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Natural food and nutrition guide to Herbs

Alfalfa herb (medigo sativa)

Alfalfa "Vital Nutrition" originated in the Near East and is now widely cultivated there and elsewhere around the world for forage. Arabs called it the "father of herbs." Alfalfa's roots grow as deep as 20 feet or more, providing the plant with a rich source of nutrients not always found at the ground's surface.
  • Body systems affected: digestive, circulatory, structural
  • Nutrition herb employ: Used for inflammations including arthritis and rheumatism. Thought to lower cholesterol and blood sugar. Used as a blood purifier and bitter tonic. Aids digestion.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Alfalfa and Dandelion combination, Alfalfa and Yucca combination, Marshmallow and Plantain combination

Aloe leaf (aloe spp.)

Originating along the Mediterranean coast, Aloe has served mankind through the ages, preventing disease in Alexander the Great’s soldiers during military expeditions, curing the obstinate eczema of Chinese Tang dynasty poet, Liu Yu Xi, and treating some latter-day ills like gastric ulcers, cancer, as well as burns.
  • Body systems affected: structural, digestive
  • Nutrition herb employ: Used for burns, skin and stomach ulcers, dysentary, intestinal disorders, longevity, kidney disorders, prostatitis, sexual prowess. Acts as a cell proliferant, healer, demucent and allergy reducer. Topically it is used for skin ulcers, burns, irritations, and bites.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Comfrey combination

Althea root (althea officinalis) commonly called Marshmallow

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  • Body systems affected: digestive, urinary, respiratory
  • Nutrition herb employ: Binds and eliminates toxins. Useful for arthritis, as a laxative, for infection, as a female tonic, vermifuge, cleansing. Used in poltices. Helps kidney and bladder infection. Soothes urinary tract. Acts as an expectorant. Soothes the throat.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Gymnema combination, Pumpkin and Cascara combination, Plantain combination, Slippery Elm combination, Black Cohosh and Goldenseal combination, Raspberry and Dong Quai combination, Ginger and Dong Quai combination, Goldenseal and Juniper combination, Goldenseal and Bugleweed combination, Chamomile and Passion Flower combination, Marshmallow and Fenugreek combination, Ephedra and Passion Flower combination, Marshmallow and Plantain combination, Ginseng and Parsley combination

Asparagus root (asparagus officinale)

Only the below-ground stem and the roots of the plant have documented medicinal value, although the above-ground parts have also been used. In Asian medicine, Asparagus Root is given for cough, diarrhea, and nervous problems, but its effectiveness for these conditions remains unverified.
Used in its wild form in Ancient Greece and Rome, Asparagus is a natural diuretic that flushes out the kidneys and helps prevent the formation of kidney stones. A perennial with a woody root stock, Asparagus grows from 1 to 5 feet high. The female Asparagus plant is slimmer than the male, which is shorter and stockier. Although the plant's berries are thought to be poisonous, there is no proof of this.
  • Body systems affected: urinary, digestive, structural
  • Nutrition herb employ: As a blood purifier with diuretic and laxative properties. Used for rheumatism, neuritis, dysuria, parasites
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Yellow Dock and Pau D'arco combination

Astragalus root (astragalus membranaceus)

  • Body systems affected: immune, urinary, respiratory
  • Nutrition herb employ: Infections. Some say it is used to prevent cancers. Said to rejuvenate digestive organs. Regulates blood sugar. Used to treat infections, diabetes, edema, nephritis, ulcers. Acts as diuretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic. Stimulates immune system.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Biota and Zizyphus combination, Ginseng and Licorice combination, Dong Quai and Peony combination, Astragalus and Ganoderma combination, Ginseng and Phaffia combination, Anemarrhena and Astragalus combination, Eucommia and Achyranthes combination, Alisma and Hoelen combination

Barberry (berberis vulgaris)

  • Body systems affected: digestive, circulatory
  • Nutrition herb employ: Gastrointestinal ailments, lymphatics, urinary tract and respiratory infections. Bitter tonic. Antipyretic, antibiotic, astringent, antifungal. Used to treat diarrhea, respiratory infections, poor appetite, fever, candidiasis, hemorrhages. Reduce fever, calm the nerves, constrict capillary blood flow, reduce muscle spasms, lower blood pressure
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Cascara combination, Cascara and Dong Quai combination, Gentian and Cascara combination, Ginger and Barberry combination, Dandelion and Barberry combination

Bayberry (myrica cerifera)

  • Body systems affected: digestive, circulatory, structural
  • Nutrition herb employ: Diaphoretic, diuretic, laxative. Eliminate toxins. Combat dysentery, diarrhea, fevers, uterine hemorrages. Polyps.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Ginseng combination, Eyebright combination, Bayberry and Ginger combination

Bilberry (vaccinium myrtillus)

  • Body systems affected: structural, circulatory
  • Nutrition herb employ: Poor night vision, bruising, capillary fragility, varicose veins, poor circulation, raynaud's disease, circulation complications due to diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, periodontal disease
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Eyebright combination

Black Cohosh (cimifuga racemosa)

  • Body systems affected: reproductive, nervous, respiratory, circulatory
  • Nutrition herb employ: Coughs, chest difficulties, diarrhea, irregular menstruation. Historically used for scarlet fever, measles, smallpox, asthma, scrofula, St. Vitus's dance, bronchitis, intercostal myalgia, sciatica, whooping cough, tinnitus, pericarditis, angina pectoris, gonorrhea, spermatorrhea, seminal emission, sexual weakness, dyspepsia, hysteria, menopause, general difficulties involving the female reproductive system. Used to heal sores, wounds. Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, difficult pregnancy and childbirth
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Black Cohosh combination, Black Cohosh and Blessed Thistle combination, Black Cohosh and Raspberry combination, Black Cohosh and Goldenseal combination, Alfalfa and Yucca combination, Dandelion and Parsley combination, Valerian and Black Cohosh combination, White Willow and Valerian combination

Black Walnut fruit rind (juglans nigra)

  • Body systems affected: digestive, glandular
  • Nutrition herb employ: Hemorrhoids, intestinal worms, wounds, bruises, thyroid deficiency conditions
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Chickweed and Cascara combination, Gentian and Cascara combination, Ginseng combination, Irish Moss and Kelp combination, Goldenseal and Bugleweed combination

Blessed Thistle herb (cnicus benedictus)

  • Body systems affected: digestive, glandular, circulatory, urinary
  • Nutrition herb employ: Increase mother's milk, painful menstruation, emetic and expectorant, stimulate appetite, tonic to the digestive tract, diaphoretic
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Black Cohosh and Blessed Thistle combination, Black Cohosh and Goldenseal combination, False Unicorn and Goldenseal combination, Raspberry and Dong Quai combination, Dandelion and Parlsey combination, Yerba Santa combination

Blue Cohosh (caulophyllum thalictroides)

  • Body systems affected: glandular, digestive
  • Nutrition herb employ: Regulating menstrual cycle, combatting painful menstruation, induce labor, spasmodic dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, candidiasis, vaginitis, fiberous cystic disease, constipation, vermifuge
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: False Unicorn and Goldenseal combination

Boneset herb (eupatorium perfolium)

  • Body systems affected: cirulatory, structural, respiratory, urinary
  • Nutrition herb employ: Healing of broken bones, fever, influenza, respiratory allergies, chills, rheumatism, bruises, urinary tract infection, jaundice
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Fenugreek combination

Bupleurum root (bupleurum chinense)

  • Nutrition herb employ: Chinese herb to “reduce wood.” Spasmodic dysmenorrhea, PMS, fevers, depression, inflammatory skin conditions, tumors.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Dong Quai and Peony combination, Bupleurum and Peony combination, Dandelion and Purslane Combination, Bupleurum and Cyperus combination, Pinellia and Citrus combination, Anemarrhena and Astragalus combination, Forsythia and Schizonepeta commbination

Burdock root (arctium lappa)

  • Nutrition herb employ: Demulcent effects, alterative effects on blood and urinary system. Chinese say it heals “yang” (hot) conditions. Elimate nervous energy. Sweat out toxins, infections.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Alfalfa and Yucca combination, Pau D'arco and Yellow Dock combination, Red Beet and Yellow Dock combination, Ephedra and Senega combination, Cedar Berry combination

Butcher's Broom (ruscus aculeatus)

  • Body systems affected: circulatory, urinary, structural
  • Nutrition herb employ: Useful for circulatory ailments such as thrombosis, phlebitis, varicose veins and hermorrhoids. Has been used as a diuretic, an anti-inflammatory, and to prevent atherosclerosis and circulatory insufficiency.
  • Natural food and herbs traditional formulas: Black Cohosh combination
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