Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  Wharton recommends these old naturopathic herbal remedies for treating burning urine: "Mix together equal parts of fennel, burdock, and slippery elm. Steep a teaspoon of this mixture in a cup of boiled water for about 20 minutes. Have one cup before each meal, and one before bed."
She also recommends flaxseed tea or a combinadon of uva-ursi and buchu: "For either tea, use one teaspoon of the dried herb(s) to a cup of boiling water. Again, let it steep for 15 to 20 minutes. Then drink one cup, three or four times a day. The results more than compensate for the awful taste."
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Mark Blumenthal
See book keywords and concepts |  Ethnopharmacology 1979; 1(1) :49-68. chauhan bl, kulkarni rd. liv.52 in alcoholic liver diseases: a profile of an herbal remedy. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1991 ;40(2): 189-91. cheshier je, ardestani-kaboudanian s, liang b, araghiniknam m, chung s, lane l, et al. immuno-modulation by pycnogenol in retrovirus-infected or ethanol-fed mice. Life Sci 1996;58(5):87-96. crates e. pycnogenol— barking up the right tree. Fund Foods & Nutraceuticals
2000;3(13):l6-7. dharmananda s. the nature of ginseng: traditional use, modern research, and the question of dosage. HerbalGram 2002;54:34-51. |
John Robbins
See book keywords and concepts |  An excellent source for mail order women's books, they also sell midwifery and birth supplies, herbal remedies, homeopathics, etc.
Women's Health: Fertility Testing, Microscopes, and Related Resources
Around the Moon, P.O. Box 3325, Applegate, OR 97530; 541-846-6677. FemmeNet International, P.O. Box 879, Ojai, CA 93924 (The Natural Rhythm Fertility Tester).
Fertility Awareness Services, P.O. Box 986, Corvallis, OR 97339; 503-753-8530. Jeannine Parvati Baker, P.O. Box 111, Junction, UT 87440; 801-326-4256. |
Cynthia A. Foster, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Christopher, ND. His herbal remedies were successful for diseases such as anemia, blood poisoning, lack of circulation, heart disease, strokes, cancer, blindness, deafness, diabetes, life-threatening infections such as tetanus, and many more diseases too numerous to mention. Dr. Christopher used to say that there was no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people. There are only people who are not willing to take the steps to heal their disease. |
Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  If this is not possible and the above herbal remedies are not used, try to daub the sores with compresses saturated with Dead Sea salts, mineral salts, or common salt (keep applications hot by covering with a dry cloth). Or try for the same effect as continuous soaking in the Dead Sea with a series of brief hot baths (temperature 100°F to 102°F) that are saturated with large quantities of Dead Sea salts, mineral salts, or table salt. End each brief bath with a fleeting cold shower. It also helps to bathe in the ocean and to take moderate advantage of sunny weather to dry up the sores. |
Andrew Chevallier
See book keywords and concepts |  Sterilization
All utensils used to make herbal remedies should be sterilized for at least 30 minutes in a well-diluted sterilizing solution, such as the type used for a baby's bottle. After soaking, rinse thoroughly with boiled water and dry in a hot oven or wash in a dishwasher. Proper sterilization maintains hygiene and prevents remedies, especially creams and syrups, from becoming moldy. Weights & Measures For most purposes, ordinary kitchen scales are suitable, although electronic scales are more accurate. | | Some plants, however, can produce side effects, and, like all medicines, herbal remedies must be treated with respect. It is essential to take or use certain plants only under the guidance of a well-trained practitioner, to avoid adverse consequences. Ephedra (Ephedra sinica, p. 93), for example, can be extremely toxic at the wrong dosage, and comfrey (Symphytum officinale, p. 136), a very popular herb in the past, is thought to cause severe or even fatal liver damage in rare circumstances. | | Though European, Indian, and Chinese systems differ widely, they all consider that imbalance within the constituent elements of the body is the cause of illness, and that the aim of the healer is to restore balance, often with the aid of herbal remedies.
Folk Healing in the Middle Ages
The theories of Galenic, Ayurvedic (Indian), and Chinese traditional medicine, however, would have meant practically nothing to most of the world's population. | | Fortunately, a supernatural appeal to the gods was not the sole means to relieve this and other afflictions. Many herbal remedies were available as alternative treatments, including sarsaparilla (Smilax spp., p. 268), a tonic and cleansing herb that was often used to treat psoriasis and similar conditions.
Galen and Hippocrates, two of the preeminent physicians of the classical era, debate in this imaginary scene depicted in a fresco.
Marco Polo's voyage to China in the 14th century opened the door for a flourishing reciprocal trade in goods, including medicinal herbs, between East and West. | | Growing Medicinal Plants
Growing medicinal plants may be more time-consuming than buying them, but it brings with it the unique pleasure of producing your own herbal remedies. Many medicinal herbs are easy to grow and will flourish indoors, on a windowsill, or in the garden, providing a year-round supply of fresh, sweet-smelling natural medicines.
The Medicinal Herb Garden
Planning an herb garden depends on a range of factors, including the space available, exposure, soil, conditions, and climate. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
See book keywords and concepts |  Studies on the individual and combined diuretic effects of four Vietnamese traditional herbal remedies (Zea mays, Imperata cylindrica, Plantago major and Orthosiphon sta-mineus). ] Ethnopharm 1994; 36: 225-31.
8. Dini D, Bianchini M, Massa T, Fassio T. Treatment of upper limb lymphedema after mastectomy with escine and levo-thyroxine. Minerva Med 1981; 72: 2319-22 [in Italian].
9. Wilhelm K, Feldmeier C. Thermometric investigations about the efficacy of beta-escin to reduce postoperative edema. Med Klin 1977; 72: 128-34 [in German].
10. Tyler V. |
Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon
See book keywords and concepts |  Martin's Press, 1985), 50+: The Graedons' People's Pharmacy for Older Adults (Bantam, 1988), and Graedons' Best Medicine: From herbal remedies to High-Tech Rx Breakthroughs (Bantam, 1991). No Deadly Drug (Pocket Books, 1992), coauthored with Dr. Tom Ferguson, is Graedon's first novel. Joe and Terry's most recent work, also coauthored with Dr. Ferguson, is The Aspirin Handbook: A User's Guide to the Breakthrough Drug of the '90s (Bantam, 1993). The total number of the Graedons' books in print well exceeds two million. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
See book keywords and concepts | | Homeopathic and herbal remedies can be soothing during flare-ups—but for deeper treatment, a constitutional remedy should be chosen by an experienced practitioner, to fit a person on many levels, and bring the body into better balance.
Antimonium crudum
People likely to respond to this remedy have eczema with thick, cracked skin and are also prone to indigestion. They are usually sensitive and sentimental, love to eat (craving pickles, vinegar, and other sour things), and may be overweight. Children can be shy and irritable, insisting that they not be touched or looked at. |
Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon
See book keywords and concepts | | Martin's Press, 1985), 50+: The Graedons' People's Pharmacy for Older Adults (Bantam, 1988), Graedons' Best Medicine: From herbal remedies to High-Tech Rx Breakthroughs (Bantam, 1991), and The Aspirin Handbook: A User's Guide to the Breakthrough Drug of the '90s (Bantam Books, 1993). The total number of her books in print exceeds two million.
Teresa is a member of the Society for Applied Anthropology, the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Medical Anthropology, and the American Public Health Association. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | In our program, we have a medical doctor who assumes charge of the patient's medical condition, a homeopathic practitioner, a nutritionist, who does extensive nutritional counseling with each patient on vitamins, herbs, and minerals, an acupuncturist who uses this technique as well as prescribes Chinese herbal remedies to strengthen a weak organ system; and a dentist who removes mercury amalgam fillings, which cause fatigue and weaken the immune system. | | She shares some of her herbal secrets for total health—using produce and herbal remedies, substances you can find in the grocery store, the health food store, or through mail order.
In dealing with arthritis, one thing you must have every day is alfalfa. You could chew 10 tablets a day with a little water to eliminate much of the uric acid that could build up to create joint pain. Rhubarb also eliminates acid. It is a laxative but it also breaks apart the crystals that form around your joints which give you pain.
Dandelion greens are full of vitamins and minerals. | | I have contacted a number of the companies producing and marketing these herbal remedies and could not find one that had performed scientific tests to confirm the efficacy or safety of the cure as proclaimed on the labels. In my opinion, this is clearly an unethical policy.
As Dr. Paul Lee notes, the problem of regulatory control is a burden to the herbal industry. Because herbs are neither food nor drugs, they are extremely difficult to define and hence hard to regulate. | | Recently there has been another rebirth of popular interest in herbal remedies. A facsimile edition of Culpeper's Complete Herbal is one of a number of herbal health books that have been successfully published in the last decade. Yet the government has been indifferent or actively hostile to new studies which suggest that ancient beliefs about the healing powers of herbs have scientific foundation. | | When I started taking the herbal remedies, the menstrual cycle became very regular again, approximately every thirty days. The flow was more regular, the cramping was easier to deal with. The mood swings disappeared, and I became balanced. My own body told me that this was certainly working for me. The herbs have made a fundamental difference in my life.
The Chinese herbs are different from American herbs because they are given in combination. They address a number of symptoms at one time, and they are also cost-effective, which I think is important for many people today. |
Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In this country, herbal remedies were abandoned in the middle of this century with the rise of more powerful pharmaceutical agents. By contrast, in Europe these centuries-old medicines continue to be prescribed.
Today valerian is enjoying a surge in popularity as an herbal sleeping pill. Dr. Andrew Weil describes valerian as a "strong enough sedative to be used for insomnia" in his 1995 best-seller Spontaneous Healing." Valerian produces deep, restful sleep, usually without causing a "hangover" the next morning, as is more likely to happen with potent, synthetic drugs. | | An authority on herbal remedies, Bratman says, "Drugs cause side effects [that].. . may allow patients to distinguish between drug and placebo.... Thus the influence of the power of suggestion cannot be excluded from drug versus placebo tests. This makes the legitimacy of all double-blind studies for traditional antidepressant medication somewhat suspect. However, no similar problem occurs with the essentially side-effect free St. John's wort."17
In spite of St. John's wort's demonstrated efficacy, psychopharmacolo-gists have resisted it as a competitor to standard antidepressant drugs. | | The second half of this book examines clinical experience and research on psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment, herbal remedies, diet, exercise, couples and family therapy, group therapy, and twelve-step programs. Nowadays, patients looking for alternatives to drugs are often surprised by the array of possibilities, because they have been so poorly informed about them by their HMOs.
I explain what depression is from a psychological point of view and how to distinguish between mild, moderate, and severe cases. |
Linda Mason Hunter
See book keywords and concepts |  MOTHS
¦ Instead of smelly mothballs, try herbal remedies. They are effective and leave woolens smelling good. Natural repellents include dried lavender, cedar chips, tobacco leaves, pennyroyal leaves and stems, and pyrethrum daisy flowers.
¦ Make a simple sachet of dried southernwood (an herb, available at botanical centers and health food stores), and store it where you keep woolens. It helps to give sachets a little squeeze from time to time, to release a fresh burst of scent. |
Michael Lerner
See book keywords and concepts |  She developed a personal recovery program of nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, and Reiki healing—a kind of spiritual healing practice—which she and several friends practiced with one another on a weekly basis. But note that Sandra, too, did not give up hope. She continued to hope that she might somehow overcome this cancer and live as her parents did, into her eighties or nineties. If this was not to be, she hoped to die a death of dignity without too much suffering. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
See book keywords and concepts | | Estrogenicity of traditional Chinese and Western herbal remedies. Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res 1996; 37: A1937 [abstract].
5. Blumenthal M, Busse WR, Goldberg A, et al. (eds). The Complete Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. Boston, MA: Integrative Medicine Communications, 1998, 147.
6. Foster S. Herbs for Your Health. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 1996,56-57.
Horehound
1. Wren RC. Potter's New Cyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations. Essex, England: C.W Daniel Co., 1988, 146.
2. Castleman M. The Healing Herbs. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler
See book keywords and concepts |  The effectiveness of herbal remedies has seldom been proven via adequately controlled scientific trials. And in many cases, we have better medications today to treat conditions previously treated only by herbs. In addition, there is tremendous variability in the potency and quantity of the active ingredients found in different samples of herbs. This is true even when they are not adulterated or diluted. A recent study at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science revealed that most of the ginseng samples tested were adulterated or diluted. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Uses: Silicon is often used in herbal remedies to promote strength in the hair, skin, and nails. It helps maintain the elasticity of the skin, so it may be one of our antiaging nutrients. Other possible uses of silica or silicon that are under investigation are to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis and heart disease, to treat arthritis and other joint or cartilage problems, gastric ulcers, and other conditions where tissue repair and healing are needed. Silicon is thought to help heal fractures and may have some role in the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts |  These herbal remedies are divided by categories of digestive problems.
NAUSEA
The following herbs can be used to treat nausea.
Ginger—Antinausea is a use for ginger that has been well known in herbal medicine for a long time, but has just recently come to the attention of the medical profession. At least four double-blind trials show ginger's efficacy against nausea.3 Ginger has been found to be effective for relieving motion sickness, seasickness, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and chemotherapy-associated nausea and vomiting. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Overall, herbal remedies, individual and blended, tend to be more subde in their effects than most drugs and are best used for mild problems or prevention. For chronic problems, herbs can be used to strengthen or detoxify specific organs or the entire body, but often must be employed for weeks or months to have an effect. For more acute or serious problems, when rapid relief is necessary, Western medicines clearly are very useful.
This discussion of plants is not intended to be a treatise on herbology, though some of the plants discussed are effective and very popular in herbal literature. |
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