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Trichosanthes Root

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Trichosanthes Root

Effects: Clearing away heat, promoting the production of body fluid, subduing swellings and draining pus. Indications: For treating the impairment of the production of body fluid, dry cough, short of sputum, red tongue, lack of tongue fur, hemoptysis, it is used in combination with ophiopogon root, rehmannia root to clear away heat in lung, moisturize dryness and quench cough. For treating the impairment of the production body fluid due to febrile diseases, vexation, thirst, red tongue and dry throat,... (more)

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Platycodon Root

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Platycodon Root

Indications: 1. For treatment of cough due to wind-cold, it is usually used in combination with Folium Perillae, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Rhiaoma Zingiberis Recens, and other drugs having the effects of dispelling cold, promoting the dispersing function of the lung, and relieving cough, such as Xingsu San; For treatment of cough due to wind-heat, it is used together with Flos chrysanthemi, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Folium Mori, and other drugs with the effect of dispersing wind-heat to relieve cough; For ... (more)

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Common Anemarrhena Rhizome

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Common Anemarrhena Rhizome

Indications: Hyperpyrexia, hectic fever Polydipsia Cough with thick yellow sputum and difficult expectoration Constipation Chemical Composition: timosaponins A-I, A-II, A-III, A-IV, B-I, B-II and anemaran A, B, C, D. Note: According to C.P., also used for medicinal purposes is the rhizome of A. chinensis (DC.) Koidz. (more)

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Morus alba

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Morus alba

White mulberry leaves are the preferred feedstock for silkworms, and are also cut for food for livestock (cattle, goats, etc.) in areas where dry seasons restrict the availability of ground vegetation. The fruit are also eaten, often dried or made into wine.[2][3] In traditional Chinese medicine, the fruit is used to treat prematurely grey hair, to "tonify" the blood, and treat constipation and diabetes.[citation needed] The bark is used to treat cough, wheezing, edema, and to promote urination. It is al... (more)

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Figwort Root

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Figwort Root

In both eastern and western traditions, figwort (S. nodosa) is a very cleansing herb. In the past, figwort was known as the scrofula plant (hence the botanical name), and used to treat abscesses, purulent wounds, and the "King's Evil" or scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph glands in the neck). Culpeper calls the herb throatwort because of its use in treating this disease. The Chinese use xuan shen, the root of a related species, S. ningpoensis, as a prime remedy for "fire poisons," the kind of purulent c... (more)

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Lung Cancer : Treatment / West and East Medicines

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Lung Cancer : Treatment / West and East Medicines

The treatment chosen depends on the type of lung cancer (See definition section), whether or not it has spread to other parts of the lungs and body and what kind of symptoms it is causing. Other factors, like the general health of the person and his or her ability to withstand major surgery also affect treatment choices. For example, many smokers have very poor lung function making them a high surgical risk. (more)

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tags: cancer, cancer-treatment, Cochinchinese Asparagus Root, herbs

Radix Rehmanniae

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Radix Rehmanniae

"Botanical name: Rehmannia glutinosa. Pharmaceutical name: Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae Conquitae. Properties: sweet, slightly warm. Channels entered: Liver, Kidney, Heart. Functions and clinical use: Tonifies the Blood: used for Deficient Blood patterns with such symptoms as a pallid face, dizziness, palpitations and insomnia. Also used for irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, and postpartum bleeding. Nourishes the Yin: used for Deficient Kidney Yin, with such manifestations as night sweats, nocturn... (more)

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The Non-Profit Consumer Wellness Center

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The Non-Profit Consumer Wellness Center

Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Product Description The essential encyclopedic guide to modern complementary medicine, featuring more than 550 key herbs and their healing properties. An illustrated edition of Hoffmann's earlier The New Holistic Herbal (Element, 1992), The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal offers a listing of over 200 herbs and detailed sections on their use in treating ailments associated with each major body system (circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous, reproductive, g... (more)

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Losing weight with

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Losing weight with

Are you trying to lose weight? If so, let me ask you a question: What would make your weight loss goals easier to achieve? Aside from having those pounds magically melt off, appetite control would probably help you the most, right? Unfortunately for most people, appetite control is easier said than done. We'd all like to look at a chocolate bar, a piece of cake or ice cream and experience no desire for it whatsoever, but many of us have psychological dependencies on these so-called "comfort foods." You m... (more)

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tags: appetite suppressing, herbs, losing weight, macronutrients

Calculus bovis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Calculus bovis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Calculusbovis[1], niu-huang or ox bezoars are dried gallstones of cattle used in Chinese herbology, where they are claimed to remove toxins from the body. In Asian countries calculus bovis are harvested when cattle (Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin) are slaughtered. Their gall bladders are taken out, the bile is filtered, and the stones are cleaned and dried. In western countries they are usually discarded. Calculus bovis have a color varying from golden yellow to brownish yellow. The shape of a stone is var... (more)

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