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Nature gives us a tremendous amount of plants and shrubs. Many of them have medicinal properties. Typically, the medicinal herbs that you can find in your immediate vicinity and that these herbs are suited to your illness or complaint. Here goes the saying “what gets you far” definitely not. In your immediate vicinity you can find everything. I treat here are some very famous and powerful medicinal herbs.

Take a look in the section “from the roadside, there are fun and interesting plants that you bathe in the pan or cosmetic use.
Note: Always a doctor or therapist in the diagnosis. Also remember that each person is unique and reacts differently. Start therefore with a low dose. Does not the drug, reduce the first dose (sounds weird but it generally works). Never use the same long grass, while about one step after another. The herbal female can not take responsibility for any injury caused by improper use of herbs or the wrong use of herbs. If you are not sure whether you have the right herb for you, consult an expert.

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Herbal medicines are a complementary therapy that uses plants or plant extracts to cure diseases. There are many herbal products to treat a large number of problems, from depression to colds, all’ influenza.

Traditional medical plants are just one of the different approaches to use plants as a cure. The others are in herbal medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. The traditional herbal medicines have been used in England for many centuries and remain very popular even Nell’ era of scientific medicine and modern drugs. As with any medicinal herbal remedies can have side Read the rest of this entry »

Just walk into your kitchen to see your shelves full of natural products for skin care. Nowadays there is an interesting knowledge about the natural herbal treatments for many problems.
This babe also skin care and the phenomenon have reached huge proportions with more and more people opting for creams and herbal and natural products.

Herbal products are harmless to the skin and are more affordable option of expensive cosmetic creams available in shops. Because herbal products tend to be stronger enough for small quantities. These herbs have natural properties that have been exploited since the time of the Vedas.

There is evidence timeless about the healing properties of herbs. These can cure problems like eczema. Furthermore herbs make the skin more beautiful and toned, more youthful and supple.

Fruits, vegetables and seeds often form the basis of natural products for skin care and herbal. Herbs are often used in their preparation. Products commonly used in cooking as well as the ginge and turmeric are used in products for skin care. Read the rest of this entry »

(Lagerstromia - speciosa) is known as a shade tree. The plant has purple flowers. These plants are relatively easy to grow in different types of soil. Besides being a good shade plants, these plants useful for natural medicines.

Ingredients:
Leaf
- Plantisul – substances such as insulin
Such plant-based insulin

- Saponins (leaves and bark)
Secondary metabolites which are common in nature.

- Flavonoida
A group of the largest phenol compounds found in nature. These compounds are red pigments, purple, and blue. And as the yellow pigment found in plants.

- Polyphenols
Group of chemicals found in plants. Its main usefulness is as a natural antioxidant.

Benefits:
- Leaf efficacious overcome ulcers
- Overcoming diabetes
- Anti-diarrhea
- Diuretics

These plants are often found  on side streets as conditioning plants. The plant has a distinctive fruit, the fruit rises to the top. Mahogany fruit can be used for various treatments.

Ingredients:
- Saponin
Saponins have a function:
1. boost the immune system
2. prevent blood clotting
3. strengthen heart function

- Flavonoida
Flavonoida has several functions:
1. useful to smooth the blood
2. reduce the accumulation of fat
3. function as antioxidants

Benefits:
- Reduce hypertension
- Help fight diabetes
- Increase appetite

The plants are very healthy and juices contain large amounts of vitamins and minerals. Drinking vegetable juice is very popular among people naturists. This is due to the following reasons:

1. According to the recommendations we should eat 3 to 5 servings of vegetables a day, or 3 vegetables and 2 fruits. Some people do not like vegetables and juicing and juice these can help a lot. Vegetable juice is also for people who want to consume more vitamins naturally.

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According altmedicine.about, some Chinese herbs could fight diabetes. However, there is insufficient scientific evidence to support its use.

That was the conclusion of a recent survey of 16 clinical trials in a total of 1,391 people. They received 15 different formulas herbal.

In traditional Chinese medicine, herbs have been used to help people with impaired glucose tolerance to prevent them developing diabetes.
Glucose intolerance, also known as pre-diabetes, is visualized by high blood sugar levels.

Chinese herbal medicine aims to normalize blood sugar levels, in different forms. For example, boosting the role of the pancreas, etc..

Although this approach appears promising in the treatment of pre-diabetes, should be conducted more clinical trials to confirm its effectiveness.

Herbal cigarettes are marketed worldwide as a viable alternative to conventional cigarettes. These are produced with a mixture of snuff and herbal medicines, allegedly leaving aside the tar and other products harmful to health contained in conventional cigarettes.

However, a recent study conducted by Chinese researchers has shown that these cigarettes do not pose less risk than conventional cigarettes, in fact, the risk involved in them is equivalent to an ordinary cigarette, raising concern about its marketing.

In reaching this conclusion the researchers decided to compare 135 people consuming herbal cigarettes with 143 who consumed cigarettes. Analyzing the urine of participants, the researchers found that there were present the same amounts of nicotine and carcinogens, regardless of what type of cigarettes consumed by the patient.

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Are products and herbal health supplements are safe because they are natural?

Not necessarily. Do not assume that products and herbal health supplements are safer than medicines just because they are natural or come from plants. After all, many plants are poisonous! Although the products and herbal supplements are advertised as “natural,” they are not necessarily natural to the human body.
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Aloe vera, the Asphodelaceae family, the genus Aloe, which has more than 350 plant species. The plants of this genus have been used since ancient times in traditional medicine in many countries and its use can be documented as early as the earliest civilizations. Today, the species most known is the Aloe vera L. (Aloe barbadensis Miller), originally from Barbados and cultivated in warm climate countries. Also of interest is the Aloe ferox Miller, called Cape Aloe, grown in Africa.

From these two species produce two different products: aloe or aloes, which is extracted through incisions in the epidermis of fresh leaves and is rich in hidroxiantracénicos from laxative effects, and aloe gel, sticky substance that is obtained from the parenchyma or pulp of the leaves of Aloe barbadensis, whose main constituents are polysaccharides and is used in hygiene, cosmetics and in treating various skin problems.

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