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Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
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Oolong tea
Herbs that have traditionally been used to treat obesity have many different actions that help the body use and burn calories from food more effectively. Some like Oolong tea and fucus help to keep appetite in check
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Bladderwrack |
Fucus vesiculosis |
Fucus, Seaweed,kelp |
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As a source of iodine, it assists in the production of of thyroid hormones ...
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Cleavers |
Galium aparine |
Clivers, Goose Grass, Catchweed, Sweet Woodruff |
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Dried aerial parts and fresh expressed juice :
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Herbalists have long regarded cleavers as a valuable lymphatic tonic and diuretic. ...
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Ephedra |
Ephedra sinica |
Ma Huang |
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Ma Huang has a 5,000 year history of use in Chinese medicine as an asthma treatment. The whole herb, which can still be purchased legally, is used to ...
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Fennel |
Foeniculum vulgare |
Sweet Fennel, Fenkel |
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Seeds, leaves, roots, oil - the whole plant :
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The uses for fennel go far beyond the kitchen however, fennel has been used as a medicinal herb by the early Romans and Greeks. ...
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Horehound |
Marrubium vulgare L. |
White horehound, marrubio |
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The Egyptians and Romans esteemed Horehound for coughs and colds, the same uses as it is recommend by modern herbalists ...
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Lady's Mantle |
Alchemilla vulgaris |
Leontopodium, Stellaria |
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The root, when employed may be fresh. Mantle has astringent and styptic properties, on account of the tannin it contains ...
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Oolong Tea |
Camellia sinensis |
Wu Long, Wu Yi Tea |
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It is true that Oolong/Wu Long tea not only boosts metabolism and suppresses sugar cravings, but it may also burn fat. ...
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Pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
Scots Pine |
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The key uses of pine oil are as an anti-infectious, antimicrobial agent in colds, flu, urinary and viral infections and as a pain reliever ...
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Sarsaparilla |
Smilax sarsaparilla |
zarzaparrilla |
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The spicy, pleasant smelling root is what gave old fashioned root beer its bite and is the part used medicinally ...
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Tea |
Camellia sinensis |
Green Tea, Black tea |
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Black tea, Oolong/Wu long tea and green and white teas are all from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. ...
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White Kidney Bean |
Phaseolus vulgaris |
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Phaseolus vulgaris, an inhibitor of alpha-amylase, an enzyme that promotes the breakdown of starch. ...
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Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
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Keywords:Theraputics, medicene,medicenal
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