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Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition Hyla Cass, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

All over the planet, wherever humans lived, knowledge about healing plants has been passed down from generation to generation and from healer to apprentice, with that knowledge being continually refined. 7 THE ADVENT OF MODERN PHARMACEUTICALS Many ancient plant medicines have been chemically altered in drug company laboratories in hopes of creating something that has a targeted, specific action when taken as a drug. This process also assures its ability to be patented, so that it will he profitable.

Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work Dr Ron Roberts See book keywords and concepts

The principle behind their use is that every disorder—physical or psychological—arises because of an inner imbalance for which nature has provided a cure, in the form of healing plants, sunlight, spring water and fresh air. It is certainly true that asthma can be the result of mental disharmony and imbalance: stress is known to cause asthma, and fear is a potent trigger. Additionally the body's vitality may be lowered as a result of asthma, which in turn can result in unhap-piness, depression, feelings of inadequacy, and so on.

Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition Hyla Cass See book keywords and concepts

All over the planet, wherever humans lived, knowledge about healing plants has been passed down from generation to generation and from healer to apprentice, with that knowledge being continually refined. THE ADVENT OF MODERN PHARMACEUTICALS Many ancient plant medicines have been chemically altered in drug company laboratories in hopes of creating something that has a targeted, specific action when taken as a drug. This process also assures its ability to be patented, so that it will he profitable.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

The effect of herbocides on the qualitative properties of healing plants / Part 2: Content and composition of the essential oil from Salvia officinalis L after application of Aflon(R) 50 WP. Pharmazie 50; 143-144. 1995 Salep Orchis species DESCRIPTION Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts of the plant are the tubers. Flower and Fruit: The flowers form erect spikes. The surrounding leaves are sometimes large and longer than the flowers; they are often colored. The pollen mass is enclosed in 1 to 2 sectioned anthers. The ovary is almost always twisted.

Shattering the false philosophy and junk science of conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In nature, you will discover healing plants all around you. You may have a plant in your back yard that protects the liver and helps detoxify the blood. I bet you think it is a weed, but it's actually the dandelion plant. You might say, "I hear you, Mike, but how do we know that everything you are saying here is true? Where is your science and where is your proof that nature is a better healer than drugs and surgery?" A simple scientific experiment: Look around and see who's healthy Let me invite you to look at a simple experiment here.

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

SEE Valerian (*) •Hemp (*) SEE in Chapter Five HERBAL healing plants. •Henbane Leaf, Seed, and Root (Hyoscyamus niger) Nightshade family; witches brew for flying feeling with hyoscyamine (peripheral nervous system), scopalamine and other alkaloids; a sedative for sleep. For visions, excess can cause insanity. Similar to Datura. (*) •Hierba Loca and Taglli Heath family (Pernettya furens/Maddening plant/ Huedhued, and Parvifolia which has resinoid Andromedotoxin and glycoside Arbutin.

President Bush's bird flu plan fails to teach people how to really protect themselves from a global pandemic Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

But today, you have access to the most amazing healing plants and natural therapies in the world. That is, as long as you don't wait until the last minute to get some for yourself. The bottom line on all this? The White House is at least acknowledging the bird flu virus is a potentially devastating problem. That's actually a step in the right direction. But don't count on the White House or our public health care system to save your skin. The vaccines and drugs will be wiped out in a matter of days.

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

Healing Sea Onions SEE Squill in Chapter Five Herbal healing plants. •Common Curled PARSLEY Leaf, Root, and Seed (Apium Petroselinum sativum, crispum, and hortense) Umbellifer family; also called Rock Selinon, and Inn Sai in China. A Mediterranean herb 1-foot tall growing on walls and rocks, having thick white roots, dark-green curly leaves and white flowers. Diuretic (root), carminative (seed), stimulating (leaf), tonic, aperient, antispasmodic, expectorant, laxative, mild diuretic.

The HERBAL healing plants * * * A •ABSINTHE SEE Wormwood. •ABUTA (Cissampelos pareira) An Amazonian herb balances female hormones, counters menses cramps, uterine hemorrhaging, amidwife's herb againstmiscarriage, pre-and post-natal pain; reduces inflamed testicles; a diuretic, for kidney problems, and stones. •ACACIA Tree gum (Acacia arabica, ferruginea, and catechu) Also called Areca seed (Malaysian Acacia Areca catechu Palm Tree nut and gum, taken with Betel nut); Arabic Catechu Gum and Gum Arabic used as an emulsifier (in hair sprays) andjelling agent, may be allergic to some.

Coca SEE in Chapter Five HERBAL healing plants. Coleus (Coleus pumilus/male, blumei/child, and el ahijado/godson) mint Labia family; used like Hojas de la Pastora; 50 leaves chewed or made into tea; used like Pipilzintzintli (Salvia divinorum). (*) Colorines Red Beans (Erythrina, Rhynchosia phaseloides, and pyramidalis/ black) from Oaxaca and the Amer. Southwest; resemble Mescal beans; some species have a toxic indole or isoquinoline for poison arrows. Wild Cucumber Seeds (Echinocystis lobata) A Melon-family vine of the Amer.

How to grow your own pharmaceuticals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The bottom line here is that I believe home-grown plants are going to make a big comeback in the years ahead, and we're going to see nutrient-rich varieties of plants (like red carrots with lycopene) that treat and prevent chronic disease, coupled with new technologies that allow hands-free cultivation of healing plants. After all, who needs to build a $100 million drug factory when nature can manufacture all the medicine you need for the price of a handful of seeds? I say, let nature build the medicines. Trust in nature, not synthetic drug labs.

Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health Joseph E. Mario See book keywords and concepts

HERBAL healing plants may be consumed internally for refreshment, general home preventive or curative nutrition, or specific Immunity, as follows: A Tea... is the steeping for 3 to 5 minutes of 1 ounce of the soft flowers, leaves, and herb blossoms poured over with one pint of pure hot water. An Infusion... is made like a tea, then adding more Herbs, and steeping longer to extract more medicinal properties. A Decoction...

Herbal plants are part of the process of evolving "consciousness," and many of their identifications as healing plants were derived through psychic vision experiences, corroborated through actual healing over many centuries. Their history of providing physical health and simply wholistic magical protection from ailments, attest to their divine value and importance in the life of comen.

Aloe vera may hold promise in treating cardiovascular disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Aloe vera is one of my favorite healing plants, and I believe it is quite promising in terms of enhancing cardiovascular health. This is a subject that hasn't had many studies conducted yet, but there has been some related research that I think sheds light on the issue. For example, it is now known that an extract from aloe vera gel, when injected into the human bloodstream, greatly multiplies the oxygen transportation and diffusion capabilities of red blood cells.

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson See book keywords and concepts

Another important change at this time was the discovery of healing plants with new properties, during the exploration and conquest of the 'New Worlds' - the Americas, as well as some regions of Asia and Africa. For example, 'guayacan' (Guaiacum sanctum, Zygophyllaceae), from Meso-America, was used against syphilis, despite its lack of any relevant pharmacological effects. Nicolas Monardes was particularly important in the dissemination of knowledge about medicinal plants from the New World.

Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures Gale Maleskey See book keywords and concepts

Greek physician named Discorides described some 700 healing plants in a comprehensive work called De Materia Medica. For several centuries afterward, this was the foundation text for practitioners of herbal medicine throughout Europe. The New World added new pages to the growing book of herbal cures. When Europeans stepped ashore in North America, they found Native Americans who had a flourishing apothecary that drew on healing plants of the forests and prairies.

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Trillium erectum and T pendulum (beth root) The fact that healing plants of this importance have become endangered to the degree that they have is one of the signs of the ecological holocaust that humanity has wrought. Though these plants are still occasionally abundant locally, their ecological range has been dramatically diminished. I caution against using them unless they are from cultivated sources, which in the case of Cypripedium is extremely difficult. Wildcrafring this plant is an ecological crime.

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Ascorbic Acid (C) Omg Potassium 243 mg Ginseng is one of the most fabled ancient healing plants, a plant cloaked in mystery and superstition. According to ancient beliefs, ginseng represented the crystallization of the unseen spirit of nature in the form of a man who dwells in its root. Thus, ginseng roots that were clearly man-shaped held the spirit and power of God and were effective in curing disease and strengthening the weak.

Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine Simon Mills and Kerry Bone See book keywords and concepts

Thomson WAR (ed). healing plants. Macmillan, London, 1980, P 111. 7. Zwaving JH, Bos R. Planta Med 1996; 62: 83-84. 8. Wollenweber E, Mann K. Planta Med 1983; 48: 126-127. 9. Gorier K, Oehlke D, Soicke H. Planta Med 1985; 50: 530-531. 10. Sliutz G, Speiser P, Schultz AM et al. Horm Metab Res 1993; 25 (5): 253-255. 11. Winterhoff H. Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society 1996; 212 (1-2): AGFD 105. 12. Jarry H, Leonhardt S, Gorkow C et al. Exp Clin Endocrinol 1994; 102 (6): 448^54. 13. Wuttke W, Gorkow Ch, Jarry H. Dopaminergic compounds in vitex agnus castus.

Tannins are likely to have a limited short-term effect at least in the upper reaches of the tract and healing plants like Matricaria recutita (chamomile), Filipendula (meadowsweet), Ulmus spp (slippery elm),34 Glycyrrhiza (licorice), Calendula and Symphytum (comfrey) have long been applied with this effect in mind. In theory local antiinflammatory activity might effectively reduce some types of increased permeability. However, the most promising effect on intestinal permeability is likely to lie in changing biliary constituents, using hepatics and choleretics (see p.183).

Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West Margarita Artschwager Kay See book keywords and concepts

Other healing plants would be newly discovered, newly tried, perhaps converging with developments elsewhere. This knowledge would then be passed on to recent arrivals or other peoples met in the area. Indeed, my research shows that within the Mexican and American West wherever the same plants grow (native or naturalized), their medicinal uses have been exploited by various peoples. People deal with events according to their cultures.

Peoples living in the same region but not linguistically related to the Uto-Aztecans are the Seri and the Paipai. The healing plants of all these people will be discussed, for they have in common geography as well as exposure to the same missionaries for two centuries (from 1587 to 1767), and then the same governments.27 Most of the peoples who were placed in the Jesuit missions originally lived along permanent streams from the Gila River to the Rio Sinaloa, where availability of water and alluvial soils made agriculture possible.

In part 1 of this book I present ethnomedical information including the historical uses of healing plants and an overview of the ethnic groups of the region (chapter 1); a summary of the naming, selection, and perceived actions of medicinal plants (chapter 2); and an assessment of the conditions treated by plants, both those which are recognized in biomedicine, such as arthritis, and folk illnesses such as pasmo (chapter 3), as well as the specialized illnesses of women and children (chapter 4).

When human beings migrate, they take their plants with them—not only familiar foods and beloved ornamentals but also the healing plants that all preindustrial peoples relied on. America has experienced many migrations and is now home to a diversity of ideas and practices about healing. The medicinal plants of many different ethnic groups are available here, in fresh, dried, and extracted forms. Sorting out the cultural origins of these plants is a daunting task for scholars, let alone assessing their uses and possible value in contemporary medicine.

Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

It is found in the soil, in foods, and in many healing plants, such as aloe vera, garlic, and ginseng. The organo-germanium currendy used does not, however, release the mineral germanium to the tissues for specific action, but is absorbed, acts, and is eliminated as the entire compound, Ge-132. More research is needed to clearly understand the potential importance of both elemental germanium and the Ge-132 compound. Lithium is usually found in nature not as a metal but as lithium salts.

Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures Gale Maleskey See book keywords and concepts

When Europeans stepped ashore in North America, they found Native Americans who had a flourishing apothecary that drew on healing plants of the forests and prairies. As white settlers pushed farther into the interior, many turned to Native American plants and herbal practices when they needed frontier treatments for illness and infection. Native American herbs were still used by North American doctors throughout the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. Entrepreneurial pharmacists drew on Native American lore when they started marketing patent medicines.

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Although she enjoyed learning about healing plants in those pre-World War II days, Otasan admits that she had some reservations about their usefulness. Store-bought medicine was starting to replace home remedies in the early part of the twentieth century, and traditional herbal medicines seemed a bit old-fashioned and impractical to her. Then World War II came along and gave her a very different perspective. During the war and its aftermath, modern medicines were scarce, almost impossible to come by.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Bach spent years searching the countryside of Wales and England for nonpoisonous healing plants. Intuitively, he sensed that dewdrops from certain plants might contain specific healing properties of the plant. Eventually, he hypothesized that the sun's heat could activate and install the plant's healing attributes within the dewdrops themselves. Bach formulated his 38 essences by experimenting on himself. His senses were so highly developed that by simply holding the petal of a flower in his hand or placing it on his tongue, his body would feel the effect of the flower's qualities.

Miracle Medicine Foods Rex Adams See book keywords and concepts

Peasants from miles around—and even the local doctor—consulted Messegue's father, Camille, because of his knowledge of healing plants. The most common complaints, says Messegue, were liver disorders, "because people drank too much and ate sucfi heavy food." And the prime ingredient we find listed for liver and gall bladder trouble is garlic. Pain Vanishes In 30 Minutes! "The first time I saw him heal anyone," says Messegue' "it was a neighbor, a man I knew well and whom I saw regularly morning and evening as he passed by.

Herbs Against Cancer: History and Controversy Ralph W. Moss PhD See book keywords and concepts

They often subscribed to a "Doctrine of Signatures," which meant that healing plants resembled the parts of the human body they most influenced. By such a priori reasoning, walnuts were considered good for the brain. As odd as it may seem, there are still a few prominent herbalists who promulgate such views. I consider this a fallacy and will point it out where it occurs. Astrology continues to have adherents in herbal circles. There is an ancient pedigree to such beliefs. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), who wrote one of the first English herbals, was an inveterate astrologer.

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