HERBAL MEDICINE: A GROWING FIELD WITH A LONG TRADITION Traditional medicine is “the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness” (World Health Organization) There are many different systems…
Some info on ANDROGRAPHIS, part of our 6 week Lyme protocol! “The herbs Andrographis paniculata, Polygonum cuspidatum (resveratrol extract), Stephania tetranda root, and Smilax rotundifolia (common greenbriar) all have strong scientific backing in patients with ongoing symptoms and inflammation, Dr. Horowitz said.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351864/ “Native to India, andrographis has antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic properties to defend…
Differences in skin odors are a potential major player in whether you’re eaten alive by mosquitoes or passed up for a more enticing snack The most enticing scents to mosquitoes came from people with higher levels of carboxylic acids, which are produced in sebum, an oily compound that helps keep skin moisturized Compared to the…
Lyme disease — transmitted via tick bite — affects thousands of people in the United States and around the world. Currently, doctors use antibiotics to treat it, but could plant-based remedies be more effective? Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). The disease spreads to humans through the bite…
In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with colleagues at the California Center for Functional Medicine and Focus Health, surveyed the power of 14 plant-based extracts to kill Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme diseases, compared to the currently used…
Modern Chinese Medicine Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis RA is an autoimmune related chronic progressive inflammatory disorder of joints. Around 1.3 million people in the United States have RA, representing 0.6 to 1% of the population. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 32.5 million people in the U.S. The Arthritis…
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