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Agrimony
Agrimony is the herb of choice when helping the digestive
system, especially with children. Agrimony helps to ease irritations and
infections of the intestinal tract and eases acid reflux of the stomach.
Agrimony also tightens tissues, especially within the bladder to ease
bladder incontinence and can be used safely in children for easing bedwetting
problems.
Astragalus
Astragalus is a well known Chinese
herb for balancing the immune system. It is also used as a tonic to improve
the body after infections, surgery and or after long term disease processes.
It promotes increased activity of the immune system encouraging the body
to fight off viruses. However Astragalus should not be taken during an
acute cold or flu attack. It is best used to improve or restore the immune
system.
Agnus Castus
Agnus Castus has been used widely in assisting with
menstrual problems. It helps with premenstrual problems,including women
who lack a menstrual cycle and women who have severe symptoms in the second
half of the month with symptoms such as headaches, mood swings and stomach
cramps. Agnus-Castus may also help women who find they have low milk production
during breast feeding. Agnus-Castus is very widely used by herbalists
to help in infertility . An open study was performed in September 2000
identifying the effectiveness of Agnus Castus. The study revealed that
after 3 cycles 93% of patients reported significant decrease or even cessation
of Premenstrual Tension complaints, such as irritability, breast tenderness,
cramps and relief of headaches.
Angelica
Angelica is used to help with the convalescence of
patients with debilitating illnesses especially where the patient has
been feeling cold or chilly. Angelica helps to improve debilitated digestive
and liver conditions. If you find you have pain under the rib cage/reflux/sour
stomach/bloating/gas, if you sigh and find yourself easily upset then
Angelica may help. Angelica helps in fever management where the condition
has been long term. Angelica is also used in children with respiratory
ailments such as asthma.
Albizzia
Albizzia is an Ayurvedic herb from India. Albizzia
has a long history of use in treating the allergenic person, for allergenic
rhinitis (itchy nose), allergenic asthma, eczema and urticaria ( red blotches
on the skin). The herb also has antifungal and antibacterial properties,
enabling Albizzia to be an effective remedy for infections. It can also
relax smooth muscle, especially of the respiratory tract, thus easing
coughing and the tight chest feeling associated with asthma.
Bupleurum
Bupleurum, an ancient Chinese Herb is probably one
of China's most used herbs and is a major herb of the liver. In clinical
trials for chronic active liver conditions, Bupleurum has proved to be
most effective. If you are suffering from irritability, anxiety, depression,
if you find you 'sigh', have pain under the right rib cage, suffer from
gritty sore eyes, sour taste and or muscular aches and pains, the herb
Buplerum may help to overcome these signs and symptoms. Bupleurum is often
used in China with the herb Dong Quai. This combination is fantastic for
helping alievate mood swings, irritability, anger, menopausal symtpoms
of hot flushes and helps to improve energy levels in the body. The herb
is useful for acute infections, common colds with chills and fever and
with chronic cough. It also helps in gynaecology to ease painful menstration.
Brahmi
Brahmi has been used for over 5000 years by millions
of people on the Indian Sub Continent as a brain tonic to improve memory,
assist with learning difficulties and for the treatment of cognitive disorders
of aging. It also helps promote longevity and improve mental performance.
Brahmi also has a calming effect and can help in cases of ADD and ADHD,
epilepsy, nervous breakdown and exhaustion.
Callendula
Callendula has a long history of usage in helping
to ease damaged or ulcerated mucous membranes of the gastro intestinal
tract like ulcers, gum disease and throat infections. Callendula is one
of the best herbs used externally for cleaning wounds. By placing this
herbal extract on external cuts, abrasions etc., these wounds heal in
half the time when compared to other healing agents. It is also effective
with conditions marked by swollen lymph nodes.
Chamomile
Chamomile is often used by herbalists in helping relieve
all states of tension and for easing spasm in all smooth muscles helping
to alleviate nervous dyspepsia and nervous bowel or irritable bowel, including
upset stomach including nausea, bloating, cramps etc. Chamomile also has
properties which help to heal and protect stomach and duodenal ulcers.
Chamomile assists with nervous headaches and sleeplessness so is especially
good for children because it calms without making you drowsy. Chamomile
is also used to ease period pain and menopausal tension. It assists in
fever management and is used as an inhalation for post nasal drip and
or phlegm conditions and allergic reactions of the airways such as hayfever,
sinus, etc. Chamomile can be applied topically to assist in wound healing
and as a poultice.
Couch Grass
Couch Grass is an excellent remedy in helping to ease the symptoms of
urinary diseases from infections to kidney stones and even enlargement
of the prostate. It assists in healing the urinary membranes and is particularly
effective for children's conditions in helping to manage problems in the
urinary system when bedwetting seems to be a constant problem.
Damiana
Damiana is used by herbalists to help in states of
depression. Damiana also helps in cases of severe energy loss after operations
or several years of hard work. Damiana assists with sexual inadequacies
giving an improved libido providing a general stimulating and enhancing
influence on those functions related to the reproductive system, especially
in males. Damiana also helps to ease constipation or a slow bowel and
helps with nervous tension, stress and anxiety.
Dong Quai
Dong Quai is used by herbalists for painful, irregular
or scanty menstrual periods, especially when accompanied by cramping and
nervous tension. Dong Quai assists in situations of weakness or anaemia.
Dong Quai helps in menopausal symptoms especially easing hot flushes,
irritability and melancholy. It also helps with fleeting muscle and joint
pain especially those made worse by damp, rainy conditions.
The root of the Dandelion
The root of the Dandelion is used to help restore
liver and gall bladder problems. The herb also helps to ease bloating
and general upset stomach feelings, constipation and eases the symptoms
of gall bladder problems. Dandelion contains much more nutritional value
than many other vegetables or herbs, being particularly high in iron,
minerals, proteins, choline, insulin, pectin and is very high in beta
carotenoid content. Dandelion is therefore an extremely gentle tonic for
the liver and for gall bladder problems. It can help quicken recovery
from jaundice and for toxic conditions such as joint and skin inflammations.
Devils Claw
Devils Claw has a long herbal usage in helping rheumatic
and other joint diseases especially inflammation of the connective tissues
(e.g. myalgia, fibrositis, tendonitis (tennis or golfer's elbow)). Further
the herb helps with conditions like general arthritisc conditions, rheumatoid
arthritis, lower back pain and neuralgia or nerve pain. The herb has to
be taken for a considerable time before the overall effect can be felt.
Elecampane
After the winter and spring cold and flu season both
Elecampane and Eyebright can be used in any immune system formula. Elecampane
is specific for any type of irritable cough especially the irritating
congestive cough of children. It has a strengthening tonic action on the
lungs and is indicated for wet, mucousy coughs with large amounts of sputum.
It is also used for persistent coughs of the elderly.
Eyebright
Eyebright is the herb of choice for mucous, phlegm and catarrhial conditions
from any origin whether it be from colds, flu, sinus, hayfever, asthma,
chronic bronchitis, middle ear infection and conjunctivitis. It has an
anti-inflammatory action and tightens mucous membranes. Constantly many
people find relief of their chronic mucous problems especially in helping
to ease hayfever, sinus, middle ear infection.
Echinacea
Echinacea is helpful for conditions like infected
tonsils, abscesses, colds, flu or for that matter any infective condition
whether acute or long standing especially if aided by debility and cold.
Echinacea helps to improve overall health by improving resistance and
helping to recover from many infective conditions. Echinacea also works
both locally (as in mouth ulcers) and systemically (candida and colitis)
on the gastro intestinal tract to eradicate bacterial infection. It has
been recognised as an appetizer to improve digestion, quieten upset, nauseous
and anxious stomachs and to calm intestinal digestion.
Euphorbia
Euphorbia is a useful herb for the lungs especially
when coughing is the major symptom. Euphorbia relaxes bronchial smooth
muscle and is excellent for post nasal drip and mucous associated with
any infection. The herb helps in conditions like asthma, bronchitis, upper
respiratory tract infection and left over coughs from any type of lung
infection. For lingering coughs that don't want to go away Euphorbia may
help. Euphorbia is a great herb when used in combination with other herbs
like Echinacea.
False Unicorn
Root
(See Unicorn Root)
Fenugreek has a long history of use in helping to
reduce the symptoms of low blood sugar. Episodes of low blood sugar may
occur before or after eating. If food has not been taken on a regular
basis the low blood sugar or hypoglycemic person may experience light-headiness,
fatigue and or a trembling feeling. On the other hand, after eating, the
hypoglycaemic person feels a false hunger and a strong desire for something
sweet. Sweet cravings, irritability, poor concentration and headaches
are common and sometimes many other symptoms are associated with low blood
sugar. Fenugreek is also useful in overcoming nutrition and digestion
problems. Clinical experience has shown it restores appetite, strength
and metabolism. It is good in motherhood because Fenugreek can help restore
the flow of milk during breastfeeding.
Feverfew
Feverfew is a primary remedy in helping to ease headaches,
including migraines. If headaches have been removed or eased by applying
heat Feverfew is the herb most suited. Because of one of Feverfew active
components is an anti-inflammatory, this herb may help in the early stages
of arthritis and can be used in vertigo and tinnitus. Feverfew can also
be used as a relaxant to help with digestion.
Fennel
Fennel is often used by herbalists because it can
greatly assist with flatulence and other disturbances of the bowel and
intestinal functions such as irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulitis.
Fennel gives relief with griping colic and helps where there is in adequate
digestive tone. Fennel can be used externally for eyewashes where the
eye is itchy, reddened and teary and for a throat gargle easing sore throats.
Fennel also aides in the production of breast milk.
Fumitory
Fumitory is an excellent blood cleanser especially when
applied topically to chronic skin conditions like eczema and dermatitis,
and may help in conditions where there has been liver or bile problems.
Fumitory helps to calm biliary colic in gall bladder diseases. Fumitory
can also ease the pain associated with migraines and or headache.
Gentian
Gentian is frequently used by herbalists to assist
with conditions of chronic inflammatory problems such as Ulcerative Colitis
and Chrones disease, especially where digestion is less than ideal and
causing pain, colic and bloating. Gentian has a beneficial action even
on those who have a very sensitive digestive system, and is especially
good for unexplained weight loss. Gentian helps to increase digestive
secretions and to calm intestinal and gastric inflammations easing burping,
wind, pain, reflux and bloating. Gentian also assists in liver and gall
bladder problems.
Greater Celandine
Greater Celandine helps to stop spasm of smooth muscle
especially of the gall bladder and its ducts. So it is a great herb for
those who find themselves unwell after a fatty fried meal. The symptoms
may include feelings of nausea, pain on the right lower rib and or middle
back area and is usually associated with headaches, from the mild to the
more severe type like migranes. It stimulates pancreatic juices by helping
with digestion, has a normalising action on the gall bladder and may help
in most conditions involving gall bladder and its bile ducts.
Korean Ginseng
Korean Ginseng is especially effective for helping
to ease stress levels. It assists and supports the constitution when it
is under attack by stressors. It relaxes the central nervous system making
one feel more relaxed. Ginseng assists in debilitated, degenerative conditions
and assists with problems of old age, such as dementia and loss of energy.
Ginseng can be used in the short term for the improvement of stamina without
making excessive demands on carbohydrate stores, and is helpful in improving
concentration and healing.
Gotu Kola
Gotu Kola is and has been an extremely well used herb
in India because of its ability to increase energy levels in times of
stress and in the aging process in helping to restore normal energetic
bodily functions. In recent years Gotu Kola's rise to fame has been in
easing the pain associated with arthritis, rheumatics and other inflammatory
diseases. It also contains other important ingredients which help in general
circulatory problems and is often used in conjunction with the herb Brahmi
in helping to restore memory. Brahmi and Gota Kola are two herbs which
are being used more and more today by the elderly or for that matter by
the middle aged who are aware of these herbs restorative properties.
Ground Ivy
Ground Ivy has been used in treating upper respiratory
and chronic bronchial mucous problems where the phlegm is more difficult
to release. Ground Ivy may also help to soothe coughs, to ease middle
ear infections and sinus congestion. It is known as the "Glue Ear Remedy"
of children helping to ease "Water Log" conditions including sinusitis,
tinitis or even after an aeroplane flight where the ears haven't released.
Heartsease
Heartsease is a very complex herb containing many
substances or actives which enabled the herb to help in a variety of conditions.
It is helpful in releasing phlegm from the upper respiratory tract and
may be used for helping painful inflammatory conditions. It can help remove
excess waste fluid from the body, specifically for discharging skin conditions
like eczema and dermatitis. Heartsease's most appropriate role is in helping
skin conditions, especially where there also exists Bronchial conditions
and or painful joint conditions. For children, heartsease is used for
treating blood disorders and phlegm conditions and its chief use is for
moist skin conditions.
Hops
Hops has a long history of use as a sedative to encourage
restfulness and sleep. Hops also reduces symptoms of nervous tension.
Hops contains a bitter principle which helps in easing digestive disorders
like constipation, colitis and nervous dyspepsia.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn is especially good for heart conditions.
It helps with dilating the coronary arteries and helps to slow down and
stabilize the many heart disturbances. It may help to ease palpitations
and lower blood pressure. It may help in peripheral. circulation related
to hardening of the arteries. It may also help to restore poor circulation
to lower legs.
Helonias
(Also see Unicorn Root)
Helonias is a chief herbal remedy to help in gynaecology
and obstetrics. Helonias improves the secretory responses and cyclical
functions of the ovaries, helping them to prepare for pregnancy. Helonias
is recommended for irregular menstrual flow or for late cycles, uterine
prolapse, relaxed lower pelvic muscles and to ease the sensation of abdominal
dragging before the onset of the cycle. Helonias also helps in morning
sickness, loss of cycle, menopausal conditions like hot flushes, and for
inflammatory conditions of the fallopian tubes and or ovaries and mid
cycle pain.
Jamaican Dogwood
Jamaican Dogwood has a powerful action which may helps
overcome sleep problems. It may help people get to sleep and assist those
who wake constantly through the night as well as for those who experience
difficulty getting back to sleep. Jamaican Dogwood can also help ease
painful conditions such as migraine and neuralgia. It is also helpful
in cases of insomnia caused by pain.
Kava
Kava has an extraordinary effect on the whole body
when taken internally .It calms the physical body and helps restore mental
function. Kava encourages alertness, calmness, reaction time, combats
stress, relaxes muscles and has been traditionally used for centuries
in a tonic for debility. Kava is also used to ease local joint and muscle
pain and helps to flush the urinary system.
Licorice
Licorice and Lime Flowers Licorice has a long history
of use both in classical Chinese herbalism and English herbalism. Licorice
helps to improve the other herbs used in any formula. It nourishes nutritive
energy by improving energy and putting vitality back into tired and stressed
bodies and improves deficient blood disorders, easing palpitations and
an irregular pulse. Its initial action is on the gastrointestinal tract
starting with treating mouth ulcers, peptic and duodenal ulcers, improves
upset stomach, eases constipation and it significantly slows plaque growth.
Licorice is very effective in reducing gastric acid secretion, easing
and helping to heal gastric and peptic ulcers. It also helps to ease the
symptoms of asthma, brochitis, chronic cough, arthritis and to restore
the nervous system after chronic stress. Licorice is also a major herb
used to ease painful menstrual cycle. REMEMBER, this is the herb Licorice
and is not the lolly type.
Lime Flower
Lime Flower helps to increase the size of the blood
vessel walls and has a healing effect on them, helping to ease high blood
pressure. Lime Flowers also eases stress and nervous tension.
Marshmallow
Marshmallow may help in soothing external wounds and
bums when used as a topical medication. Internally it is soothing to the
stomach and small intestine and helps ease cases of inflammation like
gastritis, peptic ulcer and enteritis. It helps reduce the symptoms of
hiatus hernia and oesophagitis or that terrible feeling of acid in the
stomach. Marshmallow also helps loosen a tight dry cough and assists with
cystitis and helps with the symptoms of urinary stones.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is used by herbalists for assisting to being
down high blood pressure by allowing the smooth muscle of the arteries
and veins to relax and become wider with less restriction. Mistletoe helps
to slow and steady an excessive heart rate. It is especially helpful for
nervous tension.
Motherwort
Motherwort is often used for painful menstruation,
especially when associated with anxiety and nervous tension and for reduced
periods and disturbed menstrual cycles generally. Motherwort supports
the pregnancy and helps prepare it for labour contractions. Motherwort
has a relaxing effect and when this is combined with its cardiotonic action
helps to ease palpitations and racing of the heart.
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet helps in soothing and healing the gastric
mucosa and also reduces gastric acidity. Meadowsweet helps with fluid
retention and is a good anti-inflammatory helping arthritis and is used
as an astringent. Meadowsweet also helps with colic and reflux in young
children.
Nettle
Nettle contains large quantities of various compounds,
minerals and vitamins allowing its action to regulate nutrients, balance
the body's thermostat, stimulate the body's circulatory system and help
restore low blood sugar. When challenged with low blood pressure the inclusion
of nettle in any formula is a helpful addition. Nettles' specific action
is in helping with skin diseases associated with poor peripheral circulation
and or anemia, and is helpful in easing children's allergic eczema. In
eczema conditions nettle is the herb to be used. Nettle is also used in
helping to alleviate constipation, and helps to ease excess fluid in the
body. It is a good hair tonic, especially where skin conditions are present
in the scalp and for mothers who are breast-feeding. Nettle may assist
in increasing breast milk. Nettle can also be used with the herb Saw Palmettoin
helping to ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
Oats
Oats is a safe and effective restorative herb of the
nervous system and is used in all states of debility, depression, anxiety,
stress, shingles and general degenerative conditions. Oats stimulates
both the motor and sensory nervous systems and acts as a central nervous
system tonic. Oats is one of those herbs most widely used on the nervous
system as garlic and echinacea is similarly used to combat colds and flu.
Oats may help to lower total serum cholesterol levels by washing away
bile acids in the digestive tract that would otherwise be converted to
cholesterol. Scientific studies reveal that oats can also lower the bad
LDL cholesterol levels. Oats also reduce the cravings for tobacco.
Pasque Flower
Pasque Flower is a wonderful herb for relaxing and
calming nervous tissue and nervous tension. It can be used to reduce tension,
stress or overactivity. The herb also helps when sleeping becomes difficult
and is a potent antimicrobial herb, helping the body fight infection.
Pasque Flower is also useful in treating painful menstruation; boils and
skin eruptions, ovarian disorders and menopausal melancholy or depression.
Paeonia
Paeonia is an ancient Chinese herb and is said to
nourish the blood and relieve spasm. The herb has been traditionally used
over the years to control smooth muscle spasm, especially painful cramps
during menstruation; angina and migraine headache. This herb may assist
in memory loss, may ease muscle cramps and menstrual dysfunction and help
with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Picrorrhiza
The herb Picrorrhiza is an Ayurvedic herb from India
. Over the years Picrorrhiza has been found invaluable for restoring the
immune function in acute and or chronic infections making it a great herb
to be used in post viral syndromes like Ross River Fever, Bharma Forest
and Glandular Fever. Clinical trials using Picrorrhiza have found a favorable
response in helping toxic liver conditions and liver infections. This
herb can also be used to assist asthma and allergics.
Pleurisy Root
Pleurisy Root as its name suggests deals mainly with
respiratory conditions. It's main role is helping to ease bronchial or
pulmonary conditions associated with slow steady perspiration where the
herb gradually eases excessive heat at the skin, reducing fever, assist
in subduing inflammation of the pleura and bronchial tubes and helps to
stop spasm reducing continuous coughing conditions.
Raspberry Leaf
Raspberry Leaf has a long traditional use for easing
and improving the efficiency of labour. The herb should be taken during
the last few months of pregnancy to provide optimum results. As Raspberry
Leaf is also an astringent in its action, it can be used for irregular
monthly cycles and toning of the uterus. Raspberry Leaf works well as
a mouth and throat mouthwash and gargle for throat and mouth infections
and inflammations and also as an eye lotion for conjunctival problems.
Red Clover
Red Clover is a major herb used in purifying the blood
to ease toxic conditions of the skin like. eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis.
Red Clover may help to ease menopausal hot flushes and to ease any other
associated symptoms of the interesting years of a ladies lifecycle or
as the Chinese would say, as a Lady Moves Into Her "Wisdom Years".
Red
Clover is also very effective in building or toning muscle tissue (Anabolic).
Therefore it can be used for the serious athlete, body builder or the
elderly to ensure adequate muscle bulk and tone. Muscle is one of the
major biomarkers for aging. If you don't have the correct percentage
of muscle you may age quicker.
Sage
Sage is specifically indicated to help inflammation
of the mouth, tongue or throat and is used as a gargle or a mouth wash.
Sage reduces excessive mucous production within the body. The herb has
been traditionally used to treat excessive perspiration, sinusitis and
the early stages of colds and flu, making it an invaluable herb in reducing
fevers.
Sage can also be used to increase energy levels, alleviate bad
breath, help to stimulate the regrowth or regenerate liver tissue and
can help to decrease the itching and inflammation of insect bites or psoriasis.
Sage has a positive effect on the nervous system where it has been said
to increase alertness, concentration and improve memory. It has a general
tonic effect, improves the assimilation of nutrients and has an overall
anabolic stimulation improving the tone of muscular tissue.
Saw Palmetto
Saw Palmetto is a great herb for the male because
of its major role in helping with the symptoms of an enlarged prostate
gland. It is considered to be the primary remedy in addressing all levels
of prostate health. Saw Palmetto can help to alleviate painful urination
that is sometimes associated with enlarged prostate
St John's Wort
St John's Wort is probably the most used
herb in a herbalist clinic outside of Echinacea. St John's Wort can be
used in restoring function to most of the various systems through out
the body. The herb has a gentle, calming effect when taken internally,
making it ideal for anxiety states, tension, irritability and if taken
persistently it lifts depression and energy levels.
The lightening effect
on the nervous system is not immediate and it is necessary to take the
herb, not just for 2 - 3 weeks, but probably for two to three months.
However when St John's Wort is combined with other herbs the relaxation
effect can be felt almost immediately. St John's Wort has profound effect
is on the immune system..
The herb has potent anti-viral agent, stimulating
and improving lymphatic function. It is an important additive to any herbal
mixture to improve conditions like the winter cold and flu, chronic fatigue,
glandular fever, Ross River Fever, Bharma Forest fever and general run
down states of the immune system. St John's Wort may also help to ease
shingles, neuralgia, fibrositis and sciatica.
Skullcap
Skullcap may be used as a relaxant to the nervous
system. It assists with neurological and neuromotor conditions including
epilepsy, helping to reduce the severity and frequency of symptoms. Skullcap
assists in states of nervous tension and debility and is often used as
an antispasmodic and helps to regulate sleeping problems.
Thyme
Thyme has a primary active principle which is effective
in decreasing spasms, with a strong antiseptic action and is an excellent
mouth wash for sore gums, and gum and throat infections. Thyme helps to
control nervous coughs, loosens mucous, clears phlegm and heals the respiratory
passages irritated by inflammation and or infection. It is an excellent
herb for children's recurring respiratory conditions like the continuous
cough children sometimes have that wakes parents late at night. Thyme
may help to ease the continuous stream of mucous that drips constantly
at the back of the throat. Thyme has been extensively used over the years
to help relieve bronchitis, whooping cough, day coughs, laryngitis and
congestive coughs of the lower respiratory system.
Turmeric
Turmeric has many beneficial effects on the body
and most of the health benefits occur as a result of the herbs "curcumin" content. Turmeric is an important addition when used with people who smoke
because it helps to counteract some of the toxic effects associated with
tobacco. Turmeric helps the gall bladder by increasing bile flow and therefore
may help in lowering cholesterol levels.
Unicorn Root
Unicorn Root or False Unicorn Root is a major root used
in gynaecology and obstetrics. False Unicorn Root may help to improve
the secretory response and cyclic functions of the ovaries helping to
prepare the body for pregnancy. This herb is recommended for irregular
menstrual flow, either for an early or late cycle, uterine prolapse, relaxed
lower pelvic muscles and to ease the sensation of abdominal dragging before
the onset of cycle. False Unicorn Root may also help with morning sickness,
menopausal conditions like hot flushes and inflammatory conditions of
the fallopian tubes and or ovaries.
Uva Ursi
Uva Ursi is a herb with major benefits in treating
the urinary system. The herb's action allows it to be of benefit when
urinary inflammation pain and bladder or kidney weakness are evident.
Notable herbalists report that this is the primary herb to use for helping
the early stages of urinary tract infection or when these infections are
chronic and seem to occur at regular intervals. This herb is of benefit
when coughing or sneezing may cause urinary incontinence. The herb, in
most cases, is able to tighten the bladder sphincter to give better control.
Wild Yam
Wild Yam is a herb constantly used by the herbalist
for any type of spasm and or pain below the naval. Because of the herb's
antispasmodic and relaxant properties it can be of help to soothe and
relieve intestinal colic, diverticulitis, ovarian pain, PMT and is also
of great help in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis especially in the
acute phase where there is intense pain. Wild Yam has also potent anti-inflammatory
properties especially for the large intestine and is therefore able to
help with conditions like ulcerative colitis and Chrones disease. In more
recent years, Wild Yam has made a significant impact with its ability
to help alleviate hot flushes of menopause and other menopausal conditions.
Wild Indigo
Wild Indigo has been traditionally used in the treatment
of conditions especially of the upper respiratory tract. It helps tonsillitis,
sore throats, swollen glands and is used to control fevers associated
with persistent or aggressive local throat infections. Recent studies
have demonstrated its immuno-stimulatory activity. It can help to destroy
viruses or bacteria and helps with the activation and production of lymphatic
cells.
Withania
In Ayurvedic medicine, Withania goes back through
thousands of years of safe usage. The herb has important tonic effects
for the body, without being over-stimulating but has a sedative aspect.
Therefore it is very good for people who are stressed out, especially
from work stresses, after operations, after childbirth and for those who
feel run down and lacking motivation. These tonic effects are also used
for disease prevention in stressed athletes and the elderly. Withania
has been clinically proven to improve general anemia states, decrease
cholesterol and improve nail calcium levels.
Willowbark
Willowbark has long been traditionally used in helping
to ease associated pain within the human body. Willowbark helps to ease
inflammation within the body easing rheumatic conditions, myalgia, gout,
arthritis and neuralia .Over the years Willowbark has a world renown reputation
for easing headaches and migraines.
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