Be safe when it comes to hormones. They can have powerful effects. Using hormones needs the advice of an expert physician.
Hormones and Glandulars
DHEA:
• improves overall physical and psychological well-being
• revives energy levels
• improves immune function
• fights autoimmune diseases
• may fight cancer (except prostate cancer)
• thwarts blood clot formation and encourages blood vessels to relax
• rejuvenates sex drive in both men and women
Pregnenolone:
• reduces pain and swelling in rheumatoid arthritis
• treatment for arthritis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, and lupus
• relieves depression
• treatment for estrogen-related health problems (breast caner, uterine fibroids, and fibrocystic breast disease)
Melatonin:
• improves sleep patterns
• may prevent certain cancers
• may prevent cluster headaches
Glandular Extracts (Protomorphogens):
• thymus extract can augment immune function and be used in treating recurrent infections, yeast overgrowth, cancer, and AIDS
• adrenal extracts could increase energy and alertness
Multipurpose Herbs
Ginkgo Biloba:
• facilitates blood flow, especially to the brain
• helps ease the numbness and pain of intermittent claudication
Ginseng:
• siberian ginseng strengthens the immune system
• siberian ginseng stabilizes blood sugar
• panax ginseng provides mental and physical stamina
Cat’s Claw:
• treats digestive problems, ulcers, arthritis, and inflammatory ailments
• lowers blood pressure and cholesterol
• may enhance the immune system and inhibit cancer
Aloe Vera:
• helps heal wounds
• may improve the immune system
Licorice (Glycyrrhizin):
• treats rheumatoid arthritis, allergies, bronchial disorders, viruses, mouth sores, chronic fatigue, blood sugar imbalances, and skin afflictions
• reduces coughs
• may prevent HIV from developing into AIDS
• inhibits the growth of viruses such as hepatitis B and Epstein-Barr
Garlic:
• boosts immune function
• lowers high blood sugar
• reduces the risk of heart disease
Ginger:
• prevents blood from clotting
• strengthens heart functioning
• acts as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat rheumatoid arthritis
• counteracts motion sickness and dizziness
Turmeric:
• reduces the cancerous threat of cigarette smoke
• topical treatment improves the treatment of skin cancer
• fights inflammatory ailments such as arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and asthma
• improves digestion
• inhibits the HIV virus
• reverses precancerous mouth lesions
Immune-Enhancing Herbs
Medicinal Mushrooms:
• intravenous lentinan can fight cancer
• reishi increases overall well-being, treats allergies, controls blood clotting, controls high blood pressure, and has antitumor properties
• maitake mushrooms may prevent the spread of malignant tumors
• PSK extends the survival rate of cancer patients
Mistletoe:
• injections of mistletoe strengthen the immune system and reduce the extent of cancer
Astragalus:
• improves the immune system by raising natural killer cell activity
Pau D’Arco:
• has anticancer properties
Infection Fighters
Echinacea:
• prevents and treats upper respiratory infections and vaginal yeast infections
Goldenseal:
• works against urinary, respiratory, and sinus infections
• works well against forms of infectious diarrhea
• elevates white blood cell numbers
• lowers blood sugar and blood pressure
• helps control disturbances in heart rhythm
Olive Leaf:
• provides some relief for the following microbial ailments: pneumonia, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, influenza, viral encephalitis, viral meningitis, hepatitis B, shingles, herpes, and Epstein-Barr
• treatment for urinary infections, surgical infections, and any sort of bacterial infection
Oil of Oregano:
• fights infections
Tea Tree Oil:
• treatment for acne, fungal infections, athlete’s foot, and cold sores
Cardiovascular Herbs
Hawthorn:
• reduces heart disease and chest pains
Coleus Forskohlii:
• lowers blood pressure
• increases the heart’s strength
• relieves congestive heart failure
• relieves asthma
Bromelain:
• minimizes blood clotting
• promotes healing in injured muscles and joints
• relieves discomfort from asthma, arthritis, colitis, and inflammatory bowel disorders
Capsaicin:
• cuts cholesterol
• lowers high blood pressure
• thins the blood
• helps fight fatigue
• provides topical pain relief
• eases symptoms of arthritis, shingles, psoriasis, asthma, incontinence, and inflammatory bowel disease
• relieves pain from diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia
• dampens toothache pain
• relieves cluster headache
• clears up vulvar vestibululitis
Guggulipid:
• lowers triglyceride levels
• protects against blood clots
Cactus (Night-Blooming Cereus):
• strengthens the heart muscle
• useful in treating cardiac rhythm disorders and mitral valve prolapse
(It’s therapeutic, not preventive, so only diagnosed heart patients should use it.)
Metabolic Herbs
Milk Thistle:
• decreases the amount of insulin needed in people with liver cirrhosis due to diabetes
• reduces the death rate from cirrhosis
• improves the outcome of hepatitis treatments
Fenugreek:
• reduces high blood fats and blood sugar in people with Type I and Type II diabetes
Gymnema Sylvestre:
• may reduce the amount of insulin needed in Type I diabetes
• may decrease the dosage requirements of oral glucose drugs in Type II diabetes
Herbs for Men
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa Repens):
• treatment for benign prostate enlargement
Pygeum Africanum:
• improves prostate health
• relieves urinary problems
Herbs for Women
Black Cohosh:
• alleviates menstrual cramps
• alleviates menopausal problems such as hot flashes and night sweats
• causes relief from muscle pains in fibromyalgia
Vitex (Vitex Agnus Castus):
• reduces premenstrual tension and symptoms of menopause
Brain Stimulants
St.-John’s-Wort (Hypericum):
• improves mood in depressed patients
• fights viruses such as influenza and Epstein-Barr
Gotu Kola:
• energizes the brain
• accelerates wound healing
• improves cellulite
• treats varicose veins and phlebitis
Mental Relaxants
Kava:
• reduces anxiety without causing drowsiness
• enhances the ability to think
• elevates moods
Valerian:
• helps people fall asleep
• relieves acute viral gastroenteritis infections
Single-Purpose Herbs
Cranberry:
• treats urinary tract infections and bladder infections
Feverfew:
• may reduce migraines
Bilberry:
• treatment for retinal problems
• treatment for nearsightedness
• limit calcium deposits inside arteries
• help dilate blood vessels
• relieve circulatory-caused leg swelling and numbness
• diminish varicose veins and postpartum hemorrhoids
• cools inflamed joints and may help to prevent deterioration of joint collagen
