Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  EDIBLE USES
Many of the healing herbs profiled in this book are also delicious and nourishing foods. What better way to "get your medicine" than to eat it? Of course, other foods, while edible, are not tasty and would be eaten only in emergency situations, and still others are not edible at all. You'll find all this information here in this section.
OTHER USES
Plants have long served humanity not only as medicine and food but as sources of dyes, fibers, scents, fuels, building materials, magic, and so much more. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Plants, vegetables and healing herbs are exposed to different kinds of energy on certain days and contain considerably more active ingredients at certain times than at other times. Herbs and vegetables are therefore more potent when picked during the full moon period. The waxing of the moon increases the sap flow in the plants, filling them with more nutrients, vitality and energy.
At the end of the 19th century, mankind at large was introduced to the clock as a means to know the time. | | This gut feeling senses a healing effect from pure, fresh foods, healing herbs and other natural remedies. An herb from the Himalayan mountains or a piece of ginger is more likely to trigger a placebo response in us than the synthetic fat Olestra or a pharmaceutical drug used to reduce blood pressure. Natural things are naturally pleasing to the body and mind.
A naturopath has become a symbol for natural healing. Even if his methods may not be very effective, the symbol may still be powerful enough to trigger a good placebo response. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In a sense, then, if you want to lower your risk of cancer, you can create a whole diet—excluding or minimizing meats and dairy products—that consists of healing herbs. So singling out individual plants would be giving you a false picture of how to use herbs to prevent cancer.
I was one of the first of the high-fiber "flakes," back before nutritionists discovered the importance of what they used to call roughage. As a matter of fact, my everyday diet turned out to be higher in fiber than the high-fiber diets that were fed to the volunteers in five formal USD A studies. | | I also used healing herbs and had acupuncture treatments. I think the alternative treatments gave me more relief than the physicians.
Backaches Abound
It seems that everywhere I look, people have back problems. That's not surprising, because aching backs are one of America's most prevalent health problems. Estimates vary, but the experts generally agree that somewhere between two and five million Americans suffer serious back pain each year. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Aloe vera is one of the best-known healing herbs in the world, and it's useful for treating a surprising number of afflictions and health conditions (both internal and external).
This new product is made of low-temperature dried flakes of the aloe very leaf gel with a high concentration of medium-weight polysaccharides. Very few people are aware of the true healing potential of aloe vera gel. They think it's only good for burns (it is!) but nothing else. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | In this way water, and its cousins alcohol and vegetable oils, are able to be infused with the properties of healing herbs.
It's simple to imagine how those properties can be transferred to the human body when we ingest the liquid formulation, such as with a tea or tincture. But those infused liquids are no less powerful when applied topically. The human skin not only is a barrier encasing and protecting the bones, organs, and tissues but also is a large organ of elimination and absorption. | | Understanding which families the different healing herbs belong to can help you begin to see the bigger web of relationships among them.
ETYMOLOGY
The meaning of a plant's name, whether its Latinized binomial or its common name, connects us to its history of use. In understanding why a plant was given a particular name, we begin to understand the nature of the plant itself.
ALSO KNOWN AS
This section lists other common names by which each plant is known, in English and in other languages. These may be useful in identifying plants discussed in older or foreign-language literature. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
See book keywords and concepts |  This book focuses on the adaptogens, superior healing herbs that have a long tradition of use and benefits. It also includes information on two categories of herbs that work in a complementary manner with adaptogens—nervines (nerve tonics) and nootropics (cerebral stimulants).
Certainly, there is much more to say about other types of medicinal herbs. We recommend that you consult some of the many excellent books that are available. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  When new science discovers amazing healing properties of pomegranates, cinnamon, turmeric or other healing herbs, we bring you the story with the courage of free speech, not with some watered-down version that neglects to tell you why these plant-based medicines are more powerful (and safer) than prescription drugs. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  Top 15 healing herbs for Arthritis
***** borage ***** garlic ***** black cohosh ***** nettle ***** cayenne pepper ***** dandelion ***** cinnamon ***** feverfew ***** chaparral ***** yucca ***** alfalfa ***** aloe vera ***** chamomile ***** juniper berries ***** horseradish ***** milkweed
According to this theory, the bronchial tubes of people with asthma become progressively inflamed from childhood onward. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Start questioning your beliefs and reformulating them into ones that serve your long term health interests, and then supplement with good nutrition, with healing herbs and with healing foods (garlic, broccoli, berries, raw nuts, etc.)
The Amazon Herb product line can be a very successful part of that transformation. But even those products, as potent as they are, and as much as they are blessed with the energy of healing, even they cannot overcome your own self-sabotage if you choose to pursue the mindset of conventional medicine and American food consumers. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | Healing foods for skin disorders healing herbs for skin disorders
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***** oats ***** calendula
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***** chaparral
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The Editors of FC&A
See book keywords and concepts | | Top 10 healing herbs for insomnia
An old-time remedy for sleeplessness was to wash your head in a boiled dill seed solution before going to bed and to sniff this concoction from time to time during the night.
If that were the only way to get a good night's rest, it might be worth it. After all, getting too little sleep not only puts you in danger of having accidents, it also increases your risk of health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure.
Fortunately, using herbs can be easy and pleasant. It's one secret your pharmacist can't afford to tell you. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | Healing foods for Crohn's Disease and IBS healing herbs for Crohn's Disease
***** flaxseeds ***** melon ***** persimmon ***** cilantro ***** almonds
Healing supplements for Crohn's Disease
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Products to consider for Bowel Disorders
*" Baseline Nutritionals Colon Corrective, Digestive Enzymes, Probiotics and Proteolytic Enzymes products (www. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | If you address your own distortions, your own beliefs and your own behavioral choices, and start with that as your foundation, and then add these healing herbs from the Amazon rainforest, you will find that these two strategies multiply each others' effects. And then you will have initiated a sequence of healing effects in your own body that are multiplied by the biophysical, biochemical and bioenergetic healing potential of these herbs and you will be able to overcome practically any disease or condition imaginable. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Comments: One of nature's top healing herbs for the skin and the digestive tract. Use food-grade juice when taking internally.
Anise (Pimpinella anisum)
Medicinal Use: Intestinal gas, colic, parasites, bronchitis, and coughs
Parts Used: Seeds
Form Used: Tea or tincture
Potential Side Effects: None known
Comments: It has a sweet taste that children like; often blended with bad-tasting herbs. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Herbs
Q) Aerobic Bulk Cleanse (ABC) from Aerobic Life Industries contains healing herbs that cleanse the colon. Take it mixed with half fruit or vegetable juice and half aloe vera juice, before meals.
Note: Always take this product separately from other supplements and medications.
(_ Alfalfa, taken in capsule or liquid form, supplies vitamin K and chlorophyll, needed for healing. Take it as directed on the product label three times daily.
Q| Aloe vera aids in healing the colon, thereby easing pain. Drink V2 CUP of aloe vera juice in the morning and again at bedtime. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Tamil Siddha medicine, its prehistoric Charaka Samhita records about 500 healing herbs, and was highly developed when written in the Vedas near 1000B.C; flourishingto 1100 A.D.. the Rigvedas list over 1.000 medicinal plants. Herbs were valued in the Roman Empire by Galen, and Dioscorides' Herbarium (from Indian sources)was written about 100 A.D. | | Take advantage of the phytochemicals in brain and nerve healing herbs Ginkgo, GotuKola, Fo Ti Tieng, Club Moss, and many more featured throughout this book.
FASTING & FOOD-COMBINING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The dynamic growth and maintenance of living beings is brought about by the intelligent, orderly, uninterrupted building and recycling processes of electrically-charged, mentally-driven, and spiritually-governed molecules within a basic code of unified design. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | Furthermore, according to The Woman's Book of healing herbs by Sari Harrar and Sara Altshul O'Donnell, taking 10 drops of chasteberry tincture can do wonders for keeping you regular during monthly menstruation.
Chronic dehydration will inevitably lead to constipation because it is water that lubricates the passage of fecal matter through your digestive tract, and secondly, consumption of products that cause stagnation will also cause constipation.
The dairy connection to constipation
Cow's milk, cheese and other products from cows promote stagnation and mucus buildup. |
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Soups and Stews
In Okinawa, they like to say, "Shim du kusuiyaru"—"Soups are medicines" —and indeed they are often chock-full of healing herbs and spices. Further, most soups fill you up with relatively few calories, so they make terrific weight-sensible meals. Soup is literally liquid food, made from cooking different kinds of solid food in a liquid base. The term stew is most often applied to blended dishes that contain meat, fish, or vegetables in a thick broth made from stewing liquid and the natural juices of the stewed foods. Both are an ancient tradition. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Moving on in the herbs category, of course there are many, many healing herbs for heart health, including herbs like garlic, onions, and juniper berries. But I think that the big solution here when it comes to avoiding atherosclerosis, and doing what many people describe as unclogging their arteries, really comes down to avoiding hydrogenated oils, fried foods, and trans fatty acids.
This is a disorder for which avoidance is really the best treatment. |
Dianne Onstad
See book keywords and concepts |  One of the oldest and most versatile of the healing herbs, dandelion is regarded as a blood cleanser, tonic, and digestive aid because of its content of mucilages, which soothe the digestive tract, absorb toxins from ingested food, and regulate intestinal bacteria. Considered one of the finest liver remedies, both as a food and as a medicine, the root has bitter principles that enhance the flow of bile, improving such conditions as liver congestion, bile duct inflammation, hepatitis, gallstones, and jaundice. | | The Cherokee Indians regarded flax as one of their most nourishing and healing herbs, and the plant was as sacred to them as the eagle feather. They believed that flaxseed oil captured energies from the sun that could then be released and utilized in the body's metabolic processes. to treat boils and similar infections. This simple domestic herb helps to alleviate the problems of constipation, distension, and discomfort in the abdominal region. The seeds have a thick outer coating of cells that abound in a viscous matter, which in hot water forms a thick mucilaginous fluid. |
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | It's a land where good health is viewed as a natural right, women play the dominant role in religion, the elderly are honored and revered, and ancient healing herbs and tonics are smoothly integrated with Western medicines. And the people are truly exceptional.
The men and women we've met, interviewed, and befriended over the years—many of whom we introduced to you in our last book, The Okinawa Program—are remarkable individuals in their eighties, nineties, and beyond, who in many ways are much like Mr. Oyakawa. | | Fresh Garden Quiche
SERVES 4
Quiche is ideal for lunch, and our healthier version, made with heart-healthy omega-3 eggs, flavonoid-rich tofu, and a veritable storehouse of healing herbs and spices, will easily see you through until dinnertime. Soy cheese is a great substitute for regular cheese because it's similar in texture but cholesterol-free and lower in fat than cheese from dairy sources. For those who wish to avoid all milk products, check the label on soy cheeses carefully, as most contain some milk protein. |
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki
See book keywords and concepts |  With this caveat in mind, we present some of the potential neutraceuti-cal foods and healing herbs that Okinawans have been using and that may be playing significant roles in their lifelong health.
TEN HEALING FOODS AND HERBS
Our research in Okinawa has revealed that many healing herbs and foods have been used for decades to maximize the healing power of the traditional Okinawan lifestyle, and studies suggest that common phytochemical ingredients might be responsible for their beneficial effects. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  For detailed information on healing herbs, you may wish consult Prescription for Herbal Healing (Avery/Penguin Putnam, 2002).
If organic fruits and vegetables are not available to make the juices, remove peels before juicing. To bolster the fast, add protein powder and omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acid supplements to supply nutrients the body needs. If you have symptoms of low blood sugar, taking a rounded teaspoon of spirulina in an 8-ounce glass of fruit juice or water as needed is recommended. |
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