Herbal healing

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Weiner MA, Weiner JW. Herbs that heal prescription for herbal healing. Mill Valley, CA Quantum Books, 1994. 

Rago, L.O., Suttenfield, D., and Walker, A., Blackberry Cove Herbal, Healing With Common Herbs, Capital Books, VA, 2000. 

At the present time, Salvia divinorum is a legal plant in the United States, and no federal laws apply to its possession or use. It is grown for sale by cultivators in Mexico, Hawaii, and California. In recent years, Salvia has gained some popularity as a legal psychedelic drug. A wide range of people has used the plant for recreation, as an aid in meditation, or for herbal healing. As information about Salvia has spread on the Internet, the notoriety of the plant has increased. The psychedelic potential of salvinorin A has become the subject of numerous websites and chat rooms. 

While it is considered that the work will not be without value to both practitioner and student, it is the general public to whom it is primarily addressed. An increasing number of people are turning to herbal healing, many of them for reasons which will be apparent in the following pages. 

Herbal Healing for the Prostate Urinary Tract Immune System and More... 

Complementary Medications, Herbal Healing An Introduction for Social Work Professionals... 

Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers. Boulder, CO Siris, 1998. 

Hoffman, D. 1987. The Herbal Handbook A User s Guide to Medical Herbalism. Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT. 

Elder The Amazing Healing Benefits of Elder, the Premier Herbal Remedy for Colds and Flu Keats Good Herb Guide Mars, Brigitte. 

Elder flowers are considered neutral, bitter, drying and cooling. They are also slightly sweet. This is part of what empowers elder to cool a fever, heal infection and help dry mucus secretions. Thus elder is suitable for damp conditions such as excess mucus and fluid congestion. Thorton s 19-century Family Herbal declared that elder helps to "promote all the fluid secretions."... 

The Chinese are considered as leaders in using natural products for healing. The oldest compilation of Chinese herbs is Shen Nung Pen Ts ao, which lists 385 materials. Pen Ts ao Ma catalogue, written by Li-Chen during the Ming Dynasty, (1573—1620) mentions 1898 herbal drugs and 8160 prescriptions. 

Complementary and alternative medicine CAM. Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary) or instead of (alternative) standard treatments. These practices are not considered standard medical approaches. CAM includes dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation. [NIH]... 

Because of the interest in and popularity of alternative and complementary medicines and healing practices, the scientific method is being applied to a wide variety of these remedies. Different types of studies seek to establish if and how individual, alternative medicines exert their effect. Clinical trials are being conducted to compare a specific alternative medicines with the accepted conventional medical standard of care for a specific condition thus, for example, an herbal extract may be compared with a pharmaceutical-grade drug to demonstrate unequivocally the safety and effectiveness of a product or practice. However, complementary and alternative medicine has only recently been deemed worthy of scientific scrutiny (for decades many natural remedies and practices were dismissed outright as being obviously inferior to Western science-based medicine), and many alternative therapies have not yet been... 

The earliest evidence of human use of plants for healing dates to the Neanderthal period. In the 16th century, botanical gardens were created to grow medicinal plants for medical schools. Herbal medicine practice flourished until the 17th century, when more scientific pharmacological remedies were favored (see Thomas, 1997 Fontanarosa, 2000 and General References). 

The use of herbs once belonged partly to the realm of magic, in the healing rites performed by shamans (men and women of natural wisdom ) and also stems from observations of how animals treat themselves by using various plants when sick or wounded. But a careful study of herbs and their properties over thousands of years has developed Eastern herbal medicine into a highly refined and complex discipline. In Chinese medicine, diet is a matter of great importance in preventing... 

Most herbal therapists (sometimes called herbalists — but not all herbalists treat clients medically) believe that the body acts in unison with the psyche (spirit) and emotions to maintain the equilibrium necessary for overall health and well-being. With this holistic approach, herbal therapists use their knowledge of plant properties to rebalance a client s life energy levels so that the body heals itself. 

It contains glycyrrhizic acid, is 50 times sweeter than sugar, and can accelerate the healing of gastric ulcers. Licorice treats such respiratory ailments as bronchitis and asthma and is an ingredient in herbal cough medicines. Glabridin inhibits inflammation of skin. 

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