Herb Consults

Herbal products are the perfect choice for individuals who want to avoid using expensive synthetic medical products and their documented side-effects. It\’s true that synthetic medicines are carefully formulated for maximum treatment, but we can never deny that there might be certain reactions on our bodies when take them in.

The Safe Alternative Solution To Health Problems Being an affordable medical solution, herbal medicines can be seen in large quantities being sold in the market and quite a lot of consumers today are opting for this method than those normally prescribed by medical practitioners. Doctors and other medical specialist today are even prescribing the use of alternative herbal medicines for a speedy recovery and boosting a person\’s immune system for a permanent health improvement.

These products make use of 100% natural ingredients and none of the components used in synthetic medications distributed today. But despite the safety that herbal medicines promises to everyone, it is quite possible to incur some problems with it if we\’re not careful.

Safety First — Get The Right Product For Your Health Problem Don\’t just buy any herbal product in the market without properly consulting a professional whether it would work for you or not. Also, we can never be too sure how the herbal ingredients would react in our body\’s composition so its best to let your doctor or any medical practitioner check you out first to avoid allergic reactions from happening in your system.  Read more... (600 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

The History of Herbal Medicine

Medicinal plants have been used for medicinal purposes long before recorded history. For example, ancient Chinese and Egyptian papyrus writings describe medicinal plant uses. Indigenous cultures (e.g., African and Native American) used herbs in their healing rituals, while others developed traditional medical systems (e.g., Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine) in which herbal therapies were used systematically. Scientists found that people is different parts of the globe tended to use the same or similar plants for the same purposes.

In the early 19th century, when methods of chemical analysis first became available, scientists began extracting and modifying the active ingredients from plants. Later, chemists began making their own version of plant compounds, beginning the transition from raw herbs to synthetic pharmaceuticals. Over time, the use of herbal medicines declined in favor of pharmaceuticals.

Herbal Medicine Today

Recently, the World Health Organization estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicines for some aspect of their primary health care. In the last twenty years in the United States, increasing public dissatisfaction with the cost, efficacy and potential of side-effect of prescription medications, combined with an interest in returning to natural or organic remedies, has led to an increase in the use of herbal medicines. In countries such as Germany and Switzerland, roughly 600 to 700 plant-based medicines are prescribed by approximately 70% of physicians.

How do Herbs Work?  Read more... (672 words, estimated 2:41 mins reading time)

The market is awash with a whole slew of weight loss options, but herbal weight loss can be considered as the best of the rest. It is mainly due to the increasing awareness in terms of benefits without any apparent side-effects associated with the usage of herbal products that make people to get more inclined day by day for using herbal weight loss remedy. Herbal products ensure loosing the extra weight by following a time consuming but effective procedure.

Overview of herbal remedies

In the fast paced world, we hardly get the time for ourselves during which we take a great care of us. Different daily hassles, hard competition and life style affect our diet very profoundly, which results our dependency over fast foods, snack and junk foods. The ultimate outcome leads to experiencing obesity, increasing blood cholesterol level, cardiac problems and other difficulties.

Apart from the health issue, obesity is directly linked up with social stigma. It affects everyone, especially women. Its effect is so profuse in one’s life, that an individual suffering from obesity may take any drastic step to reduce her weight. It may range from having hotchpotch diet to non-verifiable artificial weight loss supplements as well. This may, in turn, result to severe side-effects by disputing metabolic system, while apparently resulting in temporary weight loss.  Read more... (802 words, estimated 3:12 mins reading time)

AIDS has been around since the early 1980’s and now we have this new and terrible disease to a cure. As research continues into AZT therapy and antiretrovirals (since the immune system by an affected viral route AIDS),people continue to die from this disease.

Worldwide, an estimated 88.2 people with this disease have been infected. With such a large number it is essential that a solution be found.

There are some natural cures that seem to help.

Multiple vitamins have shown promise in several studies, focusing on early symptoms in patients. These studies looked at Vitamin B, C and E and their role in helping the immune system function better. Although these additions don’t cure the disease, it offers hope for AIDS patients, in that you could maintain a better quality of life in this battle.

Another new study that may keep your infection at bay is selenium. Selenium seems to “tame” the Virus while strengthening the immune system.

David Pauza at the Institute, of Virology in Baltimore recommended that patients add Selenium as an additional part of their daily vitamin supplements.

In a study at the University of Miami 262 patients were divided into two groups, one was given 200 micrograms of selenium daily and the control group was given a sugar pill or placebo. After 9 months the two groups had a significant difference which the selenium group reporting better health than the placebo group.  Read more... (337 words, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

Women will often experience hot flashes and night sweats during menopause.

Frequently, these symptoms will interfere with a decent nights sleep, often for months on end. The hormone fluctuations of menopause and peri-menopause are a common cause of sleep problems and insomnia.

An estimated 75% of menopausal women suffer from hot flashes. The hot flashes can be mild to severe. Sometimes the hot flashes can be so severe, you feel as if you are burning up. This is called “steaming bones” in Chinese Medicine.

Hot flashes and night sweats respond very well to acupuncture and herbal formulas. I’ve treated quite a few woman with both, with just acupuncture and with just herbal medicines. All had noticeable and lasting improvement.

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