Got a specific Health Problem?

From menopause to depression, high cholesterol to high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, colds and flu, and much more, herbal remedies may be able to help you as well as some presciptive medicines.

At the change of seasons to build immunity

Echinacea-containing herbal preparations have become increasingly popular over the past two to three decades as being capable of modifying or regulating one or more immune functions. Echinacea products are currently one of the best-selling herbal preparations in the United States.

The results of many clinical trials strongly suggest that echinacea-containing products improve symptoms and shorten the duration of colds and upper respiratory infections though not all trials have turned out positive for some types of products. However, reports have been made that suggest that some studies use too low of a dosage for effectiveness.

Ashwagandha

The health applications for ashwagandha in traditional Indian and Ayurvedic medicine are extensive. Of particular note is its use against tumors, inflammation (including arthritis), and a wide range of infectious diseases. The shoots and seeds are also used as food and to thicken milk in India. Traditional uses of ashwagandha among tribal peoples in Africa include fevers and inflammatory conditions. Ashwagandha is frequently a constituent of Ayurvedic formulas, including a relatively common one known as shilajit.

I have used this herb in an Ayurvedic formula and thought it was very good. I don't take it regularly, which I probably should, but do recommend it.

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Yarrow Beer - Herbal Beer

Make your own herbal beer:

Ingredients

1 gallon water (use bottled spring water)
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup organic unsulphured molasses
1 oz. dried Yarrow flowers (enough to pack two muslin tea bags)
1 quart strong Sage infusion
1 packet brewer's yeast

Procedure for making this herbal beer...

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Stevia Recipes

Stevia is a wonderful dietary supplement used for over 1500 years as a sweetener and for medicinal purposes. Since the 1970's, stevia has been used in Japan as the main alternative to sugar, used instead of the banned aspartame in diet soda, gum and other food and beverages. Stevia is also being used as a sweetener in other countries after extensive studies proved it's safety. Stevia has been used with success to treat many ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure, gingivitis, digestion ailments, addictions, topically for acne and other skin ailments and also as a wonderful weight loss aid.

DIABETES: Known for its nourishing properties for the pancreas, stevia has been used by diabetics for centuries as a sweetener and also as a method of controlling blood sugar levels.

HYPERTENSION: Studies have shown that stevia lowers high blood pressure without affecting normal blood pressure.

TEETH AND GUMS: Due to high beneficial mineral content and anti-bacterial properties, stevia is a wonderful additive to toothpaste or diluted as a mouthwash.

DIGESTION: Stevia improves digestion and intestinal function, soothes an upset stomach and promotes quicker recovery from minor ailments.

TOPICAL APPLICATION: Applied to the skin, stevia treats acne and other skin ailments. It also protects against premature aging.

WEIGHT LOSS AIDE: Stevia contains no calories and actually reduces cravings for sweets and fatty foods. Studies have shown that it also minimizes hunger sensations.

Learn more about Stevia and try some Stevia Recipes!

Migraine Prevention

Are you or someone you know one of the multitude of people
who suffer from migraine headaches?

Migraines can be incapacitating! They can be ocassional for
some, but frequent for others.

Today I'd like to share with you a herbal remedy that can
help prevent migraines...

Feverfew has been studied and found effective for the
prevention of migraine headaches, reducing the number
of headaches suffered by as much as 70 percent, or reducing
the pain and controlling the nausea commonly experienced
with such headaches. Once a migraine headache begins,
however, feverfew does not appear to relieve the pain.

Feverfew has been linked to several measurable changes
in physiology. Extracts of the aboveground parts of the
plant can reduce the body's manufacture of prostaglandin,
a chemical important in inflammation, by up to 88 percent.
This and other anti-inflammatory activity might explain why
the herb has been used to treat psoriasis.

In the test tube, feverfew extracts can keep blood platelets
from sticking together and forming clots, so the herb may
be useful as a mild anticoagulant. It achieves this through
a different chemical pathway than aspirin or other salicylates.

Feverfew also blocks platelets from releasing serotonin,
which may help to explain how it works to prevent migraines.
Feverfew extracts also prevent the release of histamine from
mast cells, so the plant may be useful in the treatment of
allergies.

Learn more about Feverfew here:
http://www.herbsandnaturalremedies.com/herbs/feverfew.htm

To Your Health,

Deb
http://www.herbsandnaturalremedies.com