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Acupuncture
Category: Health
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Acupuncture In Support of an Integrative Medicine Hence, scientifically speaking, physiology occurs when a universal wave moves throughout the body, creating new matter. It has been almost 35 years since the late New York Times reporter, James Reston introduced acupuncture to the American public in 1971, as he wrote a first-page story on the way he was relieved from post-surgical pain after an emergency operation in Beijing.  At that time in the United States, there had been only a ...

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ALOE VERA
Category: Women's Health
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Herb Name including Botanical and other names:   Aloe Barbadenis, Aloe Ferox. Other common names include Aloe Vera gel, Aloe juice, Aloe latex, and Aloe sap. It is often referred to as the lily of the desert.   Herb Overview:    Aloe Vera is grown in areas such as South Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and other warmer climates. Although Aloe Vera is not a cactus, it is a member of the lily family and is considered to be very useful for burns and ...

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Althaea Officinalis
Category: Women's Health
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Marshmallow, known by its scientific name Althaea officinalis is one plant of about six to twelve in the genus “Althaea”. While there are relatives of Althaea officinialis that are used medicinally, it’s never the whole plant that is used, and is not as useful or efficient as Marshmallow. At one point, several other species belonged to the Althaea genus, but such species were later found to belong to a completely different genus.   Herb Overview   Marshmallow is ...

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AMERICAN GINSENG
Category: Women's Health
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Herb name including Botanical and other names:    Herb Overview: Ginseng was mainly thought to only be found in Manchuria and Chinese Tartary but has also been harvested in Korea and Japan, parts of North America including Ontario and Quebec, and in parts of France. Ginseng was mostly used by the North American Indians in their love potions and charms and it is currently considered useful today for all types of ailments. American Ginseng packaging is commonly that of the American ...

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Angelica Sinensis
Category: Women's Health
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Angelica sinensis is the botanical name for an herb more commonly known as Chinese Angelica, women's ginseng, Dang gui, Danngui, Tang Kuei, Tan Jue Bai zhi, Dong quai, or Dong Qua. The pharmaceutical name is Radix Angelicae Sinensis. Though the names are similar, dong quai is not to be mixed up with Angelica seed or Angelica root.   Herb Overview   Historically, dong quai has been used in culinary dishes and as a medicinal remedy. Its usage began in Japan, China, and Korea and ...

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Apium Graveolens
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Herb name: Apium Graveolens. More commonly known as Celery Seed.   Herb Overview:   Since ancient times, celery seed has been used in many parts of the world as a therapeutic herb, although it still has not found a real stronghold as an herbal medicine in the Western part of the world. For thousands of years it has been used to treat arthritis, symptoms caused by cold and flu viruses, digestive ailments, and even problems with the spleen and liver.   As an herbal remedy ...

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Arctium Lappa
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Burdock   Botanical name: Arctium minus, Arctium tomentosum, Arctium lappa   Overview   Burdock has been used for healing scurvy, diabetes, rheumatism, and arthritis for hundreds of years. In ancient times, the Greeks used every part of the burdock plant, the leaves, the roots, and the seeds in cures for various ailments. In Japan, burdock or gobo, was prepared as a soup to energize and strengthen the body. As far back as the Middle Ages, shepherds in ...

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Arctium Minus
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Herb Name Arctium minus, or Burdock as most people know the herb, is a plant native to the regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. There are four other Burdock plants that are used medicinally as well; Arctium lappa (greater Burdock), Arctium minus nemorosum (woodland/wood Burdock), Arctium pubens (common Burdock), and Arctium tomentosum (Downy or wooly Burdock). Mostly though, when Burdock is mentioned, it is Arctium Minus that is being mentioned, or lesser Burdock that comes to ...

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Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi
Category: Women's Health
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Name   Arctostaphylos uva ursi  is the botanical name for an herb commonly known by a variety of different names including bear grape, sagackhomi, mountain box or mountain cranberry, carillo, bearberry, barberry, uva ursi, sand berry, meal berry, pinemat mananita, kinnikinnick. A wide variety of names come from the fact that uva ursi has been used around the world by many cultures for centuries. A bit of trivia: of all the English words that are pronounced the same way whether ...

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Arnica Montana
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Arnica montana or, as it is more commonly called, arnica, is an extremely popular ingredient in a variety of medications that soothe pain and reduce soreness in muscles and the inflammation associated with muscle strain. It is also called 'mountain tobacco' and 'leopard's bane' in different parts of the country and the world.   The huge popularity of arnica montana is demonstrated by the number of nations who use it regularly and the different forms in which one can purchase the product. ...

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