Dr. Gary Null
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 Also, a nutritive tonic based on saw palmetto berry is used for almost all reproductive system diseases.
D. Mowrey, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1986): 154.
Smoking is antiestrogenic, linked with the occurrence of ovarian cysts and with the earlier occurrence of such cysts, according to a study of over 5,000 women, aged 21 to 80. Women who smoke, or who have smoked, are about one and a half times as likely to get ovarian cysts as are nonsmokers.
G. Wyshak et at, "Smoking and Cysts of the Ovary," International Journal of Fertility 33, no. |
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Additional substances that have been shown in scientific studies to relieve menstrual cramps include vitamin E, magnesium, black haw bark, and palmetto berry. Acupuncture and high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) also produced pain relief in studies.
Vitamin A deficiency, which impairs enzyme activity, may be an important cause of menorrhagia. Papaya leaf seems to reduce the severity of bleeding and hemorrhage, thus inhibiting menorrhagia; shepherd's purse is another promising treatment. |
Gary Null
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 Demulcents soothe inflamed mucous membranes inside the bladder and urethra, and include marshmallow root, juniper berry, and corn silk. Diuretic herbs stimulate the production and excretion of urine, which helps to wash out bacteria. Common diuretics are parsley and goldenrod.
Dr. Wharton recommends these old naturopathic herbal remedies for treating burning urine: "Mix together equal parts of fennel, burdock, and slippery elm. Steep a teaspoon of this mixture in a cup of boiled water for about 20 minutes. Have one cup before each meal, and one before bed. |
| Crawford advises taking two grams of the dried berry per day. "You need to get the extract in a kind of solvent that is natural but good at extracting oils. There are some very good extracts on the market today. If you're using the extract, take 320 mg a day. Take this for a minimum of a month to see if it's working well. It works best at a minimum of three months of consistent use. For many men, they may be taking it a year to see the best benefits. In capsule form, take 160 mg, two or three times a day. |
| Hawthorn is a slightly bitter, slightly sour berry and works as a digestive. You can take a capsule of Keep Fit after meals. Cholesterol is reduced and the muscle of the heart is made stronger.
Evening primrose oil is another useful way to reduce cholesterol. Chinatown is an excellent place to purchase this remedy since the prices are apt to be considerably lower than those given for comparable items in health food stores.
Another popular remedy in Asia is green tea, which has been reported all over, including in the New York Times, as a very good remedy for reducing cholesterol. |
| If you use the wheat berry in conjunction with other grains such as rice, you get the entire nutritive value of the grain. Try pan-roasting Vi cup of wheat berries with % cup rice and then simmering them with 2 cups water for 25 to 30 minutes until both grains are tender. You can also eat whole wheat as wheat flakes, cracked wheat, bulgur, couscous, sprouts, and flours (both hard and pastry). The flaking process preserves most of the nutrients of the original form.
Wheat flakes lend themselves especially well to chili dishes, where their addition to the beans provides a completed protein. |
| These nutrients are distributed throughout the three main parts of the wheat kernel or berry. The outer layers of the kernel are known collectively as the bran; there is relatively little protein here, but it is of high quality and rich in the amino acid lysine. The dietary fiber of wheat bran is also the site of about half of the 11 B vitamins found in wheat, as well as the greater portion of the trace minerals zinc, copper, and iodine. |
| The whole rye berry is a good grain, adding chewiness and nutritious value, to combine with rice (use about one part rye to two parts rice). Rye flakes can be added to soups and stews, or used as a cereal if soaked overnight. Rye flakes, like wheat and oat flakes, make good homemade granolas. For cream of rye, somewhat coarser in texture than rye flour, add four parts water to one part grain and simmer it over a low heat for about 15 minutes. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 The fat-soluble (liposterolic) extract of the saw palmetto (p. 457) berry has become the leading natural treatment for BPH. This extract, when used regularly, has been shown to help keep symptoms in check.7 Saw palmetto appears to inhibit 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to its more active form, dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Saw palmetto also blocks DHT from binding in the prostate.8 Studies have used 320 mg per day of saw palmetto extract that is standardized to contain approximately 85% fatty acids. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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 If chronic, eat plenty of berries (fresh or frozen) or drink berry leaf teas.
NUTRITIONAL THERAPY: •Vitamin A (50,000 IU for two weeks) • Beta carotene (100,000 IU for two weeks) • Zinc (60 mg daily for two weeks) •Vitamin C (5-10 g daily) • Liquid chlorophyll • Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacteria (several times per day) • Proteolytic enzymes (on an empty stomach) • B complex vitamins • Pantothenic acid • Garlic capsules • If recurrent, consider an imbalance in the system and need for bowel cleanse and rejuvenation. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd
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| Barley, sourdough, wheat, and oat berry. Also dinner rolls, bagels, and tortillas.
Natural breads
+ Col. Sanchez Tortillas (Col. Sanchez Foods). Blue-corn and red-chili tortillas made with stone-ground organically grown corn.
+ Tree of Life Breads (Tree of Life). Whole wheat, salt-free whole wheat, millet, eight-grain, cracked wheat, soya sunflower, sprouted wheat, sprouted seven-grain, sourdough rye, whole-wheat raisin. Made with organic flours when possible.
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Harmful ingredients: BHA/BHT, colors, pesticide residues. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 Five studies focused on a saw palmetto and nettle combination for BPH symptoms. One R, DB, PC study on the Nutralite® product examined use of a saw palmetto, nettles, lemon bioflavonoid extract, and vitamin A combination, and found significant improvement in prostate epithelial contraction without adverse effects (Marks et al, 2000). The same combination produced a 32% reduction in dihydrotestosterone levels compared to baseline in six months in prostate tissue extracted via needle biopsy (Marks etal, 2001). |
| Five studies focused on the use of the combination of saw palmetto and nettles to treat the symptoms of BPH. Originally, it was thought that saw palmetto relieved the symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate without reducing the enlargement. However, one R, DB, PC study on the Nutralite® product examined the use of a saw palmetto, nettles, lemon bioflavonoid extract, and vitamin A combination and found significant improvement in prostate epithelial contraction without adverse effects. Further studies are needed to confirm the finding. |
John Robbins
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 Administrative Judge James Stanford received an outpouring of no fewer than 380 individual letters from patients supporting Warner, each telling someone's story of a personal struggle with cancer that had been successful due to his help. Lois berry of Mercer Island, Washington, explained: "In 1969,1 had a radical mastectomy for breast cancer. I was pronounced cured by my doctor. Four years later, in 1973, my cancer had metastasized to the bone and my surgeon sent me to Dr. Warner. I was treated (by him) with immunotherapy (BCG). |
Cynthia A. Foster, M.D.
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 Wild yam, chaste tree berry, blessed thisde, dong quai, black cohosh, and many other herbs help nourish and balance a woman's reproductive organs.
The young girls were guinea pigs for a new drug that came out that provided birth control for a few months at a time. It was implanted underneath the skin of their upper, inner arms. There really wasn't much research done on it and after a while, it became apparent that there were a few side effects that had not been mentioned during the supposed clinical trials, like heavy menstrual bleeding and headaches. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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| Among the herbs she recommends to support progesterone are wild yam, chastetree berry, sarsaparilla, and yarrow.47
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the health of the bones is directly related to the health of the kidneys. Treatments for osteoporosis therefore focus on increasing the energy of the kidneys. |
| Yet, the FDA recommended that saw palmetto berry be removed from the market while allowing Proscar to remain available. Fortunately, this recommendation has not been implemented.
The bias against natural cures is alarming. For example, according to summaries from the nation's poison control centers, one death was associated with the use of a nutritional supplement from 1983 to 1990 and that was due to regular overuse of niacin by a mentally disturbed individual. On the other hand, properly prescribed medical drugs cause about 130,000 deaths per year, or roughly 356 deaths every day. |
| Buchu, juniper berry, licorice, willow, and birch all aid in diuresis (increasing the flow of urine) and in protecting the urinary tract.
• Acute urinary tract infections can benefit from alka-linizing the urine with baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), one teaspoon in a glass of water three times per day between meals, or a commercial antacid such as Alka Seltzer Gold (which contains sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate). The bacteria that cause infections do not thrive in an alkaline environment.
See Women's Health. |
Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
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 Kneipp and the other early masters of hydrotherapy also had patients sit in warm oatstraw or horsetail baths, and also advised drinking either oatstraw, horsetail, juniper berry, or rose hip tea. part 4
Water Healing for Men, Women, and Children
WATER HEALING FOR MEN
FERTILITY AND HOT BATHS
Excess heat impairs fertility because of its effect on the testicles and their sperm-producing powers. Some families have trouble conceiving because the men take hot baths for backaches or relaxation, or they work in hot bakeries or near industrial ovens. |
Christian Ratsch
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 Michael I. berry. 1973. Hydroxytropane tiglates in the roots of Mandragora species. Phytochemistry 12:1165-66.
-. 1979. Mandragora—taxonomy and chemistry of the European species. In The biology and taxonomy of the Solanaceae, ed. J. G. Hawkes et al., 505-12. London: Academic Press.
Killermann, H. 1917. Der Alraun (Mandragora). Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift, n.s., 16:137-44.
Krauss, Friedrich S. 1913. Ein Altwiener
Alraunmannchen. Anthropophyteia 10:29-33.
Kyber, Manfred. 1985. Das Manfred Kyber Buck Reinbek, Germany: Rowohlt.
Marzell, Heinrich. 1927. Alraun. |
Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
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| To increase urination use any diuretic herbal tea such as parsley, corn silk, goldenrod, juniper berry, rose hip, or dandelion root. To use any of these herbs on a preventive basis, drink a glass of the herb tea each day before lunch. For pain, use a half-cup of any of these natural diuretics every two hours.
For bloody urine, take one small sip an hour of St. John's wort tea.
A macrobiotic remedy is to sip adzuki bean water. Prepare it by adding 1 tablespoon of adzuki beans to 2 quarts of boiling water. Reduce by boiling down to 1 quart. Add a pinch of salt. |
Christian Ratsch
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| The fruit is a black berry (6 mm long) containing numerous tiny seeds.
Duboisia hopwoodii is easily confused with other Duboisia species and also can be mistaken with Anthoceris spp. (Solanaceae).
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— Leaves
Preparation and Dosage
The leaves are collected in August when the plant is flowering and are hung up to dry or roasted over a fire. They are either chewed as quids (cf. pituri) or rolled together with alkaline substances into cigars for smoking: "The Australian Aborigines sometimes smoke moistened pituri leaves mixed with plant potash" (Stark 1984, 98*). |
G. Edward Griffin
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 An Anthropological and Historical Study,2it is revealed that the traditional Eskimo diet is amazingly rich in nitrilosides that come from the residue of the meat of caribou and other grazing animals, and also from the salmon berry which grows abundantly in the Arctic areas. Another Eskimo delicacy is a green salad made out of the stomach contents of caribou and reindeer which are full of fresh tundra grasses. Among these grasses, Arrow grass (Triglochin Maritima) is very common. Studies made by the U.S. |
Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien
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 The fruit is a black berry (a drupe).The roots and leaves are used medicinally, and the highest concentrations of eleutherosides occur just before the leaves drop in autumn.
Benefits
• Increases resistance to environmental stress
• Enhances physical and mental performance
• Stimulates immune response
• Protects the liver against toxins
• Increases resistance to oxygen deprivation of the heart
Scientific Support
After testing Eleutherococcus extract in a "large group of athletes" running a 10-mile race, Dr. |
Andrew Chevallier
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 Human societies have had many thousands of years to observe the effects — both good and bad — of eating a particular root, leaf, or berry. Watching the behavior of animals after they have eaten or rubbed against certain plants has also added to medicinal lore. If one watches sheep or cattle, they almost unerringly steer a path past poisonous plants such as ragwort (Senecio jacobaea, p. 267) or oleander (Nerium oleander). |
Christian Ratsch
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| The tropane alkaloid belladonnine occurs only in the dried roots (Jackson and berry 1973). In addition to the alkaloids, the root also contains coumarins (scopoline, scopoletin), sitosterol, sugars (rhamnose, glucose, fructose, saccharose), and starches (Miiller 1982; Tercinet 1950).
It was once thought that the fruits were poisonous and hence inedible; they are actually quite harmless, containing only trace amounts of alkaloids (Germer 1985, 170*). The fruits also contain FJ-methylesculetin.
The aromatic components of the scent of the mandrake fruit have recently been chemically identified. |
Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
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| Twice each day take saw palmetto berry extract, an herb that has been used for several centuries to alleviate prostate difficulties. Presently, its use is considered so helpful that saw palmetto has strayed into mainstream medicine. Because of its initial clinical use in Germany, the berries are now available in purified form. The usual prescription is 160 mg, 2 times a day.
PAIN
Water Therapy
This is one of the few cases in which either hot or cold applications can work. Initially, use only one or the other.
ACUTE STAGE Hot Applications
Sit in a brief hot shallow sitz bath. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 Indians who would eat them raw or cooked, or dry them for future use. Early settlers made them into sauces, jams, jellies and occasionally into a fermented drink.
They contain pectin and saponin, a foaming agent. They can be mixed with water and honey, then beaten into a foam somewhat like whipped cream.
The fruits of S. argentea (m.a.) are sour and quite good raw. Those of S. canadensis (m.a.) are insipid and rather bitter. They are improved by frosts. |
Christian Ratsch
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| Hartwich 1911, 761*)
In Siberia, the juice pressed from fresh bog bilberries is mixed with dried fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) and drunk (Lewin 1980 [orig. pub. 1929], 168*; Schultes 1969, 246*). Water and yeast were sometimes added to the mixture to produce a kind of beer. It is possible that the berries were also used as an additional inebriating additive to Germanic mead and beer.
The berries can be preserved by drying. They should be collected when ripe and dried in the sun or in a warm location.
The dried leaves can be smoked (cf. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 DHT, which apparently kills off hair follicles (Winston, 1999; Duke, 1997).
Improving Poor Circulation with Herbs
Sometimes just nourishing the blood is not enough. In spite of a good diet and adequate digestion, I often get patients complaining of poor circulation accompanied by symptoms like a weak pulse, cold intolerance, or cold fingers and toes. Again, it is important to first determine underlying medical conditions that may be causing the symptoms, such as iron deficiency anemia, hypothyroidism, cardiac weakness, or vitamin B12 deficiency. |
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