Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 Subsequently we became "herbal friends," a sub-community of the naturopathic profession that are first and foremost lovers of plants and of herbal medicine. Another prominent memory that for me defines her is a house she once lived in, with herbs in all the gardens, herbs on almost every counter and surface inside, and a basement full of brewing tinctures sending aromas up the stairs. Again, I can't in my memory separate Sharol from those plants or those medicines. I eventually left the naturopathic program to devote my life to herbal writing and education. |
James Green
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 This "plant spirit" is the "active ingredient" in herbal preparations that medical pharmaceutical science and many commercial herbal industries are so desperately
In my opinion the harvesting of a plant is the most critical element in the process of making truly fine herbal medicine.
"Life begins the day you start a garden." —A Chinese proverb seeking. |
| With the recendy ballooning popularity of herbal medicine in this country, these five plants have all become highly sought-after medicinals, and while Ginger is abundantly cultivated and therefore not threatened by its popularity, the other four plants are not yet being adequately cultivated and are being plucked from their relatively small native stands at far too rapid a rate.They are simply being over-harvested from their native environment in order to supply the soaring commercial demands of people living in the other bio-regions of the U.S. as well as in Canada and many countries overseas. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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 Effect of traditional herbal medicine on serum testosterone levels and its induction of regular ovulation in hyper-androgenic and oligomenorrhetic women." Nippon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi, 34(7), 939-944, 1982.
16. Kurzepa, S. & Samojlik, E. "The effect of extracts from some Rosaceae plants upon the gonadotrophic and thyrotrophic activities in rat." Endokrynologia Polska, 15(2), 143-150, 1963.
17. Burn, J.H. & Withell, E.R. "A principle in rasberry leaves which relaxes uterine muscles." Lancet, 2(6149), 1-3, 1941.
18. Lutomski, J. "Die bedeutung der Pasionsblume in der heil-kunde. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 Something deep within us recognizes that there is healing power in the plant kingdom which, after all, is the nourishment of all animal life. herbal medicine is not an anachronism practised by ignorant people. It is time to embrace the concept of phytotherapy and further develop its art and science for the benefit of all humanity.
Queensland, Kerry Bone
Australia 1999
Acknowledgments
It is obviously a large task to comprehensively capture and review at any one time the now extensive literature on major medicinal plants. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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| Effect of traditional herbal medicine on serum testosterone levels and its induction of regular ovulation in hyper-androgenic and oligomenorrheic women." Nippon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi, 1982, 34(7), 939-944.
21. Binding, G.J. & Moyle, A. About Kelp. Thorsons Publishers Limited. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, 1974.
INFLUENZA
HERBS
Form: Capsule.
CONTENTS: GOLDENSEAL root (Hydrastis canadensis), BAYBERRY root bark (Myrica cerifera), and Cayenne (Capsicum annum). |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| However, throughout the world, especially in Europe and Asia, a tremendous renaissance has occurred in the use and appreciation of herbal medicine. Nonetheless, herbal teas and products are a major business in the United States as well, with an estimated annual sales figure of more than $4 billion.
This rebirth of herbal medicine, especially in developed countries, is largely based on renewed interest by the public and scientific researchers. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 Single-herb therapy occurs in folk traditions and as home remedies, but virtually all traditional systems of herbal medicine rely on complex and well-thought-out formulas.
Unlike classic homeopathy, in which a single remedy is matched to the multitude of symptoms that a patient has, most herbalists create formulas that attempt to match a patient's complex symptom pattern. Some herbs may treat the major symptoms while others enhance absorption or improve circulation, digestion, or the quality of sleep. |
James Green
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| Making your own herbal medicine both enhances your happiness and boosts your immune system. And the herbal preparations you make can be every bit as excellent as those you bring home from the store. Actually they will be better, profoundly better; this I can also promise you. Ralph Waldo Emerson, another born-again herbalist, expressed similar feelings, "When I go into my garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have been doing with my own hands. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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| Adding herbal medicine to a treatment protocol for a horse usually is quite easy. Horses are herbivores, so their digestive tract is made to digest the cellulose and fiber present in plant material.
HERBAL USE GUIDELINES
The Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association has these useful comments to share.
1. Herbs can be used in cooking for your pets or as medications.
2. As medications, herbs can be helpful for a variety of chronic problems.
3. As medications, herbs can have side effects and interact with other medications.
4. For help using herbs, contact a veterinary herbalist. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 I read about everything: nutrition, raw food, juicing, kombucha tea, herbal medicine, yoga, Hulda Clark and Max Gerson and other alternative healers, ozone therapy, chelation, hypnotism, psychotherapy, the I Ching, and countless other therapies and schools of thought. For the most part, each group presented persuasive arguments to support their point of view. The raw foods people said that because we evolved from apes we should be eating only raw vegetables and fruits. The blood-type people said that your diet should be designed to work with and support the characteristics of your blood group. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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| As most of the strategies developed are unique to herbal medicine and address clinical problems that are notoriously difficult to treat in modern times, they will repay further investigation.
The different data sources above are elaborated in the contents of this book. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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| It eventually became a standard part of
American herbal medicine. Dandelion is used as a tonic in America, Europe and China; Yellow Dock in America, Europe, Japan, & India; Chamomile in America, Russia, Europe and Mexico; Skullcap and Wood Betony in America, Europe and India; Gentian, in America & Europe; Kelp in America, Europe, and all over Asia; Cayenne, in America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Africa; and Saw Palmetto in America.
NOTE: For an herb to qualify as a culture-wide tonic, it must be accessible and freely in use by that culture for scores or even hundreds of years. |
| SAW PALMETTO BERRY has had an important place in homeopathic herbal medicine in the United States for about 200 years. It functions as a nutritive tonic, increasing the size and secreting ability of the mammary glands, decreasing ovarian and uterine irritability, relieving dysmenorrhea resulting from lack of tonus, and ameliorating ovarian dysfunction. It is used to treat virtually all diseases of the reproductive system. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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| As such, it is plainly different in principle and practice from Western conventional or herbal medicine.
According to the principles of Chinese medicine, health exists when the body is balanced and its energy is freely flowing. The term energy refers to qi, the life energy that is said to animate the body. The term balance refers to the relative factors of yin and yang—the classic Taoist opposing forces of the universe. Medicinal herbs that replenish the vital energy are called qi tonics. In Western pharmacologic terms, they might be called bioenergy modulators. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 In 1997 an estimated four out of every ten adults included some form of alternative therapy, such as herbal medicine, massage, and vitamins, in their med-
5 ical or health care. Other startling revelations have shown that consumers make more visits to alternative medicine practitioners like chiropractors, naturopaths, and massage therapists, than they do to their primary-care physicians.
What is driving even our most conservative patients to look at other forms of therapies? |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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| In many cases, herbal medicine will gradually support the immune system and both control a virus such as EBV and prevent it from doing further harm.
There is a wonderful Chinese saying: "Pure water has no fish." The concept is that no living things are pure and sterile environments do not sustain life. We can coexist with many viruses, fungi, bacteria, and in some cases even cancer cells, if we maintain a strong immune system, good nutrition, healthy digestion and bowel flora, and a positive attitude. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It says, "Make sure you keep those people ignorant about antiviral herbs; we couldn't give any credence to herbal medicine, because that might hurt the profits of vaccine companies. That might hurt the profits from the sale of the Tamiflu. It might discredit conventional medicine if we told people the truth. So, we've got to keep people in the dark."
I have no doubt that somewhere along the line in this whole decision process for the national strategy for pandemic influenza somebody said, "Better not mention herbs; keep people in the dark on that one. We don't want anybody to know about that. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 Ginkgo Biloba
There has been some interesting research on this ancient Chinese herbal medicine. From the more than 100 clinical trials that have been published, there seems to be a reasonable amount of data suggesting that standardized ginkgo extracts (Ginkgold, Ginkoba, and Ginkai) improve circulation throughout the body, in general, and may modestly improve symptoms of dementia.815 A 1999 review of clinical studies of ginkgo concluded that "overall, the results of these trials are favorable to ginkgo biloba as a treatment for tinnitus, but a firm conclusion about efficacy is not possible . . |
| We are so glad you mentioned this herbal medicine, and we have shared the information with others.
Butterbur (Petasites hybridus)
Another interesting allergy treatment involves the herb butterbur. This botanical medicine has been used to treat symptoms of migraine headaches, asthma, and allergy. It has antiinflammatory activity and blocks the formation of compounds called leukotrienes (pronounced lew-co-TRY-eens). These rascals cause all sorts of mischief in the nose, including itching, sneezing, swelling, and congestion. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Citizens of countries throughout Europe, Asia, South America and even New Zealand have far greater access to herbal medicine that really works. Plus, direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs is illegal everywhere in the world except the United States, meaning Americans are the only people crazy enough to tolerate the advertising of prescription drugs to a mass audience that isn't even qualified to prescribe those drugs. Only a doctor can prescribe them, so why isn't drug advertising limited to doctors?
It's going to get ugly around here
The bankruptcy of America won't be pretty. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Check out independent- minded, unbiased people in the world of naturopathy or herbal medicine or traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine can lick this thing in no time. You want to lick the bird flu virus? Go visit a Chinese herbalist. Go to San Francisco, down to Chinatown, and tell them you're afraid of the bird flu virus. They will hand you a couple of packages with herbs and say, "This will do the trick." And they're right; it will do the trick. You might look in there and freak out because it might contain something like dried gecko. You might say, "Oh my God, this is medicine? |
| You're going to have to fend for yourself, and to do that, you'd better have a stockpile of herbal medicine ready at your side. You'd better have purchased it well ahead of time, and you had better be prepared to take it.
Take responsibility for your own bird flu prevention
This is my opinion. Conventional medicine and medical authorities strongly disagree. My lawyers always tell me to say, "Check with your doctor. Check with your qualified health practitioner before you do anything." So, you'd better check with them before you do anything about your health. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Mike: A lot of people are used to seeing Western herbs in this kind of packaging or going to a health food store and finding Western herbs, but even though traditional Chinese herbs are more common now, people still tend to associate them with Chinese herbal medicine shops. You are Westernizing the packaging and the naming of traditional Chinese medicine. I think that's innovative.
St. Clair: Well, we've actually been doing this now for about 12 years, and, initially, some of our formulas were used just in practitioners' offices and not in health food stores. |
| Clair: A classical homeopathy doesn't generally lend itself to putting homeopathy with herbal medicine. On the other hand, some of the more contemporary homeopaths are now saying that they certainly can be blended and blended effectively. The beauty of homeopathy, of course, is that there are really no negatives to it as far as side effects. We've found that it has proven to be a positive and has made some of our formulas work much more quickly and more deeply than they normally would. So it is uncommon, but it does work really well for our products. |
| Clair: Most of our formulas started with a traditional Chinese patent herbal medicine. In some cases, all we're using is the traditional Chinese medicine, unchanged. We don't really like to mess with 500 years of success or 1,000 years of success in the case of some of our formulas. So in many cases they are just that.
What we have done in some cases is try to improve upon the speed of the results of the formulas. If there is a negative to Chinese medicine, it is that some of the formulas take up to three, four or five weeks to start manifesting results for people. |
| Chinese herbal medicine, as you probably know, relies a lot on the synergy of herbs and different energies that the herbs produce. So the Blood Sugar Balance is unique in that it only has five ingredients. But what we've found is that those five ingredients in Chinese medicine work very, very well for balancing blood sugar. It's not a diabetic formula or a hypoglycemic formula; it's a blood sugar balancer, to bring either high blood sugar down or low blood sugar up.
Mike: That's actually quite typical of Chinese medicine. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Phytomedicine, a recently coined term, refers to an herbal medicine that is a whole-plant preparation, rather than a single isolated chemical compound. (The prefix phyto comes from the Greek word phyton, meaning "plant.") The herbal preparation derived from a whole plant or plant part is considered the active entity, even though it may actually contain hundreds of individual active components. Phytomedicines are standardized, however—that is, they
The medicinal benefits of herbs have been known for centuries. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| In herbal medicine, ginger is regarded as an excellent carminative, a substance that promotes the elimination of intestinal gas, and intestinal spasmolytic, a substance that relaxes and soothes the intestinal tract. These properties can be attributed to its volatile component. Modern scientific research has revealed that ginger possesses numerous therapeutic properties, including carminative and intestinal spasmolytic effects, antioxidant effects, an ability to inhibit the formation of inflammatory compounds, and direct antiinflammatory effects. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 That's because the only way to know the potency of herbal medicine is to taste it.
And boy, did I taste it. I got a mouth full of liquid herbal concentrates that simply leave most tinctures in the dust. These are herbs with a potency rarely found in the supplements industry. The Kavazon Liquizon product, for example, which is made with Kava, tingles and then slightly numbs your tongue. That's how you know it's the real deal. You can easily taste the medicinal bitters in Recovazon (one of my favorite products) or the wholesome intensity of Una de Gato. |
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