Herbal Medicine Chest E-Booklet

Transcript of The Herbal Medicine Chest radio special podcast:

In this Herbal Medicine Chest program, you will learn the basics about 30 of the leading herbs and their uses for medicinal and nutritional purposes from two of the nation’s foremost authorities on herbs, health and natural foods, Dr. Earl Mindell and Linda Runyon.

Excerpts:

“Ginger is a wonderful antinauseant actually used against so-called motion sickness as well. But it has antioxidant properties, so it definitely can help with the problems with aging. So it is amazing that these herbs have been used for literally thousands of years, and maybe there was a reason for it and that’s why it is almost like being reawakened with our culture today.”

“And, as we know, the male prostate—when you get into the late 40s and 50s—it can start to enlarge; You are pressing against the bladder causing men to get up many times at night to urinate, and it can be kind of a beginning of a prostate cancer. So I take a preparation of Pygeum, Saw Palmetto and Pumpkin seeds, which is a rich source of Zinc—the highest amount of Zinc in the male is found in the prostate.”

“We just came from 104 degrees this morning. You become a different entity in a lot of heat. Just as you do in intense cold. And what that does, to take that Cayenne pepper in—to pinch it and put it on your food—it warms your inside.”