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Known in China as a 'Qi' tonic, astragalus is one of the most beneficial immune tonics and cancer-fighting herbs. It increases the body's resistance to disease, strengthens the digestion, and improves the vitality of the immune system. Astragalus increases the 'bone marrow reserve', enabling the body to produce more immune effector cells {such as t-cells}, aiding the immune system in its fight against pathogens. In China, health practitioners prescribe astragalus as a daily tonic. Astragalus is
Astragalus, also called milk vetch root, is the root of the plant, which is a member of the pea family. This perennial grows to a height of 2–4 ft. (5–10 cm). It has white or yellow fle ...
Many retroviral drugs and related drugs are used today. Herbal support includes antivirals like andrographis and Chinese bitter melon, along with immune supporting herbs like astragalus, reishi, shiitake, and maitake extracts
Herbal support includes antistress herbs, immune tonics and digestive tonics.
While the western medical definition of a spleen refers only to the organ, the Spleen system of Traditional Chinese Medicine encompasses the digestive and assimilative functions of the pancreas, small intestine, and other organs. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, spleen and digestive tonics are indicated when there is digestive weakness with such symptoms as gas, diarrhea, water retention, and also fatigue. Another important use of spleen tonics is for disease involving immune weakness or dysfun
Digestive tonic herbs and digestive herbal enzymes are appropriate.
Many natural healers consider cancer the result of a long-standing ecological imbalance of the body involving a number of systems. One common theory proposes that a change of cellular genetic structure or function from free-radical damage can lead to uncontrollable cellular growth. Because of this and other factors, it may be that potentially malignant cancer cells are constantly being created in our body. Our immune system's job is to eliminate these cells before they become established. Wh
Atractylodes is the dried or steam-dried rhizome (rootstalk) of or , perennial north Asian herbs in the Compositae family. It grows in mountain valleys, especially in China's Zhejiang provincs....
Tonsillitis is an infection and swelling of the tonsils, which are oval-shaped masses of lymph gland tissue located on both sides of the back of the throat.The tonsils normally help to prevent infects....
Rhinitis is inflammation of the mucous lining of the nose.Rhinitis is a nonspecific term that covers nasal congestion due to infections, allergies, and other disorders. In rhinitis, the mucous membras....
Here is an Herbal Medicine Resource directory. This list includes various businesses that supply everything an herbalist needs.
Iron is a mineral that the human body uses to produce the red blood cells (hemoglobin) that carry oxygen throughout the body. It is also stored in myoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein in the musclesh....
The Integrative Medical approach to hypertension involves treatment by a physician who specializes in combining standard medical treatments with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The common cold is a viral infection of the upper respiratory system, which includes the nose, throat, sinuses, eustachian tubes, trachea, larynx, and bronchial tubes. Although more than 200 differens....
Usually referred to as the flu or grippe, influenza is a highly infectious respiratory disease. Its name comes from the Italian word for "influence," because people in eighteenth-centurd....
Infectious mononucleosis is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, which in teenagers and young adults may result in acute symptoms that last for several weeks. Fatigue and low energy can linger for severs....
Dong quai (, also called Chinese angelica, is a member of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), or carrot family. This Oriental medicinal herb is sometimes called the empress of herbs, or female ginseng.Dong t....
Integrative Medicine is growing in popularity among cancer patients, fueling research on alternative treatments and their integration with conventional care for cancer.
Benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH) is a non-cancerous swelling of the prostate gland that may interfere with the flow of urine from the bladder in men. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) relies on methods that avoid the side effects of medication and surgery, such as acupuncture or herbal remedies, for treatment of the BPH.
Fo ti is the American name for the herb . Polygonum is a member of the Polygonaceae family of plants. In Chinese herbalism, fo ti is called or . Other names are fleeceflower and Chinese cornbind. Ind ...