Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 Alliein is rather unstable, according to Varro Tyler in The New Honest herbal (Philadelphia: G.F. Stickley, 1987).
In addition to alliein, garlic also contains 32 other sulfur compounds, 17 amino acids, germanium, calcium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, selenium, zinc, as well as small amounts of vitamin A, vitamin Bl and vitamin C (2).
The main active components seem to be the sulfur compounds. These include not just alliein, but allixin, diallyl disulfide, and diallyl trisulfide (3) and thioallyl amino acids, as well as other compounds formed during preparation and cooking. |
Dr. Richard Schulze and Sam Biser
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| The best way for everyone to start their day is with a morning herbal nutritional drink. Give yourself a nutritional blast right from the get go. Then, at least an hour later, you can have some solid food. It will change your life!
Note from Sam Biser: I have noticed that some people will do better on some of these super-food ingredients than others.
For instance, my wife Sandy uses a nutritional yeast, but I have to use a brewer's yeast, because the nutritional yeast does not agree with me. The same can be true of other super-foods. They can be superfoods for everyone else, but not for you. |
| You could also take quarts of echinacea root tea, which has worked even when echincacea tincture has failed. herbal teas contain compounds that may be destroyed when you soak an herb in alcohol. Teas can be essential in stubborn cases. However, in an emergency, a tincture is ready in seconds, versus minutes for a tea to steep.
Emergency Internal Dosage for Tincture: 2 to
4 Dropperfuls per hour (a dropperful is approx. 30 drops).
Maintenance Dose: 2 to 4 Dropperfuls 3 times daily for 1 to 3 weeks. Then take a week or two off.
Garlic for infections: One of Dr. |
Earl Mindell
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 Vitamins A and C; quercetin, echinacea, goldenseal, and bayberry herbal teas; potassium. Alfalfa, asparagus, celery, dandelion leaves, and vitamin B6 can work as natural diuretics. Vitamin C, vitamins Bl, B2, B6, and B12, potassium, magnesium, acidophilus, alfalfa, hawthorn berry, gotu kola, skullcap, bran, and water.
Valerian, melatonin, choline, niacin, vitamins Bl, B6, B12, calcium, and magnesium; manganese, zinc, pantothenic acid, and inositol; kava kava, St. John's wort; phenylalanine and tyrosine. |
| Ext-33 capsule (which is a patented herbal extract of a unique subspecies of ginger) twice daily along with my MVP. (See section 172.)
CAUTION: If you are undergoing chemotherapy, be sure to check with your doctor before adding any new supplements.
220. Cold Feet
If you're embarrassed by wearing socks to bed all the time, you could try a good multimineral supplement with iodine twice a day, along with kelp tablets. The cold feet could be due to the fact that your thyroid glands are not producing enough thyroxin. Niacin and vitamin E can also help circulation. |
| Today, the efficacy of many herbal remedies is undisputed and well documented. (See Chapter X.)
Homeopathy Based on the findings of Samuel Hahnemann, homeopathy uses medicines to stimulate the body's natural defense mechanisms and is based on the premise that "like cures like." For instance, a substance that can trigger symptoms in a healthy individual when taken in large doses can cure similar symptoms in a sick person when taken in extremely small doses. |
Lawrence Katz and Manning Rubin
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 If a bagel and coffee is your daily fare, try something else like hot oatmeal and herbal tea. þChange the setting on your radio alarm or tune into a morning TV program you never watch. Sesame Street, for example, may arouse the brain to notice how much of what you take for granted is explored in depth by children. þWalk the dog on a new route. (Yes, you can teach old dogs new tricks.)
^ Brain imaging studies show that novel tasks activate large areas of the cortex, indicating increased levels of brain activity in several distinct areas. |
Earl Mindell
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| Naturopathic Naturopathic medicine encompasses herbal medicine, massage, acupuncture, and a broad spectrum of other alternative treatments. Naturopathic doctors (N.D.s) are required to pass a national licensing exam after completing four years in a naturopathic medical college.
Orthomolecular Medicine An alternative therapy that aims to provide optimal levels of substances normally found in the body through nutrients. |
| I'd also advise avoiding products that combine ginseng with another herbal stimulant, ma huang (ephedra), which may cause jitters and palpitations in some people.
122. Alfalfa, Garlic, Chlorophyll, and Yucca
A natural diuretic.
Alfalfa has been dubbed "the great healer" by noted biologist and author Frank Bouer, who discovered that the green leaves of this remarkable legume contain eight essential enzymes. Also, for every 100 g., it contains 8,000 IU of vitamin A and 20,000-40,000 units of vitamin K, which protects against hemorrhaging and helps in blood clotting. |
Dr. Richard Schulze and Sam Biser
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| Schulze's herbal Super Foods: 20%, The power algae from the sea: Spirulina (blue-green algae) and Chlorella algae. Contains almost every vitamin and mineral known; 75% pure protein, lots of B-12. The formula is: 10% of the power seaweeds. Dulse and Kelp are my favorites, others are great too. The mineral blast contains every major mineral and all the trace ones; 20% of the power grasses: Alfalfa grass, Wheat grass, Barley grass. Nature's vitamin and mineral plants, more nutrition than the grains, like above-ground algae; 15%of the iron-power: Beet root and leaf Spinach. |
Christian B. Allan and Wolfgang Lutz
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 If this is too difficult, you can use one of the over-the-counter laxatives, or try an herbal laxative. Eventually, when its musculature has recovered and the hormonal regulation of bowel movement has reestablished its equilibrium, the constipated bowel regains its capacity for normal forward movement. Water should be consumed to eliminate thirst, but not to drown your insides.
Immune Reactions
A large part of the difficulty involved in readjusting the metabolism is due to stimulation of the immune system. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 Follow package directions, or consult a qualified herbal practitioner.
What makes it worse?
• I know of no nutrients that of themselves worsen capillary fragility.
Aspirin decreases the ability of blood to clot and may worsen bruising and prolong bleeding with injury.
- Cardiac Arrhythmias -
What are they?
The most enduring and dependable muscle in your body is your heart. It contracts and relaxes at an average rate of about 60 to 80 times every minute of every hour of every day of your life. |
John Heinerman
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 Generally speaking, herbal medicines are just that, medicind As such, most herbs should only be used when body health is placed in some kind of jeopardy. Otherwise, most medicinal herbs should be left alone. There are, however, some very qualified exceptions to this fundamental rule.
EXCEPTION ONE: Plants of definite nutritive value may be used on a fairly consistent basis, because their rich blend of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, amino acids, enzymes, and hormones afford the body solid protection against potential illnesses. |
| NOTE: There should be medical supervision from an expert trained in herbal medicine when this is undertaken.
For external purposes, a liniment rub of belladonna is rubbed into the skin for relieving aches and pains. Two ounces each of dried, or eight ounces each of fresh, pulverized rootstock and leaves are put into a quart bottle. Add a pint of gin, brandy or vodka and set aside for almost two weeks, shaking the bottle contents twice daily. The liniment will have a cooling effect when applied to the skin and bring relief in less than five minutes. |
| Follow this with a drink of some kind of herbal demulcent, such as teas made from fenugreek seed, marshmallow root or slippery elm bark, or pearl of barley water. Keep the body temperature stabilized by wrapping in blankets and putting hot water bottles on the feet, abdomen and neck.
Just because I've emphasized some necessary precautions doesn't actually mean that bryony will kill you. It only means that if unwisely and improperly used, it can make a person one very sick individual. |
| A Guarantee for Stopping Hemorrhages
A number of different herbs has been repeatedly recommended for prolonged bleeding in many of the herbal books available today. But none of them, to my knowledge, specifically indicates atractylis for this problem. I found information in a voluminous work entitled Zhong Yao Lin Chuang Sheng Yong Yu Zhi Yong [The Clinical Use of Fresh and Prepared Chinese Herbs] (Beijing: People's Medical Publishing House, 1981).
Some interesting hematologic effects were noted in a couple of experiments conducted on rodents and in humans. |
| I explained how to make an herbal bath from anemone leaves. I told them to add two large handfuls of anemone leaves to a gallon of distilled water and simmer on low heat, covered, for 45 minutes. The liquid was to be strained into a glass container. His friend was to give Jerry a sponge bath morning and evening using some of this tea. I said it always worked well in cases of leprosy and should be of benefit to him. His friend reported back several months later that Jerry's sores were 75% healed by using this treatment on a regular basis. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Cancer
Burdock is often a component of western herbal formulas targeted toward cancer. While cancer can be a complex disease, many researchers detect a connection between cancer and "toxicity" in the body.
Burdock improves detoxification and supports the immune system. In addition, its hormone-balancing properties may be beneficial for hormone-dependent cancers. (Research on natural therapies and cancer is limited.)
Constipation
Bowel movements are easier when the liver and gallbladder secrete more bile. |
| Today, black cohosh is the most popular herbal treatment for the symptomatic relief of menopausal symptoms. It can be found everywhere—in health food stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, and even on the Internet.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Most of the studies done on black cohosh have used an extract containing 2.5% triterpene glycosides that include the markers actein and cimicifugoside. Researchers disagree on exactly how black cohosh relieves menopausal symptoms. There is some literature that supports the idea that taking black cohosh lowers the hormone LH (lutenizing hormone). |
Kenny Ausubel
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 Also thriving was the vast array of herbal healers growing out of the movement of "Indian doctors" and "root doctors" who had adapted the extensive Native American botanical pharmacopoeia. Prominent among these were the Thompsonians, founded by Samuel Thompson, a New Hampshire farmer who systematized a healing regimen using botanical remedies and steam baths. He patented and franchised the program very successfully across the nation, rapidly making over 100,000 sales by 1839 and boasting three million adherents, about a sixth of the populace. |
| Because Hoxsey's herbal remedies were not patentable, he had reason to be cautious. Perhaps Hoxsey felt, as Winston Churchill once remarked, that the truth was so valuable that it had to be protected "by a bodyguard of lies." The MacGuffin might still be in play, after all.
So the question remains as to what exactly is in the Hoxsey tonic. Mildred Nelson has continued to hold the precise recipe close to the vest and never confirmed or denied its makeup. She gave a sly wink that Hoxsey might have admitted under court order only what the AMA believed to be in the tonic. |
Earl Mindell
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| As a rule, few medical problems occur from ingesting herbal remedies, but the potential for an allergic or toxic response is always there.
IMPORTANT: If you are now taking any drugs, or have any medical problems, it's wise to consult a nutritionally oriented physician who is aware of herb-drug interactions, as well as any potentially dangerous side effects.
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132. Aloe Vera
The aloe vera plant contains a wound-healing substance called aloe vera gel, a mixture of antibiotic, astringent, and coagulating agents.
Taken internally, it works as a mild laxative. |
Elaine Feuer
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 Supplementation with vitamins and minerals; natural or herbal antibiotics; digestive enzymes.
4. Oxygen therapies: H2O2 Homozone, stabilized electrolytes of oxygen.
5. Systematic detoxification: I'm sure my recovery may have been more rapid had I the time and funds to partake in an extended stay at one of the alternative health clinics located in Mexico. Given this as unaffordable, I listened to many lectures offered by the practitioners who run those clinics (numbering about thirty now), and applied their nutritional and detoxification experience to my own. |
Gale Maleskey
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 A Regulatory Purgatory
Currently, herbal medicines sold in the United States are in limbo between regulation and free-market distribution. Since they are classified as dietary supplements, not drugs, they can be purchased without a prescription.
This policy raises doubts in the minds of many health practitioners. In Europe, where phytomedicines are common, people are accustomed to having herbs prescribed by doctors. In the United States, however, you can just walk into a health food store and buy them in quantity. Why should there be such a discrepancy in the way they're distributed? |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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| Those who had marked dysplasia were put into one of three groups to receive either "antitumor B," a Chinese herbal preparation, a vitamin A-type substance (retinamide) or a placebo.
After three years, these people were re-examined. The incidence of esophageal cancer in the group that received Chinese herbs was reduced by 53 percent compared to the placebo group. Esophageal cancer in the retinamide and the riboflavin groups was reduced by 33.7 and 19 percent, respectively. |
Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
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 Certain plants used as herbal remedies contain carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (e.g., lasiocarpine), but are not considered as foods and thus are not included in this discussion. In contrast, animal tests provide some evidence of carcinogenicity for a large number of individual plant constituents (see Appendix A). In many cases, these results were obtained only at or near the MTD. In plants or their crude abstracts, carcinogenic constituents typically are highly diluted by the noncarcinogenic components of the plants and their crude extracts, thus making achievement of an MTD impossible. |
Nelson Foster and Linda S. Cordell
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 Then, at the end of the sixteenth century, it suddenly started to appear—in John Gerard's herbal of 1597, for example.
The explanation seems to be that the conquistadors saw the potato being used as a food by the Native Americans, fed it to slaves, and even began to eat it themselves but failed to see in it anything that would be of use in Europe. |
| Seeds passing along this route reached Germany before 1542, when the Bavarian physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs published an herbal containing a description of four peppers. Believing that the German stock had come from India, Fuchs called the spice "Calicut pepper" and "Indian pepper."
In any case, the American peppers' round-about path to central and eastern Europe created many decades of confusion. |
Michael Lerner
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 Scope of practice: A general practice of traditional Chinese medicine should include acupuncture techniques, herbal remedies, complementary supplements, general nutritional guidelines, general exercise guidelines, and general stress management guidelines. Experience with cancer: The practitioner should have treated a minimum of 100 cancer patients and should have experience with your type of cancer as well—5 to 15 cases for unusual cancers and at least 25 cases for more common types. The practitioner should also provide you with patient contacts. |
| Yoga, breathing practices, and meditation are also employed in a therapeutic program, as are herbal preparations. Other components of a treatment program may be emotional release (the recognition, understanding, and release of negative emotions), therapeutic vomiting, and the use of purgatives, enemas, and fasting.12
Unlike Chinese medicine, Ayurveda is not recognized in the United States as a licensed treatment modality. Various training programs in Ayurveda do exist in the United States, but state laws vary as to whether practitioners can use their training to treat patients. |
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