Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 The herbal portion of this nine-point program, HCA, is technically known as hydroxycitric acid, a readily available substance found in the brindle berry (Garcinia cambo-gia) and other Asian fruits. HCA reduces cravings for sweets and enhances the effectiveness of the body's own insulin. Used for years as an herbal alternative to diet drugs, HCA allows the muscles of the body to absorb more glucose, the sugar in the bloodstream that is the body's main form of fuel. The chromium taken with the HCA also helps with the absorption of glucose by the muscles.
The use of glucose is important. |
Jean Carper
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 You may also get rid of the symptoms by taking a berry extract, a successful treatment widely used in Europe, that costs about one-third as much as conventional drugs and has virtually no risk of side effects. It has worked for millions of men.
JON'S MIRACLE The Pain Is Gone, the Sex Is Back
Jonathan Weil* had it all—good fortune and good health. |
Prevention Magazine
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 One acerola berry contains almost 10 times more vitamin C than a similar amount of guava.
The benefits of vitamin C go beyond relieving cold symptoms. It also helps the body make collagen, a tough, fibrous protein that helps build connective tissue, skin, bones, and teeth and that plays a role in wound healing. Vitamin C also helps protect the body from free radicals, cell-damaging oxygen molecules thought to contribute to the development of cancer, heart disease, and many other conditions.
Getting the Most
Enjoy the sweet taste. |
| X V2" each) cup berry vinegar (see note) teaspoons sugar
Per serving calories 71 total fat 0.2 g. saturated fat 0 g. cholesterol 0 mg. sodium 18mg. dietary fiber 1.5 g.
Cut the honeydew in half, scoop out the seeds, and remove the flesh from the rind; discard the rind. Cut the flesh into 3A" cubes. Place in a large glass bowl. Add the blueberries and lemon rind.
In a small bowl, combine the vinegar and sugar. Whisk until the sugar is dissolved. Pour over the fruit and toss gently. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
Toss gently to mix. Remove and discard the lemon rind. |
Michael Janson, M.D.
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 The FDA has disregarded or rejected competent scientific evidence that Serenoa repens, a standardized extract of the saw palmetto berry, can help shrink an enlarged prostate in middle-aged men. Meanwhile, another more expensive, more toxic, and less effective drug, for the same purpose, has been approved by the FDA. They knew that the published evidence showed the superiority of the Serenoa, but their action exposed 10 million men to unnecessary risks.
CSPI [Center for Science in the Public Interest] has referred to this bill as the "snake-oil promotion act. |
Kathi Keville
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 Heart Ease Tincture
1 teaspoon tincture of hawthorn berry l/i teaspoon each tinctures of motherwort leaves, ginkgo leaves, chicory root and reishi mushroom *V> Combine ingredients. Take half a dropperful a few times a day on a regular basis. Similar proportions can also be used to make a tea from these herbs. Even though astragalus is a Chinese herb, it has become so popular that many natural food stores now sell it with their other bulk herbs.
Arteriosclerosis c'?'%
Arteriosclerosis, commonly called "hardening of the arteries," actually defines several different related disorders. |
Prevention Magazine
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| Doctors who specialize in nutritional healing recommend drinking 4 ounces of berry juice mixed with an equal amount of apple juice every day.
Ease the Pajn
When hemorrhoids swell, they press against tender nerves, which is why they're often so painful. In addition, eating certain foods can make the pain even worse. So the next time hemorrhoids make an appearance, here are a few foods that you may want to avoid.
Say nada to Java. Drinking coffee causes the intestines to contract, which can irritate an already tender hemorrhoid, says Marvin Schuster, M.D. |
Michael Janson, M.D.
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Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus (sometimes called "sugar diabetes") is a failure to properly metabolize sugar, specifically blood glucose. |
Gale Maleskey
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 For the same results, you can take a bioflavonoid supplement or 2,000 milligrams of berry extract a day, says Dr. Maes. The best are those that have a combination of all the bioflavonoids or the extracts of several different berries, he says.
Bioflavonoids affect other body processes as well as uric acid production. Researchers have found that they help in tissue building and can prevent the release of some compounds that promote inflammation.
Soothing with Celery
When doctors prescribe a drug for gout relief, it's often allopurinal (Zy-loprim), which controls the levels of uric acid. |
Paul Pitchford
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 Wheat berry has a little stronger action than sweet rice, but is not as effective as the other recommendations. It can be eaten as sourdough bread, cooked berries, or other unrefined forms of the grain; it can also be taken as an herbal tea. Crushed or whole oyster shell (Ostrea gigas; Mandarin: mu li) and clam shell (Meritricix meritrix; Mandarin: hai ge he) are available from Chinese herb stores or can be gathered at clean ocean beach areas. In their whole form, these shells need to be crushed before decocting into a tea. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Vitex
Latin name: Vitex agnus castus (Verbenaceae [verbena] family)
Other common names: chaste berry, chaste tree fruit, monk's pepper, vitex agnus-castus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Vitex is an aromatic deciduous tree native to Greece and Italy. It grows to a height of twenty-one feet (seven meters) and bears palm-shaped leaves and small, lilaclike flowers. The ripe yellow-red berries have been harvested in the fall for use in herbal medicine for thousands of years in both Europe and China. In Europe, herbalists also use the leaves and flower tops. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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| Indeed, one of its main source, the brindle berry, is commonly used as a flavoring in curry in many Asian countries. It is also used as a preservative and digestive aid. Researchers at Hoffmann-La Roche, the pharmaceutical company that has conducted a large amount of HCA research, consider hydroxycitrate to be safer than the citric acid in oranges and other citrus fruits.
• HCA makes the body more receptive to insulin.
People with type 2 diabetes usually have sufficient insulin in their bloodstream to allow glucose into the muscles. |
| Conte went to work, educating Anne Marie on the adverse effects of high glucose levels and the mechanisms behind the HCA, or brindle berry extract. She began to understand the interrelationship between diabetes and obesity.
Within eight weeks, she was on her way to reversing a long-standing trend. Her glucose level fell to 128 in those eight weeks of HCA use, her cholesterol had decreased to 217, and the triglycerides were down to 226. She had also lost nearly twenty pounds, and said she felt healthier as a result of being lighter. |
Paul Pitchford
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| A typical and effective combination: equal parts of yarrow, ginger, hawthorne berry, and valerian. (Herbal preparation and dosages are described in the Dietary Transition chapter.)
* Foods that specifically treat hypertension. t Pungent plants to be avoided in cases of heat signs. c Foods rich in vitamin C.
Notes
Taken in total, the above foods contain virtually all nutrients necessary to human nutrition. The features listed are only those commonly known to cleanse and rebuild the arteries and heart—lecithin, vitamins E and C, niacin, and omega-3 fatty acids. |
Kathi Keville
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| Several studies on vitex berry, an herb that is known to reduce hormone levels and decrease their action, have been reported in various German scientific journals. These studies indicate that vitex helps control acne in young men and women. For women, vitex has been particularly helpful in alleviating premenstrual symptoms, and is especially useful in eliminating acne that flares up right before menstruation. Vitex is available in natural food stores as a tincture, as tea, or in pill form. For more information on the virtues of vitex, see chapter 11. |
Paul Pitchford
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| Sour hawthorne berry lemon lime pickles rose hip sauerkraut sour apple (crab apple) sour plum
Sour and Bitter vinegar
Sour and Pungent leek
Bitter foods and herbs drain various damp-associated conditions in the forms of Candida yeast overgrowth, parasites, mucus, swellings, skin eruptions, abscesses, growths, tumors, cysts, obesity, and all moist accumulations including edema in the regions governed by the spleen-pancreas (the intestines and the flesh of the body). Bitter also increases intestinal muscle contractions. |
| In addition to its use as a cereal or cereal cream (from flour), roasted barley can be ground to a powder and stirred into hot water as a drink, or decocted as a tea in its whole berry form. Both the tea and drink relieve summer heat and fatigue, and act as digestive aids and coffee substitutes. |
| It is often used for treating diarrhea, constipation (use whole berry), poor digestion, colitis, and various other intestinal disorders.
A relative of wheat with origins in Southeast Asia, spelt was brought to the Middle East more than 9,000 years ago, and has since spread over the European continent. Very recently, spelt has enjoyed renewed popularity in Europe as a result of translations of mystical writings of 12th-century healer St. Hilde-gard of Bingen, who praised spelt as the grain best tolerated by the body. |
John Heinerman
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 A professional buyer checks out the freshness of the grapes by examining the amount of bloom on the berry. Bloom is the name given to the waxy, powderlike coating applied by nature to protect the fruit from the direct rays of the sun. This coating is more obvious on the darker-colored grapes, but it is also present, though not as easily detected, on the light-colored varieties. The heavier the bloom, the fresher the grape. As the grape starts to age and break down (after one to two weeks), the bloom disappears. Color is very important, especially in the green varieties. |
Kathi Keville
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| Menopause Tincture
J teaspoon black cohosh root Vi teaspoon each tinctures of vitex berry, ginseng root, red clover flower, licorice root, don quai root, motherwort leaf and fenugreek seed TO Combine ingredients. This recipe can also be made into a tea using the same proportions of dried herbs and steeping them in 1 quart of boiling water. As a tea, however, this brew is too strong for most peoples taste. Take 2 to 5 dropperfuls of tincture or 3 to 6 cups of tea a day. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Juniper berry has antiseptic properties that are helpful to the genitourinary tract. Marshmallow root is soothing to the mucous membranes of the genitourinary tract. Uva ursi is a natural antibacterial agent. You can use these herbs singly or in any combination. Take them brewed as a tea (see PREPARING HERBAL TREATMENTS in Part Three) or take them in capsule form, a total of 500 to 1,000 milligrams three to four times daily.
¦ Echinacea and goldenseal are natural antibacterials that help to resolve infection. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| The part of the plant used in medicine is the berry, which has a nutty vanillalike flavor.
EVIDENCE OF BENEFIT
American physicians recognized the usefulness of saw palmetto in hormonal regulation as early as 1856. Doctors prescribed teas of whole dried palmetto berries for breast enlargement, muscle building, and prostate problems.
Saw palmetto has since gained widespread use by doctors and alternative health practitioners as a safe treatment for prostate disorders. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 Threatened miscarriage
Vitex (chaste berry) is indicated for threatened miscarriage if progesterone levels are relatively low. Otherwise key herbs are Chamaelirium luteum (helonias root) and Dioscorea (wild yam). Other herbs which are usually indicated are Viburnum opulus or prunifolium for cramping or bearing down sensations and Capsella (shepherd's purse) for bleeding.
Varicose veins
Varicose veins are more likely to develop during pregnancy, probably because of the weakening effect on connective tissue of higher levels of female hormones. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 There's the red, white, or black berry that grows on shrubs and the tiny dried and seedless Zante grape, similar to a raisin. Whichever version of the currant you choose, you're sure to reap healthy benefits.
If you go with the Zante grape, which came to be called "currant" because it hails from Corinth, Greece, you get a boatload of fiber. A cup of these dried fruits gives you 9 grams.
Red and white currants are merely different colors of the same variety. A cup of these sweet berries provides nearly 5 grams of fiber. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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| Therapy following pregnancy Herbs and breastfeeding
Herbs which promote milk include: Galega (goats rue), Foeniculum (fennel), Trigonella (fenugreek), Vitex (chaste berry), Verbena (vervain), Urtica (nettles) and Euphorbia pilulifera.
Herbs which decrease milk include Salvia (sage), Mentha piperita (peppermint) and Lycopus (gypsywort or bugleweed).
Some herbal components may be passed in the milk. A breastfed baby can sometimes be effectively treated by medicating the mother, especially if there is infant colic. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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| With all their wholesome ingredients, strawberries are undeniably "berry" good for you.
4 ways strawberries keep you healthy
Corrals cancer. According to Dr. Gary Stoner, Chair of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at Ohio State University, research proves that strawberries act as antioxidants and cut down on free radical mischief.
"They reduce the levels of genetic (DNA) damage caused by carcinogens and inhibit tumor progression," Stoner explains. In other words — strawberries are a topnotch cancer fighter. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| A combination of lemon, juniper berry, and cypress are used on the feet, over the kidneys and under the arms to assist in pulling foreign chemicals out of the body. The oils are applied to the skin after being mixed with a carrier oil such as grapeseed oil or almond oil. Or they are pumped through a diffusor, similar to an air freshener, into a room where the patient can inhale them and recuperate in the comfort of their own home. French physician Dr. Jean Valnet became interested in Gattefosse's work and began using oils for disinfecting and healing during World War II. |
Earth RightH. Patricia Hynes
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| Called integrated pest managment or IPM, this alternative strategy relies on careful crop and insect monitoring to detect when pesticide applications will have the optimum effect so as to minimize their use; cultural practices such as crop rotation to help break the pest's reproductive cycle; biological controls, like the pheromones, to confuse the male grape berry moth; and the use of cover crops and plant varieties that resist pests. The example of solving mosquito control by designing a drainage system for potholes with standing water is an example of an IPM solution. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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| Blood pressure
In an uncontrolled trial, mean systolic pressure fell from 205 mmHg to 148 mmHg and mean diastolic pressure fell from 112 mmHg to 83 mmHg in hypertensive patients receiving hawthorn berry tincture. When treatment was stopped, blood pressures returned to their initial values over a 2-week period. There was only a slight effect on subjects with normal blood pressure.81 Other clinical studies (see above) have shown that hawthorn extract causes a slight reduction in blood pressure in patients with heart conditions. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| Take 125 milligrams of standardized chaste tree berry extract twice daily for the ten days proceeding the anticipated onset of your menstrual period.
¦ To help detoxify your body, one week before the anticipated onset of your menstrual period, take one dose of an echinacea and goldenseal formula supplying 350 to 500 milligrams of echinacea and 250 to 350 milligrams of goldenseal twice daily for seven days.
¦ Milk thistle helps quickly rid the body of toxins and hormonal metabolites. |
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