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| chilblains, and butcher's broom rhizome, 44 |
| childbirth |
| and black cohosh, 42 |
| see also labor |
| chile peppers see cayenne |
| cholesterol |
| and apple pectin, 39 |
| and diuretics, 5 |
| and essential fats, 10 |
| and ginseng, 53 |
| and guggulow, 56 |
| and herbal preparations, 73 |
| and turmeric, 70 |
| circulation |
| and alternating immersions, 38 |
| and butcher's broom rhizome, 44 |
| and cayenne, 36, 45 |
| and comfrey, 34 |
| and deep breathing, 15 |
| and fomentations, 35 |
| and garlic, 49-50 |
| and ginger, 50-51 |
| and ginkgo, 51 |
| and gotu kola, 55 |
| and hawthorn berries, 57 |
| herbal preparations, 23-25, 27-28, 71-74 |
| and pipsissewa, 68 |
| and plasters, 34 |
| and prickly ash bark, 68 |
| and rosemary, 36 |
| and turmeric, 70 |
| clary sage, 16 |
| cleavers, 46-47 |
| coenzyme Q-10, 77 |
| cold infusions, 26-27 |
| colds, and cayenne, 45 |
| coleus, 47 |
| comfrey, 34 |
| compresses, 35 |
| congestion |
| and cayenne, 45 |
| and fomentations, 35 |
| and plasters, 34 |
| see also decongestants |
| congestive heart failure |
| and coleus, 47 |
| and lily of the valley, 62 |
| constipation, and flaxseed, 48 |
| Coronary Artery Surgical Study, 2 |
| coughs, and licorice root, 20 |
| Coxsackie B virus, 40 |
| crambark, 47-48 |
| curcumin, 70 |
| curry (turmeric), 70 |
| cypress, 16 |
| D |
| dairy products, and heart attack, 13 |
| dandelion, 48 |
| and burdock root, 43 |
| and fluid retention, 27 |
| deadly nightshade (belladonna), 19 |
| decoctions, 27 |
| decongestants, ephedra content, 34 |
| dehydration, and hypertension, 13-14 |
| demulcent herbs, 23 |
| DHA, 9 |
| diabetes |
| and apple pectin, 39 |
| and burdock root, 43 |
| and ginseng, 53-54 |
| diarrhea |
| and cascara sagrada, 19 |
| and stoneroot, 69 |
| diet, 4, 6-9, 23 |
| digestion, 7 |
| and cayenne, 44-45 |
| and chamomile, 46 |
| and dandelion, 48 |
| and exercise, 14 |
| and ginger, 50 |
| and licorice root, 20 |
| and onion, 50 |
| and stimulant herbs, 24-25 |
| and turmeric, 70 |
| digitalis, 18, 19 |
| herbal substitutes, 63, 66-67 |
| diuretic herbs, 24, 73 |
| see also astragalus; dandelion; lily of the valley; onion; |
| pipsissewa; stoneroot |
| diuretics |
| and hypertension, 14 |
| side effects, 5 |
| see also fluid retention |
| docosahexaenoic acid, 9 |
| dyeberry (bilberry), 41-42 |
| E |
| eczema, and coleus, 47 |
| edema see fluid retention |
| EFAs see essential fatty acids |
| eicosapentaenoic acid, 9 |
| emotions, and stress, 15 |
| EPA, 9 |
| ephedra, and hypertension, 19, 34 |
| ephedrine, 19 |
| epilepsy, and skullcap, 68-69 |
| epsom salts, 38 |
| essential fatty acids, 9-10, 48, 49 |
| see also oils |
| European mistletoe, 20 |
| evening primrose oil, 49 |
| exercise, 14-15, 23 |
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