Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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 Rhodiola rosea versus Other Adaptogens
So how does Rhodiola rosea compare with other adaptogens and medicinal plants? Since only a few studies have focused on the similarities and differences among medicinal herbs, the best we can do to answer this question is evaluate the quantity and quality of the research, then add our own clinical experience into the mix. We should point out that some herbs—notably Eleutherococcus senticosus, Panax ginseng, and Rhodiola rosea—have been the subjects of extensive investigation, while others have been largely ignored. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 Bruneton, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, medicinal plants, 2nd ed, Lavoisier Publishing, Paris (1999).
Frohne
Thymi herba
Ph. Eur.
Thyme
11 i i i
1 cm
Fig. 1: Thyme
Description: The drug consists of the whole and dried leaves and flowers, separated from the stem of Thymus vulgaris L. or Thymus %ygis L., or both species. The leaves of T. vulgaris are lanceolate to ovate, with an entire and revolute margin. The upper surface is green, and the lower surface is gray tomentose, with numerous glandular trichomes situated in punctiform depressions (Fig. 4). |
| Bruneton, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, medicinal plants, 2nd ed, Lavoisier Publishing, Paris (1999).
Frohne
Theae viridis folium
Green tea leaf
Ph. Fr.
Ph. Fr.: Camelliae sinensis non fermentata folia (The Vert)
Plant source: Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze and its cultivated varieties, syn. Thea sinensis L. (tea shrub), Theaceae.
Synonyms: Cha (Chin.), The vert (Fr.), Griiner Tee (Ger.), Cha (Hind.), Ocha (Jap.), Te verde (Span.). |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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 Fortunately, nature has provide us a number of medicinal plants to help protect us from attack by these harmful pests. The coconut is one of these.
When you catch a cold or get the flu, how long does it stay around? For most people it lasts several days to a week or more. There is no medicine, no cure for the common cold or the flu. When you get sick you have to let your body fight its own battie. That's why it takes so long to get rid of it.
Not too long ago an associate of mine said she felt like she was coming down with the flu. |
| Herbalists have noted for years that in regions where certain diseases are common, medicinal plants grow that can cure these diseases. This is why every culture in the world has a form of traditional medicine based on the use of local herbs. The people who live in the tropics where coconut grows are protected to some extent from malaria, yellow fever, and other common infectious organisms. The people in Panama have discovered the importance of coconut as a means of staying healthy. When they feel an illness coming on they increase their consumption of coconut, particularly the milk and the oil. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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| The discovery that the trace element chromium is present in the glucose tolerance factor, led to the testing of medicinal plants that are recommended for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type II. Test results showed that bean pods also contain a notable amount of chromium (about 1 ppm) [2], It is known that insulin is not effective in rats that are fed a chromium-poor diet. Whether the chromium content of the bean pods is responsible for the (weak) antidiabetic action requires further investigation [2].
Wording of the package insert German Standard License
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| A Clear Mirror of Tibetan medicinal plants, Vol. 1. Rome: Cultural Association Tibet Domani, 104-105 (1999).
Ct^ygan /Hiller
Caryophylli flos
Clove
Ph. Eur. mr JttM
Fig. 1: Clove
Description: The drug consists of the dried and whole, 12—17 mm long, dark brown flower buds with an elongated, up to 4 mm thick, quadrangular stalked hy-panthium. Four divergent lobes of lighter yellowish brown petals surround a globular, dome-shaped head (middle row), enclosing many incurved stamens (top right). Situated in the upper part of the hy-panthium is a bilocular ovary containing numerous ovules. |
| Antispasmodic effects of some medicinal plants. Planta Med 1980; 40: 309-19.
[14] Forster H, Spasmolytische Wirkung pflanz-licher Carminativa. Z Allg Med 1983; 59: 1327-33.
[15] Wichtl M., Pfefferminzblatter. In: Wichtl M, editor. Teedrogen, 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Wissen-schaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989: 372-4.
[16] Bradley P.R., editor. Peppermint leaf. In: British Herbal Compendium, Volume 1. Bournemouth: British Herbal Medicine Association; 1992: 174-6.
[17] Demling L., Steger W., Zur Rechtfertigung der Volksmedizin: Pfefferminze und Zwie-bel. FortschrMed 1969; 37: 1305-6. |
Susun S. Weed
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 Guide to medicinal plants, Schauenberg and Paris, Keats, 1977
5. Healing Wise, Susun Weed, Ash Tree Publishing, 1989
6. The Herb Book, John Lust, Bantam, 1974
7. Herbal Emissaries, S. Foster and Y. Chongxi, Healing Arts, 1992
8. Herbal Healing for Women, Rosemary Gladstar, Simon & Schuster, 1993
9. Herbal Medicine, R. F. Weiss, M.D., AB Arcanum, 1988
10. The Herbs of Life, Leslie Tierra, Crossing Press, 1992
11. Indian Herbology, Alma Hutchens, Merco, 1969
12. medicinal plants, Steven Foster, James Duke, Houghton Mifflin, 1990
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volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 In fact, the standardization of herbs and herbal preparations actually begins with the current movement toward the development of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) wherein agronomic and horticultural parameters and practices for the commercial cultivation of medicinal plants is determined by national and international convention.
1.3.2.2 Production Methods
The nature of the solvent and of the extraction and drying processes critically affects the internal composition of the finished product. Polar compounds are soluble in water, while lipophilic constituents are soluble in alcohol. |
C. P. Khare
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 It has multi-faceted research activities in the fields of clinical and drug research, survey, cultivation of medicinal plants, and literary research. Different phases of the clinical trials have been completed on 30 drugs so far. Seven drugs have been filed for grant of patent rights, while twenty-three drugs are in the process of patentization. Besides developing research drugs, the Council has also undertaken validation trials of twenty-six kit medicines for common ailments. Standardization work on forty-seven compound drugs and thirty-eight single drugs has been completed. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 There are some exceptions to this general rule, but they involve medicinal plants that the FDA has restricted.
Table 12.14. Dosage Adjustments for Children2
AGE
PROPORTION OF ADULT DOSE
EXAMPLES
Adult
1
1.0 g, 2.0 g, 10.0 g, 1.0 ml
12 years old
Vi
0.5 g, 1.0 g, 5.0 g, 0.5 ml
8 years old
2/5
0.4 g, 0.8 g, 4.0 g, 0.4 ml
4 years old
0.25 g, 0.5 g, 2.5 g, 0.25 ml
2 years old
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0.125 g, 0.25 g, 1.25 g, 0.125 ml
1 year old
0.0625 g, 0.125 g, 0.625 g, 0.0625 ml
With the advent of potent modern pharmaceuticals, dosage measurements became much more critical. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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| Although scientists have yet to advance a single theory that accounts for the diverse benefits of adaptogens, studies point to several important mechanisms that make these medicinal plants frontline defenders against the effects of stress. First of all, they improve cellular energy production by raising levels of the essential high-energy molecules ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and CP (creatine phosphate)— both critical players in maintaining our energy reserves. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants, Vol.i. World Health Organisation, Geneva 1999, pp 168-82.
Williams M (1995) Immuno-protection against herpes simplex type II infection by eleutherococ-cus root extract. Int J Altern Compl Med 13: 9-12.
Winther K, Ranlov C, Rein E, Mehlsen J (1997) Russian root (Siberian Ginseng) improves cognitive functions in middle-aged people, whereas Ginkgo biloba seems effective only in the elderly. J Neurol Sciences 150: S90.
Youn YS (1987) Analytisch vergleichende Untersuchungen von Ginsengwurzeln verschiedener Provenienzen. |
C. P. Khare
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| The garden was taken over by the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) in 1978, and was restructured with an aim of collecting and cultivating medicinal plants, to carry out research on plant drugs, and to facilitate their proper identification and standardization. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| Potent medicinal plants whose active constituents are isolated for therapeutic use as conventional drugs.
Digitalis Rauwolfia
Opium poppy Belladonna capsules results in a product that isdiluted by pharmaceutical excipients. For example, the concentration of digitoxin in a digitoxin tablet is approximately 10 times lower than in the original digitalis leaf.
With the development of the natural sciences and the scientific method in medicine beginning in the early 19th century, herbal remedies became an object of scientific analysis. |
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Phytomedicines, and Phytotherapy
Common Roots of Pharmacotherapy
From a historical perspective, the production of medicines and the pharmacologic treatment of diseases began with the use of herbs. In fact, the very word drug used to denote a medicinal preparation is derived from the old Dutch word droog meaning" to dry", as plants were dried to be used as medicines. |
| Weiss, 1982), books on medicinal plants (e. g., Braun and Frohne, 1987; Lindemann, 1979; Pahlow, 1979), and handbooks (e. g., Wurm, 1990). The standard approval criteria for medicinal teas (Braun, 1987) provide a reliable information source in Germany, listing tea mixtures that have a prescribed qualitative composition but a variable quantitative composition. |
Katharine Greider
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 Wallace Abbott perfected his method for producing tiny pills that delivered standard doses of various medicinal plants. By the turn of the century, Merck, with beginnings as a pharmacy in Darmstadt, Germany, was producing 10,000 chemicals and ready-to-use medicines and had branches in London, New York, and Moscow.
In the last 150 years, medicine makers have evolved from local druggists or chemical makers to mid-sized manufacturing operations with regional distribution to very large research-based companies whose reach is truly global. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Prickly Pear
Literally hundreds of these medicinal plants grow in Mexico and the Southwestern United States where its sweet red fruit is called tunas in Spanish. Because it grows in clusters on certain varieties of desert cactus, the prickly pear is technically a berry. The fruit is oval and has spiny thorns, which should be removed before handling. The skin and flesh have several hues—orange, red, and purple. The firm flesh tastes something like watermelon and contains edible seeds. The Aztecs used prickly pears to mitigate fevers and soothe irritated livers. |
C. P. Khare
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| PLIM also offers technical aid, advice and services in respect of standardization, testing and analyzing ISM drugs and medicinal plants.
National Institute of Ayurveda
The National Institute of Ayurveda was established in 1976 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It is a Government of India establishment being developed as a state-of-the-art institute in the field of Ayurveda. The Institute is conducting under-graduate as well as post-graduate courses. The post-graduate courses are run in nine branches. Apart from conducting academic courses, the Institute is involved in various research activities. |
| Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Bhubaneshwar-751013, Orissa, is maintaining a herbarium which houses 7000 specimens from the Orissa region.
Many medicinal plants used in South India are being cultivated in the Herbal Garden of Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal-676503, Kerala.
Tamil Nadu Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd., Arumbakkam, Chennai-600106, takes up cultivation of herbal plants commercially required for the production of herbal drugs. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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| Medicinal Plants of the World. Computer index.
Coconut and coconut oil are used in many traditional forms of medicine. The most well known of these is the Ayurvedic medicine of India. Here coconut products enjoy a place of importance and are essential components of some of the medicinal preparations. Coconut oil is recognized for its healing properties in both Ayurvedic and Indian folkloric medicine to treat a variety of conditions such as burns, wounds, ulcers, skin fungus, lice, kidney stones, and choleraic dysentery. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| Gynecologic Indications for Herbal Remedies
Herbal remedies are used in the treatment of menstrual irregularities, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), dysmenorrhea, and menopausal complaints in cases where stronger-acting drugs are not indicated or are declined by the patient. Two medicinal plants stand out in the frequency with which they are prescribed for gynecologic complaints: chasteberries (used chiefly for PMS) and black cohosh rhizome (used principally for menopausal complaints) (Schwabe and Rabe, 1998). Table 7. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 In the adjoining box you will see a short list of medicinal plants related to ragweed, from the aster plant family, which might evoke allergic responses in some people. Unfortunately the aster herbs and shrubs are the largest family of flowering plants, comprising about 1,100 genera and 20,000 species. Interestingly, some of the plants from this family are used to treat allergies. Dr. Duke's database also lists individual phytochemicals that have been reported to be allergenic (see Resource Guide). |
Jean Carper
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 Department of Agriculture's expert on medicinal plants, says several foods contain compounds that may help.
"If I had laryngitis," says Dr. Duke, "I would drink pineapple juice with a pinch or so of ginger, nutmeg, rosemary and spearmint and a bit of licorice as a sweetener." All are laryngitis folk remedies with scientific validity, he says. You could also add thyme and cardamom, which are also therapeutic. If you have high blood pressure, he advises skipping the licorice. |
Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D.
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 We chuckle at the famous "eye of newt" scene in Macbeth, while realizing that Shakespeare's son-in-law, John Hall, was a famous doctor of the time whose materia medica, a mere 400 years ago, regularly included a wide assortment of medicinal plants, minerals, and what seems to us today to include some bizarre insect and animal parts. All of this is remarkably like traditional Chinese herbal medicine. |
| As its use spreads throughout the world, its practitioners will continue to classify and incorporate non-Chinese medicinal plants and substances as part of its treatment protocol. This is what I call planetary herbology, described in my book of the same title (Lotus Light Press, 1992). One of the most famous non-Chinese herbs, used for over 300 years by the Chinese, is American ginseng (Panax quinquejolium). |
Jean Carper
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| Department of Agriculture's expert on medicinal plants, because the yam's estrogenic compounds or phytosterols "are so soapy and bitter tasting." foods for estrogenic activity—something that has never been done —so women can know which foods affect estrogen levels.
A question: Could eating foods that boost estrogen promote breast cancer? Dr. Stephen Barnes, at the University of Alabama, answers that often-asked question by noting that soybeans, for example, have an odd estrogenic effect that actually appears to counter breast cancer. |
Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., Ph.D.
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 Naturally, the medicinal plants having a high mineral content are generally reputed to heal disorders related to mineral deficiencies. It is easy to see that nature planned for us to maintain a certain balance of minerals and trace elements in our body through the consumption of certain plants. We can choose which vegetables to eat based on their richness in the elements that are necessary for our health. |
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