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The Green Pharmacy: New Discoveries in Herbal Remedies for Common Diseases and Conditions from the World's Foremost Authority on Healing Herbs James A. Duke, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Most metropolitan areas have botanical organizations—museum groups, scout groups, hiking clubs or university extension departments—that offer classes in the identification of local edible and medicinal plants. Take it from a long-time forager: Hiking is much more fun when you can munch your way along the trail. Growing Your Own, Ind oors Like wildcrafting, growing your own herbs gives you nonstandardized bulk plant material. But it also gives you an even deeper spiritual connection to your medicines than foraging, so I'm all for it.

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook James Green See book keywords and concepts

As we progress through this handbook, exploring diverse techniques of medicine-making, I will use this list of thirty-five medicinal plants and a medicinal fungus as a reference and focus on specific information for extracting them in the various menstra we discuss. I offer these fists and accompanying notations to you as a practical foundation for your personal home pharmacy, but I encourage you to modify the group of herbs to align with your intuitive preferences and, depending on where you live, to better fit the native medicinal plant population of your particular bio-region.

The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC See book keywords and concepts

Historical or Traditional Use The artichoke is one of the world's oldest medicinal plants. The ancient Egyptians placed great value on the plant, as it is clearly seen in drawings involving fertility and sacrifice. Moreover, this plant was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans as a digestive aid. In sixteenth-century Europe, the artichoke was favored as a food by royalty.2 Active Constituents Artichoke leaves contain a wide number of active constituents, including cynarin, 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3-caffeoylquinic acid, and scolymoside.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Herbs and medicinal plants can be taken in many forms, including tinctures (the most concentrated form, usually in an alcohol base), teas, pills, and pressed juices for internal use, and ointments and shampoos for external use. Homeopathic remedies are another choice. Homeopathy is a medicinal system that stimulates our own innate healing and immune processes by using the energetic essences of plant, mineral, and animal substances captured by a water-based pharmaceutical process.

The Green Pharmacy: New Discoveries in Herbal Remedies for Common Diseases and Conditions from the World's Foremost Authority on Healing Herbs James A. Duke, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Louis, helping survey the medicinal plants of Panama and Peru. It was hard leaving Peggy at UNC, but off I went with all sorts of camping gear and my best guitar. Our little group drove to Mexico in my adviser's station wagon; we were on a National Science Foundation Grant to study the chromosomes of the carrot family (Umbelliferae, or umbels for short). We criss-crossed Mexico for two months, seeing all sorts of habitats and many umbels that were all but unknown outside Mexico. The itinerary was arranged so that we could catch as many species as possible when they were in bud.

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

Some animals, I read, were known to use herbs, and traces of medicinal plants had been recovered from some of the earliest archaeological digs. Herbalism had also, it turned out, been a powerful force in American medicine until the late nineteenth century, when the effectiveness of some pharmaceuticals, and the opposition of organized medicine, had cast a shadow on it. We had learned in medical school that drugs derived from plants are more potent and more easily quantifiable than the plants from which they have been isolated.

The Green Pharmacy: New Discoveries in Herbal Remedies for Common Diseases and Conditions from the World's Foremost Authority on Healing Herbs James A. Duke, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

I've been a botanist specializing in medicinal plants for most of my 30-year career, and I've personally seen medicinal herbs successfully treat conditions that high-tech pharmaceuticals could not touch. The reason herbs are not more popular in the United States is that the drug companies can't patent them. The drug companies make their money by pulling the medicinally active molecules out of herbs and then tinkering with them a little until they're chemically unique.

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Guide Thomas Bartram See book keywords and concepts

One of the chief medicinal plants used by the phytotherapist. Uses. Children's convulsions, physical stress, hyperactive children. Indigestion in excitable females. Nausea and indigestion from emotional upset. Facial neuralgia. Insomnia. Meniere's syndrome. Gastro-intestinal irritation with diarrhoea. Travel sickness (cup hot tea). Wind. Vomiting of pregnancy. Loss of appetite. Sore mouth, nasal catarrh. Infertility (sometimes successful). The oil is active against staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans. Skin disorders (steam face with hot tea). Autonomic imbalance.

Records provide one of the few sources of information about medicinal plants in cultivation during the 18th century. The famous gardener Philip Miller took over in 1722 and developed it as the finest botanic garden in the world for its amazing variety of plants. In the 18th century cotton seeds were sent from the garden to form the crop of the new colony of Georgia, America. From Chelsea, Madagascan Vinca rosea was distributed and which earned a place in modern medicine (vinplastine) for the treatment of leukaemia.

Few other medicinal plants replenish wasted bone cells with the speed of Comfrey. GSL (external use only) COMMINUTION. To reduce crude herbal material to particles of varying size - to small segments or to pulverise into powder by a pestle and mortar or otherwise. To crush with a rolling pin. COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF MEDICINES. The Committee for safety of medicines was set up in 1963 after the thalidomide disaster. It is an advisory committee which examines drugs before clinical trials, before a product licence is granted, and when passed for marketing.

The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young James A. Duke, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

References Through my years of studying medicinal plants, I've amassed quite a collection of books, which I refer to often in my research and writing. The following list is by no means complete, but it highlights some of my personal favorites. I recommend them if you want to learn more about the herbs discussed in this book or about herbal and alternative medicine in general. Some of the references are older and may be out of print, but if you're in luck, your local library will have copies. Others are more for the professional than the layperson, depending on your level of interest.

It's also a pharmacy, consisting of 80 plots of medicinal plants arranged along four stone-walled terraces. In the process of writing this book, I began to envision my garden as a Garden of Youth. The name applies for two reasons: Working in the garden helps keep me young, and the herbs growing there help to prevent or treat many conditions associated with aging. In many ways, gardening itself helps slow—and sometimes even reverse—the aging process. It's good exercise, building strength, flexibility, and stamina. It's relaxing. It's an antidepressant.

The garden covers some 8,000 square feet and contains 80 plots of medicinal plants, each plot designated for a specific condition. I'm continuously adding plants, as I learn more about their disease-fighting and age-defying properties. In fact, my garden keeps me busy for several hours a day during growing season, from spring through fall.

Many of these medicinal plants are well-endowed with spasmolytics, compounds that relieve muscle spasms and therefore cramping. Among the spasmolytics are alpha-bisabolol, borneol, bornyl-acetate, camphor, carvacrol, caryophyllene, limonene, linalyl-acetate, menthol, menthone, myrcene, and thymol. Herbs that have any of these compounds usually contain cineole, which helps speeds their absorption. The nifty thing about the spasmolytics is that many of them work whether used internally or externally. So you can drink the herbs as teas, add them to baths, or both.

Currently, it contains information on the medicinal compounds that have been identified in some 3,000 medicinal plants. Of course, that's just a fraction of the 250,000 plant species known worldwide. As scientists expand their study of the therapeutic properties of herbs and foods, the database will continue to grow. Even though I'm retired, I continue to collect information for the database, and the USDA occasionally updates it. These days, I compile most of my data from the $3,000 worth of journals that I receive each year.

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Guide Thomas Bartram See book keywords and concepts

Australian medicinal plants, Government reports, case studies, books, plant abstracts. For subscription details and complimentary copy of the Journal contact: NHAA, PO Box 65, Kingsgrove NSW 2208, Australia. Tel: +61(02) 502 2938. Annual subscription (Aus) $40 (overseas applicants include $15 for air mail, otherwise sent by sea mail). AUTISM. An abnormal condition of early childhood where the child is unable to make contact and develop relationships with people. Scanning techniques show that blood-flow in the frontal and temporal lobes is impaired.

A Physician's Guide To Natural Health Products That Work James A. Howenstine, MD See book keywords and concepts

Essential oils are concentrated essences of medicinal plants. They can be absorbed into the body by ingestion, rubbing on the skin, or inhaled as a vapor. These essential oils contain tiny molecules of pharmacologically active substances that affect various body systems, including the immune system and the central nervous system. The molecules are easily absorbed through the skin, digestive tract, or mucous membranes of the nose, throat, and lungs. Many essential oils are highly antiseptic, exhibiting anti- viral, antibacterial, and anti- fungal properties.

Beating Cancer with Nutrition Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS See book keywords and concepts

Moral of the story: We are still neophytes when it comes to understanding just what is the active ingredient (s) in medicinal plants. Which is why using low heat processing of the whole leaf aloe is crucial for preserving the active ingredient. While once discussing the merits of aloe with a noted researcher on the subject, I commented: "It seems like aloe cures almost proliferation through apoptosis (programmed cell death).16 GSHis particularly helpful in protecting the liver from damage upon exposure to toxins.

The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC See book keywords and concepts

Correlation between five minerals and the healing effect of Brazilian medicinal plants. Biol Trace Elem Res 1998; 65: 251-59. 46. Carlisle EM. Silicon as an essential trace element in animal nutrition. Ciba Found Symp 1986; 121: 123-39. 47. Leach RM. Role of manganese in mucopolysaccharide metabolism. Fed Proc 1971; 30: 991. 48. Morrison LM, Murata K. Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of acid mucopolysaccharides administered to animals and patients. In Morrison LM, Schjeide OA, Meyer K. Coronary heart disease and the mucopolysaccharides (gly-cosaminoglycans).

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

An ethnobotanical survey was made of the medicinal plants of Israel. The species identified as hypoglycemic treatments include Achillea fragrantissima, Ammi visnaga, Atriplex halimus, Capparis spinosa, Ceratonia siliqua, Cleome droserifolia, Eryngium creticum, Inula viscosa, Matricaria aurea, Origanum syriaca, Paronychia argentea Lam, Prosopis farcta, Salvia fruticosa, Sarcopoterium spinosum, and Teu-crium polium. Z. Davini et al., "Plants Used for the Treatment of Diabetes in Israel," Journal of Ethnopharmacology 19, no. 2 (March-April 1987): 145-51.

The Natural Pharmacy: Complete Home Reference to Natural Medicine Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC See book keywords and concepts

Moore M. medicinal plants of the Mountain West. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1979, 152. 4. Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C (eds). PDR for Herbal Medicines. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Co, 1998, 966-67. 5. Mills SY. Out of the Earth: The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine. New York: Viking Arkana, 1991, 544-47. 6. Weiss RF. Herbal Medicine. Gothenburg, Sweden: Ab Arcanum and Beaconsfield, UK: Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd, 1988, 334-35. Burns, Minor 1. Delia Loggia R, Tubaro A, Sosa S, et al.

Numerous medicinal plants and plant compounds have demonstrated an ability to protect LDL cholesterol from being damaged by free radicals. Garlic,61 ginkgo,62 and guggul63 are of particular note in this regard. Garlic and ginkgo have been most convincingly shown to protect LDL cholesterol in humans. The evidence supporting the ability of fenugreek (p. 424) to lower lipid levels is not as complete, coming from smaller, less complete studies.64 Preliminary Chinese research found that fo-ti (p. 425) may lower cholesterol levels.65 The research on ginger's (p.

The Food Pharmacy: Dramatic New Evidence That Food Is Your Best Medicine Jean Carper See book keywords and concepts

Norman Farnsworth, a worldwide authority on medicinal plants, had the studies translated from the Russian. He agrees that they support much of ginseng's ancient reputation as a powerful life-giving drug. Dr. Farnsworth theorizes that ginseng functions as an "adaptogen," a medical concept foreign to most Western minds but defined by respected Russian physician Dr. I. I. Brekhman, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, who performed numerous ginseng studies. An adaptogen is a harmless substance that has a normalizing action, that is, it tends to right whatever is wrong with the body.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Moore, Michael. medicinal plants of the Mountain West. Santa Fe, N.M.: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1979. Rose, Jeanne. Jeanne Rose's Modern Herbal. New York: Perigee Books, Berkley Publishing Group, 1987. Tyler, Varro E. Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytochemicals. Binghamton, N.Y: Haworth Press, 1994. Weiss, Rudolf Fritz. Herbal Medicine. Portland, Ore.: Beaconsfield Publishing, 1985. Homeopathy Organizations International Foundation for Homeopathy 2366 Eastlake Ave. E, Suite 325 Seattle, WA 98102 General information, training, referrals.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

The schoolmother holds the drink in her hands and sings, "We dig up the medicinal plants that are known to all. Take the medicine, about which you have already heard so much!" Now the initiates drink and listen for the voice of the fertility god. They experience certain visions that are shaped and channeled by means of music and song. At the end of the initiation, the girls are freed from their coverings, dressed in new clothes, and adorned with ornaments. Finally, they dance and sing. The young women are now able to marry (Johnston 1972).

Hans Dieter Neuwinger Afrikanische Arzneipflanzen und Iagdgifte [African medicinal plants and Hunting Poisons] (1994, 701*) 106 Synonyms: Corynanthe macroceras K. Schum., Pausinystalia pachyceras (K. Schum.) De Wild., Pseudocinchona africana A. Chev. ex E. Perrot, Pseudocinchona pachyceras (K. Schum.) A. Chev. Family Rubiaceae (Coffee Family); Subfamily Cincho-noideae, Cinchoneae Tribe The genus Corynanthe is composed of five or six species. It is very closely related to Pausinystalia yohimba and is often confused with it.

Arthur Machen Der Grosse Pan [The Great Pan] (1994,10) Atropa belladonna Linnaeus Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) is one of the most significant medicinal plants in the history of pharmacy. (Woodcut from Tabernaemontanus, Neu Vollkommen Krauter-Buch, 1731) "When we encounter the deadly nightshade during our excursion through the columned halls of the forest, a strange feeling comes over us, as if a secretive being with fixed, staring eyes were standing behind the mysterious plant.

Medicinal plants in tropical West Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 5 (1): 1-71. Ortiz de Montellano, Bernardo. 1980. Las hierbas de Tlaloc. Estudios de Cultura Ndhuatl 14: 287-314. Ownbey, G. 1961. The genus Argemone in South America and Hawaii. Brittonia 13: 91-109. Ratsch, Christian. 1985. Argemone mexicana—food of the dead. Unpublished lecture manuscript. Stermitz, F. R., D. K. Kim, and K. A. Larson. 1973. Alkaloids of Argemone albiflora, Argemone brevicornuta and Argemone turnerae. Phytochemistry 12:1355-57. Watt, J. M. 1967. African plants potentially useful in mental health.

As jurema told us: Kariki shoko and shoco modo of utilization of medicinal plants in the context of modern northeastern Brazil. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. (UMI microfilm order no. 8717395.) Sanchez Leon, Victor. 1987. El tepescohuite. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas: Instituto de Historia Natural. (Plantas de Chiapas—Yashte-1.) ¦±{ As Many mimosas in Central and South America, Australia, and Oceania contain DMT and other tryptamines.

Because of the paucity of flora in the tundra, they know of only a very few medicinal plants. The fresh or dried herbage of this small Artemisia is used to treat skin diseases, painful joints, and chest colds. A decoction is made from the herbage that is said to be strong enough once it has turned green. It is adminstered externally and internally. The ample essential oil consists almost entirely of thujone and isothujone, whereby thujone predominates. Thujone has potent psychoactive powers, while the effects of isothujone are similar to those of codeine (Overfield et al. 1980).

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