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  • Dandelion - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    In Germany, the herb and root of the dandelion are used as an appetite stimulant, diuretic, bile stimulator, and treatment for dyspepsia.
  • Elderberry - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Elder flowers and berries have been used in traditional medicine and as flavorings for centuries. In folk medicine, the flowers have been used for their diuretic and laxative properties and as an astringent.
  • Ephedra Hazards  By : alien
    Side effects associated with ephedra include anxiety, confusion, dependency, dizziness, headache, insomnia, irritability, mania, motor restlessness, nervousness, psychosis, seizure, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, hypertension, hypotension, MI, palpitations, stroke, tachycardia, nausea, constipation, uterine contractions, urinary disorders, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and dermatitis.
  • Fennel - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Fennel was known to the ancient Chinese, Indian, Egyptian, and Greek civilizations.
  • Fenugreek - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Fenugreek has been used for millennia both as a medicine and as a spice in Egypt, India, and the Middle East.
  • Figwort - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    The useful constituents of figwort are derived from the dried flowers and leaves of Scrophularia nodosa.
  • Flax - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Flax has been used for more than 10,000 years as a source of fiber for weaving or clothing
  • Fumitory - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Fumitory has been known since antiquity and was described in herbals from the Middle Ages.
  • Galangal - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    The word galangal, or its variant galanga is used as a common name for all members of the genus Alpinia, and in common usage can refer to four plants, all in the Zingiberaceae (ginger family)
  • Gentian - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    The gentians have been used for centuries as bitters to stimulate the appetite, improve digestion, and treat a variety of gastrointestinal complaints.
  • Ginkgo - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Medicinal parts of ginkgo include dried or fresh leaves and the seeds separated from the fleshy outer layer.
  • Glucomannan - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Glucomannan is a polysaccharide that is classified as a soluble fiber.
  • Golden Seal - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Native Americans used golden seal as an eye wash and to relieve stomach problems
  • Gossypol - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    First identified as an anti-fertility agent in China in the 1950s, gossypol is also a component of cottonseed oil, which is used for cooking.
  • Gotu Kola - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Gotu kola has been widely used to treat a variety of illnesses, especially in traditional Eastern medicine.
  • Grow Your Health With Herbs  By : Eric Cho
    Ask the average American to define herbs and he or she will tell you that herbs are green leaves that have some medicinal properties. Some may even add that herbs like Thyme and Sage are used for cooking. This is how most people define herbs; which is quite good knowledge considering that most folks are ambivalent about the actual use of herbs in their own lives.

    A herb (the word rhymes with ‘curb’) is a plant that is grown for medicinal or culinary value.

    Typically, th...
  • Growing Your Own Herbs  By : Robert Thomson
    It might require a little bit of work at first to set it up for optimal drainage, and pick what herbs you want to grow. But after the initial hassle, it's just a matter of harvesting and drying all your favorite herbs.
  • Hellerwork - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Hellerwork is a type of deep-tissue bodywork developed by Joseph Heller, an aerospace engineer who studied Rolfing, Aston-Patterning, and the use of energy for healing.
  • Herbal Skin Care And Exciting Home Remedies For Acne  By : Wilson Stout Jr.
    Skin care products today are altogether different from what your parents used. Herbal products were once very common, but now store purchase products dominate the market. Regular herbal skin care products have been commercialized. This shift from herbal skin care to synthetic, can likely be ascribed to two matters - our indolence and the commercialization of skin care.
  • Herbal Stress Management Rule: Regular Exercise, Healthy Diet!  By : Ashish Jain
    The very concept of herbal stress management, reveals one fact - inevitability. Well, come back to Nature! Man, you have no other alternative!

    Many individuals and institutions have taken up to the herbal path for stress management, with remarkable success.

    Well, there is none without stress today! But the management of stress skills may be different.

    A major avalanche starts with minor disturbances! Similarly a minor symptom, which you are likely to ignore, might be...
  • Home Remedies For Acne The Organic Way  By : wjennin
    If you do not take care of yourself, brush your teeth, take care of your skin. You will see yourself aging quickly. If it is something that can be treated with a natural product then by all means do so. Organic skin care is much easier on your skin and could prevent a lot of acne skin care problems down the road.
  • Horsetail - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Horsetail is used in traditional medicine as a diuretic and an antitubercular drug, and in the treatment of kidney and bladder disturbances.
  • Hyssop - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Hyssop has been used for centuries as an herbal medicine. In ancient times it was used as an insecticide, insect repellant, and pediculicide.
  • Irish Moss - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Irish moss is obtained from the dried thallus of Chondrus crisp us. It's a form of seaweed containing polysaccharides, vitamins, minerals, and iodine.
  • Jimson Weed - Uses and Side Effects  By : alien
    Jimson weed is most commonly used as dried leaves, with or without tips of flowering branches
  • Medicine's New Frontier: The Use Of Herbs  By : Yvonne Volante
    There are many people who have never, ever taken medicine: not even an aspirin. And they're proud of it. They don't want to pollute their bodies with anything synthetic or chemical, because they truly believe to be as natural as possible is the best solution.

    When illness strikes these people, they will, however, often turn to herbs -- which is not -- and never has been -- considered "conventional medicine," a phrase many of us have come to be quite wary of.

    Every year ...
  • Read This Before You Buy Natural Supplements Or Herbal Remedies  By : Larry Nelson
    Herbals supplements on the whole have been proven safer and in many cases more effective than their prescription counterparts. It is with this in mind that everyone should have a healthy knowledge of natural supplements and herbal remedies in general. It is advised that if you are on any serious prescription medication, that you do research, and possibly consult with an herbalist before attempting to substitute any herbal remedies for your current prescription medications. However if taken in accordance to the directions given, natural supplements and herbal remedies can be very effective in treating most medical conditions.
  • Science Supports the Anti-Anxiety Effects of Essential Oils  By : Michael South
    The most pervasive concept of aromatherapy in North America is that of nice smells making you feel good - a strong whiff out of a little bottle and you're carried away to your personal 'happy place'. Not a bad idea, but this concept carries the burden of 'New Age' stereotypes with it. Aromatherapy is but a simple folk remedy that works only because the yoga-posing, mantra-chanting, tantric-sex practicing user thinks it does. Well, we've got news for the 'Establishment': Science has validated aromatherapy! Perhaps most profoundly, science has shown that smelling essential oils has true anti-anxiety effects; there's actual data showing essential oils will actually help you relax. Now all you natural health and wellness practitioners can tell your doubting, possibly smirking friends - this stuff is for real.
  • Tea Tree Oil and a Whole Foods Diet: A Complete Cure  By : Kathryn Beach
    In order to effectively treat chronic conditions, we have to treat the root of the imbalance. In many cases this can be accomplished through the use of tea tree oil and dietary changes.
  • The Natural Effectiveness of Herbal Supplements  By : Larry Nelson
    The number of people in the world using herbal supplements is growing by leaps and bounds. It is well accepted that many herbal supplements contain tons of vital nutrients, in general these nutrients can supplement a persons diet while having overwhelming positive effects on ones health overall. Many have come to see that herbal supplements not only increase you way of life but they build up immunity to diseases as well. They are taken readily to treat an array of different problems brought on by ones lifestyle, including but not limited to, sexual dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, skin diseases, anxiety, hair loss, high cholesterol, sleeplessness, constipation, acidity, obesity, hormonal imbalances, diabetes, as well as many other common ailments.

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