Medicinal Herbs

{ October 25, 2009 @ 11:30 am } · { natural remedies }
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Comfrey is an herb for external use only. It helps to promote new cell growth, and it helps wounds heal, since it contains allantoin. You can cover your wound or cut with a leaf, and then use a bandage to hold the leaf in place. Interestingly, this has been used since medieval times for treating bruises and broken bones!

Senna is one of those natural and herbal remedies that you won’t be tempted to drink too much of, because it tastes awful. Purchase it commercially, in a tincture. Don’t take any more than the label recommends, to avoid abdominal pai

Uva Ursi is an herb that is often used in addition to other medicinal products. It is a bitter herb, and it is used mainly as a diuretic and a urinary antiseptic. If you use this herb in a tea, add one teaspoon for each cup, and boil the tea for ten minutes. You can drink two or three cups a day.

More Herbal Teas

{ October 23, 2009 @ 2:28 pm } · { natural remedies }
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Raspberry leaf is an herb that can help treat pregnancy’s dreaded morning sickness, and uterine irritability. To make a tea, use about one or two teaspoons per cup. You can steep that for about ten minutes, and you can drink a cup up to three times a day.

Peppermint and spearmint help to relieve indigestion. To use the mints in tea, add two teaspoons of dried mint or one teaspoon of fresh mint for each cup. Let it steep for about ten minutes. You can even reheat the tea if you don’t drink the whole cup at one time. You can drink up to three cups a day. Mint can also be used as one of the more effective natural and herbal remedies in a bath – place several handfuls of dried or fresh mint leaves in a cloth bag, and then run it under the faucet into your tub.

Dandelion and Feverfew

{ October 19, 2009 @ 2:23 pm } · { natural remedies }
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Dandelion can help lessen premenstrual bloating, and it can provide relief from inflammation. To make dandelion tea, I steep a half ounce of dried leaf in a cup of tea for about ten minutes. This can be drunk two or three times a day. Dandelion is one of the natural and herbal remedies that I turn to most often.

Feverfew is an herb that can be used to prevent migraines. In fact, there are ongoing studies that seem to confirm the effects of feverfew. If you’re taking capsules, take 85 mg a day. If you make tea with it, add one teaspoon of feverfew to a cup of tea and let it steep for about ten minutes. I drink this once or twice daily because I have a history of migraine-associated vertigo, and it seems to help.

More herbs

{ October 16, 2009 @ 2:20 pm } · { natural remedies }
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In my quest for home remedies, I buy Slippery Elm Bark in bulk for tea, and I have also found it in natural cough drops and throat lozenges. This valuable herb gives me welcome relief for an upset stomach, as well as soothing a sore throat and cough. If I use it in a tea, I mix in two or three teaspoons and drink up to three cups a day.

Ginseng has long been known as an aphrodisiac, but it also can be used to provide your liver with protection from substances that can be harmful. Tests have shown that it also helps to stimulate  the immune system. It increases stamina, and I use it in different forms, whether in teas or in tablets or capsules. It’s a valuable choice in my list of natural and herbal remedies.

The basics

{ October 12, 2009 @ 11:17 am } · { natural remedies }
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There are many natural and herbal remedies that I include in my own quest for good health. I use the herb Goldenseal as a natural antibiotic. I brew it with tea, and let it steep for ten minutes, and I drink one or two cups a day when I am battling an infection.

Chamomile is well-known for its ability to relieve stomach distress, and it also is said to help prevent ulcers, speed the body’s healing process, calm nerves and fight infections. I usually add a few teaspoons to a cup of tea, and allow that to steep for ten or fifteen minutes. When I need this tasty concoction, I use it in two or three cups a day.

Garlic is an excellent natural antibiotic, and I really love the taste in my cooking. It can help reduce cholesterol and it assists in preventing the formation of blood clots. It also has important anti-viral properties.

Introduction

{ October 9, 2009 @ 2:16 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I work in the health care industry, and my job is boring enough that I get to do lots of reading, medical journals and reports ;)

I have really found it interesting that modern medicine is starting to recognise the benefits of looking at health care a bit more holistically in terms of combining modern medicine with traditional approaches. It is starting to look like a lot of the traditional methods were more than just old wives tales!

With that in mind I wanted to share some of my experiences as well as some of the stuff I’ve read. If you have more to add, please leave me a comment or two!

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