Herbal Medicine

Menopause may sound like a disease or an ailment, and although some women may feel like it, it s not.

This condition is referred to as a natural transition that occurs for all women when they reach a particular age. Menopause is a period at "mid-life" when a woman has her last period. This usually happens when in a healthy woman, the ovaries stop consistently releasing eggs in a usually gradual natural process, or sometimes it happens all at once.

Perimenopause refers to the time of natural gradual changes which lead into menopause, and it generally influences a woman's hormones, body, and emotions as well.

Chinese traditional medicine is a system quite different with western medicine system. ¡¡ãMedical treatment is not to be given to those who have fallen ill, but to those who are not ill.¡¡À This precept comes from the Classic of Internal Medicine.(written about 3000 years before) It means that attempts to cure a disease should not be made after the disease has been incurred. Nourishment of life and preservation of health should be carried out prior to the arrival of the disease, and efforts must be made to avoid illness or to try to fall ill on as few occasions as possible.

The Chinese herbal tradition is believed to date back some 4,000 years to the Emperor Shen Nong (or Chien Nung). He is said to have described over: 300 medicinal plants and their uses in a book called the Pen Tsao. Although versions of several ancient pharmacopoeia still exist today, the main surviving text on herbalism is the book by the physician Li Shih-chen describing almost 2,000 herbs and 10,000 herbal remedies, and written in the 16th century.

As well as the herbalism of trained physicians, there is also a folk tradition of herbal medicine in China. Many families had their own remedies, which were passed from generation to generation.

Traditional medicine came under question in the 20th century, but was reinstated under the communist regime.

With the increase in the popularity of alternative and natural health solutions, many of the time-honored medical traditions of the east, such as the use of ginger root, are exciting the interest of clinical researchers. Ginger has a long history of medicinal use, particularly in traditional Chinese medicine and the Ayurvedic healing traditions of India. In recent years, a great deal of clinical research has been done on the potential health benefits of ginger.

Used for thousands of years to ease digestive complaints and nausea, among numerous other ailments, ginger has attracted the attention of numerous researchers throughout the world - including those seeking a means of easing the side effects of some cancer and Hepatitis C treatments.

Why are men so difficult when they have to confront their sexual health? Men do not hesitate to take charge of established businesses and start up new ones or help our children and neighbors cope with their own crises, but when men have a sexual problem, they suddenly feel all alone and adrift without any sense of where to turn. But sexual problems have always been somehow different, not something easy to talk about because they are frankly too personal or private. If you have a sexual health problem, you should know that you are not alone.

When a man's problem is not related to the role of his penis as a passageway for urinating, but as a sexual instrument, his thinking and actions change dramatically.

When you get sick, you go to the doctor. And the doctor will, of course, prescribe medicines. You will go and buy medicines. You take them, and hopefully, you get well.

This is how the health profession goes on nowadays - a cycle of diagnosis and prescription.

If anyone were to give you herbs for medicine, you would probably say that that person was a quack.

But nowadays, studies are being conducted to see if there are really is any merit to what is called natural medicine.

Natural medicine is the use of natural methods, herbal medicines, and traditional practices to heal ailments. Every culture has a form of natural medicine.

Writing from my own personal perspective from my years of work and research in the Amazon Rainforest with the shamans and curanderos who drink the visionary plant brew called Ayahuasca. I use the term `shaman' as a convenience as this title has only been `imported' from the West into the Amazon quite recently in the past thirty years or so. A more appropriate general term could be `vegatilista' or a seer and healer who work with plants from not only the physical or medicinal aspect but who are also in communion with the soul of the plant.

The basil is a herbaceous annual culture plant, ramified from the ground, 20-60 cm tall with hairy stems, round-oval leaves and white or reddish flowers.
The basil has been known since ancient times and is a holy plant in India, very much appreciated by Egyptians, too; bouquets of basil were found in the Egyptian pyramids.
An aromatic plant, the basil is used in the culinary art as a seasoning for diverse meat and sauce dishes.

Big nettles and small nettles are species which can be found all over the world. In same tropical and subtropical areas, nettles can be as 13 feet high and it has wooden stem.
Nettle is known for a lot of time, since antiquity, as textile and medicinal plant. Young stem and leaves from both species can be used as food, which appear in early spring.
Nettles contains protides formed from a great number of amino acids, glucidic substances, vegetable hormone, volatile oil, B1, B2, C and K vitamins.

Therapeutic recommendations:

Internal use of nettles:

In old literature and in traditional medicine the therapeutical recommendations are varied.

Do you still think that the only real sex pill is called Viagra? Chinese believe they have something better - Yin Yang Huo or Horny Goat Weed, a marvelous herb.

Horny Goat Weed has been used as an aphrodisiac for hundreds of years, and research has also proven its effects on improving sexual desire and performance.
Its scientific name is Epimedium or Yin Yang Huo in chinese but it is also called as Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings, Inyokaku, or Horny Goat Weed.
Epimedium is a genus of about 60 or more species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae.

One of the primary physiological effects of Epimedium is the dilation of blood vessels, allowing hormone-boosted blood to reach sensitive tissues.

Anti-aging can be a difficult topic to address. A war is currently being fought over the meaning of "anti-aging" (as research, medicine, brand, or simply adjective) and thus even mentioning the term is likely to prejudice many readers. We will try to put this all into context while being as neutral as possible.A broad definition of 'anti-aging' is any intervention intended to preserve and extend one's lifespan. All time honored health promoting behaviors such as good hygiene and various safety measures are 'anti-aging'

Anti Aging

Aging is defined as the collection of degenerative diseases that is large influenced by lifestyle. In order to give full meaning to the right to "life" we need a "war on aging".

When you are ill, you normally go to see your doctor. The doctor will then diagnosis your ailment, and then prescribe the medications that will hopefully get you well. This is how the health profession works on a day to day basis. However, if someone were to prescribe you herbs instead of medicines, you would probably label that person a quack. But now, studies are being conducted to see if there really are any merits to what is called natural medicine.

Natural medicine is the use of natural methods, such as herbal medicines, and traditional practices to heal ailments. Every culture has some form of natural medicine.

When you are ill, you normally go to see your doctor. The doctor will then diagnosis your ailment, and then prescribe the medications that will hopefully get you well. This is how the health profession works on a day to day basis. However, if someone were to prescribe you herbs instead of medicines, you would probably label that person a quack. But now, studies are being conducted to see if there really are any merits to what is called natural medicine.

Natural medicine is the use of natural methods, such as herbal medicines, and traditional practices to heal ailments. Every culture has some form of natural medicine.

When you get sick, you go to the doctor. And the doctor will, of course, prescribe medicines. You will go and buy medicines. You take them, and hopefully, you get well.

This is how the health profession goes on nowadays - a cycle of diagnosis and prescription.

If anyone were to give you herbs for medicine, you would probably say that that person was a quack.

But nowadays, studies are being conducted to see if there are really is any merit to what is called natural medicine.

Natural medicine is the use of natural methods, herbal medicines, and traditional practices to heal ailments. Every culture has a form of natural medicine.

Writing from my own personal perspective from my years of work and research in the Amazon Rainforest with the shamans and curanderos who drink the visionary plant brew called Ayahuasca. I use the term `shaman' as a convenience as this title has only been `imported' from the West into the Amazon quite recently in the past thirty years or so. A more appropriate general term could be `vegatilista' or a seer and healer who work with plants from not only the physical or medicinal aspect but who are also in communion with the soul of the plant.

High blood pressure and how to live a heart-healthier life. Blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of arteries. Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body in vessels called arteries. Blood pressure is recorded as two numbers--the systolic pressure (as the heart beats) over the diastolic pressure (as the heart relaxes between beats). The pressure of blood against the artery walls when your heart beats is called systolic pressure. The pressure between beats when your heart relaxes is called diastolic pressure. Many people get high blood pressure as they get older. In fact, over half of all Americans age 60 and older have high blood pressure. However, getting high blood pressure is not a normal part of aging.