Archive for October 13th, 2009
Whether you are a discriminating health food eater or an adventurous gourmet, your digestive system may not always be ready for what your appetite has selected. If you could take a food that would help with joint health, indigestion, heartburn, bloating, belching, acid reflux or gas with natural methods instead of harmful drugs (with all their accompanying side effects) wouldn’t you want to know what that food was? Herbs are a great food choice and are better suited for the treatment of dis-ease processes than chemicals and other substances, which are foreign to the human body, and herbs have little to non side-effects.
The purpose of plant medicine is to stimulate the immune system to bring the body back to a state of homeostasis, or “organic equilibrium.” Herbs can do that because there’s an affinity between us, and the plant world. Through the magic of photosynthesis, plants have the power to take up mineral substances from the soil, through their roots, becoming useful as food and medicine.
Herbs promote the elimination of waste matter and poisons from the system by simply, natural means. Herbs are our safest, most natural foods and medicines, having been with us from the beginning of time. From the roots of traditional folk medicine, the herbal kingdom today offers many useful and effective remedies for minor illnesses including joint pain, joint inflammation and joint swelling. Herbs come in bulk jars, tea bags, capsules and tablets, and liquid extracts.
The leaves of herbal plants are subtle and complement the natural flavors of foods. The bark, roots fruit or berries of herbal plants can give intense flavor to foods. Some herbs known to reduce joint swelling and joint pain are; devil’s claw , capsicum, chicory, fenugreek, ginger, ginseng, pokeweed, slippery elm, tumeric , white oak bark, wintergreen, yucca.