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PDR for Herbal Medicines

Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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Atropa belladonna preparations release peripheral effects targeted on the vegetative nervous system and the smooth muscle system, as well as the central nervous system. Because of the parasympatholytic properties, the drug can cause relaxation of organs with smooth muscles and relieve spastic conditions, especially in the gastrointestinal tract and bile ducts. Additionally, Belladonna use may result in muscular tremor or rigidity due to effects on the central nervous system. Atropa belladonna preparations have a positive dromotropic as well as a positive chronotropic effect on the heart.

The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology

Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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In the same study, the acetyl-l-carnitine arginine complex was able to help maintain calcium homeostasis in nervous system cells stimulated with glutamate, preserving healthy cerebellar cell function. In a separate study, acetyl-l-carnitine arginamide demonstrated itself as a potential support for maintaining healthy central nervous system function by promoting healthy neurite function. Neurites are the hair like projections of neurons, or nervous system cells, responsible for proper signal transmission.

The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World

Lynne McTaggart
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Geomagnetic turbulence also disturbs the balance between certain parts of the brain and profoundly disrupts communication within the nervous system, overactivating certain aspects of the autonomic nervous system and lowering others.17 The sun's activity also affects mental equilibrium. As Persinger discovered, the more unsettled the weather in space, the greater the number of patients hospitalized for nervous disorders and the greater number of attempted suicides.18 Geomagnetic disturbance also seemed to correlate with increases in general psychiatric disorders.

Dangerous chemicals in personal care products compromise health

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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But the reality is that they're giving themselves nervous system disorders while actually promoting the breeding of resistant strains of bacteria. And thanks to the nervous system damage caused by these antimicrobial ingredients, people are probably accelerating Alzheimer's disease by using these products. No doubt, they are impacting the learning ability of their children by poisoning their nervous systems, too. It turns out that this active ingredient is chemically similar to Agent Orange. That's right, this was the Weapon of Mass Destruction used in Vietnam.

What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You

Ray D. Strand
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It should come as no surprise to you now that even the brain (central nervous system) and our nerves (peripheral nervous system) are not out of the reach of oxidative stress. This common enemy has been strongly implicated in a variety of diseases that wreak devastating damage on the brain and nerves, known as neurodegenerative diseases.2 Some of these include Alzheimer's dementia, Parkinson's disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's chorea.

Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation

Charles Barber
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He demonstrated the molecular basis of learning, and even more broadly, he had demonstrated the plasticity of the nervous system. So plastic are our brains that research over the last decade has shown that at least some part of the brain is capable of growing new neurons, which for a century had been thought to be impossible. Scientists had believed that the regenerative capacities of our bodies did not extend to the central nervous system—the brain and the spinal cord. The immutability of the brain was one of the central dogmas of neuro-science.

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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The "multiple" symptoms of this disease represent a nervous system gone awry. The electrical signals carrying messages to and from the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and out through the peripheral nervous system to the rest of the body are not well coordinated and controlled. This is because the insulating cover or sheath of the nerve fibers, the myelin, is being destroyed by an autoimmune reaction. Think of what would happen to your household wiring if the electrical insulation became thin or was stripped away, leaving bare wires.

What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You

Ray D. Strand
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It should come as no surprise to you now that even the brain (central nervous system) and our nerves (peripheral nervous system) are not out of the reach of oxidative stress. This common enemy has been strongly implicated in a variety of diseases that wreak devastating damage on the brain and nerves, known as neurodegenerative diseases.2 Some of these include Alzheimer's dementia, Parkinson's disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's chorea.

Transdermal Magnesium Therapy

Mark Sircus
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Mercury, among all the metals tested, was the only one shown to block the removal of excess glutamate from the nervous system. By paralyzing the glutamate removal system, mercury triggers chronic excitotoxicity ?that is chronic destruction of the nervous system. Excess glutamate can also produce the same neurofibrillary tangles seen with mercury exposure. Glutamate transport at the BBB is crucial and mercury, if not neutralized, plays havoc at the barrier.

The Vitamin D Cure

James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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Pregnant women have a special need for folic acid because it's key to fetal development and nervous system functioning. The same goes for women who are planning pregnancies. Vitamins B3 (Niacin), B6, B12 Niacin and vitamins B6 and B12 help to prevent cardiovascular disease by lowering homocysteine levels and raising HDL (good) cholesterol. They are also important for nervous system functioning. These vitamins are most abundant in lean, fresh animal meats, including seafood. Refined grains don't contain many of these nutrients, but most Americans think they do.

NewsTarget survey results, part 3: Making health changes that positively affect work performance

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Healthy bodies and brains = increased work performance For some reason, corporate America is slow to recognize that work is an extension of mental function, which is an extension of nervous system health. When you have a healthy nervous system, one that receives all the nutrition it needs -- including healthy oils, B vitamins and minerals -- you have a nervous system that is obviously going to perform at a higher level. That will translate into enhanced memory, creativity, moods and greater endurance on mental efforts.

Antibacterial pencils: Toxic, useless and hazardous to public health

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Stop using antibacterial products while your nervous system is still intact This abuse of antibacterial chemicals is destroying people's nervous systems. These chemicals are also hazardous to use on dishes because people eat their food off of those dishes. Hasn't this thought ever crossed anybody's mind? (Of course not; antibacterial chemicals have already harmed their nervous systems.) So just in case you're ever concerned that your pencils might catch a cold, or AIDS, or some other infectious disease, you can now buy pencils that have been coated with antibacterial chemicals.

Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control

Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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Nervous system disease: About 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. Severe forms of diabetic nerve disease are a major contributing cause of lower-extremity amputations. ţAmputations: More than 60 percent of lower-limb amputations in the United States occur among people with diabetes. ţPeriodontal disease: Almost one third of people with diabetes have severe periodontal (gum) disease. ţPain: Many diabetics fall victim to chronic pain due to conditions such as arthritis, neuropathy, circulatory insufficiency, or fibromyalgia.

Nutritional products from New Chapter and other health innovators

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Prescription drugs damage your nervous system Prescription drugs slam your nervous system and greatly impair cognitive function. Statin drugs are one class of drugs that has a highly destructive effect on nervous system function, including brain function, awareness, memory function, and so on. Of course, antidepressant drugs are also in that category. If you want to mess with your head, start taking antidepressant drugs. They say this is for people who are depressed, but people who take these drugs end up detaching from reality.

Amy's Kitchen responds to concerns about yeast extract with possible product reformulations

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Russell Blaylock, the author of Excitotoxins, MSG is damaging to the brain, nervous system, endocrine system and even promotes obesity by interfering with appetite regulation. Baby food manufacturers voluntarily removed MSG from baby foods decades ago after being accused by consumer advocates of harming babies' nervous systems with the chemical. MSG remains widely used today in canned soups, breakfast sausage, salad dressing and other commercial foods.

The top ten consumer questions about superfruit juices: Pomegranate, blueberry, acai and cherry

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Pomegranate: Anti-cancer, protects the heart and cardiovascular system Blueberry: Lowers high cholesterol, protects the nervous system from oxidative damage (many people can eliminate statin drugs by eating more blueberries) Acai: Anti-cancer, reduces digestive cancer risk, supports healthy nervous system function Noni: Extremely potent anti-cancer, immune-boosting fruit (tastes terrible, though, if it's real) Cherry: Anti-inflammatory. Reduces or ends arthritis pain. Anthocyanins are also anti-cancer.

Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve damage

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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In other people, exposure could also be a factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease and other nervous system disorders. The chemical causes these effects by preventing communication between neurons. Essentially, it slows the networking of neurons, and since the nervous system and brain function on a system of neural networks, the slowing of this network will suppress and impair the normal function of the brain and nervous system. These finding were presented December 5th at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting.

Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine

Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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I have found that one of the Energetic Terrains may affect the outside of the axon in the Schwann cells of the nervous system. That's something not even considered in mainstream medicine—that there is an energetic connection to the physical symptoms. These types of complex diseases are very hard to assess, but maybe we can get a bit farther with them if we factor in the body-field, the Energetic Terrains, and such." THE DYNAMICS OF ENERGETIC TERRAIN FORMATION Peter's matching tests with the Energetic Terrains explored a variety of aspects of these energetic structures in space.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why

Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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A doctor carefully supervised them throughout the process, as it is thought that high levels of B6 might have a negative effect on the nervous system, although this has never been confirmed. The studies showed that autistic children who took B6 and magnesium combined had significant improvement in their symptoms, including eye contact and verbal (as well as nonverbal) communication. While adding B6 may not result in a complete turnaround for autistic behavior, there is certainly enough evidence and reason to try supplementing in children.

Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine

Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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Memory is not only a function of your brain/mind but also of every aspect of your body, of those processes taking place at the cellular and even the DNA levels as well as those at the larger systems level, such as in your nervous system or immune system. For example, if you experience an emotional or physical shock or trauma, that experience and its related emotions may be bioenergetically stored in your muscles, forming a memory that can affect your biology.
Heavy metals can have drastically deleterious effects on nerve function, so they may be implicated, at least on a bioenergetic level, in such nervous system conditions as Parkinson disease, neuritis, and narcolepsy, although there does not appear to be a bioenergetic correlation between this Star and multiple sclerosis. It also bioenergetically affects ear function, so it may be related to auditory acuity.

Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means

Ron Garner
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Adding chlorophyll to our diets, especially healing diets, reduces acid in the system, enhances immunity, calms the nervous system, aids the detoxification of organs (particularly the liver), and helps to remove drug deposits and heavy metals. Coconut Oil Coconut oil is one of the healthiest oils we can use for eating and cooking. Unfortunately, it has been given an undeserved and false reputation as a result of the media's campaign against saturated fats. Over one hundred years ago, the many benefits of coconut oil were well known and widely recommended. What happened?

Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine

Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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So, in many cases of clients who complain of erratic sleep cycles, their NES scan shows that both their Big Field (and specifically the vertical axis of the Big Field) and the nervous system Driver are out of balance. The Equatorial Axis The equatorial axis is associated with Earth's rotation. In terms of bioenergetic health, it is related to how the body responds to electrons and ionic charges, such as those associated with oxygen and hydrogen, so it is intimately connected to cell function and, thus, to normal physiological functioning.
So these particular Integrators work in tandem with Energetic Driver 3 to bioener-getically support your nervous system field. ENERGETIC DRIVER 5: CIRCULATION DRIVER As the name implies, this Driver field deals at the bioenergetic level with blood circulation. It comes before the Heart Driver but after the Imprinter Driver in the NES sequence because in NES the heart is not primarily a pump but is an imprinter of information.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why

Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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The muscle spasm is actually the body's way of protecting its most valuable asset—the nervous system." Chiropractic's way of dealing with muscle spasms is to remove its reason for spasming in the first place. By adjusting your spine and realigning your vertebrae, the chiropractor removes the pressure on your nerve. The brain says, "Okay, pressure's off, let's party!" and sends a signal to the muscles that essentially says "You can relax now, the danger's gone!

The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine

Anne Harrington
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Later, he showed that not just the adrenal gland but also specialized parts of the nervous system (now known as the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems) were centrally involved in such biochemical regulatory processes.14 All of this is famously part of the history of modern physiology. But from our point of view here, Cannon's next move was key. He noted that human beings have the same capacity as other animals for fight or flight reactions; we too have homeostatic systems to help us regulate the use of these reactions in response to environmental challenges and threats.
The English-language brochure I was given explained why this was done: With the development of modern biological magnetic science, plenty of research and study prove that magnetic field can have a great effect on human body's tissue, organs, nervous system, biological enzyme and biological magnetic field. . . .

Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good

Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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We now realize that this operational program is far more than a second nervous system over which we have little or no control. Rather, it's a highly sophisticated system of specialized cells and the genes within them, including those that produce and sense hormones, govern your immune system, line your gut-all in constant communication with each other without your conscious input. If you're still having trouble with this concept, consider the autopilot program on an airplane.
YOUR GENETIC AUTOPILOT Indeed, whether you realize it or not, your fate is being controlled by a hidden system that runs most of your cellular, hormonal, nervous system, and aging processes without your conscious input. It does this, so that the "thinking you" doesn't screw up the process of moving genetic material forward in time. If you've seen Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which inter-galactic astronauts travel in a spaceship autopiloted by a computer they nickname "Hal," you can envision what's going on in your body.

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