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Your guide to common herbs and their benefits
Herbs are great for keeping the body healthy and supporting its most basic processes. The use of herbs for medicinal purposes has existed since before recorded history. People have used herbs for countless health reasons, including weight loss and weight loss, digestive functions, and sexual health. Herbal supplements give the body the nutrients it may not be getting due to a poor diet, pollution, or other causes. They help keep the body in balance and ensure a healthy mind, body and emotions. The benefits of herbal medicine are obvious and very diverse. Even the skeptical...
Your guide to common herbs and their benefits
Herbs are great for keeping the body healthy and supporting its most basic processes. The use of herbs for medicinal purposes has existed since before recorded history. People have used herbs for countless health reasons, including weight loss and weight loss, digestive functions, and sexual health.
Herbal supplements give the body the nutrients it may not be getting due to a poor diet, pollution, or other causes. They help keep the body in balance and ensure a healthy mind, body and emotions.
The benefits of herbal medicine are obvious and very diverse. Even the skeptical medical community comes around to appreciating medicinal herbs. Medical practices, herbal remedies, ancient philosophies and rituals, including herbal medicine, are now gaining worldwide attention. It's about time too, as the Chinese have been using the same herbal remedies as medicine for over 4,000 years.
Historically and still today, Chinese herbal medicine is viewed as a way to improve physical and mental well-being. These and other herbs are still used today by over 80% of the world's population for common and rare ailments.
Here is a brief guide to some of the more popular herbs in use today.
Common Herbs and Their Uses
Blueberry fruit extract. Helps reduce night blindness and the ability to adapt to bright light.
Cascara Sagrada (Old Bark). Helps cure constipation.
Cayenne pepper fruit. An effective anti-irritant.
Cranberry fruit. Prevents urinary tract infections for proper urine flow.
Dong Quai root. Treats various symptoms of menopause.
Echinacea herb. Fights colds and respiratory problems.
Evening primrose oil. Replenishes essential fatty acids, treats fatigue and added alcohol.
Feverfew leaf. Treats headaches, migraines and menopausal symptoms.
Garlic cloves. Lowers cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Ginger root. Treating upset stomach, nausea and motion sickness.
Ginkgo biloba leaf extract. Improves memory and mental health. Reduces dementia and is a natural pain reliever. Also treats dizziness and tinnitus.
Asian Ginseng Root/Panax Ginseng. Gives a person more energy to feel invigorated.
Siberian ginseng root. Invigorates and gives more energy against fatigue and weakness.
Goldenseal root. Improves breathing problems and treats colds and flu.
Gotu kola herb. Improves memory.
Grape seed extract. Improves blood circulation. Helps with colds and flu.
Green tea leaf extract. Lowers cholesterol levels.
Kava Kava Root Extract. Helps with problems with nervousness or anxiety, stress and restlessness. Improves sleep.
Licorice root. Improves breathing and stomach problems. Helps prevent ulcers.
Milk thistle seed extract. Repairs liver damage and cirrhosis.
Saw palmetto berry extract. Improves urinary problems in stage 1 and 2 benign prostatic hyperplasia.
St. John's wort herbal extract. Improves mood and reduces depression.
Valerian root. Treats anxiety, restlessness and difficulty falling asleep.