Dianne Onstad
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 Porcini are traditionally used to flavot sauces, stews, and rice dishes, but are also good sauteed for a pasra topping or grilled with olive oil and herbs. They are not generally used raw. The dried variety can be rehydrated by soaking in watm water for fifteen to thirty minutes; rinse to temove any remaining dirt or grit. In the folk medicine of Bohemia and Bavaria, this mushroom is credited with cancer prevention, and this folk wisdom is supported by studies at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer. |
| Use them thinly sliced and sauteed in butter with herbs; they may also be baked, grilled, or added ro casseroles or soups. Rehydrate dried maitake in water for at least thirty minutes, or until softened. The polysaccharide in maitake-—Beta 1, 6-Glucan—is unique to this mushroom and is a potent immuno-stimulant, apparently helping to neutralize tumors and to ameliorate cancer, AIDS, chronic fatigue, and problems of obesity. It lowers blood pressure and benefits diabetes sufferers by lowering blood glucose. Historically, maitake were valued for promoting longevity and maintaining health. |
| Herbs, Spices, and Other Foods section); Sicilian fennel (F. vulgaris azoricum) is grown in southern Italy for its tender young stems, which are eaten like celery or asparagus; Florence fennel or finocchio (F. vulgaris dulce) is cultivated for its very thick basal leaf stalks. The plant resembles a plump celery plant, except that its leaves are finer and more feathery, like dill; its three swollen leaf bases overlap to form a sort of false bulb. If you attempt to grow the bulb fennel in your garden, it quickly turns into the herb fennel. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You'll receive an e-mail notice when the book is ready to be published, and you'll you will be able to download the book and educate yourself about the most powerful herbs, vitamins, minerals, and health food products that the research strongly shows exhibit antiviral effects. How powerful are the effects? So powerful that many of these substances outperform antiviral prescription drugs promoted by the drug companies themselves.
Get the vaccine if you have access to it
None of this means that you should avoid the vaccine if a global outbreak actually occurs. |
| It doesn't mean I won't catch the virus, nor that I won't spend several days in bed overcoming it, but when a strong immune system is combined with selected vitamins and herbs, as well as plenty of sleep and a lack of stress, the human body is capable of overcoming practically any disease. Even H5N1.
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It has no live food enzymes, there are no whole foods in here, there are no high-density superfood sources, there are no vegetables from the sea, there are no health-supporting herbs, and even the vitamins and minerals that it does offer are not in their optimum form for maximum bioavailability.
Interestingly, Ensure is a product that typifies what's for sale at places like Walgreen's and Wal-Mart. |
George R. Schwartz
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 Spices and herbs will round out the flavor.
Barbeque Sauce or Chili Sauce: Either homemade catsup or tomato sauce with added spices or chili powder will provide a substitute. Recipes also are included for homemade barbeque sauce or chill sauce.
Monosodium Glutamate: If a recipe calls for the addition of MSG there are easy alternatives. Fresh lemon juice works well on salads, soups, tomato products, sauces, vegetables, meat, and fish dishes. herbs and spices are a wonderful addition to most foods and will easily replace MSG. |
Jack Challem
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 In Germany, which makes extensive use of pharmaceutical-grade herbs, chamomile is regarded as the first choice for treating mild skin problems, such as rashes, in infants. A human study of nine healthy women found that topically applied chamomile was absorbed deeply into the skin. Not surprisingly, then, many cosmetics (such as the Camo-Care brand) use chamomile.
The active components of chamomile include blue azulene (an essential oil), glycosides (carbohydrate-based compounds found in many medicinal plants), and many acids and esters. It is also rich in antioxidants. |
Dianne Onstad
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| Nopalitos—sliced or diced nopales—are available canned or bottled with additional spices and herbs and are a tolerable substitute for fresh in cooked dishes, bearing in mind the extra seasoning, which is usually chili-hot.
Health Benefits
Nopal is marvelously rich in all minerals, vitamins, and protein. Low in fat and high in calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, beta carotene, and vitamins A, B complex, and C.
Okra
(Hibiscus esculenta, Abelmoscus esculentus)
Hibiscus is an old Latin name of unknown meaning for this family of plants; esculenta means "esculent" or "edible. |
Jack Challem
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| Oregano and basil also add a lot of flavor, as long as they do not compete with other spices and herbs (such as herbes de Provence or dill).
Dinner Main Courses
Baked Salmon (Serves 2) olive oil
2 salmon fillets, about 4 to 6 ounces each basil, to taste oregano, to taste
1 to 3 teaspoons basalmic vinaigrette, to taste
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Coat the bottom of a baking dish with olive oil. Rinse and pat excess water off the salmon, and place them in the baking dish. Apply a thin coat of olive oil on top of the fillets (to add flavor and to prevent burning). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| There are many situations in which you want to boost your immune system function using commonly available foods, herbs, vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements, and by far the best results will be achieved if you both get the vaccination and are able to boost your immune system function using these strategies that are well demonstrated to boost your immune system function. |
Jack Challem
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| The Anti-Inflammation Syndrome Step 5: Use Spices and herbs to Flavor Foods
For many people salt (sodium chloride) and black pepper are the usual flavor enhancers sprinkled onto foods. The Paleolithic diet contained large amounts of potassium and small amounts of naturally occurring sodium. With large amounts of salt added during the manufacture of food products (once again, carefully read package labels) and still more at the table, today's diets typically contain far more sodium than potassium. Excess intake of sodium can raise blood pressure and interfere with the body's use of calcium. |
| Like other herbs, it is sold in the United States and other countries without a specific therapeutic claim.
Its active ingredient, parthenolide, stabilizes blood vessel tension. Although it is of limited use during an actual migraine headache, the herb's long-term use does reduce the frequency of migraine headaches. Dosages of feverfew products vary among brands, but one of the most reliable brands (available at health food stores) is MygraFew, made by Nature's Way. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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 Add to this the unwanted side effects associated with many prescription drugs, and you can see why the time is right for herbs and other "natural" therapies.
A Brief but Fascinating History
So where does Rhodiola rosea fit into the picture? Although this plucky herb remains relatively unknown in the West, in folk medicine it has a legendary history dating back thousands of years. We know, for example, that the ancient Greeks used Rhodiola rosea. In 77 A.D. |
| Until very recently, much of this research took place in western Europe—particularly in Germany, where a unique regulatory system evaluates the safety and indications of herbs sold in pharmacies, approving about 200 of them as nonprescription medicines. Other countries involved in extensive herbal research include China, Japan, India, and Russia. Very few of the studies from Russia and the former Soviet Union had been available in the West because they had not been translated into English, the predominant international language of science and medicine. |
| At least three modern, well-designed, controlled clinical trials on the adaptogenic properties of Rhodiola rosea have been published in Pby-tomedicine, a leading English-language journal on the science of herbs and medicinal plants. The results of these trials strongly support the safety and efficacy of Rhodiola rosea. Unfortunately, such trials need to appear in leading medical journals before the conventional medical community will take notice of the potential applications of Rhodiola rosea in modern clinical practice. |
| Publication in major medical journals also could increase media coverage of herbs like Rhodiola rosea and thus promote their inclusion in a rational regimen of dietary supplementation for millions of consumers who are looking for ways to increase energy, reduce stress, and optimize their well-being. |
| That is, I would prefer to see much more research on most herbs. But with regard to Rhodiola rosea, the published studies so far show the herb to be useful for physical and mental performance under stress, energy enhancement, heart health, immune defense, hormone balance, and weight loss.
Finally, Rhodiola rosea is agriculturally sustainable. |
| The term adaptogen is highly appropriate to describe the actions of a group of herbs for which we in the West have few other words, except perhaps the less adequate tonic. Adaptogen was coined in the late 1940s by Soviet pharmacologists who were studying the actions of the legendary Asian ginseng root (Panax ginseng). |
Jack Challem
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| The book's Anti-Inflammation Syndrome Diet Plan describes
• the dietary imbalances that lead to chronic inflammation;
• a balanced, nutritious diet plan to reduce inflammation;
• tasty recipes and guidelines for making your own anti-inflammatory meals;
• the best natural anti-inflammation supplements, such as fish oils, vitamin E, herbs, and many others; case histories of patients treated by nutritionally oriented practitioners.
You may wonder why you should trust the advice of someone who is not a physician. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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 For variety, try:pinch of Italian or French herbs, cayenne pepper, mustard powder or fresh crushed garlic to the oil mixture. Delicious served instead of breads'.
Mother Nature Knows No Mercy
There is no thought or discrimination in the working of the Eternal Laws that govern all things. Evenly, ruthlessly, eternally, Mother Nature works according to fixed laws for good or for ill. . . thinking as little of us creatures that build and die on this earth as the boy at play thinks of the ant hill beneath his foot. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 The "Part" as a Unit of Measurement
European herbalists use the metric system of measurement, and so milliliters (ml) and grams (g) are the units used in dispensing herbs. The North American use of drops or dropperfuls is both confusing and quantitatively inaccurate. The size of a drop is variable, as it depends on the size of the hole in the dropper and other factors.
The prescriptions presented in this book have been developed using the concept of measurement known as the part. Using parts allows for great flexibility in creating formulations. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 HQ Crude Drug and Extract
In years past, SJW was mainly gathered in the wild, but now most of this herb is obtained by controlled cultivation (in Germany, Poland, and South America). herbs for medicinal use should be gathered when the flowers start to open. The harvested material should be dried rapidly but carefully to preserve the content of the secretory glands. The drying temperature should not exceed 30-40°C. The key constituents of SJW (see Sect. 2.2.4 |
| Besides these species-specific components, the dried herbs and extracts also contain significant amounts of some very common plant constituents such as flavonoid derivatives (e. g., rutin and hyperoside),xanthone derivatives, biflavones (e.g. amentoflavon), procyanidines, and a volatile oil (Nahrstedt and Butterweck, 1997). The herb contains no more than about 1 % of the volatile oil, which is isolated by steam distillation. Hypericum oil is made by macerating the ground fresh flowers of SJW in olive oil (25:100 ratio). |
| The ABC Clinical Guide to herbs. Austin, TX: American Botanical Council.
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Bove GM (1998) Acute neuropathy after exposure to sun in a patient treated with St. John's wort.
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(LI 160) and sertraline in the treatment of depression: a double-blind, randomized pilot study. |
| In Germany the following herbs are offered singly or in mixtures as nonmedicinal teas: apple peels, blackberry leaves, rose hips, hibiscus flowers, raspberry leaves, life everlasting, mallow leaves, mallow flowers, peppermint leaves, sunflower blossoms, and calendula flowers. Obviously, it is sometimes difficult to draw a strict dividing line between a tea-like product and a medicinal tea. Even the pharmacodynamic action of a product does not provide a differentiating feature. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| This is where modern, investigative science has so much to offer—much more than can be achieved through scientific attempts to either justify or debunk the clinical use of herbs.
A Prescription for the Condition
Here I offer a suggested herbal combination that incorporates the ideas developed earlier. This is not intended as a formulaic treatment for the pathology, but rather as an example of how to build on ideas about relevant actions, tonics, biochemistry, and specific remedies to arrive at an appropriate treatment. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 All fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, herbs, and fresh meat products are unprocessed foods. These foods are all high in fiber, high in antioxidants, and yet exhibit low caloric density which promotes healthy body weight and reduces the risk of obesity. These foods offer much higher vitamin and mineral content than processed foods, all while avoiding the unhealthy additives, oils and sweeteners found in processed foods.
So, as usual, the so-called health authorities in this country are arguing about the wrong thing. |
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. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I'm outraged by the behavior of the FDA and its campaign to discredit herbs and vitamins while ignoring far more dangerous prescription drugs. I'm outraged by the drug company executives who earn millions of dollars each year peddling dangerous drugs to elderly people who have to choose between food and medicine because they can't afford the sky-high prices of prescription drugs. I'm outraged by the FDA's efforts to monopolize the U.S. drug market, ban drug imports from Canada, and force senior citizens to pay ridiculous prices for deadly drugs. |
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