George R. Schwartz
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 Stir in all remaining herbs.
3. Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, allspice, mace, and sugar. Bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover.
4. Cook for 40-50 minutes and remove from heat. Puree soup in a blender, food processor, or food mill until smooth. Reheat and season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve immediately while hot or refrigerate and serve cold with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream. |
Prevention Magazine
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 But the main reason that people are using herbs such as garlic, echinacea, and feverfew is that they work—which is why, in just one year, German physicians wrote 5.4 million prescriptions for ginkgo, an herb that has been shown to improve blood flow to the brain. They also wrote over 2 million prescriptions for echinacea, an immunity-boosting herb that's often used for treating colds and flu.
"Studies have shown that taking echinacea as soon as you start feeling ill shortens the duration of the infection," says Donald J. |
| Add 100 dead snakes to 5 liters of red wine and some herbs. Let mellow for three months. Drink the wine three times a day for 6 to 12 weeks.
Admittedly, this concoction is a bit on the strange side, but until recently, most doctors felt that any food-related remedy for arthritis was only slightly less bizarre than this unappetizing brew.
While there isn't a specific food that will help relieve arthritis in all people, doctors today recognize that what you eat—or, in some cases, don't eat—can help ease discomfort and even slow the progression of the disease. |
| Natural Keuef
Just as the right foods can help calm an irritable bowel, there are also a number of herbs that will help keep the problem under control, says Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D., director of the American Phytotherapy Research Laboratory in Salt Lake City. Here's what he recommends.
Licorice root. This sweet-tasting herb, which you can use to make tea, is a natural anti-inflammatory that can help relieve irritation in the bowel, Dr. Mowrey says.
Peppermint. In one study, people with IBS who took peppermint capsules were able to eliminate all or most of their symptoms, Dr. Mowrey says. |
| Unlike herbs, which come from the leaves of plants, spices are made from the buds, bark, fruits, roots, or seeds. The drying process doesn't appear to diminish their healing powers. When properly stored, spices can retain their active ingredients for months or even years.
Research into the world of spices is very new, Polk says, so scientists are only beginning to understand their healing potential. But what has been discovered so far is impressive. |
| Fresh herbs provide an intensity of flavor that you just can't get with dried. You can buy fresh parsley, dill, and cilantro at most supermarkets. Health food stores will usually have a wider selection.
• There are literally dozens of hot sauces with names like "Prairie Fire" or "Raging Passion." If you like your food hot, these work well with almost anything, from soups and stews to casseroles. meat have much lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, and gallstones. Vegetarians are less likely to be overweight than meat-eaters. |
| Unlike herbs, which flavor a dish almost instantly, spices are slow to reveal themselves. They are best used in long-simmering soups or stews, where they'll have ample time to release their flavors.
Boost the flavor. To make a spice's natural flavors stand out even more, toast it briefly in a dry skillet until it's slightly brown and aromatic. free radicals but it has also been shown to lower levels of triglycerides—dangerous blood fats that, in large amounts, appear to raise the risk of heart disease. |
Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D. and Jean Barilla, M.S.
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 Learn more about using herbs and foods as natural stress remedies in the stress section beginning on page 467.)
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Find a comfortable chair, close your eyes and breathe slowly and deeply.
Focus your concentration on a single spot or object in front of you. Some people find that gazing at a beautiful crystal or a flickering candle works well.
Continuing to breathe rhythmically, focusing your concentration, tell yourself that you are relaxed and at peace. Feel your arms and legs get heavier and warmer as your relaxation grows. |
George R. Schwartz
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| 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.
Soy Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce: Tamari (available in many health food stores) is lower in salt and MSG than soy sauce but is not completely MSG-free. Look carefully at the ingredients in Worcestershire sauces—they vary greatly from one brand to the next. When stir-frying vegetables or meats a liquid of ginger, lemon juice, and water can be substituted for the soy sauce liquid. |
Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D. and Jean Barilla, M.S.
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| Eating herbs by adding them to foods is simple enough, but what do you do if a remedy calls for making a strange-sounding thing called a "poultice" or a "decoction?" Checking your handy kitchen cookbook won't help, and you're probably not going to have any luck looking in the dictionary or encyclopedia, either.
Never fear! We know how difficult it can be to find out how to prepare many herbal remedies, and unless you have a friendly neighborhood herbalist to consult, you've probably been confused, too. |
Elaine Feuer
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 How many people die from vitamins and herbs? The only cases of people having serious side effects from vitamins are those where the vitamins have been contaminated or used in megadoses for months on end.
FATALITIES RESULTING FROM ALL MAJOR CATEGORIES OF PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS (not including illegal drugs) IN THE U.S. |
| A few months later Senator Hatch and Congressman Bill Richardson sponsored the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, to establish a regulatory framework for vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and other dietary supplements; to protect supplements from being arbitrarily removed from the market as food additives; and to protect consumers by guaranteeing their right to obtain safe nutritional products and truthful, science-based information about their benefits.
In his introductory statement for the House bill, Rep. |
| I started taking herbs because of this doctor. So up until I heard of True Health, I maintained my health through herbal and vitamin therapy, proper diet, fasting, and going to chiropractors.
"Eight years after the New York treatment, I began to notice that my metabolism was slipping again. (In 1989 I had the HIV test and it came out positive.) My T-4 count had deteriorated; I kept slipping?80, 450, 420. I saw what AZT does, and I didn't want to go that route. I tried aloe vera, which was expensive and didn't do a bit of good. And then, through a friend, I heard of True Health. |
| There is, however, a lot more money to be made in continued medical treatment and drugs than there is in vitamins and herbs. That is the disturbing truth.
THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The United States health care system is among the most expensive and least efficient of the twenty-four industrialized countries in Europe and North America, ranking seventeenth in life expectancy and twentieth in the prevention of infant mortality. Medical costs have soared from $75 billion in 1970 to over $942.5 billion in 1993, with projections of $1,060. |
Lawrence Katz and Manning Rubin
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 As you chop and saute onions, herbs, and spices, aromas permeate the kitchen and flood you with memories. You're engaging your tactile senses when chopping and peeling, and then in testing the consistency and texture of the sauce as it reduces. A good cook constantly tastes for flavor, adding and adjusting spices a litde at a time.
13. Have a Sexy Meal
Th ere was a famous eating scene in the film Tom Jones, where the starring couple turn each other on by making each bite highly sensual and suggestive. |
Dr. Cass Ingram
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Lawrence Katz and Manning Rubin
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| Assemble a variety of different-smelling liquids: for example, vanilla, lemon oil, lavender, cloves, vinegar, or extracts of different flowers or herbs from your own garden or from a health food store. Put a drop or two of liquid on each sponge and place it in a 35 mm film canister. Try to make at least five different canisters.
Leave a canister loosely covered in your car door pocket or cup holder, and open it occasionally for a direct sniff. For a stronger, longer-lasting stimulus, wedge the sponge into the car's air vent. |
Gale Maleskey
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 It's said by Chinese herbal practitioners to improve liver function in people who have cirrhosis, relieve the back pain and inflammation of sciatica, and lessen the residual pain of shingles, a skin condition, It's also considered a mild sedative, and according to Chinese practitioners, it has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties as well
Because of this herb's increasing popularity, it is available aione or in combination with other herbs used to reduce common symptoms of women's ailments. You can find It at most health food stores. |
| The instructions for a product from Gaia herbs, for example, are to put 30 to 40 drops in a small amount of warm water and take it three or four times a day between meals.
Dong Quai: A Versatile Helper
Dong quai is an herb that has been used for centuries in China, in fact* it is Chinese medicine's leading remedy for gynecological ailments, including hot flashes and vaginal dryness during menopause. |
Maesimund B. Panos, M.D. and Jane Heimlich
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 HOMEOPATHY AND HERBALISM
People sometimes confuse homeopathy and herbalism because both systems use herbs as medicines. Their methods of preparing these materials, however, are very different. The herbalist may use an age-old formula for making an herb tea or a poultice, but can also improvise in the manner of an experienced cook departing from a recipe. As one herbalist expressed it, "Herbalism is more an art and a tool of divine nature than a science. ... It is very difficult for an herbalist to tell specifically why he would use this or that herb in a formula. |
| This route can be dangerous in view of the absence of scientific information about using herbs as medicine. Others are turning to home remedies and discovering that Aunt Agatha's spring tonic owed its curative powers to a generous helping of whiskey.
Faced with these dismal alternatives, it's understandable why persons like yourself are interested in homeopathy and are eager to learn more about it.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses "natural" remedies made from animal, vegetable, and mineral substances. |
| Finally, although many homeopathic remedies are made from poisonous herbs or plants, the potentized remedy contains only minute amounts of the original substance and is nontoxic.
HOMEOPATHY SUPPRESSED
If homeopathy is such an advanced system of medicine, why is it not more widely practiced?
Many people today do not realize that Homeopathy was widely practiced in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In 1890, there were 14,000 homeopaths as compared to 100,000 conventional physicians. |
George R. Schwartz
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| Add the dried herbs and season with salt and pepper. Simmer over a low flame until you reach desired consistency.
Poultry Gravy (Makes about 2 cups)
Va cup chicken drippings (fat) or oil Va cup flour
2 cups pan juices and/or chicken stock Va cup cooked giblets, diced small
Vi cup thinly sliced mushrooms (optional) 1 tablespoon butter salt and pepper to taste
1. In a saucepan heat the drippings or oil until hot. Gradually add the flour, using a wire whisk to avoid lumps.
2. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Be sure to continue whisking slowly and do not allow the flour to turn brown. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
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 And, of course, "natural foods" also include unrefined oils, natural sweeteners, and condiments such as unrefined sea salt, soy sauce, unpasteurized miso, herbs, and spices.)
Your foods should closely resemble the forms in which they are found in nature (unrefined, unbleached, unprocessed, with the least amount of chemicals and additives, and organic, if possible). It is best if meats are from animals raised without hormones and antibiotics. Meals should be prepared with care to retain as much nutritional content as possible, without creating or adding substances hazardous to health. |
Robert Hass, M.S.
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 But phytonutrients, found exclusively in vegetables, fruits, and herbs, pack the power to defeat the degenerative diseases that stalk most Americans—cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis.
I think of phytonutrients as industrial-strength vitamins. Here's why:
• Disease Prevention: Recent research indicates that vitamin E and the phytonutrient lycopene (responsible for the red color of tomatoes) both reduce the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer. |
| Now that you've had a chef's tour of phytonutrients, you can better appreciate the impact that fruits, vegetables, and herbs have on disease prevention and treatment. You now have the power to take command of your health and your future. Embracing a diet based on the Phytonutrient Food Guide Pyramid should mark the first step in learning how to beat cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Taking the next step requires learning how use specific phytonutrients to beat back these diseases once they're established in the body. |
| Bioflavonoids have been identified in a variety of vegetables, including green leafy vegetables, roots, herbs, spices, onions, kale, green beans, broccoli, endive, celery, legumes, cereal grains, lettuce, tomatoes, red peppers, and broad beans. Popular bioflavonoid-containing beverages include red wine and green and black teas.
Quercetin is more effective against cancer cells when used with other bioflavonoids. For example, quercetin and naringenin (found in grapefruit) together inhibit breast cancer growth more effectively than do the two used apart. |
| In many cases, they switched to healthier diets made up of specific foods rich in phyto-nutrients [phyto means plant), powerful disease-fighting nutrients found in vegetables, fruits, plants, and herbs. This dietary strategy, or protocol, helped them regain their health and gave them a new lease on life because they placed their diseases in a state of suspended animation.
Phytonutrients can intervene at almost every treacherous twist of a cell's path toward malignancy. Certain phytonutrients can prevent carcinogens from forming in the body. Some drive cancerous cells back to normalcy. |
Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
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 Other sexy spices and herbs include: þMustard increases the secretory potential of your sex glands and, like chili, has a stimulating effect on circulation.
* Damiana is the classic female sex tonic. It invigorates a woman's reproductive drive. þFennel, taken in small amounts, benefits sex drive in both genders. þGinseng is the male counterpart to damiana, but it can be used by women, too. Chinese Panax and Siberian are the best types for men. m Royal jelly rejuvenates the body as a whole. þSaffron has a reputation for charging up the sex hormones. It's also conducive to laughter. |
| Such episodic or cyclical bouts can almost always be healed with natural herbs and healthy foods. First-degree depression does not usually require the supervision of a qualified counselor or psychologist. It certainly does not merit medication.
Moderate, or intermediate, forms of anxiety and depression are more troublesome. Even though they can also often be traced back to dysfunctional food swings, the depth and duration of the disorder are more extensive. |
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