Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Herbal Remedies For Fevers

Treating a fever with herbal remedies
A fever is a natural part of the body’s immune response to a bacterial or viral infection. Natural medicine recommends taking diaphoretic herbs to help the body get rid of waste materials and lower the fever instead of taking n.s.a.i.d’s such as aspirin or acetaminophen.
Drinking teas from calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, elder flowers, yarrow herb, chrysanthemum flowers, lemon balm herb, feverfew herb, meadowsweet, white willow bark can help to naturally work with the body to bring down a fever.
Try this formula to naturally bring down a fever.
Add one table spoon of peppermint leaf, yarrow flowers and elder flowers to three cups of boiling water and let steep for twenty minutes. Drink one cup of the tea three times a day.
Remember that a fever is also the body’s way of telling us that it need to relax and recover, so try not to just take a pill and keep on running. Listen to your body and give it the time that it needs.

Herbal Remedies For Periodontal Disease (gum problems)


Try to find a toothpast or a mouthwash with bloodroot in it. This will help to protect your gums and teeth against bacteria. Also myrrh gum can help to tighten the gums.
Add a drop of myrrh gum tincture, diluted bloodroot tincture and a drop of peppermint oil to your toothpast before brushing your teeth.
Also keeping a strong immune system helps.

Herbal Remedies For Hepatitis


Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver which can be caused by a number of things such as viral infection and alcohol abuse.
Symptoms of hepatitis
•\\tAbdominal pain
•\\tDark urine
•\\tFever
•\\tJoint pain
•\\tLoss of appetite
•\\tNausea and vomiting
•\\tWeakness and fatigue
•\\tYellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
If you have symptoms of hepatitis you should see a doctor.
For hepatitis one should take liver protecting herbs like milk thistle and schisandrea. To help with the inflammation use tumeric and St. John’s wort, which are anti inflammatory herbs. Also immune enhancing herbs like shittake mushrooms.
Herbal formula for hepatitis
Mix one teas of each dandelion root, artichoke leaf, Oregon grape root, one half teaspoon of tumeric, ginger rhizomes and gentian root in four cups of water. Bring herbs to a boil and simmer for twenty minutes. Drink one cup of tea three times a day.

Herbal Remedies For Genital Herpes

There are several types of the herpes virus that can sit dormant on nerve centers and cause outbreaks during time that the immune system is down.
Taking cooling herbs that clear heat from the bowls can help in times of a breakout. Try herbs like Oregon grape and yellow dock root. For prevention drinking tea made from lemon balm leaf can be helpful.
Add fresh garlic to your diet to keep the immune system strong.
During an outbreak you can apply a lemon balm cream to the sores to speed healing

Herbal Remedies For High Blood pressure

Herbal Remedies For High Blood pressure
High blood pressure or mild hypertension is clinically defined as a systolic pressure of more then 140mm/hg and a diastolic pressure of more then 90mm/hg.
Systolic pressure is when the heart is contracted and diastolic pressure is when it is relaxed.
High blood pressure can be caused by stress, diet and heredity. Blood pressure natural goes up with age.
Taking herbs that are considered to be cardio tonic herbs, is strongly recommended. Such herbs are shepherds purse, Alfalfa, hawthorn and garlic.
Also relaxing herbs like passion flower, California poppy, yarrow and linden.
Herbal formula for high blood pressure
Make a strong tea by steeping one tablespoon of each hawthorn leaves and flowers, shepherds purse and one teaspoon of celery seed and yarrow in three cups of boiling water for twenty minutes. Drink an entire cup three times a day.

Herbal Remedies For Lice (head and pubic)


Lice are small wingless parasitic insects that can live in the hair and feed off blood that they sick from the scalp.
You can use a strong tea made from rosemary, quassia bark, and horsetail herb to wash the effected area. You can also add twenty drops of tea tree and rosemary essential oil to two ounces of almond oil or olive oil and massage into the scalp. Make sure none of it gets into the eyes and shampoo it out after an hour.
Herbal formula for lice
Add one tablespoon of each quassia bark, rosemary and horsetail tincture to a half cup of water and a half cup of vinegar and rinse your scalp or pubic area with it several times a day.

Herbal Remedies For Menstrual Cramps


The tightening of the uterine muscle during menses is a natural part of the feminine reproductive cycle. Pain and discomfort during this period can be reduced by healthy habits and stress control.
Herbs that can help reduce and even perhaps relieve the pain of menstrual cramps are cramp bark, valerian root, and skull cap herb. Mix one teaspoon of each herb in four cups of water and simmer for twenty minutes. Drink one cup of the tea three times a day.
If you prefer add one teaspoon of each tincture to one cup of water and drink one half cup twice a day.