Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 The fruit is an edible red berry.
Coloradoa mesae-verdae (E 5)
Named for its location: this cactus is found mostly in the state of Colorado. S.W. Colo., N.W. N.M. A monotypic genus.
The naked fruit is juicy and edible.
Coryphantha (D-H4) Desert Pincushion
From the Greek "koryphe," cluster, and "anthos," flower. The flower blooms in clusters at the top of the stem. C. & W. N.Am.
Some species are cultivated as house plants.
The fruits are fleshy. Those of C. vivipara - C. U.S. & S.C. Can. - were eaten by Indians.
Endangered species: C. minima, ramillosa, scheeri var. |
Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D.
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 Well," he said, "it gets a little berry that looks rough—like a wart." I recalled the berries clearly. "In homeopathy," he continued, "you use that plant to treat warts." I laughed nervously. "Why are you laughing?" he asked. I didn't answer. I was shocked by what sounded absurd to my conventionally trained ear, and embarrassed that I had followed him halfway around the world to learn from him.
It was an uphill struggle for Swami Rama, but when he finally got me into homeopathy, I became enthralled. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Some herbs that help the eyes by allowing for better circulation are ginkgo biloba, gotu kola, and hawthorn berry.
The field of vision therapy offers exercises and lifestyle advice that can help strengthen the eyes. Daily activity is important to help lower interocular pressure and increase circulation. Also, specific vision exercises can help with particular problems.
Acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, and biofeedback are other techniques used to improve vision. |
| Also consider valerian, skullcap, hops, kava kava root, passionflower, Chinese schizandra berry, wild oats, and calamus root.
Light Therapy
According to Dr. Michael Norden, author of Beyond Prozac, light therapy has shown positive results in overcoming mild depression associated with the winter season (called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD). The body chemistry of many individuals is thrown off by the decrease in the amount of daylight during this time. But treatments have been designed that utilize bright light to overcome this kind of depression. |
| People have also had success with valerian, skullcap, hops, passionflower, Chinese schizandra berry, wild oats, and calamus root.
Light therapy can aid in the mild depression associated with the winter season.
The homeopathic remedies aurum metallicum, ignatia, natrum muriaticum, sepia, and pulsatilla are used for cases of acute, temporary depression.
Diabetes
Treatment
Conventional Medical Approaches
After its discovery in the 1920s, insulin was deemed a miracle cure. Indeed, it has prevented suffering and saved countless lives. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Surprisingly, many solid extracts—of hawthorn berry or licorice root, for example—don't taste half-bad, says Dr. Catellani.
Juice. If you have access to generous amounts of fresh herbs and have a good, heavy-duty juicer, this is an excellent way to make your medicines, says Chanchal Cabrera, a member of Britain's National Institute of Medical Herbalists, a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild, and an herbalist in Vancouver. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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 See Also fatigue; circulation; high blood pressure
SAW PALMETTO berry is an old American tonic, dating at least as far back as the Maya. John Lloyd, a famous early American medicinal botanist, observed that animals fed on these berries grew sleek and fat. When the word got around, many settlers began feeding them to their stock with the same remarkable results. Soon, medical researchers were investigating the berries and verifying the claims. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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| There's been a lot of hubbub over this extract from the berry of the saw palmetto tree—and for good reason, says Dr. Bratman, since it usually works.
No one knows for sure how it works, although one theory is that it prevents your prostate from converting testosterone, the male hormone, into a related hormone that stimulates cell production. Whatever the mechanism, though, evidence tells us that saw palmetto can actually shrink a growing prostate. Look for a standardized extract that contains 85 to 95 percent fatty acids and sterols. |
Mary G. Enig
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 Black currant oil comes from the seeds of the black currant berry bush (Ribes nigrum). This perennial shrub is thought to have originated across northern Europe and northern Asia where it grows wild, and it has been cultivated beginning in the Baltic area in northern Europe since the 15th century. It is grown commercially in Europe, which supplies more than 80 percent of the world production. It has not been grown commercially in many parts of the United States since the end of the 1800s due to incompatibility of the black currant plant and white pine trees. |
Stephanie Beling
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 Actually, it's a berry, a member of the nightshade family, and, like its cousin, the deadly nightshade, was for centuries considered a poisonous plant.The Spanish conquistadors found the tomato in South America in the 1500s and brought it back to Europe, where it decorated gardens but was only eaten, if at all, after it had been cooked for hours. The Italians did not get hold of the tomato until 1522; they have certainly done a lot with it since then.
In the U.S. |
Dr. John Heinerman
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 Herbs for the Heart
The three best herbs to give an animal for any type of heart disease are hawthorn berry, cayenne pepper, and garlic. They should be given in fluid extract or tincture form, as liquids are much easier to get down an animal than capsules or tablets are. This herbal trio should be used in succession and always together for maximum benefit. Mix in a small dish ten drops of hawthorn, four drops of capsicum, and six drops of liquid aged-garlic extract from Japan. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 In truly ancient times, the only way to take an herb was to eat the herb raw, whether leaf, root, berry, or bark. The apothecaries of second- and third-century China prescribed finely ground herbs held together with binders, not all of which would be considered foods today: honey rice porridge, beeswax, clay, pulverized fossils, and even horse manure (used primarily in formulas designed to restore the sense of taste). Ayurvedic herbalists prescribed churnas, herbs held together by sugar and myrrh, a method of making medicines still used in ayurveda today. |
Kathi Keville
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 These researchers added that nettle root, saw palmetto berry and pumpkin seed all help prostate problems, possibly because they contain abundant amounts of b-sitosterol, a hormonelike substance known to reduce prostate inflammation. Other researchers have proposed that the reason nettle is so effective might be that it reduces the amount of testosterone circulating in the blood or that it inhibits the enzyme responsible for making testosterone. In another study, men given both pygeum and nettle root had their prostate problems eliminated. |
Christian B. Allan and Wolfgang Lutz
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 The nutritive part, the outer germ and kernel, are usually stripped from the wheat berry before the food is made.
The fact that our government often pushes for added vitamins in different foods is a clear sign that the mainstream foods are vitamin deficient. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the addition of supplemental folic acid to grain products. But if meat, whole milk, and green vegetables are consumed daily, there is no need to add vitamins to our grain products. It's simple: Just eat less grain and more of the foods that already contain the folic acid. |
| True fiber would be something like raw wheat bran, which is stripped from the wheat berry before it is used in today's mass-produced foods. Other high-fiber, low-carbohydrate foods are broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, and nuts.
Dr. Lutz found that diverticulosis could be treated very successfully with a low-carbohydrate diet. This can still be a high-fiber diet since the truly high-fiber foods mentioned above are actually low in carbohydrates. In cases of diverticulosis, the prevention of initial constipation through the regular application of cleansing enemas is particularly important. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 Chaste tree berry -
Vitex agnus castus in the Verbenaceae or Verbena family. Parts used: Fruits. Taste/smell: Pungent. Tendencies: Drying.
Dosage: Infusion: 1 teaspoon of crushed fruits per cup ofwater; or 1:3 dry liquid extract: 20-75 drops 1-4 times per day.
Use: (a) Female reproductive tract regulator. It is used for PMS, 320 endometriosis, menstrual cramps, premenstrual herpes, premenstrual acne, polymenorrhea, secondary amenorrhea, PMS, menopause with hot flashes.
Chaste tree appears to increase luteinizing hormone production and inhibit the release of follicle stimulating hormone. |
| Examples:
• Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
• Garlic (Allium sativa)
• Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre)
• Juniper berry (Juniperus communis)
Hypotensive: Lowers blood pressure. Examples:
• Cayenne (Capsicum spp.)
• False hellebore (Veratrum viride)
• Garlic - fresh (Allium sativa)
• Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
• Hawthorne (Crataegus spp.)
• Linden flower (Tilia spp. |
Judith J. Wurtman and Susan Suffes
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 If the Fourth of July or some other special occasion is not complete without fried clams or a baked stuffed lobster or a berry pie topped with vanilla ice cream or whatever-then go ahead: Enjoy the day. You can minimize some of the calorie overload by eating only until you are full. And make sure that prior to and following that special meal you are careful about the other food choices of the day.
5. Do not skip the snack. |
Kathi Keville
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| If you are a connoisseur of south Indian-style curry, you may already know about brindal berry. This small yellow fruit is advertised in the United States mostly as a treatment for weight loss—one of its traditional Ayurvedic uses—but modern studies show that it also lowers cholesterol.
Garlic lovers will be happy to learn that there is less heart disease in areas of the world where people eat lots of the "stinking rose," as some affectionately call it. When researcher Arun Bordia, Ph.D. |
Dr. John Heinerman
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| You can work in a little powdered hawthorn berry, which is excellent for improving cardiac functions. All it takes is a little imagination, some patience, and a bit of experimentation to get things just right.
Calling All Hearts: Use Vitamin E Regularly
Over many years a significant amount of medical and veterinary research has demonstrated time and again that vitamin E is, without question, one of the best nutrients for preventing and treating existing heart disease in humans and animals alike. |
Paul Pitchford
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 Spelt is becoming widely available in the form of pastas, cereals, breads, flour, and whole-grain berry. When using spelt for healing debilitated conditions, it is often best in a thin porridge or congee. At the Hildegard Practice, a clinic in Konstanz, Germany, spelt has been used as an adjunct in the treatment of many disorders, especially chronic digestive problems of all kinds, chronic infections (herpes, AIDS), nerve and bone disorders (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis), cancer, and antibiotic side effects. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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| Juniper berry -
Juniperus communis in the Cupressaceae or Pine family. Part used: Berries.
Taste/Smell: Sweet, pungent, aromatic. Tendencies: Drying, stimulating.
Dosage: Infusion: 1 teaspoon of crushed berries per cup of water; or 1:4 dry liquid extract: 10-30 drops 1-4 times per day in a little water.
Mental picture and specific indications: Juniper helps bring clarity in confusing situations and is specific for atonic conditions of the gastrointestinal, respiratory and urinary tract. |
| Mental picture and specific indications: Partridge berry is indicated in generalized edema, mental dullness, backache, uterine congestion, dark, red, swollen cervix, dysmenorrhea and uterine bleeding with bright red blood.
Use: (a) Uterine tonic, (b) Diuretic, (c) Astringent.
It influences the digestive organs, kidneys, pelvic organs and nervous system. It is beneficial for female reproductive tract weakness and improves neuromuscular/vascular tone of the uterus. |
| Partridge berry is used in atonic uterus, uterine bleeding due to atony and post partum hemorrhage and in the later part of pregnancy as a tonic to promote easier childbirth.
Contraindications: Information unavailable at this time.
Passionflower -
Passiflora incarnata in the Passifloracea or Passion flower family.
Part used: Flowering herb.
Taste/smell: Bland, slight aromatic scent.
Tendencies: Cooling.
Dosage: Infusion: 2 teaspoons per cup of water; or 1:1 fresh + dry strength liquid extract: 10-40 drops 1-4 times per day. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
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 Heller Work Inc., 406 berry St., Mount Shasta, CA 96067, (916) 926-2500.
Rolf Institute, P.O. Box 1868, Boulder, CO 80306, (303) 449-5903.
Sutherland Institute, 4116 Hartwood Dr., Fort Worth,
TX 76109, (817) 735-2498. Trager Institute, 33 Millwood, Mill Valley, CA 94941,
(415) 388-2688. Upledger Institute, 1211 Prosperity Farms Rd., Palm
Beach Gardens, FL 33410, (800) 233-5880. |
| HERBAL REMEDIES
• Take hawthorn berry (Vn teaspoon of solid extract two or three times a day), which has a centuries-old reputation as one of the foremost tonics for the heart. It strengthens the heartbeat and has a normalizing effect on the rhythm (see Chapter Nineteen).
• Take cactus grandiflora (up to thirty drops of the tincture three or four times a day), which also has a reputation as a heart tonic.
• Ginkgo (one capsule twice a day), although not a direct heart tonic, can improve heart function by boosting blood flow to the heart. |
| Hawthorn berry extract {Va to Vi teaspoon three times a day) may be helpful. Available from Scientific Botanicals of Seattle.
OTHER THERAPIES
• Avoid cigarette smoking.
• Lose weight if you are too heavy (see OVERWEIGHT).
• Begin a regular exercise program.
• Implement stress management techniques and practice skilled relaxation exercises regularly.
Boils
See ABSCESS.
Breast Cysts, Lumps, and Other Breast Ailments
See FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS. |
| HERBAL REMEDIES
• Hawthorn berry ('A to Vi teaspoon of the solid extract two to three times a day), sold by Scientific Botanicals of Seattle, is extremely useful for maintaining cartilage health.
• Take bilberries (up to 80 milligrams three times a day in capsule form).
• Boswella, an Ayurvedic herb, is used successfully for rheumatoid arthritis (150 milligrams three times a day).
• Try turmeric, yucca, and devil's claw (in combination formulas, three to four capsules as needed, three times a day). |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Juniper berry is a diuretic herb that helps reduce uric acid. Take 350 to 500 milligrams in capsule form or 1 cup of tea twice daily.
¦ Nettle root increases the excretion of uric acid from the kidneys. Take 250 milligrams three times a day.
¦ Pine-bark and grape-seed extracts act to reduce inflammation, thus easing pain. Take 50 to 100 milligrams of either two to three times daily.
¦ Turmeric has powerful anti-inflammatory action. It is used in both Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine against gout, arthritis, and other inflammatory conditions. Take 250 to 500 milligrams three times a day. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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| It is used for chronic sinusitis, spasmodic croup, night sweats and skin eruptions from metabolic disturbance. The berry juice is used as a remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, colds and flu. Elder contains the compound aribino A and a mixture of alpha- and beta-amyrin palmi-tate that have been found to exhibit strong antihepatotoxic activity against liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride.116 It is suitable for children.
Contraindications: The seeds can be irritating to the gastrointestinal tract. |
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