Unlocking the Secret of Herbs

Chinese Herbal Medicine is the oldest practiced medicine which goes back more than 5,000 years. The discovery of herbal medicine is ascribed to the legendary emperor Shen Nong (3494 BC). He introduced agriculture to his people and became enchanted by the medicinal properties of various plants.

From a "scientific" perspective, many herbal treatments are considered experimental. The reality is, however, that herbal medicine has a long and respected history. Many familiar medications of the twentieth century were developed from ancient healing traditions that treated health problems with specific plants. Today, science has isolated the medicinal properties of a large number of botanicals, and their healing components have been extracted and analyzed. Many plant components are now synthesized in large laboratories for use in pharmaceutical preparations. For example, Salicylic acid, a precursor of aspirin, was originally derived from white willow bark and the meadowsweet plant. Cinchona bark is the source of malaria-fighting quinine. Vincristine, used to treat certain types of cancer, comes from periwinkle. The opium poppy yields morphine, codeine, and paregoric, a treatment for diarrhea Laudanum, a tincture of the opium poppy, was the favored tranquilizer in Victorian times. Even today, morphine-the most important alkaloid of the opium poppy-remains the standard against which new synthetic pain relieves is measured.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 4 billion people, 80% of the world population, presently use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care.

Listed below are some of the most important herbs and the benefits of each:

MAITAKE MUSHROOM

• Boost immune system.
• Supports cardiovascular health.
• Regulate blood pressure, glucose and insulin.
• Normalize as serum and liver lipids (such as cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids).
• May be helpful for weight loss.
• Have shown anti-tumor activity.

RED KOREAN GINSENG

• It's also more stimulating and energy inducing than American ginseng.
• Increases alertness and concentration.
• Improves memory and reasoning ability.
• Promotes energy naturally
• Support body's stamina and endurance.
• May boost liver's detoxifying ability.
• Helpful with aging problems.

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