Michael Tierra
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 Donny Yance, act as "cell growth normalizers in cancer cell division." He further states that "asparagus therapy has been used to treat various forms of cancer, and reversal of the disease has been reported in a number of cases." He says that when used as a form of cancer therapy, asparagus is always cooked and pureed in a blender. It can then be stored in the refrigerator. The dose is 4 tablespoons two or three times daily alone or mixed in hot or cold water.
Fruits
Apples, grapes (with the seeds), apricots, peaches, and berries all have powerful anticancer properties. |
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 Vancouver. "This is not an herb to take just when you feel a sniffle. It is taken day in and day out for chronic immune weakness, so if you always seem to have a cold during the winter, start taking it in September."
You have lots of options for taking your astragalus. If you can handle a strong medicinal tea, buy plenty of loose astragalus root in cut-and-sifted form, either at a Chinese herb store or a well-supplied health food store. |
| AHG, and founder and president of Wild Rose College of Natural Healing in Calgary, Alberta. Capsules are the easiest—and least smelly—way to get garlic.
Onion
Take an average daily dose of 1.5 ounces of fresh onion or 20 grams of dried onion. Like garlic, onion can help prevent age-related narrowing of the arteries, says Varro E. Tyler, Ph.D., Sc.D., distinguished professor emeritus of pharmacognosy at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and co-author of Tyler's Honest Herbal. |
| Clovery, Maryland. "It helps digest some of the clotted blood that accumulates in a wound, which helps reduce inflammation, and basically cleans up the degraded tissues."
Cause: Blows near the eye cause bruising of the tender tissues below it.
Incidence: Virtually everyone gets a shiner at some point in life.
When to see the doctor: If your eyeball is hit, if there's any effect on your vision, if you're experiencing pain and headaches, or if the bruise fails to clear up within a week, see a doctor or an ophthalmologist.
Comfrey
Soak the black eye with a compress. |
| Clovery, Maryland. Since this is a heavy dose, you should use it only when you need immediate relief, she says, and then only for a few days. If your allergies are less severe, however, take one capsule of feverfew extract three times a day or one to two cups of tea daily.
To make feverfew tea, boil some water, let it stand for a minute, then add 3 to 4 heaping tablespoons of the dried herb and steep for no more than 5 minutes. Strain out the feverfew before you drink the tea.
"This is a strong medicinal tea," says Dr. Broadhurst, "so don't expect it to taste very good. |
Linda B. White, M.D.
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 The Green Pharmacy and Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs, a study of Chinese people who climbed above 15,000 feet over three days in Tibet found that reishi greatly reduced altitude sickness. Typical dosage-.
Up to five 420-milligram capsules per day,- or 1 teaspoons of tincture three times per day,- or up to three 1,000-milligram tablets up to three times per day. One study suggests that travelers to high-altitude destinations take reishi throughout their journey and for several days after. |
James Green
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 Mixing powders with honey, syrup, or jam wid assist in masking any unpleasant taste (see Chapter Twenty-Two, "Syrups, Honeys, Oxymels, and Electuaries"), and bitterness can be partially overcome by dissolving the powder in sweet fruit juice. |
Christopher Hobbs
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 Kov (agarikon) in his widely influential De Materia Medica (Gunther, 1934) to describe what is now thought to be Fomitopsis officinalis (Vill.: Fr.) Bond, et Sing., probably because the fruiting bodies were principally obtained from this region.
Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the agaric was an important drug item and as such was often adulterated with other similar polypores. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 Santa Fe, New Mexico. "Use the gel as needed to relieve the pain, heat, and redness, and keep slathering it on until your skin stops absorbing it," she says. "A new burn soaks up aloe gel extremely fast; it's amazing how much you may have to put on before your skin can't absorb any more," Dr. Francis adds.
If you have an aloe plant handy, you can get the gel directly from the leaves. Break a leaf, squish out the gel, and spread it on the burn. Apply as much as your skin will absorb three to five times a day until the burn is healed. |
James Green
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| Referencing the client's experience of illness as a provocative manifestation of what the individual no longer wants to create, relating to dis-ease merely as a powerfully motivating experience from which to decide and envision what feels good and what is now clearly preferred, the practitioner assures the client, without a shadow of doubt, that this dlness by nature is a temporary condition. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 Among the more promising Oriental herbs for cancer patients are Codonopsis available from China Herb Co. (800-221-4372) or Frontier Herbs (800-669-3275).
SKIN CANCER. A special note about basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma. These cancers are extremely common, with about 800,000 medical office procedures done annually to remove minor skin cancers. Surgical excision is about 90% effective as a long term cure. Melanoma is a much more lethal and rare form of skin cancer that requires professional attention. |
James Green
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| This preoccupation with predictability, control, and permanence is orchestrated principally by the intensity and toxicity of the particular medicines they are manufacturing, whereas smaller quantities of gentler more benign medicinal and culinary preparations (which is what we will be making) don't demand such rigidity.
There is the story of two nineteenth century pharmacists, Lea and Perrins, who concocted an herbal digestive blend using a vinegar base menstruum. When completed, this infusion of Tamarind bean and other highly flavorful herbs turned out quite disgusting to the senses. |
Mark Bricklin
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 Gerard wrote several centuries ago. Today, sage is still highly valued, although primarily as a gargle and mouthwash for sore throat or inflamed gums. Made into a poultice, it is recommended for ulcers, sores and other skin eruptions. Its astringent quality will also help staunch the flow of blood from small wounds. Whether or not it will do anything for your memory, no one really knows, but tradition says that it will. David Conway states that sage "is also powerfully nervine [relaxing to the nerves] and will stop any involuntary trembling of the limbs." Maybe. |
Bill Gottlieb
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| Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can use a drop or two of lavender oil directly on the rash three or four times a day.
You can also add a drop or two of lavender oil to calendula gel to give it even more healing power, Dr. Francis says.
Natural Relief for Heel Pain
Aheel, as you probably know all too well, is someone who has betrayed you—in dictionary terms, an "untrustworthy person."
When it comes to feet, a lot of heels are heels: You depend on them for constant support, and suddenly, they cause you pain.
How can you make a treacherous heel behave in a more trustworthy manner? |
| Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. "There are many safe, gentle, natural remedies that a woman can use on her own to relieve the common complaints of pregnancy," she says— starting with the most common complaint of all: the nausea of early pregnancy.
Nux Vomica
Use it if:
• Your morning sickness is constant, accompanied by a lot of saliva, spasms of retching, and difficulty in actually vomiting.
• Your nausea is worse in the morning (especially when you're still in bed) and after eating and is triggered by tobacco smoke. |
Christopher Hobbs
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| The fungus upon first appearance seems quite unappetizing. We later stewed the smut with local garden-fresh tomatoes and packed them into corn tortillas. Most of us were pleasantly surprised at the fine flavor, which was like a cross between mushrooms and corn. Corn smut appears to have significant nutritional value, containing sixteen kinds of free amino acids in good quantity (Ying et al, 1987).
A similar species of Corn smut (U. zeae) contains ustilagic acid, which is an antibiotic compound that shows in vitro activity against Candida albicans and other fungi (Windholz et al, 1976). |
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