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Could it be the herbs? I'm not sure, but I've never heard of this reaction. I ask if there were other symptoms. She says there weren't. Then it occurs to me to ask what went on in the previous week. Was there any physical or emotional trauma? Jane pauses for a moment, sighs, and says she guesses there was. She had an appointment with her oncologist and told him that she was trying some of the alternative therapies she'd asked him about. His response shocked her. He said they were all a "waste of time.

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Anyway, the poodle's hair came back quickly, and the woman returned to show me how the herbs had helped her pet after all the veterinarians had failed." A Severe Sinus Headache Sinus congestion is one of those hard-to-handle chronic problems, and we asked Dr. Zofchak if he had any experiences with sinusitis. "Yes, I had a really fascinating experience with a sinus problem. A man came in who works outdoors with heavy equipment. He had these terrific headaches and was taking aspirin and Darvon, but even the Darvon was of no help.

Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies James S. Gordon, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The financial incentives are simply not there to launch similar investigations of substances and devices that cannot be patented—including herbs, vitamins, homeopathic remedies, dietary regimens, and other food supplements. There will inevitably be far fewer and far less elaborate clinical investigations of them, as well as of acupuncture, chiropractic, and all of the mind-body therapies.

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I am happy to say that all of our four children were raised on an old family mixture of fennel, catnip and other dried herbs made into a rather tasty substance, which never failed to relieve the minor stomachaches. Fennel is also present in the preparation known as Official Catnip and Fennel Elixir (National Formulary) and is available in many pharmacies. Perhaps I should qualify this by saying it is available in most older pharmacies. I suppose that dates me, but the younger pharmacists feel, as they have been taught, that the use of crude drugs is outdated and passe.

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Many people want to know which herbs are most stimulating to the immune system. I focus on astragalus, ginseng, and aloe vera. Are antioxidants useful for those who are HIV positive? There is evidence that they are. Where can they find the best nutritionist or t'ai chi teacher? Soon people get even more personal. Concerns about children fill the room: what do you do about asthma and hyperactivity and kids who wake up in the night crying because their father is dead and their mother is not feeling so good? The atmosphere feels different now.

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This may sound like pallid therapy at best, but these herbs can actually be quite potent. Every internist is aware of the danger of licorice tea consumption in patients with high blood pressure. This is because licorice has a powerful effect on the adrenal glands, slowing the breakdown of the mineralocorticoids and causing the body to retain sodium. One eighty-year-old patient drank so much licorice tea that her blood pressure soared from 90/60 to a dangerous 180/120 in a few months. Licorice is best taken under a doctor's supervision, and blood pressure should be regularly monitored.

A typical formula might provide the following, sometimes in a base of liver-stimulating herbs like milk thistle, black radish, beet, or dandelion, for twice-daily consumption: choline (a concentrated form of lecithin), 500 milligrams; inositol, 250 milligrams; taurine, 250 milligrams; methionine, 250 milligrams. • Use natural progesterone to balance the excess estrogen, in the form of a cream like Pro-Gest that is absorbed through the skin. • Eat soy foods like bean curd or tofu. They contain the phytoestrogens we've discussed earlier, including diadzin and genistein.

In this way, the body can reconstitute its normal defense mechanism against Candida and prevent further infections from developing when herbs or medication are withdrawn in the future. Overcoming PMS, Cramps, and Heavy Bleeding While menstruation is a biological fact of life, we're enlightened enough nowadays not to call it "the curse." Yet, for too many women, it still feels like one. They may experience extreme fatigue, moods that swing from anxiety to depression, severe cramps, heavy bleeding, and other unpleasant symptoms.

In your own cooking, try using pepper or other herbs or seasonings for flavor. If you're using a traditional American cookbook, don't feel that you have to add salt to every dish just because the recipe calls for it. Beyond Salt: Other Minerals and Blood Pressure The three minerals besides sodium that have the most significant effect on blood pressure are calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Different individuals have different degrees of response to these, but many people, perhaps about 40 percent of the population, respond to supplements of these minerals with a drop in blood pressure.

They involve the use of herbs, nutritional supplements, and diet modification as well as tracking down hidden allergies to foods and environmental factors. I use all of these successfully in my practice. Wrinkles We've known for years that prolonged exposure to the sun can cause premature aging of the skin and excessive wrinkling. Now a team at the University of Utah has conducted a study that shows that the more you smoke and the longer you smoke the more wrinkles you get. In fact, according to the study, smokers have three times the rate of excessive skin wrinkling as those who don't smoke.

TCM is often useful in dealing with common medical problems that are poorly dealt with in the West, such as asthma and emphysema, which can be improved by acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbs. With many painful conditions, TCM can offer less toxic alternative therapies that can reduce reliance on harmful drugs. You may encounter TCM in several ways. One group of practitioners includes physicians who have emigrated from China, the majority of whom are not licensed to practice medicine in the United States.

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Treatment by acupuncture and herbs was designed either to release dammed-up energy in organs and meridians (energy tracks) or to stimulate deficient organs and meridians. Orthopedist Robert Becker's studies and mine give the most extensive evidence that healing occurs through changes in the electromagnetic field. At the cellular level of molecular circuits, there are endless electro-windings as well as a microtubular array of collagen, that is, connective tissue, the support structure of all tissue.

We know that overdoses of drugs and chemicals and even herbs often create unforeseeable long-term repercussions. But overdoses in the energy-field are probably self-terminating by stopping the field transaction. An energy field not only transacts, it selects and it also terminates interaction with a barrier field response. The meaning of these rituals to the group and individual cannot be underestimated. One component of illness seems to be isolation and alienation, fostering a sense of abandonment. Actually, a major part of healing is a re-identification, or a rebonding with people.

In like fashion, herbal medicines may indirectly trigger the same healing mechanisms common to specific therapies or drugs, or have a direct placebo effect through the vibrational field of the herbs. Quite beyond the electrical source of molecular life is the pattern of the organization of the body's electrical field. Subatomic physics failed to give full account of the organizational features, but quantum physics showed that macro answers cannot come from collective atomic molecular activity.

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Herbal Therapy Peppermint is what herbalists call an antispasmodic, and it may help alleviate the bowel spasms that are often part of IBS, says Barre, Vermont, herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, author of Herbal Healing for Women and other books about herbs. She recommends peppermint oil, available in most health food stores. She says to take two or three drops of the oil, diluted in lA cup of warm water, three or four times a day. hill Relaxation and Meditation Progressive relaxation may reduce anxiety and help subdue the symptoms of IBS, says Edward B. Blanchard, Ph.D.

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We also need to take longer and harder looks at some of the therapies that so many millions of people use and believe are effective but that have not been carefully studied: chiropractic, exercise, vitamins, food supplements, and herbs.

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Problems with absorption and transformation of food can be treated with herbs and dietary supplements. • Malfunctions such as diabetes and hypothyroidism, after dietary treatment has done all it can, could possibly benefit from chemical medications, moderately used. • Backaches and problems with the skeleton are probably best handled initially by chiropractors and osteopaths, rather than surgeons. • Pregnancy should be treated as a normal event and not a disease, and should be managed by midwives in homelike settings.

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When one has this kind of dryness in the system, one must use herbs that will expel gas, cool the system, and moisten the stool. A combination of fenugreek, cascara sagrada, and slippery elm will surely relieve the symptoms of dry stools. The best laxatives to use are actually foods. Carob pods, pecans, agar-agar, tapioca, and ripe fruits are all good. Prunes and figs are laxative, and can also regulate the acid/alkaline balance in the colon. Always soak dried fruit overnight before using it as a laxative.

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The colonists brought the "wonders" of European medicine with them: bloodletting, mercury salts, arsenic, and some herbs. They also learned therapies from the Native Americans. Priessnitz had discovered the value of hydrotherapy in Austria in the early 19th century. Sam Hahnemann founded the homeopathic method of like cures like. One hundred years ago 30 percent of medical doctors were using homeopathy in their practice. It was also about then that the pioneer American chiropractor, Daniel D. Palmer (1845-1913) realized that the flow of nerve energy could be freed by spinal manipulation.

Eat garlic and raw foods; but no meat, no eggs, no dairy, and no junk foods. herbs.- fenugreek, thyme, rosemary, mullein tea, aspidosperma. GALLBLADDER DISEASE Allopathic control: Low fat diet, surgery. Natural control: Lemon juice and olive oil therapy. Increase fiber, avoid sugar, keep to a vegetarian diet, and lose weight. Cut out fat in diet; add vitamins C, E, essential fatty acids, and lecithin; check for food sensitivities; and check for low stomach acid. GLAUCOMA Allopathic control: Eye drops; surgery may help. Natural control: Take vitamins A, thiamine, C, and bioflavonoids.

Vitamins and nutrients: B6, copper, vegan diet, pantothenic acid, C, manganese, selenium, sulfur, zinc, essential fatty acids. Herbs: Alfalfa, yucca root, celery seed, burdock root, sarsaparilla root, Capsicum, queen of the meadows, devil's claw. Life Balances program: Check blood for alkalinity and nutrient deficiencies. (People with osteoarthritis are more comfortable in Florida because of the high humidity and higher phosphates in their diet. Those with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to enjoy Arizona because of the low humidity and the increased amounts of nitrogen in the air.

Change to a high-fiber diet; no sugar; add zinc, chromium, brewer's yeast, biotin, B6, copper, manganese, and magnesium. Herbs: Lycopodium, Pancreatinum, Gymnea, devil's club, Taraxacum, blueberry leaf, jambul. DIARRHEA Allopathic control: Fast, intravenous fluids with electrolytes; stool culture. Natural control: Eat bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. Supplement diet with: Agrimony, blackberry root, Rhus toxicodendron, Phosphoricum acidum, Ferrum phosphoricum. Lactobacillus acidophilus. DIVERTICULOSIS (and Diverticulitis) Allopathic control: Add roughage; surgery if painful.

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Roast Turkey with Herb Rub Ingredients: I tablespoon ground pepper I ]h teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped, or I ]li tablespoons dried rosemary One 18-to-20-pound turkey Fresh herb sprigs (optional) 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped, or I l/i tablespoons dried thyme 2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth 3 tablespoons fresh tarragon, chopped, or I ]li tablespoons dried tarragon Directions: Mix herbs, pepper, and salt in a small bowl. Pat turkey with paper towels until dry. Place on rack ser in a large roasting pan.

The Miracle of MSM: The Natural Solution for Pain Stanley W. Jacob, M.D., Ronald M. Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

That's because nutritional supplements, based on vitamins, minerals, herbs, and natural substances such as MSM, are not patentable. The major impetus behind MSM's growing popularity is word of mouth. As people experience the healing benefits of MSM, we find they often become enthusiastic emissaries eager to tell family members and friends who have pain problems. One such example is Father Sam, a 46-year-old parish priest in rural Pennsylvania. An avid jogger who has also enjoyed lifting weights in the past, he suffered two sports injuries that left him with a bad shoulder and bad knees.

You can, as a matter of fact, tell which foods and herbs are high in sulfur content by their odor. "Foods that have a distinct smell when they're cooked (such as cabbage), or make your eyes water when cut (such as onions), or grab your taste buds by their roots with an unmistakable pungency (like horseradish), have an abundance of sulfur," wrote Heinerman.

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These included such treatments as Peptide T, mushrooms, ozone, vitamins and micronutrients, aloe vera/fatty acids, ascorbate, compound Q, thymic hormones, passive immune therapy, viscum album, herbs, typhoid vaccine, and oral acemannan. Unfortunately, the turnout of several hundred was not enough to pay expenses, and Badgley was forced to cancel the Sunday session. One might question whether there were a sound scientific basis for some of the alternate treatments, but the same point could be made more strongly with regard to some of the treatments featured in the main conference.

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From basic advice to eat breakfast, cut back on coffee, and exercise more to the latest research on natural serotonin boosters, memory-enhancing supplements, and energizing herbs, she separates the facts from the hype and provides the essential "take-home" messages about what really works, what doesn't, and why. Food & Mood distills complex scientific information into practical tips and suggestions that are easy to incorporate into even the busiest lifestyles. Most importantly, Ms.

How often do you saute in water broth, herbs, or other no-fat liquids? a. Always. b. Usually. c. Often. d. Seldom or never 31. How often do you use tomato-based or no-fat sauces on pasta rather than creamy sauces or sauces with fatty meats? a. Always. b. Usually. c. Often. d. Seldom or never 32. How much salad dressing do you use? a. I use fat-free salad dressing or use 2 teaspoons or less of oil-based dressing on my salads. b. I use low-fat dressing and limit the serving to 2 tablespoons, c. I use regular salad dressing and limit the serving to 3 tablespoons. d.

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Many of the herbs and formulas we recommend in this chapter can be taken as teas, so we include a brief discussion of how to brew or decoct teas. The Chinese Perspective_ The Chinese say that male infertility is caused either by a deficiency of sperm creation or by the sperms lack of motility. Sperm motility does make a difference. Without that capacity to move in the seminal fluid, there will not be a high probability of conception since the sperm is not getting where it has to go. According to Dr.

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Table 4.4 herbs and Supplements to Fight Fatigue: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why Carnitine: This vitaminlike substance is supplied in ample amounts from milk, poultry, fish, and meat, yet a deficiency could cause fatigue. Carnitine helps transport fat across cell membranes and into the energy-producing centers of the cells, called the mitochondria. There is no evidence that healthy people benefit from carnitine supplements. Coenzyme QI0: Also called ubiquinone, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ 10) helps convert food and oxygen into energy.

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