Managing PAIN Naturally with Herbs

There is a category of herbs for PAIN MANAGEMENT called analgesics. 

This formula contains the best analgesics the plant kingdom has to offer, and include WHITE WILLOW BARD, WOOD BETONY, SKULLCAP, ROSEMARY LEAVES, RED RASPBERRY LEAVES, BLUE VERVAIN and KELP. This formula may bring you relief from headaches (migraine and tension), neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism, gout, and also reduces fever and anxiety.

Pain is the body's early warning system. It alerts us when we've ingested something not good for our body, when we need a change of diet, or when to simply get out of the sun. Pain is a symptom and not a disease; so you should not simply try to relieve the pain, but determine and attend to the cause. White Willow – the natural source of aspirin, combats pains of various sorts. Wood Betony has been used for heartburn, catarrh, bladder/kidney stones, asthma and fatigue. Skullcap is effectively used to treat nervous disease, restlessness, insomnia and neuralgia. Rosemary Leaf relieves headaches and stomach pains; and the oils in this herb soothes and calms the body's nerves and muscles. Blue Vervain is also anti-inflammatory, and has a calming and restorative effect on the nerves. Kelp helps prevent/relieve painful conditions by its iodine, vitamin and mineral content.

The prevention of painful conditions, such as rheumatism and arthritis can sometimes be addressed through proper nutrition. For example, too many acidic foods/drinks and the lack of essential nutrients attack our insulating nerve sheaths, which can lead to inflammation and neuritis. For every 10 people there are 10 different kinds of pain, so you will need to find the frequency and strength of the formula that helps bring relief. To help balance your energies, you can take 2-3 capsules 2-4 times daily.

Herb remedies used to relieve tensions and stress help promote natural sleep, while others help repair the nervous system. One formula/herb may work for some and not others. If one doesn't work, try another. Junk food, caffeine, salt and sugary foods also heighten stress and tension, so you need to reduce/eliminate these to aid the body's recovery. Eating late at night can be the source of discomforts, nightmares, restless sleep (insomniacs should cut down on salt) and resulting stress.

Herbal teas include Catnip (relieves 'congestion' of emotional tensions), Hops (used in pillows to treat insomnia), Vervain (good for nervous conditions and headaches), Eleuthero (Ginseng relative exceptional for treating insomnia), Rosemary (soothes/relieves nervous insomnia, mental fatigue and simple or congestive headaches), Mugwort (excellent nervine for uncontrollable shaking, insomnia), Marjoram (relieves headache/insomnia), Anise (½ tsp in cup of warm milk (stand for 5min then strain) at bedtime prevents insomnia and nightmares, Skullcap (excellent for all nerve disorders), Valerian (calming and sedating for emotional disturbances and pain), (Red) Fu Ling (best for nervous/restless conditions; treats hyperactivity in children) and my personal Bupleurum7 Capsules (renown formula for treating stress-related ailments, restores balance, helps adrenals adapt to stress and strengthens liver, stomach and intestines so you feel more able to cope with tensions, thus relaxing nerves and conserving energy so you live and sleep more comfortably).

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Kitchen Herbology: CINNAMON

WOMEN HAVE BEEN THE SACRED HEALERS OF HUMANITY from time immemorial, and herbs have been the primary tools they used for healing the mind and body and spirit. As inherent healers, women have always pulled from the earth all the tools she needs to maintain her family and community, nurturing love and good health. She uses the Earth's own healing energies and vibrations that emanate through the ores and minerals, trees and brush, saps and resins, crystals and gemstones, and in lakes and rivers, the very source of life itself: WATER. A medicine woman's bag would hold many, many roots, leaves, barks and stones, generating many, many formulas.

Although “herbology” may not be an active term in your vocabulary, it is a reality in your life. The mustard on your table and many of the spices in your kitchen come from herbs; most of the vegetables in your salad are herbs, and if you have a yard/garden, many of the plants growing there (whether by your or their own design) are also herbs. Each family of plants has its own peculiar habit of taking from the soil a specific group of chemical elements that give it its specific healing properties.

As the usual preparers of food, women (and some men) hold the power of health as she can redefine “health care” and the quality of “medicines” she opts for her family right from her kitchen. Almost all of our foods, spices and condiments have healing properties. Because our survival is dependent upon our ingestion of food for physical sustenance, digestion is the single most important function of our living organism (along with air and water). Digestion, assimilation and elimination are three extremely important and pivotal aspects of health, and a series of foods and spices that assist our bodies in these areas are called carminatives, laxatives, cholagogues emetics, parasiticides, sialagogues and bitters. One of the most familiar to us all is Cinnamon.

Cinnamon is most commonly used as a flavor additive in hot beverages, in oatmeal, sprinkled on top of French toast or used in baking pastries. What you may not know is that this spice's stimulating volatile oil is the prime reason for it being classified medicinally as a fungicide, antibacterial and antiviral herb/spice. The use of cinnamon has been known to relieve yeast and fungal infections, and when used as a general tonic, it can relieve digestive congestion, thereby raising one's vital energy. It helps remedy distention in the abdominal cavity and aids in relieving excess wind, as it provides a great relief from colic, and helps to relieve nausea and vomiting as well. Believe it or not, the strength of its volatile oil makes it very useful as a stimulant in fainting spells, or in oral hygiene as a dental antiseptic. Its warming, spicy flavor also has a sedative effect for nervousness as a warm tea or in warm milk. Other remedial properties of this herb/spice are in its effectiveness against persistent headaches, muscle pain and neuralgia in the body.

There are many different ways in which we can use herbs (foot baths, body washes, hot compress, etc.), which can be defined by the way the herb or spice is prepared. You can also make teas, take spices and grind them to make capsules, or boil them into decoctions, or let them sit covered in boiling hot water (off the flame) to make infusions. Different preparations allows us to use them in so many different ways. Because cinnamon is a bark, it needs to be boil rigorously in order to release the therapeutic properties from its bark. Sometimes, during the holidays, people put certain spices on the stove just to have that aroma infused throughout the house.

Infusions are one of the more common ways of preparing herbs and spices. We spoke of a number of ways the medicinal properties of cinnamon can help relieve so many conditions. The difference between a simple tea and an infusion is in how much spice/herb you put in how much water, and how long you let it boil or steep (to let sit in a cup or pot, covered, off the flame, for 10-20 minutes). People usually drink teas on a regular basis for good health (when the body may need specific herbs for an illness), and drink infusions on occasion for a more nutrient-packed drink (as a way to take in a higher concentration of a spice or herb's vitamin and mineral content. For example, a cup of nettle tea has 5-10mg of calcium, while a cup of infused nettle tea contains as much as 500mg of calcium. WOW. Here's the simple difference in preparation.

To make a tea, simply put 1-2tsp of the spice/herb mixture in a cup and add boiling water. Let sit, covered, for 10-15min and then drink. Never use white sugar to sweeten. If the spice or herb is hard, like bark, roots or seeds, then boil 1-2tsp of the mixture for 5min, covered; remove from the flame and let sit for 5-10 more minutes. For adults, you can drink a cup or two of the tea daily, or if treating an illness, three times a day, at least. For children, half that amount.

To make an infusion, I'd take a cup of the spice or herb (or mixture) in a large (quart) jar, fill the jar with boiling water and cap tightly. Let the spice/herb sit overnight (or 4-10 hours) and then strain. Ideally, I like the overnight method, and then the next day I have enough infusion for the whole day. Whatever you don't finish, refrigerate. Infusions generally last for 1 to 1 ½ days.

Link to Dr. Mercola's info on Cinnamon: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/11/09/surprising-cinnamon-benefits.aspx?utm_source=articles&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=sb_2_cinnamonbenefits

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HERBS ARE NATURE'S MEDICINE . . .

. . . . Make Nature's Medicine Your Own

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Although “herbology” may not be an active term in your vocabulary, it is a reality in your life. The mustard on your table and many of the spices in your kitchen come from herbs; most of the vegetables in your salad are herbs, and if you have a yard/garden, many of the plants growing there (whether by your or their own design) are also herbs. Each family of plants has its own peculiar habit of taking from the soil a specific group of chemical elements that give it its specific healing properties. 

White Oak Bark

It is the chemical constituent 'tannin' in herbs like White Oak Bark (main 'natural' ingredient in aspirin), Kudzu (also used as a soup thickener), Uva Ursi (widely used in UTI's and many female urinary disorders) that facilitates their tightening (contract tissue and arrest discharge) action as styptics (stops bleeding) and vulneraries (helps wounds heal). 

Saw Palmetto Berries

When the pancreas aren't able to produce sufficient insulin to convert glucose's sugar into energy in the cells (diabetes), the glucose then continues to circulate and accumulate in the blood, which can become very dangerous for diabetics. A number of organs are affected by diabetes: kidney, pancreas, spleen, liver and gall bladder. Herbs like uva ursi, parsley root, gentian root, red raspberry leaves, buchu leaves, saw palmetto berries, kelp and bladder wrack all contain chemical ingredients that promote the body's ability to reduce high blood sugar. Different herb parts heal different parts of our bodies. In fact, the physical, mental and spiritual embodiment of man is perfectly reflected the root, stem and leaves of a plant, in that all the chemical constituents of which our bodies are composed are contained in the roots, barks, leaves, flowers and fruits of herbs, and are put here by the Divine Creator to serve us. We just need to ask them, harvest them, prepare and take them, and live more in accord with the cycles of the universe, the seasons, days ~ and our bodies.

More often than not, we forget that “herbs are nature's medicine.” Ironically, the source of many pharmaceuticals actually come from herbs. Because man-made drugs are an adulteration of the source herb, they do not contain the life force energy, and therefore are unable to heal, restore our balance or vital energy! Healing is the natural process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repairs itself to reduce damaged or necrotic tissue – which herbs facilitate. Although modern medical drugs greatly influence the rate of progression of many diseases, and subsequently improve the state of health, they do not possess the same holistic healing qualities as herbal preparations. A single molecule pulled out of a plant manufactured in a laboratory does not have the same healing properties of the whole plant. In some cases another vitamin or enzyme that occurs naturally in the plant is essential to trigger its action; or conversely, may have an adverse affect when isolated or 'taken out of context' of the “whole!” A plant, berry or piece of bark may contain up to 20 chemical constituents which interact to produce a healing effect. When the whole herb is used all the other chemical constituents that naturally occur within the herb acts as 'buffers' and 'catalysts' amongst themselves, bringing a naturally safe synergy to the whole herb – a safeguard that can't be reproduced in the isolated constituent that we pop as a pill.

Herbs also have specific energies, tastes and directions that affect a healing change, and act very similar to our foods, in that they provide our body with nutrients and other components that enhance organ functions. The way you prepare the formula (as a tea, tincture, capsule, etc.) and the strength of the formula, which is determined by the proportions of each herb to others within the formula, will determine its healing power. There are many foods and condiments in your kitchen that are healing. If you have cold extremities in the dead of winter, ginger is your remedy, as it disperses its healing properties outward to the extremities; or if you can't really get warm in your core, cayenne capsules will resolve that dilemma, as it contracts the warming energy to your center; or to relieve gas after meals chew a few fennel seeds fifteen to twenty minutes before meals; and a simple remedy to prevent infection for minor cuts, bruises or rashes, boil a couple of peach pits in water for twenty to thirty minutes, covered, let sit covered for another twenty minutes. When cooled, use the water as a rinse on the affected area.

We are all healers, inherently, and we need to return to our roots and get back to nature. I'm guessing that you would prefer to have nature's medicine instead of the medications with horrendous side effects. So, it would behoove you to learn how to select the right herbs for the right symptoms in the right proportions to make effective formulas. It's not rocket science. It's relatively easy. For example, to relieve migraines and headaches use nettles and dandelion; to strengthen the kidneys you can use golden rod and sarsaparilla; to help repair the liver (which rejuvenates the pineal gland) use milk thistle and dandelion; or my favorite Chinese herbal pair: bupleurum and peony. Each of these herbs when used with others in effective combinations relieve dis-ease and restores balance to our organs.

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HERBS are NATURE'S MEDICINE

As an herbal educator, my focus and intent is to help people learn how to identify the source of illness in their bodies, and to then give them knowledge, resources and the tools to begin to change the existing cycles of obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, prostate cancer and the like, into cycles of health and wellness.  
So many of our ailments are the result of sluggish blood filled with toxins that our bodies are not able to get rid of, simply because we don't drink enough water, we don’t get enough rest or exercise, don’t manage our stress or emotions well, we don’t breathe deeply to fully utilize our lungs and we don't eat the foods that assist the eliminative organs (liver, kidneys and skin) in doing their jobs.  In fact many people do all the opposite things, which actually facilitate an unhealthy internal environment and our resultant poor health.  

In this article I will offer a few general herbal approaches and remedies that can begin to help you change small things so that you might access your own power to improve your health.  

TONICS are herbal agents that permanently increase vigor, energy and strength to our systems by stimulating nutrient intake of our organs, thereby toning our entire systems.  They primarily give vitality and strength to the digestive system, and simultaneously all other body organs acting in sympathy with the stomach, which are directly influenced and benefited.  

These herbs sharpen the appetite, promote better waste elimination, aid in digestion, soothe the stomach, and gradually exert an alterative influence in building up strength, energy, and health.  ALTERATIVES are herbs that gradually alter and correct impure conditions of the blood.  In almost all instances the liver is the main organ of dysfunction of the digestive system.

It’s important that we understand that illness generally means that our body is simply “out of balance.”  And that to restore health is a simple process of restoring that balance by making small changes in our diet and daily lifestyle habits.

Some of the herbs that restore balance to the liver include: burdock, chaparral, dandelion, yellow dock, gentian, prickly ash bark and Sassafras, bupleurum and peony, cascara sagrada, goldenseal, wild yam, ginger and licorice.  These herbs strengthen the liver, replenish energy and rejuvenate the liver's ability to function well.  Your energy rises, your joints are cleaned of toxic build up, your digestion improves, your heart strengthens, sleep is restful, your kidneys can disburse energy better throughout your body and your mind can function more clearly.

WILD YAM (also known as Colic Root) is considered one of the best anti-catarrhal agents, as it relaxes the muscular fibers, soothes the nerves, and gives positive relief from pains, especially those associated with bilious colic, gallstones and the uterus.  It relieves flatulence of the stomach and bowels, and soothes any abdominal and intestinal irritations and spasms.

Wild yam’s various properties extends its usefulness as an antispasmodic, relaxant, stimulant, anti-inflammatory, hepatic, cholagogue, anti-asthmatic, diaphoretic, stomachic, tonic, diuretic and expectorant.  For chronic liver problems and chronic gas, combine two parts wild yam root, one part Oregon grape or barberry root and one-half part each of fennel seeds and ginger.  Take as a tea or powder after meals.  For gallstones, combine equal parts wild yam root, fringe tree bark, Oregon grape or barberry root, tumeric root and marshmallow root.  To take as a tea, simmer one ounce of the formula in a pint of boiling water; if you prefer capsules, take two capsules every hour or two, tapering off as symptoms subside. If significant relief is not had, see your doctor.

Culturally, wild yam is used in many formulas for a variety of ailments. The Aztecs are known to use wild yam for skin treatment of scabies and as a poultice for boils; Mexican yam is a source of the male sex hormone testosterone and is used for its rejuvenating effects; the Chinese use it to brighten the eyes and as an elixir; North American herbalists use it for bilious colic and spasms of the bowels. To relieve the nauseous symptoms of pregnancy, wild yam is the very best and is prompt in action (given in small, frequent doses during pregnancy up until birth).

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CALENDULA: the herb that fights yeast/candida, strengthens immune system and heals eye infections!

Marigold / Calendula Officinalis is one of my miracle herbs.

Marigold, also more commonly called Calendula, has been used medicinally for centuries. Traditionally, it has been used to treat conjunctivitis, blepharitis, eczema, gastritis, minor burns including sunburns, warts, and minor injuries such as sprains and wounds. It has also been used to treat cramps, coughs, and snake bites. Calendula has a high content of flavonoids, chemicals that act as anti-oxidants in the body. Anti-oxidants are thought to protect body cells from damage caused by a chemical process called oxidation. Oxidation produces oxygen free radicals, natural chemicals that may suppress immune function.

Calendula has been considered beneficial in reducing inflammation and promoting wound healing. It has been used to treat a variety of skin diseases and has been seen effective in treatment of skin ulcerations, eczema, juvenile acne and dry phthiriasis. Improvement has been seen in as little as 3-4 days of treatment according to the Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie.

Calendula is one of several herbs used traditionally to treat conjunctivitis and other eye inflammations as it helps to reduce the swelling and redness of eye infections. It is also believed that calendula may have some anti-spasmodic action, and as such, it has been used to relieve menstrual cramps.

Calendula is used to aid the healing of wounds and internal and external ulcers. It is an anti-septic and improves blood flow to the affected area. Some clinical studies validate the early treatment of stomach ulcers, although further research is needed (Chakurski 1981; Krivenko 1989).

One of the miracle formulas that I experienced years ago with marigold, was in an eye formula I made for my cat, who had developed an ulcer-like formation on his eyeball.  I initially took him to the Vet for treatment, and their only response was surgery.  So I treated him myself with herbal eyewashes three times a day.  Months later, I took him to a different Vet, and was told his eye organs (eyeball, cornea, retina) were completely intact and he had his full vision!

Calendula cream is good for acne and nappy rash. An infusion is good for digestion and relieves colitis and symptoms of menopause. As an anti-fungal agent, it can be used to treat athlete's foot, ringworm, and candida. The tincture applied neat to cold sores encourages healing.

Calendula contains chemicals, which have been shown in animal studies to speed up wound-healing by several actions that include increasing blood flow to the affected area and promoting the production of collagen proteins. Calendula also possesses anti-septic and anti-inflammatory effects due to its flavonoid content. In mouthwashes and gargles, calendula soothes sore throat or mouth tissue; in solutions, it has been uses to treat hemorrhoids.

Compresses of calendula blossoms are helpful for varicose veins. Results from recent animal and laboratory studies show that calendula may also have some anti-infective properties, particularly against fungal infections and against viruses.

Calendula's high-molecular weight polysaccharides stimulate immune system activity (Wagner 1985) and has been researched for immune system activity. It was initially determined to have some potential therapeutic activity against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): extracts significantly inhibited HIV-1 in vitro, and reduced HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in a dose- and time-dependent manner (Kalvatchev 1997).

Calendula today, is being investigated for it's anti-cancer properties. In conjunction with other herbs such as Echinacea purpurea, Scorzonera humilis L., and Aconitum moldavicum, there has been evidence of success in treating certain cancers (Heren's carcinoma) according to the Fedkovich Chernivtsi State University in the Ukraine.

In one small study of about 250 women undergoing radiation therapy after surgery for breast cancer, a commercial calendula ointment reduced the amount of skin irritation better than another commonly-used commercial preparation. Women who used the calendula ointment also reported less pain from the radiation. Investigations into anti-cancer and anti-viral actions continue.

SOURCE: http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-marigold.html