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Historical Uses of Burdock Root
Burdock root has often been used to purify the blood by removing toxins that can build up in blood. It can be taken orally or used topically as a remedy for skin disorders. Also, burdock root can be a diuretic or soothe aching joints. Traditional Chinese healers used burdock root in combination with other plants to make cures for colds, measles, throat pain, and tonsillitis. Burdock root was also popular in Japan as a source of vitamins and other nutrients. In modern times, burdock root has been employed in the treatment of certain cancers. However, this use of burdock root still needs to be systematically tested.

Historically, the seeds of the burdock plants were compressed to make a mixture that was effective in cleansing the bloodstream, easing pain from arthritis, and treating gout, rheumatism, ulcers, acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Its cancer-curing properties were also utilized in Russia and India. The Chinese used it as an aphrodisiac, and found it effective in treating barrenness and impotence.

Burdock’s active ingredients are arcigen, calcium, chlorogenic acid, essential oil, flavonoids, iron, inulin, lactone, mucilage, polyacetylenes, potassium, resin, tannin, and taraxosterol. The seeds of the plant contain beneficial fatty acids. The oil from the seeds can be used as a diaphoretic, which leads to increased perspiration, which is essential in cleansing the body of toxins or harmful elements. According to traditional healers, diaphoretics are integral to treating influenza, gallbladder or liver disorders, and to aid the kidneys which purify the blood.

Burdock root is eaten as a vegetable in many places. It has many nutrients like iron, inulin (a carbohydrate), and beneficial oils. Also, burdock can be used as a gentle laxative and help eradicate uric acid. Some of the active ingredients of burdock are polyacetylenes, which are known to be effective antibacterials and antifungals. Burdock enhances the performance of many of the organs which purify the body and eliminate toxins or waste (like the kidneys, liver, colon, etc). This enhances overall health and helps correct disorders.

Burdock is easily obtainable as an ingredient in teas, ointments, or pills. It is a powerful diuretic, and is safe to be taken internally, externally, or as food. However, it is important to make sure that the herb is pure. Some reports have indicated that burdock could have toxic properties, since cases of illness were reported that involved burdock tea. However, further analysis showed that the negative effects were the result of impure burdock root. Some belladonna, which contains atropine, had contaminated the burdock root. It is important to look at the source and purity of burdock root before obtaining it.
Almost all the parts of the plant are being used either for culinary purpose or as curative remedy for certain medical conditions.

 

Burdock root health benefits
Burdock roots, young shoots, peeled stalks, and dried seeds contain numerous compounds that are known to have anti-oxidant, disease preventing, and health promoting properties.
The root is very low in calories; provides about 72 calories per 100 g. Burdock is very good source of many non-starch polysaccharides such as inulin, glucoside-lappin, mucilage...etc that help act as good laxative. In addition, inulin acts as prebiotic helps reduce blood sugar level, weight and cholesterol levels in the blood.
Burdock root is especially containing good amounts of electrolyte potassium (308 mg or 6.5% of daily-required levels per 100 g root) and low in sodium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure.
It also contains some valuable minerals such as iron, manganese, magnesium; and small amounts of zinc, calcium, selenium, and phosphorus.
This herb root contains small quantities of many vital vitamins including folic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine, niacin, vitamin-E, and vitamin-C that are essential for optimum health. Both vitamin C and E is powerful natural antioxidants help body stave off infections, cancer and neurologic conditions.

 

Medicinal uses
Like its asteraceae family member dandelion, almost all the parts of burdock herb found place in various traditional as well modern medicines.
Burdock has been used in many folk remedies as one of the best blood purifiers. It contains certain diuretic principles, which help expel toxic products from the blood through urine.
The herb is employed in the treatment of skin problems such as eczema (dermatitis), psoriasis, skin dryness...etc. The plant parts have been used as herbal remedy for liver and gall bladder complaints.
Effusion of burdock seeds has been used for throat and chest ailments.
Burdock leaves and stems, in addition to their use as vegetable, have appetite stimulant and are a good remedy for dyspeptic complaints.

The leaves, fruits and stems of mulberry trees been used for over 5,000 years. Varieties include wild, white, black and red mulberries. They grow around the world. The edible berries are both delicious and nutritious, and the leaves can be eaten as a vegetable or brewed into tea.

Mulberries are in season from late May through July. We can see it is mulberry season from the purple stains on the sidewalks. Mulberry trees grow wild throughout the United States and sometimes considered a nuisance. The best things in life are often free, and mulberries are useful for several reasons. They are rich in vitamins and minerals including vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin K and iron. They are also an excellent source of dietary fiber, riboflavin, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. Finally, mulberries contain resveratrol an antioxidant highly publicized for it is anti-aging benefits and for weight loss. Harvesting mulberries can be done quickly and easily.

Mulberries begin to ripen late May through July. Immature mulberries are white. In most species of mulberries, the fruit turns red, purple, appearing almost dark when fully ripe. Mulberries not picked by hand. Mulberries are most easily to harvest from the tree using a tarp and branch hook.

White Mulberry
The leaves of the white mulberry tree, native to China, used to make tea. Mulberry tea able to stop the absorption of sugars, which makes it valuable for diabetics, mulberry leaf found to lower glucose levels subjects with Type 2 diabetes. Antioxidants in the tea help build the immune system and reduce harmful cholesterol.


Nutrients
Mulberry leaves and stem contain high levels of magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium.

 

Healing
Mulberry tea typically used to relieve constipation, coughs, colds, and anemia, it found that the anthocyanins available in mulberries inhibited lung carcinoma cells. Anthocyanins have potential value for cancer therapy, according to the study.

 

Weight Loss
Mulberry tea helps to cleanse fluids and toxins out of the body. It considered a diuretic. Also, it helps with weight loss because of its ability to prevent the absorption of sugars.

 

Green Mulberry Tea
Mulberry tea often blended with green tea. Green tea contains many antioxidants that help with normal cell growth.

 

The Facts
Dried mulberries are fruit of the mulberry tree (Morus ruba). The tree is native to the southern and eastern areas of the United States, even can collect and dry red mulberries easily if living in an area where the tree grows in the wild or cultivated because no other plants look like it and have inedible or poisonous fruits.

 

Types
While the red mulberry is the most common dry type in the United States, other varieties are just as edible. The white mulberry (Morus alba) grows in some areas of the country with hot climates. White mulberries commercially grown and dried in Turkey and other Mediterranean countries where they are native. Despite their name, red mulberries tend to be a dark purple or may even look black when ripe, but become a dark red when dried.

 

Health Benefits
The reddish-purple color of dried mulberries caused by a chemical group known as anthocyanins, anthocyanins provide antioxidant effects in the bodies, eating dried mulberries as a snack could help prevent health damage from stress and protect the cardiovascular system, offer fiber and healthy levels of sugar when compared to processed snacks.

 

As an Ingredient
Like other dried berries, dried mulberries make a strong addition to many dishes. Mulberry muffins or quick breads rehydrate the dried fruits as the dish bakes, leaving plump and tasty mulberries mixed into the final product. Trail mix usually involves a variety of nuts and dried fruits, such as mulberries. Tart and sweet, these dried fruits, make an excellent alternative for the less-sweet dried cranberries or less tart raisins commonly used in trail mix.

How to Make Mulberry Extract
If have access to a mulberry tree, having the best opportunity to make a healthy, herbal extract. Mulberry leaves used to make mulberry extract. The Chinese also used the roots, bark, fruit and sap for medicinal purposes. Potential health benefits that mulberry extract believed to have on the body include lowering blood pressure, reducing glucose levels, cleansing arteries and inhibiting internal.

Place the mulberry leaves in a sealable glass jar.
Cover the mulberry leaves with vodka. Use about three times more vodka than leaves if using fresh leaves. Use about five times more vodka than leaves if using dried leaves, to account for absorption.

Cover the opening, with plastic wrap and turn on the jar’s lid. The plastic wrap will prevent oxides from the metal lid from contaminating the extract. Allow the leaves to soak in the vodka for 5 weeks, giving the jar an occasional shake to redistribute the leaves. The alcohol in the vodka will pull out the useful properties from the leaves.

Pour the extract through cheesecloth to remove the leaves. Wring the leaves in the cheesecloth to squeeze out any remaining liquid. Transfer the extract into tincture jars with droppers. Place a label on the jars identifying the extract and indicating an expiration date of 4 years in the future.

 

How to Dry Mulberries
Mulberries come in different sizes, colors and shapes. Dry mulberries can make candies, pies and desserts, using the same general dehydration process as for other fruits and vegetables. Dehydration Extracts moisture from the fruit or vegetable and makes the finished product smaller, harder and easier to store for later use.

Prepare mulberries by washing them in cool water. Drain and then put them on commercial dehydrator trays. Drizzle lightly with lemon juice or citric acid to prevent browning during dehydration. Set the dehydrator on 130 to 140 degrees F, with the dehydrator fan on. Keep the mulberries in the dehydrator until they appear brittle and wrinkled. This will usually take between six and 16 hours, but the time will depend on the quantity of mulberries and their moisture content. Keep an eye on the mulberries, turn every few hours and check periodically for dryness.

Remove mulberries to check them. Tap on one of them gently with a metal spoon. If the mulberry cracks or resists the spoon, it dried sufficiently. If the mulberry gives way to the pressure, will need to go back into the dehydrator. Replace them in the dehydrator if they are not yet finished and continue drying until the perfect equilibrium reached. Place mulberries in an airtight container once they have finished dehydrating. Plastic containers with lids or glass jars work best. Store the mulberries in a dry, cool and dark place.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha), also known as red berries, Shan Lihong, rouge fruit. China has 3,000 years of cultural history. According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control Nutrition and Food Safety of the latest tests showed that Hawthorn is rich in many nutrients, especially the: hectogram Hawthorn (Shan Zha) flesh, Eat Hawthorn (Shan Zha) will have a positive anti-aging, beauty, anti-cancer and prevention of arterial atherosclerosis of the role. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) itself is a rare health food. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is rich in carbohydrates. Things like dietary fiber, vitamin C, calcium, iron, potassium and other mineral elements.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) acid has anti-tumor, anti-HIV, anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic, anti-bacteria, and the promotion of meat digestion, weight loss and beauty, and other effects, the Hawthorn (Shan Zha) contains flavonoids with the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases task.

Modern medicine has proved that Hawthorn (Shan Zha) contains citric acid, malic acid, ascorbic acid, sugar and protein, carbohydrates. Lowering blood pressure, and promote the role of gastrointestinal digestion. Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn may spleen consumer product, the weight loss support. Assist analysis of secondary obesity.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) most notable success is the digestion, Chinese medicine, surface digestion with malt, rice digestion buds with rice, meat digestion with Hawthorn (Shan Zha). When the body of a one-time intake of meat excessive consumption of hawthorn have a significant digestion. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) aids digestion theory does not exist the ability to spleen and stomach, but only can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, in this way but also stimulation the stomach, suffering from stomach problem should not be fasting drinking the Hawthorn (Shan Zha) water or eat Hawthorn (Shan Zha), especially for gastritis, hyperacidity, gastric ulcer and reflux gastritis and esophagitis patients will be worse. Control the amount of intake Hawthorn (Shan Zha), not only do the lipid-lowering role of weight loss, but also lead to serious gastrointestinal problems. While taking Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea, it is difficult to control the intake, if drinking Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea whole day, it clearly detrimental to the stomach. Therefore, taking Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea should pay attention to the amount consumed, otherwise not a lipid-lowering, but likely to cause gastrointestinal upset, not worth the candle.

The role of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) first digestion, consumer product food, use and support digestion. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that the surface (eat) digestion with malt, rice (to eat) digestion with rice shoots, meat (eating) digestion with Hawthorn (Shan Zha). Hawthorn (Shan Zha) to aid digestion, people with stomach problem should not drink hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea, hyperacidity, gastritis, gastric ulcer, reflux gastritis; reflux esophagitis is not suitable for drinking.

Insist on having Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea once a day, require time in order to achieve the lowering blood pressure, moderate blood vessels. The experts recommend daily use of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) portion of 25 g. Accompanied by step-down the cassia seed, Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea antioxidant polygonum multiflorum, would be better.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) Effect:
Governance meat product, phlegm, fullness, intestinal wind, low back pain, hernia, post-natal child occipital pain, not the lochia children milk food stagnation. Digestion stomach, qi and blood stasis. Used for meat Indigestion, fullness of stomach alkyl, Xie Li abdominal pain and bleeding amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, the confidant tingling, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia. The leaves are edible and, if picked in the months of April and May, they are tender enough to be used in salads.

Medicinal use
In recent years, this program had been noted and adopted by Chinese herbalists as well. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) also used as an aid to lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and treat some heart related diseases. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) widely use in weight loss pills and other weight loss program.

Side effects
Overdose can cause cardiac arrhythmia and dangerously lower blood pressure. Milder side effects include nausea and sedation. Digestion product scattered bleeding, taeniafuge.

Chinese Name: Shan Zha
English Name: Hawthorn Fruit

Clinical Usage and Indications
Reduces and moves food stagnation outward - accumulation of meat and/or fatty foods with distention, pain, diarrhea. Transforms blood stasis, dissipates clumps - post-partum abdominal pain, hernial disorder.

Stops diarrhea (when partially charred).
Hypertension.

Dosage and Preparation Notes
Dosage: 9-15g
Channels/Meridians Influenced
Liver
Spleen
Stomach

Associated Temperature and Taste
Sour (Suan)
Sweet (Gan)
Warm (Wen)

Cautions
The leaves, berries and flowers, used medicinally. These items carry bioflavonoids, which include a variety of cardiovascular benefits, including a reduction in hypertension, increased coronary artery blood flow and improved delivery of the heart muscle. Large scale clinical trials have confirmed that Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is effective in treating patients with early-stage and mild congestive heart failure. Other smaller studies have shown that it may help patients with angina and abnormal heart rhythms.

What is the amount of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) should I use?
Many herbalists recommend taking 80-300mg of a Hawthorn (Shan Zha) extract, either in capsule or tablet form, two to three times a day. If traditional preparations used 4-5 grams per day or 4-5ml of a Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tincture three times daily.

When using Hawthorn (Shan Zha), make sure to use only standardized Hawthorn (Shan Zha) products. Look for a label that says the product contains between 4-20mg of flavonoids and 30-160mg oligomeric procyanidins, or 1.8% vitexin rhamnoside/10% procyanidins.

What forms of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) are available?
Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea by combining dry cut, Hawthorn (Shan Zha) leaves, flowers and berries in boiling water.

What can happen if I drink too much Hawthorn (Shan Zha) tea? Are there any interactions I should be aware of? What precautions should I do?

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is extremely secure. The American Herbal Products Association has given Hawthorn (Shan Zha) a class I level, meaning it is a safe herb with a wide dosage range. Nevertheless, it is always wise to follow the recommended dosage. In addition, pregnant or lactating should not use hawthorn.

Berries, flowers, and leaves of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) used medicinally as cardiac tonics. They work in different ways to nourish the heart functions.

Olegomeric Proanthocyanadins are key flavonoid constituents of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) particularly strong in young leaves. They have a profound antioxidant effect subdue inflammation support healthy blood vessels and strengthen the capabilities of vitamin C.

Meal Mover
Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is well known in Asian as Meal Mover.
It is a Chinese herbal medicine which promotes weight loss by removing stagnation of food and attending to digestion. Meal Mover is a regulator of Qi, and triggers off peristalsis. It is appropriate for most people, assisting those with underactive digestion, through excessiveness, inadequacy, strength, weakness, poor sustenance or over indulgence.

Meal Mover can also be utilized for indigestion associated with hyper or hypo stomach acidity, incompetent digestion of animal protein, vegetable fiber, fats and starches, regular cravings, and irregular appetite. Additionally, Meal Mover utilized for uncertainty distinguishing between satiety and hunger, cramping, regurgitation, sickness and bloating. Additionally, delayed digestion or slow-moving peristalsis, congestion, drowsiness or lethargy after consuming food.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) contains tartaric acid, citric acid, saponin, fructose, vitamin c, vitamin B, niacin, calcium, iron, selenium, flavonoids and other nutrients. High content of vitamin c which is only less, than jujube fruit and kiwi fruit; carotene and calcium content is also excellent. Therefore, elderly people eat Hawthorn (Shan Zha) products can enhance the appetite, improve sleep, maintain bone and blood calcium homeostasis, prevention of atherosclerosis, people live longer it seen like Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is “longevity food.”

Efficacy:
Hawthorn (Shan Zha) can prevent cardiovascular disease, with the expansion of blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, improve cardiac activity, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, moderate blood vessels and a diuretic and calming effect. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) acid also cardiac function in elderly heart disease also has benefits.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) appetizer digestion, there is the power of promoting blood circulation and help alleviate local congestion state, there are secondary effects of traumatic injury. In addition, the Hawthorn (Shan Zha) effect on the uterine contraction can stimulate uterine recovery after childbirth.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) contains flavonoids and vitamin C, carotene and other substances can prevent and reduce the production of free radicals, can improve the body’s resistance, anti-aging, anti-cancer effect.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) has the structure of reduce asthma and phlegm; suppress bacteria, treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) common nutrients is incredible
Haw preserved from the Hawthorn (Shan Zha) or Tang Hu Lu, and Hawthorn (Shan Zha) to begin with both of these snacks are appropriate for our digestion, Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is extremely healthy food. Do not under estimate Hawthorn (Shan Zha).

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) contains the majority of nutritional components of it, for your health and beauty has a tremendous extensive use. It might be small Hawthorn (Shan Zha), but fresh in Hawthorn fruit per 100 g contains vitamins C89 mg, second only to the fresh jujube, Kiwi ranked third in the fruit, vitamin B2 content 5 times higher than the Apple, and banana, side by side with its first fruits; carotene 0.82 g is Apple’s 10 times; even more impressive is the extent of calcium-containing, as high as 85 mg, also being on the forefront of fruits and vegetables in the Group fruits after olive. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is most suitable for children, pregnant women and the elderly’s need for calcium. Also, contain iron, Nick acid and protein, fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients.

As fruits of hawthorn (Shan zha), Hawthorn (Shan Zha) fruit, famous as Beijing candied haws on a stick, a chain of mountains red, sweet and delicious. Hawthorn (Shan Zha) not only sour and sweet in taste, can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, appetite, digestion, also has a variety of therapeutic value.

Experts said fresh fruits of Hawthorn (Shan Zha) vitamin e ranked the highest it also contains rich protein, amino acids, and sodium, potassium, manganese and other minerals. In addition, pectin content in Hawthorn (Shan Zha) fruit comes first. Have lower cholesterol and blood sugar, pectin gallstone prevention effectiveness. According to the latest research, there is radiation protection impact of pectin, take half of the radioactive elements from the body – such as strontium, cobalt and Palladium. In addition, there are large amounts of dietary fiber in Hawthorn (Shan Zha).

Hawthorn’s (Shan Zha) most foremost is an aid to digestion, treating diarrhea popular prescriptions, eliminating meat, top of Hawthorn (Shan Zha)is dedicated to eliminating meat from backup. Dietary fiber is intestinal “scavenger”, can promote intestinal motility and secretion of digestive glands, in favor of food digestion and excretion of wastes.

An aid to digestion: Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is rich in organic acids, dietary fiber, food can play a role in promoting gastric juice secretion and gastrointestinal peristalsis, which play an important role of in aid digestion, increase appetite, eliminating indigestion; and its contained some solutions of lipase can aid the digestion of fatty foods.

Hawthorn (Shan Zha) has excellent effectiveness of prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Experts said because of several active substances in Hawthorn (Shan Zha), triterpenes such substance, and flavonoid constituents, strengthening and regulating myocardial coronary, blood flow, heart function, moderate blood vessels. Increasing ventricular atrial, movement amplitude, preventing cardiac arrhythmia due to electrolyte imbalance also lower serum cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and diuretic sedative effects. Common Hawthorn (Shan Zha) treatment of bacillary dysentery, gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children. Hawthorn not only has a high nutritional value, also have powerful therapeutic value.

Strong hearts: Hawthorn (Shan Zha) is rich in flavonoids compounds. Antioxidation of flavonoids is a famous material; high intake of flavonoids can prevent heart disease. In addition, contained some of quercetin in Hawthorn (Shan Zha) by increasing cardiac contractility in myocardial cells and maintain pulsation, which play a role in improving the use of myocardial cell.

Almonds provide high quality, highly absorbable protein. All protein, with the exception of gelatin, contains all of the essential or indispensable, amino acids. However, some protein sources are low in one or more IAA. This referred to the limiting amino acid. Meaning, when the recommended amount of protein consumed in the form of a protein that has a limiting amino acid, because while the protein may be low in one or more IAA, it is a complete protein because it contains all the IAAs.

The two most widely accepted measures of protein quality, which focus on digestibility, are the True Protein Digestibility (TPD) and the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS).

TPD measures the amount of nitrogen that absorbed from protein sources. The higher the score, the nitrogen been absorbed and retained. One barrier to TPD is that it measures nitrogen, which may or may not come directly from amino acids.

The most limiting amino acid used to determine the outcome and that multiplied by the protein's digestibility to obtain the PDCAAS. Together these measures provide a complete picture of protein quality.

Almonds have High Quality Protein contain six grams of protein per ounce, making them a reliable source of protein. With a TPD of about 88% and a PDCAAS of about 0.44, almonds provide a highly digestible and quality protein. However, the protein is incomplete so combining almonds with legumes and vegetables is an excellent way of enjoying a variety plant-based protein along with essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin E, zinc, manganese, magnesium and calcium.

Almonds Are a Nutrient Dense Protein Source

Almond Protein per Ounce: Almonds are a rare combination of nutrients – a good source of protein (6 grams per one ounce) along with dietary fiber, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, copper, zinc, iron and vitamin E. In fact, one ounce of almonds provides about 7.4 grams of alpha-tocopherol vitamin E, 50 per cent of the RDA. Almonds have High Quality Protein, are the only reliable source of protein that is also an excellent source of vitamin E.

As high quality protein almonds are rich in arginine and low in lysine. Diets rich in arginine, low in lysine thought to reduce the risk of coronary disease. Almonds are an ideal source of arginine in the absence of lysine, hence reducing the likelihood of competing amino acids. Also, eating a varied diet that includes almonds and other protein sources can provide lysine in fair and sufficient quantities.

Traditionally, Almonds have High Quality Protein and plant proteins been regarded as inferior to animal protein. In the past, experts have expressed concern over the use of plant sources of protein. Current knowledge indicates that plant-based proteins are incomplete or are missing at least one of the essential amino acids. However, research suggests that a general varied, diet provides the complementary range of amino acids. Almonds as part of a healthy diet rich in a variety of foods, contribute to the overall protein level of the diet and provide complete and high quality protein.

Health Benefit of Licorice Root, Chinese Herb Gan Cao (甘草)

Common Names: Chinese Licorice, Gan Cao, Sweet Licorice, Sweet Wood,
Scientific/medical name(s): Gan Cao, Glycyrrhizaglabra, Glycyrrhizauralensis.

Description
Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is a perennial herb that grows in southern Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean. It is the dried roots, and underground stems of the plant been used in herbal remedies.

Overview
Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is an ingredient in many traditional Chinese herbal remedies. It also used in many countries, to treat a wide range of health problems. However, it linked to some fairly serious side effects. Whole-herb licorice can constitute a violation of fluid and the mineral potassium in the body, which can lead to heart rhythm problems, high blood pressure, muscle weakness, and even paralysis.

What is the history behind it?
Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) extracts used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. The Chinese used it as a mild laxative and to help regulate the heartbeat in those with heart problems. Chinese herbalists often prescribe licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) with the purpose of helping other herbs to work better together and promoting integration of herbs. It used for medicinal purposes in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

Recently, science has re-discovered the health benefits of licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草). Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is in fact, a strong antiviral that contains 10 antioxidants, at least 25 fungicidal and 9 expectorant compounds.

Glycyrrhizin, which is the, principal active ingredient in licorice root acts as an expectorant by losing thinning mucus and phlegm from the respiratory tract, makes it easier to cough up.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is one of the most valuable herbs in traditional Chinese medicines and used for more than 3,000 years, to treat a wide range of illnesses, food poisoning, urinary tracts and relieves heartburn. In China, licorice considered an excellent balancing or harmonizing agent and added to various herbal formulas. It used to prevent peptic ulcers, coughs, boils and reduce inflammation, soothe and heal ulcers and stomach inflammation, control blood sugar, and balance hormones. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is excellent for healing canker sores and cold sores (herpes simplex virus). Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is a potent antiviral agent and can be used to treat flu, herpes, and even hepatitis. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is also a strong anti-inflammatory agent and can be used to improve the flavour of other herbs. With all of these uses, it is no wonder that licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) finds its way into so many therapies. It reputed to revive the heart and spleen functions.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) has also been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, (TCM) to treat conditions ranging from diabetes to tuberculosis. The two main constituents of licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草), glycyrrhizin and flavonoids, may also indicate anti-inflammatory effects and inhibit the breakdown of the cortisol produced by the body. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) may also have antiviral properties, although this has not been proven in human pharmacological studies. The ancient Chinese also used it as an antidote for drug poisoning.

Delicious Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) will help to keep your lungs clear, your digestive tract calm, your colon cleansed and your adrenal gland functioning properly. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is a safe and pleasant way to soothe a sore throat.

An extract of licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草), called liquiritin, used in connection with melasma, a pigmentation disorder of the skin. However, the usefulness of licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) for treating this situation has not been substantiated.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) has a sweet flavour, neutral in property, performing on the heart, spleen, stomach, and lung. It invigorates the spleen, eradicates phlegm, refills qi, clears toxins and heat, halts cough, lightens spasm and pain, and moderates other herbal properties.

It applied for the inadequacy of the spleen Qi and stomach Qi manifested as loose stool, insufficient breath, asthenia, and poor appetite. It often utilized as a substantiating herb with dang shen and white atractylodes rhizome.

In cases of lack of Qi and blood with manifestations of an irregular pulse, palpitation, and spontaneous sweating, it applied with dried Rehmannia Root, Dang-Shen, Ophiopogon Root and Cinnamon twig, as in Decoction of ready Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草).

An Ancient Font of Health
Used for generations in China, ancient Greece and the British Isles, Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) cultivated around the world. The sweet taste of its yellow root prompted its use in the manufacture of candies. It contains vitamin E, B-complex, biotin, niacin, pantothenic acid, lecithin, manganese and other trace elements. Although Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) has been used as flavouring for hundreds of years, many people do not know that it also has most valuable medicinal qualities. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) has gained a reputation for strengthening the body during times of stress.

The benefits of the use of Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) in Herbal Preparations Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) are one of the more widely consumed herbs in the world. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it occurs in more formulas than any other single herb because it thought to coordinate the development of all other herbs.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is remarkably soothing and softens the mucous membranes of the throat, lungs, stomach, intestines, and at the same time cleanses any inflamed mucous membrane that needs immune system support. This is the reason why Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) found in so many cough and sore throat medications. It reduces the irritation in the throat and yet has an expectorant action. It is the saponins (detergent-like action) that minimize the phlegm in the respiratory tract so that the body can remove the mucus. It is a powerful healing agent for tuberculosis, where its effects been compared to hydrocortisone. For colds and flu, Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) can be combined with tonic herbs such as cayenne or ginger, to heighten the effect. For sore throat and irritated bronchials, Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is more effective when combined with Horehound or Mullein.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) also has a soothing and therapeutic effect on the stomach and digestive tract. It lubricates and nourishes the entire intestinal tract with a system as easy as 40% Licorice root and 60% Slippery Elm.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) employed in complex recipes, to scale down the toxicity of other herbaceous plants or control the massive hot or cold properties, and align the effects of individual herbs herbal effects. For cough resulting from wind-heat, it may be given together with Peucedanum Root, Arctium Fruit, Mulberry Leaf, and Platycodon Root to relieve coughing because of wind-cold, it can be divided with Ephedra and Bitter Apricot kernel for cough and dyspnea due to heat in the lung. Radix Glycyrrhizae may also be utilized with unprepared Gypsum, Ephedra, and Bitter Apricot Kernel.

The active ingredient, glycyrrhizic acid, known to be fifty-times sweeter than sugar cane, but it does not help thirst; but it will reduce thirst.

Beneficial Uses:
Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) been used for thousands of years as an excellent expectorant that commonly used for respiratory problems. It is a wonderfully essential ingredient in cough medicines and cough drops as both a pleasant flavouring, as well as an expectorant and soothing agent. Many cough lozenges and syrups use licorice as flavouring and a cough suppressant.

Today, alternative health care professionals, continue to use the benefits of Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) to ailments such as allergies. In addition, it used for stomach problems (including heartburn from reflux), inflammatory disorders, skin conditions (including eczema and psoriasis) minor skin infections and liver problems.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) with glycyrrhizin may help to:

Respiratory mucus production increased by glycyrrhizin. This increase helps to reduce thin mucus in airways; this makes a cough more "productive," bringing up phlegm and other mucus bits. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) can also eliminate lungs of mucus and eases congestion, tackle problems such as bronchitis, ease non-productive coughing and colds.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) also helps to reduce bronchial spasms. In addition to its beneficial uses as a demulcent, Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) acts as an expectorant, which has also been long valued. Glycyrrhizin also harbors anti-inflammatory properties. Help to soothes mucous membranes and soreness in the throat, fights viruses that cause respiratory illnesses and an overproduction of mucus. In the respiratory system, it has a similarly calm and therapeutic efficacy, reducing irritation and the inflammation and has an expectorant effect, useful in irritating coughs, asthma and chest infections.

Lessen symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. By enhancing cortisol activity, glycyrrhizin helps to increase energy, relieve stress and reduce the symptoms of ailments sensitive to cortisol levels, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromylagia.

As an anti-inflammatory, the glycyrrhizinic acid activity in Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) seems related to the way corticoids released from the adrenal glands, which is useful in treating arthritis, rheumatism and aching, painful joints. The herb stimulates production of cortisone and aldosterone, which appear to be effective anti-inflammatory agents.

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草) is a tremendous support for healthy digestion and healthy gastrointestinal system. The herb soothes the mucous membranes and protects the stomach and intestines. It known to coat the stomach's lining with mucus, rather than restraining the secretion of gastric acid (which would result in incomplete digestion); reduce the activity of pepsin and increases blood flow to the damaged tissues and decreases muscle spasms." Glycyrrhizinic acid also helps to inhibit enzymes that dismantle prostaglandins, which will help the stomach and upper intestine, allowing ulcers to recover more quickly. This activity may also protect the colon and treat ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Celiac disease, gastritis and peptic ulcer.

CONCLUSION

Where do the healing benefits of Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)come from? Glycyrrhizin, one of the key components found in licorice, believed to be responsible for many of its healing properties. However, there are other potentially beneficial substances that been identified in licorice as well, including compounds called flavonoids and various plant estrogens (phytoestrogens).

Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)also seems to support the adrenal glands -- making these adrenal hormones such as cortisol (the body's primary stress-fighting adrenal hormone) also available to the body. As such, Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)may help lessen symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia by enhancing cortisol activity. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)contains phytoestrogens that seem to have minimal estrogens-like effects. As such, it often included in formulas, to help combat PMS and menopausal complaints. Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)also contains various flavonoids, which are potent antioxidants.

Some experts point out that one -- among the arsenal of benefits of Licorice Root, Gan Cao (甘草)an excellent liver tonic.

Body Chemistry, Fast Oxidizer or Slow Oxidizer and Body Weight: The metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats into energy referred to as oxidation. Energy formed and released at different stages during two cycles - glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. To get most of the energy out of foods, both cycles need to work at the right rate. If carbohydrates and amino acids oxidized too slowly ("slow oxidation") in one cycle or too fast in another cycle ("rapid oxidation"), energy production reduced. Both fast and slow oxidizers suffer from inefficient energy production but for different biochemical reasons. The most common symptoms of a fast or slow oxidative rate are FATIGUE, EMOTIONAL DURESS of some type, LOWERED RESISTANCE to infections, a LOW BODY TEMPERATURE, GALL BLADDER or LIVER PROBLEMS, and being over or under WEIGHT. One’s oxidation rate influenced by both genetics and the food. Thus, what one eats affects the rate of oxidation and energy production which in turn affects one mental, emotional, behavioral, and in some cases, physical characteristics.

THE SLOW (KETOGENIC) OXIDIZER

The characteristics of slow oxidation tend to be of the alkaline, hypo-active quality. Slow oxidizers tend to have remarkably little appetite, an aversion to rich proteins and fats, low but steady energy levels, depression, digestive problems due to lack of hydrochloric acid production, calcium deposits, poor fat metabolism, apathy, lethargy, repressed emotions, introversion, belching, premature aging, and often feel cold. A slow oxidizer often finds he/she thinks and feels better if after a heavy dinner, he/she does not eat anything after arising the next morning. For this reason, he/she should not eat a substantial breakfast. High intensity, short duration exercise, poorly tolerated and for the slow oxidizer needs to be of low intensity and long term (aerobic).

Slow oxidizers have problems metabolizing carbohydrates and tend to have higher blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) after an oral glucose tolerance test. Slower oxidizers have lower levels of blood lipid (cholesterol, triglyceride) and citric acid cycle intermediates and higher levels of pyruvate and lactate. They tend to be able to keep their breath for a relatively long time and have a slightly lower pulse rate.

Dietary recommendations for the slow oxidizer:

ALLOWED

PROTEINS: low fat, low purine type such as selected fish, chicken, turkey, eggs, low fat dairy CARBOHYDRATES: vegetables,

SUPPLEMENTS: Emphasize activated vitamin B1, B2, and B6, niacin. and potassium citrate, magnesium citrate and chloride, copper, manganese aspartate, and iron. PABA, vitamin C and D, and chromium recommended.

Eat a light breakfast (that contains protein) and check calcium.

ALLOWED IN MODERATION

Whole fruits, lean beef, lamb, natural and whole grains, breads and cereals, cold-processed non-hydrogenated vegetable oil (ex: olive is the preferred source).

AVOID

HIGH FAT or HIGH PURINE PROTEINS: fatty red meat, salmon, tuna, herring, anchovies, high purine proteins such as liver, caviar, meat concentrates, artichoke hearts, and inexpensive purine containing foods such as beans, peas, lentils, cauliflower, spinach, and asparagus.

FATTY FOODS: lard, butter, oils, fatty meats, nuts, avocado, high fat pastries low in flour such as cheese cake, Danish, and torts. High fat content DAIRY products like cheese and cream.

CARBOHYDRATES: sugars, fruit juices, alcoholic beverages, and meals consisting mainly of starches and sugars.

THE FAST (GLUCOGENIC) OXIDIZER

The characteristics of fast oxidation tend to be of the acid, hyper-active quality. Most women tend to be fast oxidizers. Fast oxidizers tend to have healthy appetites, crave and do well on rich proteins and fatty foods, tend to get hyper yet feel exhausted underneath, feel anxious, nervous, jittery, have serious emotional ups and downs, feel too warm, irritable, impatient, are competitive and usually extroverted.

Fast oxidizers tend to have low blood sugar (reactive hypoglycemia) and higher levels of blood cholesterol and triglyceride and citric acid cycle intermediates. Bilirubin commonly found in the urine. They tend to be unable to hold their breath a long time (one can consider the fast oxidizer functionally anemic due to low oxygen capacity in the blood) and have a slightly faster pulse rate. Exercise should be of high intensity and short term (anaerobic) if normal or underweight but aerobic (walking, biking, etc.) if overweight.

FOODS RECOMMENDED for a Fast Oxidizer

FATS/PROTEINS: all meats (especially beef, lamb, and venison), fish (especially tuna and salmon) and fowl, especially high fat, high purine (adenine) types: such as anchovies, brains, meat gravies, soups, heart, herring, caviar, kidney, liver, sweetbreads, mussels, sardines, tuna, and meat extracts. Foods with low purine ideas include meat, shellfish (clams, crabs, lobster, oysters, and shrimp), asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, lentils, yeast, whole grain breads and cereals, beans, peas and mushrooms.

NUTS & SEEDS: almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds

CARBOHYDRATES: cauliflower, beans, peas, lentils, broccoli, barley, corn, sprouted grains (sprouting destroys the phytates that bind calcium)

SUPPLEMENTS: Should include vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B12, niacin amide, calcium pantothenate, bioflavonoids, choline, inositol, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, and zinc. Carnitine.

Eat a full breakfast. Eat frequently

ALLOWED IN MODERATION

PROTEINS: milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese, eggs VEGETABLES: root vegetables (carrots, beets, yams, potatoes, radishes, and onions), lettuce, green peppers, cabbages, pickles, cucumbers, and tomatoes

AVOID

SWEETS & STARCHES: - simple carbohydrates like glucose, maltose, fruit juices, honey, corn syrup, highly glycemic foods like white bread, white rice, soft drinks, catsup, and meals consisting mainly of starches and sugars.

MISCELLANEOUS: spices, gravy, alcohol, and caffeinated drinks such as coffee, colas or tea. SUPPLEMENTS: limit vitamin B1 (thiamine) and vitamin B3 (niacin) because they grow Coenzyme A and increase carbohydrate oxidation; vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) because they increase the breakdown of amino acids leading to a faster citric acid cycle activity and more CO2 generation; glucogenic amino acids (Alanine, Glycine, and Serine), and citrates.

NOTE:

Body Chemistry, Fast Oxidizer or Slow Oxidizer & Body Weight: ABOUT either a SLOW or FAST OXIDATIVE RATE Never eat a meal that is mostly carbohydrates. Avoid all "trans" fats (hydrogenated vegetable oils).

Any sharp shift in the weather tends to further disturb one's metabolism in the way it usually tends. Fast oxidizers go faster, and slow oxidizers go slower.

Common pesticides, paints, and chemicals can distract the energy producing abilities of tissues.

In addition to knowing what foods to use sparingly and what foods to emphasize - make sure the status of your diet contains enough of the correct protein at every meal (about 1 gram per kilogram/2.2 pounds of ideal body weight a day).

The metabolites of protein-derived sugar stored in the liver as glycogen and converted to glucose when sugar derived directly from carbohydrates in the diet runs out. The gradual digestion of protein keeps a reasonable and running glycogen (and therefore blood sugar) reserve. That is not to mention protein can be substituted for sugar and starch in the diet, for without available glucose, protein cannot be converted into glycogen.

Alcohol depletes glycogen storage in the liver causing an increase in blood sugar. Alcohol also increases the demand for carbohydrates (by directly broken down into acetyl CoA of the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle) and the resultant nutrients needed to metabolize it.

If think the "need of a drink," do not. One need energy (ATP derived from oxidation)! Eat animal products limited or natural; avoid overcooked animal products since heat destroys essential amino acids (Phe, Lys, Thr, His, Tryp) and beneficial enzymes.

An easy way to calculate the amount is to divide one ideal body weight by 15 to get the number of ounces of cooked meat to be consumed per day. Ex: 150 pound Ideal Body Weight = 10 ounces).

Healthy Lifestyle topic for today is Bitter Melon (Gourd) and Health.

Momordica charantia or karela or Bitter Gourd is a tropical vegetable. The vegetable skin is warty in nature like that of a crocodile. It is bitter to taste. The plant is slender and is a climber. It bears yellow flowers. The bitter gourd is available in many sizes.

Bitter gourd is rich in vitamin A, B1, B2 and c and contains minerals like calcium, phosphorous, iron, and copper, potassium and beta-carotene. It aids purify blood tissue, enhances digestion, and stimulates the liver. Pregnant women and nursing mothers should avoid eating bitter gourd. Since ancient times, the extracts of Bitter gourd have been used in natural medicine. Bitter gourd is a blood purifier, activates spleen and liver. It is a purgative, appetizer and digestive. All parts of the plant, the seeds, leaves and vines, are used for medicinal purposes. Like most bitter fruits and vegetables it promotes digestion. Primarily Asians used bitter gourd to treat malaria. It is said to have a positive effect in controlling the blood sugar level and is termed as 'Plant Insulin'. Three active constituents in bitter melon know as steroidal saponins (charntin, insulin-like peptides, and alkaloids) are believed to be responsible for the blood-sugar lowering. Rich in iron, bitter melon has twice the beta carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, twice the potassium of bananas. It is used to treat blood disorders like blood boils, scabies, ring worm etc.

Nutrients present in the bitter gourd include phosphorus, manganese, magnesium and zinc. It is also among the best-known sources of thiamine, foliate and riboflavin.

There are many health reasons why you should take this bitter vegetable seriously. Here are a few:

Alcoholism

It is an antidote for alcohol intoxication, and helps purify, restore and nourish liver. Its juice is also beneficial in the treatment of a bad hangover.

Blood Purification

It has blood-purifying properties. As a result, the juice is used in the treatment of blood disorders like blood boils and itching due to blood poisoning. Have it little by little on an empty stomach daily, in 4-6 months you will see enhancement in your state.

Cholera

Fresh juice of leaves of bitter gourd is also a useful medication in early stages of cholera.

Diabetes

The bitter gourd is particularly used as a remedy for diabetes because of its hypoglycemic action. It contains insulin-like peptides, alkaloids and charantin, all of which act together to lower blood and urine sugar levels without increasing blood insulin levels. These compounds activate a protein called AMPK, which is well known for regulating fuel metabolism and enabling glucose uptake, processes which are impaired in diabetics. You can take the juice of 4-5 bitter gourds every morning on an empty stomach, add seeds in powdered form to food or prepare a decoction by boiling the pieces of this fruit in water. If you are taking medications to lower your blood sugar, adding bitter gourd might make your blood sugar drop too low. Monitor your blood sugar carefully.

Eye problems

The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd make it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.

Good for stomachimmune syatw

It contains cellulose which is a very good source of fiber thus preventing constipation. It also good digestive agent and helps in stimulating the secretion of gastric juices. This can be very helpful for people with dyspepsia. However, sometimes it may worsen heartburn and ulcers.

 

Immune booster

A glass of bitter gourd juice in the morning can help to strengthen your immune system and increase your body's fighting power against infection. Researchers hypothesize that bitter melon is as an immunomodulator. One clinical trial found limited evidence that bitter melon might improve immune cell function in people with cancer.

Improved Stamina and Energy

Bitter gourd has proved to be a best source for enhancing stamina and energy. Consuming bitter gourd daily improves the energy levels and stabilizes sleeping patterns.

Piles

Fresh juice of bitter gourd is good for patients suffering from piles. Take a mixture of bitter melon juice and buttermilk every morning for about a month and you will see an improvement. A paste of the roots of bitter gourd plant can also be applied over piles to get a favorable result.

Skin care

Bitter gourd is also effective in treating skin diseases or skin infections, eczema and psoriasis. It also helps in keeping the skin free from blemishes and keeps the skin glowing. The blood purifying properties make sure that you don't get acne.

Weight Loss

It stimulates liver for secretion of bile juices that are very essential for metabolism of fats. Thus, if you want to have a perfect, slim figure, then bitter gourd can help you.

 

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Dang Shen is the Pin Yin (Chinese) name for the botanical name of Codonopsis pilosula. A common nickname for this herb is “Poor Man’s Ginseng.” This is because the actual Ginseng is too expensive, and Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) can provide similar benefits without the high cost. As an energy tonic, Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) can also offer other health benefits. Since it is gentler than Ginseng, it can be taken as a supplement more often with fewer side effects.

Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) is a shrubby flowering plant that grows along the river banks or streams and shaded areas under larger trees. Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) cultivated around the world for its beauty as an ornamental plant and its healing properties. It is native to Northeast Asia, which includes China and Korea. It can grow up to eight feet high and has a tendency to move onto other larger trees. The leaves are heart-shaped, and the flowers are bell-shaped with purple and yellow coloration on the petals.

Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) been used in China for over 2,000 years as a tonic for the lungs and spleen to strengthen and enrich the blood, counteract the metabolic activity. Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) commonly known as a heart tonic. It been used to strengthen and tone the heart by helping it to vibrate in a steady, regular rhythm. It used to strengthen the liver and stimulate the production of bile.

Historically, Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) thought to have properties similar to ginseng. The Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參), indicated that it was ginseng from the Shandang region; shen is the key word to describe ginseng or a ginseng-like herb. Like ginseng, Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) referred to as an adaptogen, a substance that non-specifically enhances and regulates the body's ability to withstand stress. Adaptogens increase the body's overall performance in ways that enhance the whole body resist infection. Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) thought to serve the whole body by boosting strength, increasing stamina and alertness, rejuvenating the body, strengthening the immune system, aiding recovery from serious illness, reducing stress, and stimulating the appetite. Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) used to treat a variety of afflictions, including asthma, digestive disorders, fatigue, and high blood pressure. Nursing mothers drink the tea for its galactagogue steps to increase their production of milk.

In the mid-1980s, scientific interest raised in Dang Shen’s, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) potential cardiovascular benefits, especially in patients with ischemic stroke or coronary artery disease/angina. More recent studies have focused on possible roles in liver disease (hepatitis and cirrhosis) and as an antioxidant.

 

CAUTIONS: Not for use if one have the hormone-sensitive disorder such as breast or prostate cancer, or are using anticoagulant drugs. Codonopsis Root (Dang Shen) 黨參 should not be used in cases of infection of the digestive system. Side effects been reported, like dizziness, discomfort in the chest area, nervous and anxious, dry mouth.

Herbs in Chinese Medicine: Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) the healing herb Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) - in Energy formulas.

Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) is toning; it is ideal for building energy and effective for Chi of the body.

 

This healing herb is in the Ginseng family and therefore; it resembles ginseng and has the same medicinal properties. However, Ginseng is stronger. It is a perennial herb, and its primary purpose is to create energy. It is suitable for mild chronic disorders that do not need the right influence of Ginseng. Sometimes it used in meals of stew and soups because it is an excellent prevention to heart disease. It used in place of Ginseng as it can be far too strong and expensive. It is milder but still has building energy use.

Dang Shen’s, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) properties

•Aids in digestion

•Helps loose stools

•Aids a weakened immune system and stimulates the nervous system

Improves body function, anti-fatigue and gives energy

•Raises blood sugar

• Enhances blood coagulation

• Improves the function of macrophages.

To take it

•Suck on the bark like a stick

•To be taken raw

•Cook it

•Take it in herbal formulas

Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參)

Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae

Properties: The herb is sweet in flavor, neutral in nature, and acts on the lung and spleen channels. Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) being sweet, neutral, moist, not dry, not greasy and gentle in intensity, it can not only invigorate spleen-qi but also nourish blood and stimulate the production of the body fluid. With its effects similar to, but weaker than those of ginseng, Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) can be used to replace ginseng, but the dosage of Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) should be doubled as much as that of ginseng wherever ginseng used except for emergency treatment of collapse. Therefore, Dang Shen, Codonopsis pilosula (黨參) often used to treat deficiency of spleen-qi and lung-qi, tonifying the lung and control of body fluid and blood.

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Oatmeal and Health.
Reasons to eat Oatmeal, a whole grain, contains both insoluble and soluble fiber. Soluble fiber offers these potential benefits for people with diabetes. Oatmeal is suitable for lowering cholesterol, as it is rich in betaglucan, which is a soluble fiber helps to lower cholesterol also keeps the digestive system function normal. Oatmeal has many health benefits. The main benefits appear to be due to its high levels of dietary fiber and beta-glucan, which helps lower blood glucose, insulin response and lower cholesterol. It shows that including wholegrain oats in one food may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Good reasons to eat Oatmeal, easiest way to get whole grains into your diet is to eat a bowl of oatmeal per day. Recommended eating 3 grams of oat soluble fiber daily in eating whole-grain foods may also help reduce your risk of heart disease.

1. MAINTAINS BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL by slowing down food digestion and smoothing out blood glucose levels.
2. SATISFIES APPETITE by helping one feels fuller longer!

Reasons to Eat Oatmeal is an excellent source vitamins and minerals, vitamin B complex. Vitamin B is ideal for running nervous system normal. Beside oatmeal also contain nutrients like vitamin E, iron, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, thiamine, protein, silicon, copper and zinc. Thus, it helps in development of bone, teeth and muscle.

Oatmeal contains valuable micro nutrient zinc. Zinc is an essential component of many enzymes and need for metabolism and stabilization of nucleic acid. Zinc also associated with healing of wound, growth, reproduction and glucose tolerance of the human body.

Thiamine is essential for metabolism of branched-chain amino acid, helps in carbohydrate metabolism.

The Benefits of Oatmeal
Reasons to Eat Oatmeal is appropriate for one full digestive system health, body weight, heart, blood sugar levels and insulin levels. People with diabetes are at an increased risk for heart disease. Including Oatmeal each day can help one achieve these nutrients rewards:

• MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BLOOD PRESSURE: For healthy blood pressure levels, eat more oatmeal along with a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and low fat dairy, may help to maintain healthy blood pressure ranges and reduced risk for high-blood pressure.

• One of the richest sources of silicon, which helps restore bones and connective tissue, as well as strengthening hair and nails

• Oats contain compounds may prevent rapid hardening of arteries. Oats contain avenanthramides which include original anti-inflammatory properties for healthier arteries. This may help with disorders such as atherosclerosis.

• High-protein means that helps increase energy levels

• Sooth bloating, indigestion, nervous stomach and other digestive tract problems

• Good food for those who wants to lose weight, because it satisfying and filling and is low in fat

• Relieve itchy skin or insect bites - fill a sock with warm, cooked oatmeal and apply in the affected area.

• Excellent face cleanser and skin softer. Place a small amount of oatmeal in a bowl. Mix with warm water to make a paste and gently rub in a circular motion and rinse off.

• Fiber
Oats are an excellent source of fiber, recommended intake of about 25-30g per day, which is a need to maintain healthy digestive and colon health. It will also help to maintain a healthy weight by keeping one sense fuller for longer, and will also ensure that to have B.E.E.P. Help in ease constipation

• B-Vitamins
Oats are an excellent source of B-vitamins including thiamin, niacin and folate. These micro nutrients are essential for DNA replication and the breakdown of carbohydrate into energy. Having high levels of vitamin B are essential for brain and nervous system functioning

• CARBOHYDRATE
Carbohydrate represents the amount of starches, fiber, and sugars in the product. Being complex carbohydrates oats digested and absorbed by the body more slowly, helping with weight loss. Oats make one feel full after eating them, so one is less likely to overeat, again, helping with weight loss. Oats have a lower GI (glycemic index) than other carbohydrates. High GI foods are rapidly digested and increase blood sugar and insulin to high levels. High GI foods to avoid including white bread and anything with high-sugar content.

• Gluten-Friendly
Although oatmeal contains a small amount of gluten, is well tolerate by both adults and children with celiac disease.

• Beta-glucan
Oats contain a compound called beta-glucan, is a soluble fibre. Beta-glucan content is suitable for one heart. This is true. Beta-glucan reduces cholesterol re-absorption in the stomach and thus reduces total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels in the blood. This is ideal for reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Lowers Cholesterol
Oatmeal contains a significant amount of fiber called beta-glucan that shown to reduce levels of bad cholesterol—and as high cholesterol is a significant risk factor associated with heart disease and strokes, a daily oatmeal could be a life saver! A daily dose of three grams of fiber can lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease by almost half. Oatmeal is a cholesterol-free food that is low in total fat and saturated fat. Proven that as part of a healthy diet, oatmeal can help reduce the “bad” LDL cholesterol levels in one blood. It is one of the best cholesterol lowering foods. BONUS IS IN THE FIBER: Oat-soluble fiber helps to remove the cholesterol from one body. A diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce one risk of coronary heart disease.

• Phytochemicals
Oats contain health-promoting compounds called phytochemicals. Phytochemicals have a number of health promoting rolls in the body and in particular they can help lower blood pressure. This is another area that regular consumption of oats can help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Oats also provide certain phytochemical, avenanthramides (avns) that no other cereal grain contains. Avns has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects and may also reduce one risk of colon cancer.

• If one is looks to lose weight and lower one risk of heart disease or diabetes, consuming oats as a part of a sensible weight loss diet will have a greater impact on one blood pressure and cholesterol than consuming a weight loss diet without oats.

• Boosts Immune System
Oatmeal’s beta-gluten fiber does more than keep one heart. Beta-gluten can also amp up one immune systems and help fight bacterial infections by helping nonspecific immune cells called neutrophils (one body’s first line of defense against pathogens) quickly locate and repair infected tissues.

• Special Antioxidants for Heart Protection
Oatmeal not only lowers bad cholesterol but protects good cholesterol! Oatmeal contains antioxidants called avenanthramides that prevent free radicals from attacking good cholesterol, which also helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Contains natural antioxidants that can reduce the risk of heart disease

• Stabilizes Blood Sugar
Oatmeal is so rich in fiber, eating it help stabilize the blood sugar, throughout the day and keep those mid-morning or mid-afternoon “crashes”, that results from eating refined sugars and carbs.

• Lowers Risk of Diabetes
Blood sugar, eating oatmeal can also help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Oatmeal contains high amounts of magnesium, which help the body to use glucose and secrete insulin. The type 2 diabetes risk in women with a magnesium-rich diet and risk reduction in women who regularly ate whole grains, rated as a low glycemic food, it helps diabetics manage their blood glucose levels.

• Prevents Breast Cancer
A diet rich in fiber can protect against breast cancer, particularly if the fiber comes from whole grains. It found that premenopausal women who ate fiber, from whole grains had less chance of developing breast cancer than those who sources fiber from fruit only.

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Healthy Lifestyle topic for today is Gingko and Health.

 

The Ginkgo biloba tree is the oldest species of tree still living today. The tree can live to be 1,000 years old, making the leaves very hardy and resistant to inclement weather. In addition to its use in modern herbal medicine, Ginkgo biloba has been used by traditional Chinese medical practitioners for over 5,000 years.

Today, thanks to man's intervention, Ginkgo trees grow all over the world, line U.S. streets and boulevards. And in return for saving this ancient tree, we have all been offered the chance to benefit from the secret that Ginkgo biloba has kept hidden in its leaves for hundreds of millions of years—unique phytochemicals with a variety of health benefits that nobody could have expected to come from just one plant!

Active components of Ginkgo biloba: There are more than 40 components identified from ginkgo biloba tree but there are only two active components that are responsible for its beneficial effects. These components include;

  • Flavonoids such as quercetin and rutin both have powerful antioxidant effects. Studies have shown that flavonoids protect the nerves, heart muscle, blood vessels and retina from damage.
  • Terpenoids such as ginkgolides improve blood flow by dilating blood vessels and reducing the stickiness of platelets.

The health benefits of Ginkgo biloba are possible because of two of its active ingredients. Terpene lactones, which occur in Ginkgo biloba as bilobalide and ginkgolides, promote increased circulation and have a protective effect on the nerve cells of the body. Ginkgo flavone glycosides act as antioxidants and can also reduce the stickiness of platelets, which can help prevent clogged arteries and poor circulation.

Ginkgo Biloba - How Does It Work?
As an oxygen-carrying agent, Gingko Biloba increases the blood flow throughout the circulatory system as well as the brain. Vital nutrients and oxygen are circulated throughout the body’s blood stream network. By improving the circulatory system the body will improve your overall health and help you live longer. Ginkgo Biloba will also keep your vital organs healthier and functioning properly.

Ginkgo Biloba has several active ingredients that provide the powerful healing action. The Ginkgo Biloba extracts contain: Flavonoids, Terpene lactones that also include Ginkgolides A, B, and C, Bilobalide, Quercetin and lastly Kamepferol. The Ginkgolides act as anti-allergen, anti-inflammatory and treat respiratory ailments such as Asthma. The healing power of Ginkgo Biloba also kills free radicals inside of the body. These radicals can cause the body harm by afflicting damaged cells and causing various diseases.

Gingko has been known as a powerful brain stimulant and memory enhancing extract. A Ginkgo Biloba user will benefit from the nutrients ability to enhance the brains functionality including mental alertness and memory enhancement. In some phases of Alzheimer’s, patients who suffer from this disease can gain some benefit from its memory enhancing power. Ginkgo can help treat affected areas of the brain that suffer from a decreased blood flow and poor circulation.

Proven Health Benefits

Several of the claimed health benefits of Ginkgo biloba have been proven with placebo-controlled, double-blind research studies conducted by major universities and government agencies. Ginkgo biloba received a three-star rating for use in treating age-related cognitive decline, glaucoma, early-stage Alzheimer's disease and intermittent claudication, which is pain in the legs caused by blocked arteries.

Alzheimer's Disease: Research has shown that because Ginkgo biloba enhances blood flow to the brain, it can improve memory and mental function in some people with Alzheimer's disease. Ginkgo shows the most benefit for people already suffering from Alzheimer's and other age-related memory problems, not for those who are healthy.

Asthma: Ginkgo biloba has long been used in China to ease asthma attacks. Ginkgo helps relieve the airway spasms and wheezing associated with this disease.

Brain Optimization, Memory and Aging: Ginkgo biloba is not known to prevent memory loss, but its ability to improve blood flow to the brain suggests that it may help slow mental decline and optimize brain function. Ginkgo biloba may be useful in reducing the impact of early stage Alzheimer's and some forms of dementia. When age-related memory loss is caused by these conditions, Ginkgo biloba may help.

Depression Anxiety: By improving blood circulation to the brain, ginkgo may be useful for treating depression and anxiety, especially in older people, where reduced blood flow is often caused by a buildup of cholesterol in the arteries.

Diabetes: Ginkgo biloba may be helpful in treating complications due to diabetes. Studies have shown ginkgo is useful for treating Diabetic neuropathy, the nerve damage resulting from poor circulation to the extremities that is common in diabetes sufferers. Animal studies have shown that Ginkgo may also help prevent diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can cause blindness.

Hemorrhoids: Ginkgo biloba can be used for relief of acute symptoms of hemorrhoids (for control of bleeding and re-bleeding).

Impotence: Ginkgo biloba extract has been shown to be helpful in treating erectile dysfunction due to poor blood flow. A study of impotent men showed improved penile blood circulation after six weeks of using Ginkgo extract. After six months, 50% of the patients had regained potency.

Macular Degeneration: There is some evidence that Ginkgo biloba may be helpful in treating macular degeneration because it increases blood flow to the eyes. Ginkgo’s antioxidant capabilities may also help to neutralize the cell-damaging free radicals that are considered a leading cause of macular degeneration. Ginkgo biloba's powerful antioxidant and circulation-promoting properties may also be of help in treating the blurring and dimming of vision caused by cataracts.

Multiple Sclerosis: There is some evidence that Ginkgo biloba can improve memory problems as well as muscle pain and fatigue associated with multiple sclerosis.

Pre Menstrual Syndrome (PMS): Research on women with premenstrual syndrome or breast discomfort suggests that Ginkgo biloba may ease symptoms such as breast discomfort and mood shifts.

Raynaud's Disease / Intermittent Claudication: Raynaud's disease is caused by reduced blood flow to the extremities - including the fingers, toes, nose and ears - when exposed to temperature changes or stress. By improving blood circulation to these areas Ginkgo biloba helps relieve the pain associated with this disease. Intermittent Claudication is associated with pain in the legs due to reduced blood flow. Ginkgo biloba has been shown to help this type of pain.

Stroke: Ginkgo biloba has a similar effect to aspirin in reducing the "stickiness" of the blood. This means ginkgo may help lower the risk of blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks or stroke.

Gingko Nuts 白果 Cautions Use:

Gingko Nuts 白果 are very toxic for children. When using Gingko for asthma therapy, the effective dosage is very close to toxic quantity. Cooking can only destroy the cyanide by hydrolysis but cannot destroy the toxicity caused by ginkgo phenols and ginkgo toxin.

A normal amount of flavonol does not affect the blood clotting time. A large dosage can interfere with the blood clotting time.

 

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