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Herbal Cures- Natural Alternative Medicines that Have Shown to Work
In the U.S. and abroad, a lot of natural herbs have shown remarkable healing power
or medicinal value. Yet there are quite a number of these natural herbs are still not
being used to treat certain illnesses. Some of these natural remedies I would like
you to consider,have already been tested and have proven to be efficacious.
Because most health care providers are not trained in the area of Natural Alternative Medicine, they might not be able to answer all your questions in regards to the herbal remedies that work. However, you should always remember to inform them of all the herbal products or over the counter medication you are currently taking! so as to avoid serious Toxicity or drug interactions.
Colon Care - Prevent Cancer and Other Conditions Of The Colon
Fiber is a complex carbohydrate. Starch vegetables and whole grain breads and cereals are rich in fiber. Fiber plays a particularly important role in the digestive system. Dietary fiber cannot be broken down by human digestive enzymes, so it passes down the intestinal tract in its indigestible state and makes the stool bulkier.
It binds water in the digestive process and helps in moving your bowels, producing softer, bulkier stools. Fiber also grips the wall of the alimentary canal and allows a more rapid movement of wastes through the intestines. Easy bowel movements are normal for people who consistently choose a high-fiber diet.
A diet that is high in fiber and low in fat reduces the risk of cancer. Based on findings, cancer of the large bowel (colon cancer is very common in economically developed countries such as the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, when compared to less developed areas of the world, where the diet consists of high-fiber, unprocessed plant foods. Another factor that also contributes to a lower rate of colon cancer in these less developed countries is that these people’s diets are also usually low in fat and animal protein.
Brief Overview of the Small and Large Intestine
Small Intestine
•Has digestive enzymes but none for fibers
•Primarily role of digestion and absorption
•After digestion is completed here, most water and other nutrients are reabsorbed/removed back to the blood stream
•Insufficient removal of water can lead to diarrhea( virus, Gi tract disturbance, excessive intestinal motility and others are the common reasons)
Large Intestine
•Has no digestive enzymes
•Primarily a drying and storage organ for waste/feces
•Removal of any remaining portion of water and salt that need to be removed from waste
•Constipation will occur if the feces become too dry or if defecation is delayed too long.
Because the colon has a vital role in digestion and reabsorption, it is extremely important that we keep our colons in good health. Keeping a healthy colon, can prevents several conditions of the colon such as colon cancer, blocked and inflamed colon, constipation, diarrhea and other.
Herbal Treatment For Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is also commonly refers to as overactive bladder and results from loss of bladder control. The symptoms often experienced by individuals, can range from mild leaking to uncontrollable wetting. Although urinary incontinence becomes more common with age, it can happen to just about anyone, regardless of age.
Generally, most bladder control problems occur when bladder muscles are weak or over-active. These are the 4 common types of urinary incontinence:
1.Stress incontinence
2.Urge incontinence
3.Overflow incontinence
4.Functional incontinence
•Stress Incontinence
When the bladder muscles become weak, urine tends to leak from the bladder when pressure is placed on it, for example: during sneezing, coughing, laughing, exercise or lifting heavy objects.
•Urge Incontinence
This is a situation where an individual may have a sudden urge to urinate but is unable to hold his/her urine until he/she gets to the bathroom.
•Overflow Incontinence
This is when small amount of urine seeps from a bladder that is always full.
•Functional Incontinence
This usually occurs in many older individuals who have normal bladder control, but arthritis or some form of physical limitations prevents them from getting to the bathroom on time.
Research was done to compare how ephedrine and Ephedra herb work, (a main component of Kakkon-to), in isolated male and female rabbit urinary bladder and urethral strips.
The result revealed that Ephedrine and Ephedra herb relaxed the female urinary bladder to the similar extent. Ephedra herb contracted the female urethra less than that of the male, and the contraction was stronger than that by ephedrine.
The contractile components induced by Ephedra herb and Kakkon-to might be effective for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
Another study was conducted in Sweden, to examine the effects of long-term treatment with estrogen and progesterone on in vitro muscle responses of the female rabbit urinary bladder and urethra to autonomic drugs and nerve stimulation.
Virginal rabbits that had both ovaries surgically removed were treated with either estrogen or progesterone for 4 to 6 months. Strips of muscle were then taken from their bladders and the circular urethra. The responses of these muscle strips to certain drugs were then examined in Test-Tubes. Based on observation, the hormone Estrogen resulted in bladder contractions in response to noradrenaline and phenylephrine.
The result supports the use of estrogen in the therapy of stress incontinence. It further shows that it's okay to use progesterone in combination with estrogen to treat stress Urinary Incontinence.
Source: From reputable medical Publications - PubMed,and Medline
Menopause Symptoms And Treatment Based On Studies
Hot flashes is said to be one the most common menopausal symptoms experienced by approximately two-thirds of women who have reach menopause.
According to information researched,hormone therapy was long considered the first-line treatment for vasomotor symptoms. However, based on findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), many women are unwilling to use exogenous hormones for symptomatic treatment and are turning to botanicals and dietary supplement (BDS) products for relief. Despite the fact that there is limited scientific data in regards to the efficacy and long-term safety of such products, many women still find these natural treatments appealing. Based on statistics, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women are among the highest users of these products.
Soy
Based on result obtained from recent research conducted, soy seems to have modest benefit for hot flashes, but further studies need to be done just to confirm these findings.
Black Cohosh and Pytoestrogens
It has already been confirmed that Black cohosh and foods that contain phytoestrogens show promise for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. Currently there is no long-term safety information available on individual isoflavones or isoflavones concentrates mainly on estrogen stimulation of the breast or endometrium. Clinical trials do not support the use of other herbs or CAM therapies.
Sources: PudMed, Medline and other online medical journals
Menopause Symptoms and
Memory Loss
While you may experience the misery of hot flashes and mood swings as you enter menopause, one thing you can't blame on the "change" is memory loss.
In the latest study that exonerates menopause as a cause of impairing the ability to recall, Taiwanese researchers compared the memory of hundreds of women before they had any menopausal symptoms to their memory as they entered menopause.
They found the women who were going through the menopausal process scored as well or nearly as well on five different cognitive function tests. Results of the study are to be presented Oct. 4 at the American Neurological Association annual meeting in Toronto.
"When women go into perimenopause, they don't need to worry about cognitive decline," said Dr. Jong-Ling Fuh, an attending physician at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and an associate professor of Yang-Ming University School of Medicine.
The researchers said the myth of memory loss during menopause is a perception some women have because as they went through menopause, they felt their memory wasn't as sharp as it had been before. Studies suggesting that hormone replacement therapy might protect against dementia strengthened that belief. However, a large study later found that in older women, hormone replacement therapy not only didn't help protect women from dementia, but could actually increase the risk.
To try to answer the question of whether menopause did have any effect on memory, Fuh and her colleagues studied nearly 700 premenopausal women living on a group of rural islands between Taiwan and China. The Taiwanese government restricted access to these islands until the 1990s, so the authors report that the study's population was nearly homogeneous, which would help rule out other potentially causative factors of memory loss.
The women were between the ages of 40 and 54. None of them had had a hysterectomy, and none took hormone replacement therapy during the study. All took five cognitive tests designed to assess their memory and cognitive skills at the start of the study, and then again 18 months later.During the study period, 23 percent of the women began to have symptoms of menopause.
The researchers then compared the memory of the women who had entered menopause to those who had not, and found very little difference. In four of the five tests, there were no statistically significant differences in the two groups of women.
Only on one test was the difference statistically significant, and that difference, said Fuh, was very slight. This test was designed to assess verbal memory and involved showing the women 70 nonsensical figures. Some of the figures were repeated during the test, while most were not. The women were asked whether they had seen the figure earlier.
"For women, menopause does not mean you'll develop memory loss," said Dr. Raina Ernstoff, an attending neurologist at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. As you're going through perimenopause and experiencing symptoms like hot flashes, she said, you may feel lousy and have trouble sleeping, which might temporarily affect your cognitive skills.
"I don't think declining estrogen levels are what causes memory loss," said Dr. Steven Goldstein, an obstetrician/gynecologist at New York University Medical Center in New York City. "It's not like your memory is bopping along, doing fine and then takes this big dive during menopause, like bone density can."
Both Ernstoff and Goldstein said they weren't aware of many women who believed that menopause might cause significant memory loss. They also both felt that results from this group of women who were so homogeneous might not apply to different groups of women, such as those living in more industrialized society. And they both said that other factors that weren't studied could play a role in memory loss, such as hypertension, which can contribute to vascular dementia.
Ernstoff also pointed out that the education backgrounds can play a large role in memory loss. Fuh acknowledged the researchers did attempt to control the data for educational differences.
SOURCES: Jong-Ling Fuh, M.D., attending physician, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and associate professor, Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Steven Goldstein, M.D., obstetrician/gynecologist, New York University Medical Center, and professor, obstetrics/gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; Raina Ernstoff, M.D., attending neurologist, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., and member, Alzheimer's Board of Detroit; Oct. 4, 2004, presentation, American Neurological Association, Toronto.
Page Terms and Definitions:
PSA : Prostate-Specific Antigen
- Prostates Antigen is a glycoprotein that is produced exclusively by prostatic epithelial cells(cells of Prostate Gland)
- PSA test measures level of PSA in the blood
- Occasionally, an elevated blood serum prostate-Specific Antigen screening provides the first clue to Prostate Cancer
- Approximately 80% of men with levels higher than 20 ng/mL have prostate cancer
- Approximately 80% of men with levels above 50 ng/mL have prostate cancer that have already spread
- PSA levels rise in both benign cancer and prostate cancer, but rise faster in prostate cancer.
Source: Urologic Cancers- Charles B. Brenler, MD, and Ballentine Carter,MD
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