| Caisse then started collecting the wild herbs on a regular basis and preparing larger and larger portions of the remedy in her kitchen. She got permission from one doctor to administer the remedy to some terminally ill cancer patients the medical profession had no cure for. Soon, she was treating more and more cancer patients. When she wanted to pick a name for her concoction, Caisse decided to spell the letters of her last name backwards. That is how she came to name the herbal tea "Essiac. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| How many people have been killed by nutritional supplements and herbs prescribed by alternative practitioners? Zero. That's right. Zero. Now let's look again at the minimum number of people who have died because they took FDA-approved drugs: about 384 every day just in hospitals in the United States. Next time you're about to walk out of your physician's office with a prescription in your hand, remember that number and think again about whether FDA approval should give you confidence. |
| The nutritionist also recommends a multivitamin, as well as a vitamin and mineral formula for stabilizing blood sugar that contains chromium, zinc, vanadyl sulfate, and some herbs.
The doctor asks Pam to come back in a month to have her blood sugar checked again and encourages her to call if she's having problems with any part of the new lifestyle.
A month later Pam returns, delighted to report that she's lost five pounds, has much more energy, and has made wonderful new friends both in her support group and in her exercise group. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| This became much more important when food which had gone bad had to be consumed. The herbs were used to cover the awful taste of these stale preparations. Fresh food for most people tastes pretty good, even without the addition of salt and sugar. Many people, however, cannot enjoy the taste of food unless it is saturated with the two substances salt and sugar because they have been so much a part of their diet for so many years.
Simple
The natural diet is simple. Our ancestors did not have our ability or our desire to compound food preparations. |
Eric R. Braverman
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 For dessert, 2 oz. berries mixed in x/z cup plain yogurt. Finish with cranberry tea.
DAY 2
BREAKFAST 2-egg omelet with 2 oz. roasted turkey and fresh radishes. Finish with coffee with cinnamon.
LUNCH 6 oz. light tuna mixed with olive oil to taste on 1 slice whole-wheat bread with Lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Finish with 6 oz. freshly squeezed grapefruit juice.
DINNER 6 oz. salad of beets and apples with 2 oz. goat cheese and balsamic vinegar (no olive oil). One grilled Cajun-spiced chicken breast and 4 oz. (total) of mixed steamed snow peas, red beans, and corn. Finish with ginger tea. |
Andrew Pengelly
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 Simon (eds), herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, Vol. 3, Oryx Press, Arizona.
Bissett, N. G. (ed.) 1994, Herbal Drugs and Phytopbarmaceuticals, Medpharm Pubs, Stuttgart.
Bombardelli, E. and Morazzoni, P. 1995, 'Hypericum perforatum', Fitoterapia LXVI: 43-68.
Brinker, E 1991, 'Inhibition of endocrine function by botanical agents IF,
Journal of Naturopathic Medicine 2: 18-22. Bruneton, J. 1995, Pharmacognosy Phytochemistry Medicinal Plants,
Lavoisier Pubs, Paris. Cometa, F., Nicoletti, T. M. and Pieretti, S. 1993, 'Phenylpropanoid glycosides. |
Alex Steffen
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 The house's northwest-facing facade was fitted with an aluminum trellis that supports a vigorous vine. As it grows, the vine forms a shield that absorbs most of the direct sunlight that would otherwise hit the walls.
Natural Ventilation
Natural ventilation is easiest to install during initial construction, when skylights and windows can be designed into a home. For the EcoHouse remodeling job, the architect reconfigured the internal layout to allow for natural ventilation. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Alternate juices made from the foods and herbs from the tables in Appendix D: Live Juice Therapy every day to receive all their healing and prevention benefits. Gradually work through the entire list—each has a specific role in restoring and balancing the metabolism.
TYPES OF JUICES
Juices can be divided into three basic categories: cereal grass and algae juices, vegetable juices, and fruit and melon juices.
Cereal Grass and Algae Juices
Cereal grasses are the young plants of cereal grains. |
| Garlic, onions, cayenne, Spike, all herbs, dried vegetables, apple cider vinegar, tamari, miso, seaweed, dulse.
Soups
Canned soups made with salt, preservatives, MSG, or fat stock; all creamed soups.
Homemade (salt- and fat-free) bean, lentil, pea, vegetable, barley, brown rice, onion.
Sprouts and seeds
All seeds cooked in oil or salt.
All slightly cooked sprouts (except alfalfa, which should be raw and washed thoroughly), wheatgrass, all raw seeds. |
| Each of the foods and herbs will be discussed in more detail in later sections; however, following is a brief preview of some of the most important items in each of these categories.
Immune-Boosting Foods
Supply your immune system with adequate amounts of nutrients that promote proper immune function. Compounds known as antioxidants—particularly vitamins A, C, and E; selenium; and zinc—as well as other vitamins and minerals, help to maintain a powerful immune response. Selenium is lacking in most of our soils, so it may be necessary to take supplements to get enough. |
| A healthy diet that is packed with phytochemicals, proper exercise, and certain nutritional supplements and herbs, on the other hand, can greatly strengthen it.
In Part One, we will examine the threshold that leads to optimum health. A properly functioning immune system is the vital foundation on which we build all physical well-being. In it, I provide a simple explanation of how this intricate network of organs, glands, and cells functions together for maximum efficiency. |
Kevin Trudeau
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Chapter 8
THE INSIDER SECRETS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
The perfect bureaucrat and politician is the man who makes no decisions and escapes all responsibility. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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 Along with fasting, he used herbs from the field and forest as tonics and antiseptics.
I believe that fasting is Mother Nature's best remedy! For, as we will see, properly conducted fasts purify the body, restoring it to health after everything has failed.
In over 70 years of supervising fasts, I have seen miracles happen to people who were ready for the human scrap yard that truly could be called miraculous. Fasting is not only the oldest method of fighting physical problems, but the best of all remedies because it has no side effects. |
Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman
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 He affirmed, "You there bring together the same anatomy of the herbs and the same anatomy of the illness into one order. This simile gives you an understanding of the way in which you shall heal."2
1. Linn Boyd, A Study of the Simile in Medicine (Philadelphia: Boericke and Tafel, 1936): Harris L. Coulter, Divided Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought vols. 1-4 (Washington, DC: Wehawken, 1975-1994).
2. Harris L. Coulter, Divided Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought, vol. 1, The Patterns Emerge: Hippocrates to Paracelsus (350 b.c.?600 a.d. |
Andrew Pengelly
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| The most abundant elements found in living organisms (including herbs) are:
Hydrogen H Oxygen O Nitrogen N Carbon C
The bonding properties, or valence bonds, are 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively, hence the HONC rule (Perrine 1996):
H forms 1 bond O forms 2 bonds N forms 3 bonds C forms 4 bonds
From the HONC rule we learn that carbon must always be linked to other atoms through four bonds. For example, the formula for methane is CH4. |
| Diterpenes
These are the most bitter tasting of all terpenoid compounds, responsible for the acclaimed stomachic and tonic properties of herbs such as marrubiin in horehound, Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae), and calumbin from calumba, Jatrorrbiza palmata (Berberidaceae). They occur as acyclic, cyclic, bi- tri- and tetracyclic compounds (referring to the number of carbon rings present), while many are also lactones. Some are chiral molecules, indicated by the prefix 'ent'—for enan-tiomers. |
| The author is a well known and respected authority on medicinal herbs who through his teaching and journal articles has helped to pioneer the scientific understanding of herbal practice in Australia.
Kerry Bone
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences (Herbal Medicine), University of New England, Armidale Director, Research and Development, MediHerb, Warwick
PREFACE
This is a book about plant chemistry written by a herbalist with no claims of being a chemist. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Actually, antioxidants are a class of substances encompassing certain nutrients, minerals, phytochemicals, herbs, and enzymes that counteract the negative effects of free radicals on the body. Free radicals are unstable molecules and fragments of molecules that are toxic to cells and tissues because they attack them at the molecular level, causing destruction and mutations. They are believed to be the driving force behind premature aging and many chronic degenerative diseases. Antioxidants are powerful neutralizers that reduce the harm. |
Andrew Pengelly
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| Understanding organic chemistry
It does not require a science degree to gain an understanding of the fundamental chemical structures found in medicinal herbs, but some knowledge of organic chemistry is desirable. Hence reference to any good introductory text on organic chemistry or biochemistry will help those who haven't done an elementary course at tertiary level. |
Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman
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| Later he tested various herbs used in European folk medicine, and other homeopaths have since "proven" herbal medicines of many regions, and many other mineral- and animal-derived substances.
The homeopathic provings provide the experimental basis for learning what symptoms a substance causes and thus, according to the law of similars, what it cures. The provings allow the practitioner to individualize the choice of a medicine according to the totality of the patient's symptoms. |
Philip Yam
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 Although they may be marketed as "herbal" supplements, they may not contain any herbs at all. In fact, the source material may be raw animal parts: for the pills that make you smart, cow brains; for vision, cow eyeballs; for sexual potency, cow testicles. Scott A. Norton, a physician from Chevy Chase, Maryland, found that supplement makers do not want to advertise that fact. One nationally distributed product, he found, contained 17 bovine organs: brain, spleen, lung, liver, pancreas, heart, kidney, intestine, lymph node, thymus, pituitary gland, placenta, and the like. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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 Caprylic acid is often sold in combination with anti-fungal herbs in dietary supplements designed to help those with yeast infections. Caprinex (Nature's Way), Capricin (Professional Specialties), Mycostat (P & D Nutrition), and Caprystatin (Ecological Formulas) are the names of some of the anti-candida supplements available.
It is interesting that people who eat a lot of coconuts live in areas where yeast and fungi are extremely plentiful, yet they are rarely troubled by infections. |
| This is why every culture in the world has a form of traditional medicine based on the use of local herbs. The people who live in the tropics where coconut grows are protected to some extent from malaria, yellow fever, and other common infectious organisms. The people in Panama have discovered the importance of coconut as a means of staying healthy. When they feel an illness coming on they increase their consumption of coconut, particularly the milk and the oil. Likewise, Africans in tropical areas will drink palm kernel oil whenever they get sick. |
Gary Null
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 The enzymes help dispense the herbs throughout the bird. The fragrant aroma of the herbs and spices will overwhelm the acrid scent the enzymes give off during cooking. The diseases to which the chicken is susceptible, due to its brief, unsanitary existence, include occidosis, a parasitic condition. To help keep down these infections certain breeders use drugs that will kill all bacteria. Antibiotics and nitrofurans made from poisonous arsenic could be part of the bird's diet. Arsenic, in the form of arsenalic acid, has been fed poultry since 1950. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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| We use natural seasonings that add zest to foods: herbs, garlic, onion, lemon and our delicious Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar and Bragg Liquid Aminos, a tasty all purpose soy seasoning that contains 16 amino acids. With fasting, you'll soon see how much better you feel and look! And what a sweet taste you will have in your mouth. You will note many other changes for the better when you are faithful with your fasting program and banish salt.
Fasting is the Great Cleanser and Purifier
People are constantly asking and writing me, "Will a fast cure my 'this or that' disease? |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 By knowing which herbs supply the necessary actions, the practitioner is able to select alternative plants that still ensure the appropriate blend of herbal actions for the condition.
Broader Context of Treatment
Phytotherapy cannot be holistic unless it is used within a relevant broader context appropriate for both the individual and the condition involved. In this section, I offer suggestions concerning other therapeutic modalities, nutrition, and lifestyle issues to augment the herbal treatment.
References
1. Bennett JC, Plum F, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 20th edition. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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 If you want to know more about herbs, where to obtain them, and have questions about their safety and usage, you can call Green Mountain herbs (1-800-525-2696), or Foodscience Corporation (1-800-451-5190) for the answers. Vegetarians who would like to learn more ways to use meat analogs in their diets can call Morningstar Farms, a division of Miles Laboratories, for recipes and suppliers. The toll-free number is 1-800-243-4143. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| Keep in mind that herbs and herbalists can also be the cause of such problems. However, if the phytothera-pist follows the approach presented in this book, the risk of causing iatrogenic problems is minimal.
Dosage Adjustments for Children
Children have special needs, and special plants address these needs. As with the elderly, the herbal focus should be on tonics and gentle effectors. The healing capacity of children can be quite incredible, but attention must be paid to proper dosage. Obviously, a lower dosage will be required for children. |
Gary Null
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| Lengacher and colleagues at the College of Nursing, University of South Florida, questioned a series of 105 women with breast cancer and found that 64 percent regularly used vitamins and minerals and 33 percent regularly used antioxidants, herbs, and health foods. Of the 105 women, 49 percent prayed and received spiritual healing, 37 percent went to support groups, and 21 percent focused on humor or laughter therapy. Massage was used by 27 percent of all participants at least once after diagnosis. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| In the examples that follow, we will assume that the herbs are in equivalent forms.
A Prescription for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Myrica cerifera 2 parts
Artemisia vulgaris 1 part
Matricaria recutita 1 part
Mentha piperita 1 part
Dioscorea villosa 1 part
Valeriana officinalis 1 part
Dosage: 5 ml of tincture three times a day
In this particular case, the prescription assumes that diarrhea is a dominant component of the symptom picture and thus includes a larger proportion of Myrica cerifera, an effective astringent. |
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