As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, we’re getting a lot of questions on what the potential role of herbal medicine is during the outbreak. Learn how the virus works and how to limit your chances of transmission.
Using Pau D'Arco to Fight off Candida
Candidiasis is an overgrowth of the common fungus known as candida. When candida overgrowth occurrs, getting rid of it can be challenging and time consuming. Although there are drug therapies for eliminating candida, many of them are beginning to lose their effectiveness to drug resistant strains of the fungus. There are many plant-based treatment options available, including pau d'arco, but using them effectively takes some perserverance and an understanding of how to use them.
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Herbs to Optimize Athletic Performance
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Guide to Using Elder For Influenza Virus
Elder has been used to treat upper respiratory tract infections for hundreds of years. Only in recent times, however, have we really begun investigating the mechanisms of how elder works so well for treating these conditions. Here, we have a look at the phytochemical makeup of elder, and how it has such a strong inhibitory effect on the influenza virus.
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Treating Nausea With Herbal Medicine
Artichoke May Lower Cholesterol Levels
How To Improve Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Herbs.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of those conditions we still remain fairly uncertain of. It is more of a set of complex symptoms than it is a real diagnosis, yet it is incredibly common. What we do know about IBS is that it tends to have certain patterns in the lifestyles of those affected. Knowing these patterns, and understanding the mechanism of many of the symptoms, we can find ways to either stop them altogether or reduce the severity and and duration of outbreaks.
Botanical Cognitive Enhancement
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How Stress Can Make You Sick
It is well understood that stress eventually leads to illness. In this article we will look at a few ways this happens, and relate it to the age old concept of vitality, which is still used today. Vitality can be linked to our genetic predispositions and developmental influences that act to resist the effects of stress in our bodies in various ways.
Nootropic investigation: Study finds Ginseng reduces mental fatigue.
Managing Osteo-Arthritis Naturally
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Adaptogens: A guide to Improving Your Stress Defense
Adaptogens are substances that improve the bodies ability to resist and recover from stress. Stress can come in many forms, but is basically anything that pushes the body away from homeostasis. There has been a significant amount of research regarding adaptogens in the past few decades following the publicized use of these substances by successful olympic atheletes. Only recently are we beginning to really understand their mechanisms.
Cat’s Claw & Cancer: Current Research & Understanding
Cat's Claw is a common herb used alongside conventional cancer treatments to improve the outcome of the treatment overall. It combines well with conventional treatments both for reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, and increasing the tolerance for chemotherapies limiting factors... the neutrophils.