Medicinal herbs are found amongst leaves, roots, flowers and fruits, which many animals, remarkably, instinctively, in-take, when necessary.
Herbs may induce a plethora of beneficial effects on biological organisms.
Herbs often contain extraordinary levels of phytochemicals, and unfortunately, due to the expedient practices of industrial agriculture, modern produce mostly contains significantly inferior quantities of phytochemicals, wild herbs may therefore balance an unnatural, disadvantageous deficit.
Herbs may for instance chelate and eliminate dangerous heavy metals from our system, prompt liver detoxification by enabling the release of toxicity via enzymatic stimulation, promote superior lymphatic performance; combat inflammation in the tissues, regulate the activity of disruptive enzymes, expel parasitical and bacterial infections, introduce enhanced DNA repair; reducing the process of ageing and the formation of cancerous cells.
Herbs have been employed by human beings since time immemorial, long before the practice of agriculture.
A myriad of recent scientific studies are uncovering the extraordinary therapeutic potential of many herbs; demonstrating the timeless efficacy of many traditional systems of medicine, such as may be found in India and China.
References:
1) Green tea prevents non-melanoma skin cancer by enhancing DNA repair
Santosh K. Katiyar (2011)
2) Impact of antipyretic and purgative herbs on intestinal mucosal barrier and inflammatory response in treatment of acute cholangitis in rats
Zhang JZ, Zhang XL, Gao J, Shen P, Ma EW, Gu HG, Zhu PT (2005)
3) Chapter 78 – Green Tea Polyphenols and Skin Protection: An Overview
Xing-Hua Gao, Lan Zhang, Yan Wu, Yuan-Hong Li, Hong-Duo Chen (2013)
4) A comparison of the immunostimulatory effects of the medicinal herbs Echinacea, Ashwagandha and Brahmi
Koji Yamadaa, Pham Hunga, Tae Kyu Parkc, Pyo Jam Parkc, Beong Ou Limb (2011)
5) Advances of Research on Anti-HIV Agents from Traditional Chinese Herbs
Y. Chu H. Liu (2011)
6) Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase by extracts derived from inflammation-treating Chinese medicinal herbs
Da-Hua Shi, Chen Xu, Bin-Xin Guo, Xiao-Ting Wang, Yun-Xi Chen, Ren-Xiang Tan (2008)
7) Traditional Chinese herbal formula HLXL controls ongoing arthritis by regulating the immune mediators of leukocyte trafficking and joint damage
S Nanjundaiah, D Lee, Z Ma,1 H Yu, L Lao, H Fong, B Berman, K Moudgil, and B Astry (2012)
8) Beneficial Effect of Bupleurum Polysaccharides on Autoimmune-Prone MRL-lpr Mice
Yi-Wen Jiang, Hong Li, Yun-Yi Zhang, Wen Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, Ying-Ye Ou,1 and Dao-Feng Chen (2012)
9) A prospective cohort study on the influence of high doses of herbs for clearing heat and resolving stasis on survival rates in patients with hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure].
Hu XY, Zhang Y, Chen G, Zhong S, Fan X (2012)
10) Potential antioxidant properties and hepatoprotective effects of an aqueous extract formula derived from three Chinese medicinal herbs against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats
Chi-Ching Yanga, Jong-Yi Fangb, Tuan-Liang Hongc, Tzu-Ching Wangd, Ya-En Zhoua, Ta-Chen Line, (2013)
11) Effect of tonifying liver and kidney-essence herbs on expression of Nogo-A and p75(NTR) in cerebral ischemic stroke rats model.
Yan Y, Li T, Liu L, Zhou H (2012)
12) Radical-scavenging and rat liver mitochondria lipid peroxidative inhibitory effects of natural flavonoids from traditional medicinal herbs
Hui-Fang Chang1 and Ling-Ling Yang (2012)
13) ANTIVIRAL MEDICINAL HERBS AND PHYTOCHEMICALS
CECILIA PERERA AND THOMAS EFFERTH (2012)
14) Primate Self-medication and the Treatment of Parasite Infection
Michael A. Huffman, Naofumi Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, Masaki Tomonaga (2013)
15) Unusual feeding behavior in wild great apes, a window to understand origins of self-medication in humans: Role of sociality and physiology on learning process
Shelly Masia, , , Erik Gustafssona, b, c, Michel Saint Jalmeb, Victor Narata, d, Angelique Todde, Marie-Claude Bomselc, Sabrina Kriefa (2012)
16) Do animals use natural properties of plants to self-medicate?
Sabrina Krief (2012)
17) Anti-HIV activity of Indian medicinal plants
Sudeep Sabde, Hardik S. Bodiwala, Aniket Karmase, Preeti J. Deshpande, Amandeep Kaur, Nafees Ahmed, Siddheshwar K. Chauthe, Keyur G. Brahmbhatt, Rasika U. Phadke, Debashis Mitra, Kamlesh Kumar Bhutani, Inder Pal Singh (2011)
18) Effects of a novel herbal formulation JSK on acute spinal cord injury in rats
Caixin Su, Donald Zhang, John Truong, Cai Jiang, Sam Lee, Mariam Jarouche, James R. Hennell, Michel P. Rathbone, Nikolaus J. Sucher, Shucui Jiang (2013)
Herbs may induce a plethora of beneficial effects on biological organisms.
Herbs often contain extraordinary levels of phytochemicals, and unfortunately, due to the expedient practices of industrial agriculture, modern produce mostly contains significantly inferior quantities of phytochemicals, wild herbs may therefore balance an unnatural, disadvantageous deficit.
Herbs may for instance chelate and eliminate dangerous heavy metals from our system, prompt liver detoxification by enabling the release of toxicity via enzymatic stimulation, promote superior lymphatic performance; combat inflammation in the tissues, regulate the activity of disruptive enzymes, expel parasitical and bacterial infections, introduce enhanced DNA repair; reducing the process of ageing and the formation of cancerous cells.
Herbs have been employed by human beings since time immemorial, long before the practice of agriculture.
A myriad of recent scientific studies are uncovering the extraordinary therapeutic potential of many herbs; demonstrating the timeless efficacy of many traditional systems of medicine, such as may be found in India and China.
References:
1) Green tea prevents non-melanoma skin cancer by enhancing DNA repair
Santosh K. Katiyar (2011)
2) Impact of antipyretic and purgative herbs on intestinal mucosal barrier and inflammatory response in treatment of acute cholangitis in rats
Zhang JZ, Zhang XL, Gao J, Shen P, Ma EW, Gu HG, Zhu PT (2005)
3) Chapter 78 – Green Tea Polyphenols and Skin Protection: An Overview
Xing-Hua Gao, Lan Zhang, Yan Wu, Yuan-Hong Li, Hong-Duo Chen (2013)
4) A comparison of the immunostimulatory effects of the medicinal herbs Echinacea, Ashwagandha and Brahmi
Koji Yamadaa, Pham Hunga, Tae Kyu Parkc, Pyo Jam Parkc, Beong Ou Limb (2011)
5) Advances of Research on Anti-HIV Agents from Traditional Chinese Herbs
Y. Chu H. Liu (2011)
6) Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase by extracts derived from inflammation-treating Chinese medicinal herbs
Da-Hua Shi, Chen Xu, Bin-Xin Guo, Xiao-Ting Wang, Yun-Xi Chen, Ren-Xiang Tan (2008)
7) Traditional Chinese herbal formula HLXL controls ongoing arthritis by regulating the immune mediators of leukocyte trafficking and joint damage
S Nanjundaiah, D Lee, Z Ma,1 H Yu, L Lao, H Fong, B Berman, K Moudgil, and B Astry (2012)
8) Beneficial Effect of Bupleurum Polysaccharides on Autoimmune-Prone MRL-lpr Mice
Yi-Wen Jiang, Hong Li, Yun-Yi Zhang, Wen Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, Ying-Ye Ou,1 and Dao-Feng Chen (2012)
9) A prospective cohort study on the influence of high doses of herbs for clearing heat and resolving stasis on survival rates in patients with hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure].
Hu XY, Zhang Y, Chen G, Zhong S, Fan X (2012)
10) Potential antioxidant properties and hepatoprotective effects of an aqueous extract formula derived from three Chinese medicinal herbs against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats
Chi-Ching Yanga, Jong-Yi Fangb, Tuan-Liang Hongc, Tzu-Ching Wangd, Ya-En Zhoua, Ta-Chen Line, (2013)
11) Effect of tonifying liver and kidney-essence herbs on expression of Nogo-A and p75(NTR) in cerebral ischemic stroke rats model.
Yan Y, Li T, Liu L, Zhou H (2012)
12) Radical-scavenging and rat liver mitochondria lipid peroxidative inhibitory effects of natural flavonoids from traditional medicinal herbs
Hui-Fang Chang1 and Ling-Ling Yang (2012)
13) ANTIVIRAL MEDICINAL HERBS AND PHYTOCHEMICALS
CECILIA PERERA AND THOMAS EFFERTH (2012)
14) Primate Self-medication and the Treatment of Parasite Infection
Michael A. Huffman, Naofumi Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, Masaki Tomonaga (2013)
15) Unusual feeding behavior in wild great apes, a window to understand origins of self-medication in humans: Role of sociality and physiology on learning process
Shelly Masia, , , Erik Gustafssona, b, c, Michel Saint Jalmeb, Victor Narata, d, Angelique Todde, Marie-Claude Bomselc, Sabrina Kriefa (2012)
16) Do animals use natural properties of plants to self-medicate?
Sabrina Krief (2012)
17) Anti-HIV activity of Indian medicinal plants
Sudeep Sabde, Hardik S. Bodiwala, Aniket Karmase, Preeti J. Deshpande, Amandeep Kaur, Nafees Ahmed, Siddheshwar K. Chauthe, Keyur G. Brahmbhatt, Rasika U. Phadke, Debashis Mitra, Kamlesh Kumar Bhutani, Inder Pal Singh (2011)
18) Effects of a novel herbal formulation JSK on acute spinal cord injury in rats
Caixin Su, Donald Zhang, John Truong, Cai Jiang, Sam Lee, Mariam Jarouche, James R. Hennell, Michel P. Rathbone, Nikolaus J. Sucher, Shucui Jiang (2013)
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