Herbal Remedies

Man has sought herbs for natural remedies since before history was recorded. The earliest records of studies of herbs dates about 5000 years ago with the Sumerians, who mentioned established uses for laurel, caraway, and thyme.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbology Herbs are also mentioned in the ancient text from China, over 4000 years ago, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine.chinesemedicinesampler.com/herbal-medicine/a-brief-history-of-herbs/ Traditional Chinese Medicine developed a complex formulae, using combinations of herbs, now called traditional Chinese patent medicines. In the modern era, scientific pressure for evidence-based use of natural medicines has brought herbal use into the modern era. This web site provides the curious with links, blogs, and helpful videos that will inform research into this important area of alternative medicine. Links to scientific research are provided below the "herbal remedies links" section. Featured videos are on making a cream for skin inflammation caused by stings, mint tea for bloating after a meal, and a song "The Remedy" by Jonh Mraz, just for fun.

1. Bronchitis - the value of garlic, which contains quercitin, rose hips for vitamin C, tincture of elderberry, licorice, propolis, and water which is probably the best expectorant that you can use.

2. Inflammation - turmeric, which contains cucurmin, is an anti-inflammatory herb which has been found useful for the treatment of rhuematoid arthritis, dosages are given in the video.

3. Natural Body Scrub - how to make a body scrub with salt, olive oil and peppermint oil.

4. Natural Ways to Increase Fertility - a review of herbs that are in FertilPlus remedy for men and women: Dong Quai, Siberian Ginseng, Green Tea, Black Cohosh, Muira Puama - an aphrodisiac for women and fertility booster, and Chaste Tree

5. Natural ADHD Cure - several tactics seem to work for this one family, psychological reinforcement, better nutrition and taking the supplement L-theanine, which comes from green tea

6. Making Comfrey Oil for Sauves

7. St. John's Wort for Depression

8. 7 Natural Herb Remedies

9. Bring a Fever Down

10. Blocked Fallopian Tubes Remedy

11. Ayahuasca

12. Stretch Mark Herbal Remedy

13. Herbal Medicine Cabinet

14. Wise Woman Tradition of Herbal Medicine

15. Erectile Dysfunction Remedy

16. Homemade Cough Syrup

• Greek and Roman: Hippocrates, Galen, Dioscorides, Theophrastus
• European: Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century; Gaspard Bauhin, Otto Brunfels, Hieronymus Bock, and Leonhard Fuchs, 16th century; Nicholas Culpepper; 17th century
• United States: Samuel Thompson, popular 19th century

• U. S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• HerbMed.org