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Wild Yam Benefits Also known to have a therapeutic action on overall liver health, it is believed that wild yam root's ability to lower blood cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure indirectly helps the liver by increasing its efficiency and reducing stress.
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Yarrow Herb Profile Yarrow is one of my go-to herbs for children. It is helpful in relieving fevers, shortening the duration of cold and flu, helping improve relaxation during illness, and relieving cramps associated with hormones or illness. Applied topically, it is helpful with skin itching, rash or other issues.
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- Buy Kadu and Kariatu Powder from HESH - Bitter tonic roots for fevers, colds and to boost immune systems.
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- Other Uses: The root of the wild aubergine is often boiled with porridge and sour milk as a simple and natural cure for syphilis. The fruit has a cooling ability and is often used as a poultice, when mixed with vinegar, for a range of grazes, bruises and abscesses. Your ads will be inserted here by. AdSense Now! .
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7 Health Benefits of the Root Vegetable, Jicama 7 Health Benefits of the Root Vegetable, Jicama. First grown in South and Central America, and used in all sorts of flavorful dishes, Pachyrhizus erosus, also known as Jicama or the Mexican yam, is a delicious, sweet-tasting and crunchy food similar to a sweet potato, though without edible skin.
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YARROW The above ground parts are used to make medicine. Yarrow is used for fever, common cold, hay fever, absence of menstruation, dysentery, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal (GI) tract discomfort, and to induce sweating. Some people chew the fresh leaves to relieve toothache.
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Wild Yam Benefits Wild Yam can be very beneficial for nervousness, restlessness and other nervous conditions. As a stimulant for increased bile flow, it can help to relieve hepatic congestion, bilious colic and gallstones.
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- Wild daisy is a plant. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicinal tea. People take wild daisy tea for coughs, bronchitis, disorders of the liver and kidneys, and swelling (inflammation). Wild daisy is sometimes applied directly to the skin for wounds and skin diseases.
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- Wild carrot is a diuretic, stimulant and carminative. The wild carrot seeds are used to treat digestive problems including indigestion, colic, diarrhoea, flatulence and dysentery. The dried leaves are used to treat bladder and kidney problems.
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- The root of the Piper methysticum plant is chewed, ground, or pulverized to make drinks or teas that can ease a person’s mind while maintaining clarity. It’s used for temporary relief from anxiety, stress, and insomnia. Kavalactones are the active chemical ingredients of the kava root. Research shows that they can affect brain chemistry in ways similar to prescription antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. Kava is prepared in tinctures, teas, and also comes in pill and powder forms.
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11 Proven Health Benefits of Ginger The rhizome (underground part of the stem) is the part commonly used as a spice. It is often called ginger root, or simply ginger. Ginger has a very long history of use in various forms of traditional/alternative medicine. It has been used to help digestion, reduce nausea and help fight the flu and common cold, to name a few.
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Wild Yam Health Benefits and Uses Other names: Dioscorea villosa. Wild yam is a plant native to North America, Mexico and Asia. The part used medicinally is the root. The active compound is believed to be diosgenin.
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- Yarrow is a very valuable medicinal herb, with much scientific evidence of use in alternative medicine as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, emmenagogue, stimulant, tonics, vasodilator and vulnerary.
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Wild Yam Komesaroff PA, Black CV, Cable V, Sudhir K. Effects of wild yam extract on menopausal symptoms, lipids and sex hormones in healthy menopausal women. Climacteric . 2001;4(2):144-150. 8. Iwata E, Hotta H, Goto M. The screening method of a bifidogenic dietary fiber extracted from inedible parts of vegetables.
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Welcome to the BioAfrica Website 1 Lengana Umhlonyane may well be one of the new wonder herbs on the market which has properties to treat sinusitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, nasal congestion, flu symptoms, piles and ring worm.eople would take the leaves and either push them up their nostrils or boil them to make a tea with which they would steam, drink or use as an antiseptic. As urbanisation occurred people found it more difficult to find lengana in most parts of the region.
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How Kickboxing Can Transform Your Workout Core Training. To keep a workout fun and worthwhile it's good to mix things up and one way to do that could be through kickboxing. Doing the same workout week after week can get boring, but if you start throwing in some kicks and punches you may begin to see fresh results and feel a new invigorating energy.
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Wild Burdock Root Cleanses Blood, Clears Acne and Speeds Weight Loss Burdock root is a versatile vegetable and one of the finest healing herbs known to cleanse the blood. In Healing with Whole Foods Paul Pitchford writes, (Burdock) is a virtual cure-all for conditions of excess, and significantly purifies the blood while reducing fat and regulating blood sugar. (1)
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- 1 Marshmallow root is great for a sore throat. 2  This is not the type of marshmallow you would roast over a campfire. 3  This root is from a plant used for over two thousand years for healing all sorts of wounds. 4  Don’t use marshmallow tea if you take lithium as a medication. 5  Also, marshmallow may decrease blood sugar.
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Are yams an adequate alternative to hormone replacement therapy? Sweet potatoes are a good source of beta-carotene, vitamin C, folic acid, and some B vitamins. Predominantly grown in the Caribbean and Africa, yams are a good source of potassium, but contain no beta-carotene, and have lower levels of B vitamins, vitamin C, and folic acid than sweet potatoes.n the United States, what is commonly referred to as a yam is actually a variety of sweet potato (ipomoea batatas). Yams are similar in shape to sweet potatoes, but are drier and starchier in taste, and are rougher and scalier in texture.
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Marshmallow Root Herb Profile Marshmallow Root is an herb that has been around for centuries. In fact, it was mentioned in Homer’s Iliad (written 2800 years ago). It was used in ancient Greek and Indian cultures for its healing properties. Benefits of Marshmallow Root.
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Wild Yam The root and the bulb of the plant are used as a source of diosgenin, which is prepared as an “extract,” a liquid that contains concentrated diosgenin. There are over 600 species of wild yam. Some species are grown specifically as a source of diosgenin for laboratories to use in making steroids.
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Wild Yam Benefits Wild Yam Benefits. There are many claimed benefits of wild yam. The supplement is often said to be useful for breast enlargement, increasing energy and libido, and relieving menopause symptoms. It is also believed to be beneficial for treating conditions such as diverticulitis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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medicinal herbs Wild Celery Apium graveolens Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use. it is an aromatic bitter tonic herb that reduces blood pressure, relieves indigestion, stimulates the uterus and is anti-inflammatory.
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Guide to Herbal Remedies To increase relaxing and calming health benefits of wild lettuce tea, you can combine it with other herbs like Lemon balm, valerian root, skullcap, passionflower or chamomile, and you can add some high quality honey to enrich the taste of your herbal tea.
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Does Ginger Root Decrease a Woman's Menstruation Cycle? Photo Credit graffio77/iStock/Getty Images. Ginger root, obtained from the underground rhizome, or root, of the ginger plant has a long history of use in Asian, Indian and Middle Eastern cultures as a medicine. Ginger root has been used as an anti-inflammatory and an anti-emetic, which means it reduces nausea and vomiting.