| If your child is prone to infections during a particular season, build up his resistance with herbs like Echinacea, Astragalus, and Ligustrum and increase his vitamin C intake. There are many good herbal combinations available for children and adults in natural food stores.
The total intake of chemicals from food, air, and water, our total environment, is what is harming us. Many environmentally related topics will be discussed in coming chapters. In the next section, we need to take a serious look at lead and its impact on the brain.
Do Heavy Metals Weigh Down the Brain? |
| If you or your child cannot tolerate aspirin, you could be intolerant to foods, herbs, or flavorings that contain natural salicylates. A test is currently being developed that can detect sensitivity to salicylates. You can get information on the availability of this simple urine test from the Feingold Association, which is listed in the appendixes.
Foods containing salicylates include tomatoes, apples, apricots, cherries, grapes, raisins, nectarines, oranges, peaches, plums, and almonds. Wintergreen, a member of the mint family, also contains salicylates. |
| Stress formulas may have vitamin C, minerals, or herbs in them. If you select one of these formulas, make sure to count the minerals the formula contains into your daily totals. Always take B vitamins with food; otherwise they may upset your stomach. how much?
Children: 1 capsule daily with breakfast Adolescents: 1 capsule with breakfast and one with dinner Adolescents and Adults: 2 to 3 capsules daily depending on body size and need. Take with breakfast and dinner. Add a third capsule at lunch if you are taking three. |
| Just make sure they don't add sauces or seasoning other than herbs. If you have determined that you or your child is sensitive to many cooking spices or condiments, take your own seasoning along to add to your meal at the restaurant. Avoid fast-food restaurants because the food is often mass-produced with unknown additives and the servers usually cannot help you identify them. A small local family-owned restaurant is often a great choice for a family with young children. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 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. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 Unripe banana also has anti-ulcer effects, as do the herbs slippery elm (Ulmus fulva; take 200 mg four to six times a day), marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis; take 200 mg four to six times a day) and the juice of raw cabbage. You can buy extract of unripe plantain banana (Musa paradis-iaca); take 150 mg four to six times a day.
If you have any type of ulcer, be sure to eliminate gastrointestinal irritants such as tobacco, NSAIDs, coffee and alcohol.
Once your ulcer has healed, try taking steps to enhance your body's secretion of digestive acids and enzymes to prevent a recurrence. |
Michael Lerner
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 I took his medicine, consisting of twenty herbs, for three months. Upon my return to the United States I surprised my doctor, who found none of the fibroids. Even if we take into account other factors that may have contributed to the disappearance of the growths, it would be hard to deny the real "medical efficacy" of the treatment.23
Ohnuki-Tierney then goes on to report that Dr. 7 rarely prescribes surgery, even with cancer, because, in his view, the shock to the body increases the imbalances and the operation may spread the cancer. |
Rebecca Wood
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 See Carrot Family; herbs and Spices.
ANISE Anise Seed (Pimpinella anisum)
Of my mother's vast cookie repertoire, my favorite is a minuscule anise cake. One teaspoon of batter per morsel rests on a cookie sheet overnight. When baked the next day, the moist interior batter puffs up under the dried surface to create an iced, double-decker appearance. The cookie's whimsical shape befits the sweet but racy anise seeds sprinkled throughout.
The tiny fruits or seeds of this parsley family plant of Mediterranean origin have remained popular since ancient Egyptian times. |
| We can intuitively sense which one is more digestible. herbs and spices enhance digestion—such as cinnamon and ginger in peach pie. Lastly, because agni, or digestive function, decreases with age, people often note that food combining becomes more important as the years pass. For such individuals, digestive enhancers are available, including enzymes, probiotics, and various herbal formulas. |
David Brownstein
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 Bruce was treated with a combination of natural testosterone, natural progesterone and DHEA along with vitamins, minerals and herbs. His testosterone level improved to a healthy 775ng/dl. About 6 weeks later, Bruce wrote me a letter that stated:
"During the past two to three weeks, I have noticed a remarkable improvement in the way that I feel. The tightness and twinges of pain in the area of my heart have completely disappeared. I also have not had any shortness of breath, which was a problem prior to this. Your program has far exceeded any expectations that I might have had. |
| These herbs are useful for building up the adrenal gland and stimulating hydrocortisone receptors in the body. Vitamin supplementation includes Vitamin C- 3000mg/day (since the adrenal glands have the highest concentration of Vitamin C in the body), and Vitamin E- 400 I.U./day. Adrenal glandulars have also been helpful and are available at health food stores.
1 Jeffries, William. Safe Uses of Cortisol. Charles C. Thomas, 1996 2
Plechner, Alfred. An effective veterinary model may offer therapeutic promise for human conditions: roles of Cortisol and thyroid hormones. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 Modified Citrus Pectin Power Capsules (Nature's herbs)
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| Modified Citrus Pectin Power Capsules (Nature's herbs)
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| Evening Primrose De
Luxe-Hexan Capsules
(Health from the Sun) Golden Primrose Capsules
(Carlson) Mega Primrose Oil
Capsules (Twinlab) My Favorite Evening
Primrose Oil Capsules
(Natrol)
Original Primrose For
Women Capsules
(Naturalife) Primosa Capsules (Solaray) Primrose Power Capsules
(Nature's herbs) Royal Brittany Evening
Primrose Oil Capsules
(Nature's Bounty) Ultra EPO 1500 Capsules
(Nature's Plus) Ultra EPO 1500 Capsules
(Source) Veg Evening Primrose Oil
Capsules (Health from the Sun)
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| Modified Citrus Pectin Power Capsules (Nature's herbs)
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| Interactions: Listed here are the drugs, herbs, foods, and supplements with which the substance may interact. The effect of each combination is summarized, along with the appropriate action to take as a result.
¦ Overdosage: This section presents the warning signs of overdose (if any are known) and summarized emergency treatment measures.
¦ Dosage and Administration: Described here are typical dosage recommendations for each formulation of the substance, together with any special measures to be taken during administration. |
| No interactions with nutritional supplements, food or herbs are known.
OVERDOSAGE
There are no reports of overdosage with oral, supplemental NAC. There are reports of overdosage when using intravenous NAC for treatment of acetaminophen poisoning. Symptoms of overdosage are similar to those of anaphylaxis (rash, pruritis, flushing, nausea, vomiting, angioedema, tachycardia, bronchospasm, hypotension, hypertension, ECG abnormalities) but have been more severe. Hypotension appears to be a major symptom of overdosage. |
Rebecca Wood
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| It's one of the best herbs to help ground a high-strung vata-type person.
Use As its stink dissipates with cooking, asafetida is used primarily in cooked dishes— be they vegetable, grain, or bean. Use only a minuscule amount, and be certain to store asafetida in a tightly closed glass container.
Buying If the powdered resin you purchase is merely potent (as opposed to devilishly potent), it has been blended with wheat or rice flour. Asafetida is sold in small quantities in tightly closed containers. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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| When you're taking drugs to lower blood pressure, it's important not to take herbs that directly lower blood pressure such as hawthorn, without checking with your doctor and monitoring your blood pressure so you can make the necessary reductions in medication. Since the following blood-pressure lowering program works effectively to lower blood pressure, if you are also taking a hypertension drug you will need to measure your blood pressure daily at home to be sure it doesn't drop too low. |
Rebecca Wood
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| At one time, pure asafetida and even hardened lumps of the resinous sap were available, but on a recent shopping tour of Asian and Indian markets in New York City I was unable to find unadulterated asafetida.
See herbs and Spices.
Ash Pumpkin See Chinese Winter Melon. Asian Noodles See Pasta. ASIAN PEAR
Apple Pear, Chinese Pear, Nashi, Sand Pear
(Pyrus pyrifolia)
Asian pears are the size of an apple and almost perfectly round, and the skin color ranges from yellow-green to brown. Asian pears are juicier and crisper than their relatives in the pear family. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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| Many vegetables are good sources of magnesium and herbs such as gotu kola, skullcap, horsetail, alfalfa, nettle, hawthorn berry and wild oat seed are also rich in this essential mineral.
• If you're on a very low-fat diet, you may want to try adding a tablespoon of olive or avocado oil a day. A little extra oil may be what's needed to make transit through the bowel smooth and easy.
• Probiotic supplements containing acidophilus should help with constipation and gas. Use a refrigerated supplement from your health food store. |
| Here are some herbs, vitamins and other nutrients that reduce inflammation. As a preventive measure you can take them in one of the many arthritis formulas that contain combinations of these supplements. For flare-ups, increase the dose of the formulas or take them separately.
To prevent both chronic arthritis and flare-ups, it's extremely important to follow the Six Core Principles for Optimal Health, taking the vitamins and drinking plenty of water, and getting some exercise. Keeping muscles strong will support joints better, and movement helps move toxins out of the joints. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 German Commission E as having gynecologic indications. It can be seen that the range of recommended dosages (column 3 in Table 7.1) is greater for gynecologic herbal remedies than for any other class of phytomedicenes. Some of the dosages are many times lower than the traditional single dose of about 1-4 g of crude drug (i.e., dried herbal material) taken in a cup of medicinal tea. There is an urgent need for pharmacologic and clinical studies to investigate the dose-dependency of the actions and efficacy of these herbal drugs. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 I also offer a complete nutritional approach, using diet and natural remedies, nutritional supplements, and herbs, to work on the biochemical healing process for these conditions.
Of course, there are many other potential medical problems that exist; however, I have discussed only a few common nutritional medicine concerns in this text. Staying Healthy with Nutrition focuses on disease prevention; it stresses healthy nutrition and personal-planetary lifestyle. |
| Ginger root helps with the circulation, while hawthorn berries are the safest effective heart tonic. Many herbs can be used in CVD as heart tonics, as diuretics in hypertension, and for improving general circulation.
Lifestyle factors helpful in reducing CVD, besides reducing smoking, especially, and avoiding excessive caffeine and alcohol, are exercise and stress management. Before the technological age, exercise was part of everyday life; now it must be a special activity. |
| These three foods are also herbs that are used in blood cleansing and thinning; garlic specifically lowers blood clotting potential. Soybeans and soy products such as tofu and tempeh may have a positive effect on cholesterol and atherosclerosis; besides all are low in fat and high in protein. Paavo Airola suggests other good foods for reducing CVD risk. These include the grains millet and buckwheat, sunflower seeds, okra, potatoes, asparagus, apples, and bananas, as well as yeast, lecithin, and linseed oil. |
| There may be some herbs, both Western and Eastern, that have anticancer effects; these will be discussed more in Staying Healthy with Modern Medicine, my next book, which will include cancer therapy. |
| Rutin, one of the vitamin C-complex nutrients, or bioflavonoids, found in various foods and herbs, may also have some anticancer properties.
Anti-Cancer Aspects of Vitamin C
1. Is an antioxidant.
2. Stimulates T lymphocytes to produce interferon, which decreases virus reproduction.
3. Supports thymus function, specifically in strengthening the cytotoxic and killer T lymphocytes, and supports antibody responsiveness.
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David Brownstein
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| This statement holds true when comparing all natural products to synthetic products, including vitamins, minerals and herbs. It is a common-sense argument to use a natural product to treat disease and promote health, and there are many studies that back up this idea.
Many patients are on synthetic hormones when they first come to my office. Often, just changing them over to natural hormones dramatically improves their condition. Dennis, a 52-year-old CEO of a manufacturing company, had been on Synthroid, a synthetic thyroid hormone, for 10 years. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| Silybum marianum and other hepatoprotective botanicals
Milk thistle extracts containing silymarin,122 as well as extracts of Indian herbs such as Picrorhiza kurroa,123 Eclipta alba,124 and Tinospora cordifolia,125 or combinations (Livotrit Plus™), concentrate flavonoids in the liver where they exert hepatoprotective effects. Since liver detoxi-cation promotes autoxidation due to ROS produced by cytochrome P450,126 the antioxidant properties of these botanical flavonoids largely explains the beneficial effects these plant extracts in normalizing liver function127 (see Ch. |
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