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Angelica, Latin Named: Angelica archangelica, A atropurpurea
Dan shen, Red Root Sage, Latin Named: Salvia miltiorrhiza
Dang Qui, Tangkuei, Dong Quai, Latin Named: Angelica sinesis
Gan jiang, Ginger, Latin Named: Zingiberis officinalis
Garlic, Latin Named: Allium sativum
Ginkgo, Latin Named: Ginkgo biloba
Gui pi, Cinnamon (Chinese cinnamon not Ceylon), Latin Named: Cinnamonium cassia
Mu dan pi, “cinnabar skin”, Tree Peony, Latin Named: Paeonia suffruticosa
Prickly Ash, Latin Name: Xanthoxylum americanum or X. clava-herculis
Rue, Latin Named: Ruta graveolens
Sweet Melilot, Yellow or White Sweet Clover Latin Named: Melilotus officinalis, M. alba
800 IU of Vitamin E a day can thin blood, up to 1200 if it does not cause hypertension for the individual.
Also increase parsley in the diet.
If you cannot find them locally we mailorder everyday all over the USA please call. I would use a alcohol based extract
as the form.
AORTIC STENOSIS
QUESTION: Interested in the above subject because it one of my Mom's problems. I found in a recent book entitled
Miracle Food Cures from the Bible by Reese Dubin on page 97 the following information. He cites a Dr. Crawford R.
Green of Troy, NY in an article from the Homeopathic Recorder in May 1908 regrding hawthorn: "Its action in valvular
heart conditions is truly remarkable, whether the mitral or aortic area be affected. It seems to have positive power to
dissolve valvular growths of calcareous or vegetative origin". In the same book, on page 103, in a 1969 study by a W.
Starfinger, M.D., he states that 100 heart patients requiring continuous therapy were given the liquid extract (hawthorn)
with fine results. "Marked subjective improvement was noted in patients with mitral stenosis"....
I have searched and search to no avail to find case studies reflecting positive influence of hawthorn on aortic stenosis,
however, Mr. Dubin obviously was a better researcher than I will ever be. My intense interest is personal and a last
resort type of solution to a major problem. My Mom is 80 and surgical repair is not an option.
Can you provide any information regarding the effect of hawthorn on aortic stenosis?
Any information is greatly appreciated.
ANSWER: If she were my mother I would give her Hawthorn, Hawthorn is food for the heart. Literally what is referred
to as a tropho-restorative, meaning it can repair both structural and functional problems. Since Hawthorn is a berry
and considered a food herb, it is appropriately given for any heart or circulation problem. I would suggest a fairly
strong tincture or tea be given 3-4 times a day. Additionally their is a solid extract available which would be eaten on
cracker or spread on toast or simply consumed by ingesting 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon a day.
HERBS FOR THE HEART
QUESTION: My mother wants to know about any herbs that is good for circulatory problems of the heart? She is in her
50's and concerned.
ANSWER: Hawthorn is the answer read on...
Hawthorn, Latin named Crataegus oxycanthoides or C. monogyna, Hawthorn should be considered food for the heart.
The berries of this flowering shrub/tree are incredible herbal medicine. Hawthorn berries, taken as a tea or tincture
help the heart muscle pump stronger emptying the heart chambers completely and increase oxygen to the heart by
nourishing the arteries within the heart muscle. This herb is considered an Amphoteric to the heart action. It will slow a
fast beat, increase a slow beat or help the heart fill in missed beats, (i.e. arrhythmia or irregular heart rhythms). An
Amphoterics herbal medicine normalizes function increasing hypo and lowering hyper conditions. Hawthorn can be
used for all heart conditions or diseases. For congested heart failure it helps reduce edema and fluid buildup in the
lungs by its actions on the heart. Hawthorn can also mildly lower hypertension (high blood pressure). It does this by
lowering the bottom number in a blood pressure reading, the diastolic pressure, the resting pressure. This number has
been normally considered the more important number. Hawthorn is a food herb and should be taken for a long period
of time, years to prevent or stave off heart disease that runs in families and could be inherited. It can be used to
support an already weakened heart after Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) or conditions leading or during
Congested Heart Failure. Hawthorn can be taken for a long time and should be, when taken in tonic quantities. For
conditions or diseases states that have occurred years before it can take 3 to 6 months or longer to see results. For
immediate results consult with a qualified herbalist to try higher doses. Hawthorn should be considered a tonic and can
safely be taken a long time for its best results. Solid extracts of Hawthorn are now available and are consumed like
food, spread on toast in the morning for breakfast, these are concentrated herbal extracts of the berry. The down side
to solid extracts are they are currently very expensive.
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