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Herbal remedies involve using herbs and spices to treat or prevent certain conditions. Common herbal remedies include fennel seeds, turmeric, ginger, peppermint, saffron, and green tea.
These herbs may treat a wide variety of conditions including nausea and vomiting, migraines, menstrual pain, and premenstrual syndrome. Studies show peppermint may even improve athletic performance.
The spice saffron may not only work as well as SSRI antidepressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft without the side effects; they may be able to even treat the adverse sexual side effects that occur in up to 70% of people taking them.
Lemon balm may beat out drugs for controlling the symptoms of severe dementia.
The majority of dietary supplement facilities tested were found noncompliant with good manufacturing practices guidelines.
An eighth of a teaspoon of ground ginger power is tested head-to-head against the leading drug for the alleviation of painful periods.
Powdered ginger can be a highly effective, cheap, easy-to-use, safer treatment for nausea, migraine headaches, and menstrual blood loss and pain. Does it also work for IBS intestinal cramping?
Cow’s milk proteins can pass through breast milk—which may explain why maternal dairy-free diets are so effective in treating infant colic.
What happens when the most antioxidant-packed dried fruit available is put to the test in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial for moderate to severe acne?
Causes of dry eye disease include LASIK laser eye surgery, but there are dietary approaches to prevention and treatment.
An eighth teaspoon of powdered ginger was found to work as well as the migraine headache drug sumatriptan (Imitrex) without the side effects.
Why are there such polarizing opinions about the taste of the fresh herb cilantro (also known as coriander leaves)?
Study finds remarkable improvements in exercise performance drinking homemade peppermint water, but there may be side effects.
Improvements in natural killer cell immune function may explain both the anti-cancer benefits of exercise as well as the apparent anti-virus effects of the green algae chlorella.