmeal), steamed rice, or unsweetened applesauce.
• To quell a queasy stomach, try sucking a chunk of ice like a cough drop. |
Michael Lerner
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 A second study using a fraction of the same herb (fraction F3) showed that the fraction reversed the immunosuppression caused by the chemotherapy cyclophosphamide and represented a "rational basis for the use of Astragalus in immunotherapy." 40
A 1989 Japanese study of an extract from Panax scbinseng found that the substance inhibited growth of liver cancer cells in culture and stimulated protein synthesis in these cells, "thus converting the cell characteristics both functionally and morphologically to those resembling original normal liver cells. . . . |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 IfC/^stragalus
Astragalus is an inexpensive, non-toxic herb that boosts immunity and fights cancer. It comes from the root of a pea-like plant called Astragalus membranaceus. (Another member of this family is the infamous locoweed' of the American Old West.) In China, an astragalus extract is extremely popular as a 'spleen tonic' It is also found in various kampo formulas of Japanese traditional medicine. Science now confirms that astragalus is indeed a powerful immune booster.
This ability was discovered by studying its impact on the white blood (mononuclear) cells of healthy donors. |
| The most controversial herb of course has to be marijuana. There have been a number of reports that marijuana causes health problems, including possibly cancer. But in a JNCI article in 1975, scientists reported the surprising finding that several marijuana derivatives retarded the growth of lung cancer in mice. Animals treated for ten straight days with one of these drugs showed reduced tumor growth. Mice treated for 20 days had reduced primary tumor size. Several of these marijuana substances increased survival time by up to 36 percent. |
| Chinese Fly: Mylabris is not an herb, but the dried body of the Chinese blister beetle. As unappetizing as this may sound, beetles once formed part of the traditional medicine in many cultures. Some kinds of beetle irritate the urinary tract. In Europe they are best known as ingredients in the notorious aphrodisiac, 'Spanish fly.' In China, beetle parts have been used as a folk remedy for more than 2,000 years, to the present day. The active constituent of the blister beetle has been identified as a chemical named cantharidin. |
| Garlic (Allium sativum) is a well-known European bulbous herb of the lily family, closely related to onions, scal-lions and leeks. Thousands of years ago, garlic originated as a wild plant in the deserts of Western Russia. Its use as food and medicine spread west and southward with wandering tribes. We know that it was already being cultivated in the Middle East 5,000 years ago, making it one of
GARLIC humanity's first cultivated plants. |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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 A succulent herb found along the sandy shore.
CALAMINE • Zinc oxide with about 5 percent ferric oxide that occurs as a pink powder. Used in protective creams, astringents, lotions, ointments, washes, and powders in the treatment of skin diseases; also to impart a flesh color. Some calamine formulations contain significant amounts of phenol (see), and ingestion or repeated applications over large areas of skin may cause phenol poisoning. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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| In ancient Indian medicine, turmeric was used as a cleansing herb for the whole body. It has also been used medically as a digestive aid, a treatment for infections, arthritis, jaundice and other liver problems (1). Turmeric is also widely employed in Chinese medicine, where it is known as "yellow ginger" (huang jiang). Traditional Chinese doctors use it to treat liver and gallbladder problems. It has many other medical uses: to promote bile secretions, increase appetite, lower blood pressure, alleviate pain and reduce inflammation. |
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