Gastrointestinal conditions like pancreatitis may not receive as much attention as lifestyle disease like heart disease, but they can have an even greater impact on quality of life. Pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the pancreas, impairing the organ’s ability to produce digestive enzymes and insulin. In chronic cases, the condition worsens over time, […]
Herbs for Specific Ailments
Plants and Herbs that Can Help to Heal Adrenal Fatigue
A look at adrenal fatigue and how it can be healed with medicinal herbs and plants. Adrenal fatigue is a condition that has been covered in medical literature for over 100 years. In recent years, however, the prevalence of adrenal fatigue has increased. The prevalence of adrenal fatigue in recent years could be a result […]
Herbal Remedies for Edema
Extra fluid retention in the body usually results in a swelling condition called edema. It can affect any part of the body but mostly the arms, feet, ankles, and legs. Edema can be caused by a variety of conventional medication, pregnancy or a number of underlying ailments such as heart problems, kidney disease or cirrhosis […]
Medicinal Herbs for Fatigue
Many medicinal herbs can play a significant role in combating fatigue, both mental or physical. Herbs for fatigue treatment are usually adaptogenic, meaning that they balance metabolism. Adaptogens, as these herbs are called, can regulate the cardiovascular and the endocrine system and enhance the immune system. Although conventional medicine can address specific fatigue symptoms, adaptogenic […]
Herbal Remedies for Sciatica
Sciatica is the clinical word used to describe a set of symptoms caused by the compression of the sciatic nerve, which begins in the lower back and runs down the leg. The pain and/or numbness may be felt in either the hip or buttocks and also in leg and foot on the side affected. Because […]
Herbal Remedies for Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis of the liver refers to a state where healthy liver tissue is replaced with hard, non-viable scar tissue. Cirrhosis is never a primary disease: in other words, cirrhosis always occurs as a result of another disease that has affected the liver. As the disease progresses, more scar tissue replaces healthy tissue and if left […]
Medicinal Herbs for Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s is a neurological disease that affects a person’s motor skills such as walking, dexterity of the hands, and speech. The classic symptoms of the untreated Parkinson’s patient are rigid or stooped posture, “mask-like” face, tremors in one or both hands, and shuffling gate. Symptoms generally show after the age of 60 but there are […]
Herbs for Panic Attacks
Medicinal herbs for panic attacks and anxiety are usually not a sufficient treatment on their own. Those suffering from panic or general anxiety should also consider seeking medical and psychological counseling to get at the root problems. In some cases, panic attacks are caused by withdrawal from drugs, most notably antidepressants, or by physical problems […]
Herbal Remedies for Yeast Infection
Yeast infection, also known as thrush or candidiasis, is a common ailment that will affect most women and some men at some point in their lives. Medicinal herbs for yeast infection should look to alleviating many of the symptoms but also the root causes of candidiasis. Often, the outbreak of a yeast infection will coincide […]
Herbal Remedies for Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
The use of medicinal herbs as herbal remedies to treat whooping cough also known as pertussis focus on reducing the main cause which is respiratory tract infection. Other uses of herbs for a whooping cough are to liquefy and aid in expectoration of the tenacious mucus, help with the spasmodic nature of a cough by […]