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| and poultices, 33-34 |
| inflammation |
| and butcher's broom rhizome, 44 |
| and chamomile, 46 |
| and cleavers, 46-47 |
| and poultices, 33-34 |
| see also hemorrhoids |
| infusions, 26, 36-37 |
| insomnia, and skullcap, 68-69 |
| iodine, in kelp, 62 |
| K |
| kava kava, 59-61 |
| kelp, 61-62 |
| kidney function, and burdock root, 43 |
| kidney stones, and stoneroot, 69 |
| L |
| l-carnitine, 77 |
| labor, and crampbark, 47 |
| lactose intolerance, and blood pressure, 13 |
| laser endarterectomy, 4 |
| lavender, 16, 36 |
| laxative herbs, 19 |
| lecithin, 77 |
| leg ulcers |
| and comfrey, 34 |
| and horse chestnut, 59 |
| licorice root, 20 |
| lily of the valley, 20, 62-63 |
| lime flower, 63-64 |
| linoleic acid, 48 |
| linolenic acid, 48 |
| low blood pressure, herbal preparations, 74, 75 |
| lymph system |
| and cleavers, 46-47 |
| and exercise, 14 |
| M |
| Ma huang see ephedra |
| magnesium sulfate, 38 |
| maidenhair tree (ginkgo), 51-53 |
| maypop, 67 |
| meditation, 16 |
| memory |
| and cayenne, 45 |
| and ginkgo, 52 |
| and gotu kola, 56 |
| menopause, and black cohosh, 42 |
| menstruation |
| and black cohosh, 42 |
| and crampbark, 47 |
| and motherwort, 66 |
| metabolism, and guggulow, 56-57 |
| minerals, 12-13, 76-77 |
| mistletoe, European, 20, 64-66 |
| motherwort, 66 |
| mouth lesions, and cayenne, 45 |
| mucilaginous fibers, 39, 48 |
| muscle tension |
| and coleus, 47 |
| and crampbark, 47 |
| and salt, 37-38 |
| mustard plaster, and congestion, 34 |
| N |
| nervine herbs, 11-12, 24 |
| and stress management, 46 |
| see also chamomile; kava kava; mistletoe, European; |
| passionflower; rosemary; skullcap; valerian root |
| night vision, and bilberry, 41, 42 |
| night-blooming cereus, 66-67 |
| nightshade family, 45 |
| nutrients see minerals; vitamins |
| nutrition see diet |
| O |
| oleic acid, in flaxseed, 48 |
| oils, 10 |
| essential, 16 |
| flaxseed, 48-49 |
| infusions, 36-37 |
| see also borage seed oil; essentials fatty acids; evening |
| primrose oil; fish oils; olive oil |
| olive leaf, 67 |
| olive oil |
| and cholesterol, 9 |
| and garlic, 50 |
| onion, and garlic, 50 |
| P |
| pain |
| and cayenne, 45 |
| and valerian root, 70-71 |
| passionflower, 67 |
| peanut oil, and cholesterol, 9 |
| peppers, 44 |
| see also cayenne |
| phlebitis |
| and butcher's broom rhizome, 44 |
| and horse chestnut, 59 |
| phytomedicinals see herbal preparations |
| pipsissewa, 68 |
| plasters, 34 |
| post-thrombotic syndrome, and butcher's broom rhizome, 44 |
| poultices, 33-34 |
| pregnancy |
| and black cohosh, 42 |
| and herbal preparations, 23 |
| prickly ash bark, 68 |
| prince's pine, 68 |
| prostaglandins, 9 |
| protein, in flaxseed, 48 |
| protein assimilation, and alterative herbs, 23 |
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