- Guggul - Uses and Side Effects
The useful constituents of guggul, gugulipid and guggulsterone, are derived from Commiphora molmol. - Asian Ginseng - Uses of Ginseng
Asian ginseng is perhaps the most widely recognized of the plants used in traditional medicine and plays a major role in the herbal health market - Ginkgo - Uses and Side Effects
Medicinal parts of ginkgo include dried or fresh leaves and the seeds separated from the fleshy outer layer. - Galangal - Uses and Side Effects
The word galangal, or its variant galanga is used as a common name for all members of the genus Alpinia, and in common usage can refer to four plants, all in the Zingiberaceae (ginger family) - Fenugreek - Uses and Side Effects
Fenugreek has been used for millennia both as a medicine and as a spice in Egypt, India, and the Middle East. - Fumitory - Uses and Side Effects
Fumitory has been known since antiquity and was described in herbals from the Middle Ages. - Fennel - Uses and Side Effects
Fennel was known to the ancient Chinese, Indian, Egyptian, and Greek civilizations. - Dong Quai - Uses and Side Effects
Dong quai dietary supplements are obtained from the roots of Angelica polymorpha. - Ephedra Hazards
Side effects associated with ephedra include anxiety, confusion, dependency, dizziness, headache, insomnia, irritability, mania, motor restlessness, nervousness, psychosis, seizure, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, hypertension, hypotension, MI, palpitations, stroke, tachycardia, nausea, constipation, uterine contractions, urinary disorders, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and dermatitis. - Devil's Claw - Uses and Side Effects
Devil's claw has been used by native Africans as a folk remedy for diseases ranging from liver and kidney disorders to allergies, headaches, and rheumatism. - Eucalyptus - Uses and Side Effects
Eucalyptus oil, also known as eucalyptol, is steam-distilled from the twigs and long leathery leaves of the eucalyptus tree. - Ephedra - Uses and Administration Dose
Ephedra refers to the plant Ephedra sinica. E. sinica, known in Chinese as ma huang, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years for the treatment of asthma and hay fever, as well as for the common cold. - Energy Medicine and It's Uses
The human body is an electromagnetic unit. Electricity makes the heart beat and muscles expand and contract, and fires impulses across tiny fibers in the nervous system to make possible our every thought, mood, and physical reaction. - Detoxification Hazards
Reducing toxin exposure decreases the body's overall burden of toxins both directly, by avoiding the addition of new toxins, and indirectly, by improving the body's ability to defend itself.
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