on 10/31/02 12:50 AM, Nancy Winiecki at hemna...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Kevin- As for sweating, there is a class of herbs > which causes sweating, known as diaphoretics. Some > members of this class are pungent and warm for colds, > flu, and viruses, and are anti-infective and > anti-viral, like peppermint leaf, ginger root, > cinnamon bark, and cayenne pepper. They also > stimulate circulation. > > Pungent cool diaphoretics are for hot conditions like > fevers caused by bacterial infections and work as > vasodilators, like Boneset herb, Linden flower, > Catnip herb, Eucalyptus leaf, Spearmint leaf, Elder > flower, and Camomile flower. I once gave a child with > a high fever, ~103 degrees F, peppermint and catnip > tea and the fever left in an hour or two. > > My Energetics of Western Herbs book by Peter Holmes > says diaphoretics should not be used in cases of > chronic deficiency conditions such as cancer, TB and > diabetes. I don't know where Lyme disease fits in > here. > > There is another class of herbs whose action is to > stimulate the heart and circulation, dispel cold and > relieve exhaustion, so they might be useful. They are > pungent warm arterial and vascular stimulants like > Rosemary leaf, Cinnamon bark (which says it antidotes > poison, reduces infection, and clears parasites), > Bayberry bark, Prickly ash bark, Sarsaparilla bark, > Ginger root, and Cayenne pepper. Some of these were > also in the diaphoretics list. My book says Chinese > medicine considers the heart as the primary source of > warmth in the body, so stimulating the heart and > circulation warms the body. > > Some herbs that assist in detoxification and might > help clear out your toxins are Dandelion root, Yellow > dock root, Oregon grape root, Cleavers herb, Burdock > root, Birch leaf and root, Celery seed, Black currant > leaf, Red Clover flower, and Walnut leaf and hull. > > I consider herbal medicine more along the lines of > eating food since they are plants than taking strong > medicine, so perhaps some of the above that are common > foods would be the mildest to start with. All fruits, > vegetables, and culinary herbs also have some > "medicinal" quality or another, in actual fact, > evidence of design. > > Nancy > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > dear Nancy, You seem to know a lot about herbs, I need advice. I have excessively dry skin due to hep. years ago. I was recently at a bazaar and they had a product made from beeswax, jojoba the rest they would not tell me. Do you have any suggestions for excessively dry skin???
