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MILK THISTLE
Category: Health
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Silybum marianum Biennial Uses: medicinal culinary Native to the Mediterranean region but, can be found across asia and North America, the Milk Thistle leaves are glossy with painted creamy white veins. The medicinal extract is know as Silymarin and is used as a tonic for the liver and may even help to regenerate the livers cells. Some German studies have found the extract to be good for Stomach ulcers. This herb is generally safe, with the only noted side effect being ...

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Malaria
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Overview Malaria is a serious disease that causes high fever and chills. You can get malaria from a bite by an infected mosquito. It is most often found in Africa, Southern Asia, Central America, and South America. Symptoms Most malaria infections cause flu-like symptoms such as: • high fever • chills • muscle pain • diarrhea Symptoms tend to come and go in cycles as the disease progresses. One type of malaria may cause more serious problems, including heart, lung, ...

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Measles
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Measles is a highly contagious viral infection. It is also called rubeola or red measles. The disease is extremely rare in the United States because of widespread immunization programs. Symptoms • high fever • distinct red rash • diarrhea • cold • watering of the eyes • dry cough When adults get the disease, they usually have more severe symptoms than children who get the disease. The incubation period—the time between when you are first exposed to ...

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Mayapple
Category: Natural Meds
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Overview:   Mayapple is a strong and powerful purgative that has been used historically and primarily to regulate bowel and liver function. It is believed to be a strong stimulant that efficiently cleanses and removes waste products from the body, and has been used to treat constipation, jaundice and other disorders associated with waste product buildup. Native Americans also used Mayapple to remove warts and expel worms from the intestines. Plant Description: Mayapple is a perennial ...

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Meadowsweet
Category: Natural Meds
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Overview: Suffering from headache, fever, arthritic and joint pain?  Rather than reach for aspirin, why not try Meadowsweet instead?  It is the natural version of aspirin without the digestive upsets and bleeding that may accompany the synthetic product.  It is even said to soothe digestive upsets, as well as the pains and aches of inflammatory ailments. Plant Description: Meadowsweet is a stout perennial wildflower that thrives in the rich, wet soils of marshes, bogs, ...

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Melilot
Category: Natural Meds
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Overview:   Melilot is considered a natural anticoagulant  (its main active constituent is coumarin!) with blood thinning properties that may be very helpful as a venous tonic, improving the flow of blood through the veins to the heart and may thus relieve varicose veins and swollen legs. Melilot also helps to clear congestion, reduce retained fluid and ease aching and painful joints. Plant Description: Melilot is a biennial or perennial herb with smooth, erect, multi-branched ...

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Mistletoe
Category: Natural Meds
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Overview: If all you want is a kiss, walk under a bough of Mistletoe, but if you are exhausted, irritable or suffering from headache or hypertension, try Mistletoe for relief.  Perhaps more importantly, there are very hopeful and exciting studies currently being conducted on Mistletoe in the area of immune therapy, which show promise in building defense against disease. Plant Description: European Mistletoe (not to be confused with American Mistletoe, an entirely different plant that ...

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Multiple sclerosis
Category: Health
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Multiple sclerosis   Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, disease that affects your central nervous system, which is made up of your brain and spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis is a condition affects the immune system and attacks components of your body as if they didn’t belong there. In multiple sclerosis, the body mistakenly directs antibodies and white blood cells against proteins in the myelin sheath, a fatty substance that insulates nerve fibers in your brain and spinal cord. ...

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Motion Sickness
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Motion sickness occurs when the body is sensitive to changes of movement in different directions or under conditions where visual contact with the actual outside perspective is lost. The balance center of the inner ear then sends information to the brain that conflicts with the visual clues of actually standing still in the inside cabin of a ship or airplane. Symptoms ·        Dizziness ·        ...

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Memory Loss
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With so many things going on in our daily lives, it’s normal to forget things. Everyone forgets things. How many times have you misplaced something? How many times have you put something in a safe place and forgot where that safe place was? Forgetfulness tends to increase with age, but there's a big difference between normal memory-loss and the type of memory loss associated with a medical condition Normal that is age-related doesn't prevent you from living a happy, healthy, and ...

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