Herbal Remedies: From Traditional Chinese Remedies To Modern Day Cures

Using Herbal Cures To Help Common Ailments

Francis Woodburn

• Publisher: La Belle Au Bois Dormant Publishing
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781630222604
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

"Herbal Remedies: From Traditional Chinese Remedies To Modern Day Cures" is a guide that is focused on providing more than the basics on herbal remedies. It contains essential information you can trust, tried and tested by and everyday person. Find out remedies for the safe and effective treatment for a range of everyday ailments. These remedies were used by our ancestors and are still in use today. The use of herbal remedies is not a new phenomenon. These remedies were used way before the first set of lab produced drugs was made. If you were to check your research you would find that a lot of the chemically produced medications are made from herb extracts. Find out how you can in a simple way incorporate herbal remedies as part of your everyday wellness regime and the many advantages these remedies have.

Chapter 1- How Herbal Supplements Help with Health and Healing

As most drugs are made from chemicals, the body can't handle the added chemicals to an already overloaded system of toxins and pollutants. Whilst standard medications address the effects of a disease, herbs, throughout history have been shown to cure disease. While unscrupulous manufacturers have sold tainted herbal formulations, most herbal supplements do not contain toxins and are not the cause for the approximate 100,000 deaths that occur every year from standard drug use.

Some 18% of Americans use herbal supplements. Many have become disenchanted with the poor results and side effects of prescription medications. However, whilst herbal supplements can work wonders, positive effects are hampered if you continue to maintain a poor lifestyle. A good diet, exercise, reduction of high stress levels and proper sleep habits promote health and healing. Supplements will not solve an obesity problem if the user continues to chow down fatty burgers and soda.

Several independent studies have shown that we all live in a significantly more toxic environment than 50 years ago. Using herbal supplements can help detoxify the body from harmful toxins. Vitamins, minerals and herbs help restore the alkaline balance the body requires to stay healthy.

Western medicine focuses primarily on treatment of disease rather than looking for a cure. Allopathic (mainstream) medicine has its place; after all if you break a leg you would rather go to the hospital and get a cast, who wouldn’t? But medicine today poses a number of disadvantages. In today's society, profits mean more than the health and well being of the consumer. The industry has become powerful by treating disease. So long as there is sickness, profits can be made. Herbs can treat disease and even affect a cure. Simply put, they get to the root cause and eliminate it.

Neutraceuticals is a relatively new term where the combination of drugs and natural formulations can work together to restore a healthy balance in the body. This realization is steadily gaining acceptance in the medical community. For example, the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments are greatly reduced when vitamins, minerals and herbs are taken during the treatments.

Like drugs, there are dangers as some vitamins or minerals can create adverse effects if too much is taken. However, the consumer would have to take a large amount of natural supplements before experiencing severe reactions. This is still far safer than overdosing on standard medications.

The creation of herbal formulations is far safer than drugs brewed up in a pharmaceutical laboratory. Herbal formulations are often safe for children, pregnant mothers and the elderly to take. However, herbal supplements can create problems when used in conjunction with certain drugs. For example, warfarin, a blood thinner, should not be taken along with herbs such as garlic, fenugreek, St. Johns Wort or feverfew. Before anyone decides to take a supplement while on a blood thinner, he or she should consult with a qualified naturopath or herbalist who will be able to advise on what to take and how to take it.

The greatest benefit of taking herbal supplements lies in their ability to prevent disease from occurring. As they are natural, they enhance the body's ability to remain healthy. No drug has been invented yet that can claim to prevent disease or enhance the body's ability to detoxify itself.

Though natural methods of healing are largely debunked and attacked by today's medical establishment, there is a place for both to exist together to promote health and reduce the epidemics of the diseases so common in the world today.

Chapter 2- Is Hemp Hype Really a Miracle Plant?

Hemp is a plant with the botanical name Cannabis Sativa. It is not the same as the Cannabis or “pot” plant. Instead, it is a crop that can be raised for a wide variety of useful products. The hype about hemp has given it a reputation of being something of a miracle plant that can revolutionize the economy. A look at these claims gives us more rational expectations of what hemp products can do.

About Hemp

Hemp is a fibrous plant that was grown for many uses in China as far back as 2700 B.C. In the 1500s, Europeans used hemp to make both textiles and food. Hemp was brought to the New World with the Puritans, who grew it for their basic needs. Even George Washington grew hemp at Mount Vernon. Hemp grows in a shrub form to about 18-feet tall with different growing conditions and a different harvest time than marijuana.

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Table of contents

• Publishers Notes
• Dedication
• Chapter 1- How Herbal Supplements Help with Health and Healing
• Chapter 2- Is Hemp Hype Really a Miracle Plant?
• Chapter 3- What to Know Before Buying Herbal Supplements
• Chapter 4- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Consuming Pennyroyal
• Chapter 5- Using Herbal Teas to Alleviate Common Ailments
• Chapter 6- Healing Herbs: Medicinal Applications for Basil
• Chapter 7- Ginkgo Biloba – The Many Uses
• Chapter 8- How St. John's Wort Works
• Chapter 9- How to Lose Weight Naturally
• Chapter 10- How to Harvest, Dry and Store Herbs
• Chapter 11- Lower High Blood Pressure with Hibiscus Tea
• About The Author