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18 Cards in this Set
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GINKGO BILOBA
good for |
"BRAIN"
CROSS BBB effect CNS, CEREBRAL ARTERY DIALATION INCREASE O2/GLUCOSE UPTAKE.REDUCE HYPOXIA, PLATELET ADHESION, DEGRANULATION, DEMENTIA, VERTIGO,TINNITUS,COGNITION HELP ALZHEIMERS, STROKE, RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENA |
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GINKGO BILOBA
side effect |
HEADACHE
GI UPSET |
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KAVA
good for |
"RELAX"
CEREMONIAL (pacific islanders) SLEEP, MUSCLE RELAXATION, ANTI-EPILEPTIC, ANTIDEPRESSANT, ANTI-PSYCHOTIC WOUND HEALING UTI |
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KAVA
side effect |
CROSS PLACENTA
IN BREAST MILK |
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ST JOHN'S WORTH
good for |
MILD DEPRESSION,
ENURESIS (Bed wetting) (USED WITH YARROW) ANXIETY,DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA (GERMANY) |
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ST JOHN'S WORTH
side effect |
SUICIDE (WITH PRESCRIBED DRUGS)
CROSS BBB, IN BREAST MILK. (NOT FDA APPROVED) |
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ECHINACEA
good for |
IMMUNE
INCREASE RELEASE OF TNF ( tumor necrotic factor) RESPIRATORY, UTI, TREAT FLU LIKE S/S NATIVES; SNAKEBITES |
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ECHINACEA
side effect |
AVOID IF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
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CHAMOMILE
good for |
GI
DIGESTIVE, GI UPSET, ANTI-SPASMOTIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ON GI RELIEVE IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome) & INFANT COLIC SEDATIVE |
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CHAMOMILE
side effect |
AVOID IF ALLERGIC TO:
DAISIES RAGWEE TYPE PLANTS CAUSE URTICARIA, BRONCHOCONSTRICTION |
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LICORICE
good for |
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
ULCERS, HEARTBURN & INDIGESTION BY DECREASING GASTRIC ACID LAXATIVE (SIM. TO ALDOSTERONE /CORTICOSTEROIDS) |
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LICORICE
side effect |
TO MUCH:
INCREASED BP,HEADACHE, FATIGUE WATER RETENTION, DECREASE K, HEART FAILURE |
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ALOE VERA
good for |
EXTERNAL: MINOR BURNS, INSECT BITES, SUNBURN, DANDRUFF, OILY SKIN, PSORIASIS
INTERNAL: POWERFUL LAXATIVE |
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ALOE VERA
side effect |
MENSTRUAL FLOW INCREASES WITH SMALL DOSE.
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PSYLLIUM
good for |
LAXATIVE, HEMORRHOID, COLITI, CROHNS DISEASE (IBS)
INGREDIENT: METAMUCIL |
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PSYLLIUM
side effect |
N/A
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GINGER
good for |
RELIEF PAIN, SWELLING, STIFFNESS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS & R.A
BOOST IMMUNE, MIGRAINE STOMACH /DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, INCL. MOTION SICKNESS |
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GINGER
side effect |
N/A
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