Herbal medicine is the extraction of herbs or plants which have a medicinal value in treating illnesses and diseases (Brody 1). A herb is known as a plant that does not have a woody stem and usually dies back at the end of each growing season. It is also known as a "natural" drug because they are derived from nature. This is unlike pharmaceutical drugs‚ which are synthesized from chemicals. Herbal medicine dates back a very long time. More than 4‚000 years ago‚ the Chinese emperor Qien Nong
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Herbal and Nutritional Medicine Herbal medicines are certain types of medicines which are purely made by herbs. They don’t have any side effects‚ mainly because most of them are found in nature and are not harmful to the human body. Many well established medicines originally come from plants which is very interesting and completely opposite of different medicines which are made in labs. For example‚ the painkiller morphine comes from poppies‚ aspirin comes from the bark of willow trees and dioxin
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Aren’t herbal products safer than pharmaceutical drugs because they are made from natural ingredients? ------------------------------------------------- http://www.naturalmedicinesofnc.org/FAQs.html While the pharmaceutical industry has made important progress in recent decades in developing reliable‚ effective medications‚ the emphasis on proving efficacy has often overshadowed safety issues. So‚ despite federal drug regulations‚ serious safety problems related to pharmaceutical drugs persist
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Intoduction: The past decade has witnessed a tremendous resurgence in the interest and use of medicinal plant products.Medicinal plants are various plants used in herbalism and thought by some to have medicinal properties. Few plants or their phytochemical constituents have been proven to have medicinal effects by rigorous science or have been approved by regulatory agencies such as the United States Food and Drug Administration or European Food Safety Authority.The articles in this category can
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HERBAL PLANTS Bayabas or Guava Scientific name: Psidium guajava Uses: • Antiseptic‚ astringent & anthelminthic • Kills bacteria‚ fungi and amoeba • Used to treat diarrhea in children • For Hypertension‚ diabetes and Asthma • Promotes menstruation Preparation: • Boil one cup of Bayabas leaves in three cups of water for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool. • To use as mouthwash‚ gargle. • To use as wound disinfectant‚ wash affected areas 2 to 3 times a day. • For toothaches‚ chew the
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Herbal Medicine I would like to start out by saying a verse from Genesis 1:29-30 "And God said‚ behold‚ I have given you every herb bearing seed‚ which is upon the face of all the earth‚ and every tree‚ in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth‚ and to every fowl of the air‚ and to everything that creepeth upon the earth‚ wherein there is life‚ I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so." This verse from the
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is to analyse the situation of Himalaya Herbals of Oregon and provide forecasts for future market and product innovations. We have developed organisational goals and objectives which stem from their "back to basics" philosophies’. After evaluating the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats‚ we found that competition was the single biggest threat to Himalaya Herbals’s success both nationally and internationally. We concluded that Himalaya Herbals must undertake an intensive advertising campaign
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Kalilong Makabuhay Guava Malunggay B. Process Flow 1. Herbs a. Picking – is the first and easiest step in the entire process flow. It refers to the act of harvesting the leaves on the garden. Preferably done early in the morning‚ between 6am -7 am. b. Selection - this is the stage where we carefully choose among the collected leaves. It also involves scrutinizing to make sure that only healthy ones are used for production. In
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of symbols adds depth to his stories and helps to reveal different aspects of his characters. In Rappaccini’s Daughter‚ Hawthorne uses symbolism to create a modern day tale of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.There are two settings for this story. The first and main setting is an eye appealing garden next to Giovanni Guasconti’s room which is located in Padua‚. Although a large portion of his stories are allegories‚ Hawthorne’s preference is to draw more heavily on symbolism (Pennell 13). His use
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Indian Streams Research Journal Available online at www.isrj.net Volume 2‚ Issue. 6‚ July 2012 ISSN:-2230-7850 ORIGINAL ARTICLE ’Herbal Cosmetics’ Anil Samleti‚ Shrinivas Bumrela‚ Snehal Dhobale‚ Vaibhav Kekre‚ Sinhgad Technical Education Society‚ Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences‚ Lonavala‚ Pune (MS)‚ India 410401. Email : Samleti_anil@rediffmail.com Abstract: Mother Nature has provided human‚ the favorite creation of God‚ with all that he needed to live on this
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