Herbal

As interest in herbs spreads worldwide, scientists of both industrial and developing countries are looking back to folklore`s raw-plant materials for clues to more effective and safer drugs of the future. In fact, nature`s handouts provided virtually the only drugs available to any physician before 19th-century chemists began isolating and analyzing the healing properties of medicinal herbs. From these models came much of today`s pharmaceutical industry.

As chemical science advanced in 20th-century laboratories, man-made synthetics and semisynthetics were gradually developed from plant blueprints. Then came mass-produced, purely chemical copies. Often simpler and more precise than mother nature`s compounds, they now flood commercial markets.

Even so, it is estimated that roughly 50 percent of the millions of prescriptions filled in the United States still contain some natural products. Of the 25 percent extracted solely from plants, many remain surprisingly important.

Morphine, whose crude substance was scraped from opium-poppy heads at least 5,000 years ago, has never been profitably synthesized. And no other drug has been more precious for pain control, though sometimes at high cost in addiction and misery.

The garden plant called purple foxglove, or digitalis, holds in its leaves the formula for drugs widely prescribed for heart failure and other cardiac ills.

One of the most successful treatments yet developed against childhood leukemia and Hodgkin`s disease was launched in the 1950s after a minute amount of the cancer-fighting principle was isolated from the leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle.

East Indian snakeroot was dried and powdered more than 2,000 years ago and fed to mentally ill people struck with "moon madness." In natural and synthetic form, its derivatives now supply physicians with a leading drug to reduce high blood pressure.

Common aspirin is totally synthetic today, but its natural ancestor was an active compound found in the drooping willow tree studied by the first-century A.D. pharmacologist-naturalist Pedanius Dioscorides.

Traveling extensively along the Mediterranean shore, Dioscorides managed to collect hundreds of plant, mineral, and animal specimens. He then illustrated and described them in a massive medical work that became the respected pharmacopoeia of the profession for the next 1,600 years. In it Dioscorides noted that juices from the bark and leaves of his white willow eased aches related to colds and fevers treated now by the small white tablet familiar around the world.

Vitamins

Memory+ Vitamin Ingredients (Our memory pills come in oval-shaped tablets)

Phosphatidal Choline Serine stimulates acetylcholine output and the synthesis and release of dopamine. Phosphatidal Choline Serine is also thought to reverse memory loss and decline. Human trials have demonstrated memory improvement, improvements in lucidity, in outlook upon life, and in the general ability to cope with the concerns of the day and to function socially. This may solve those senior moment problems and possibly help Alzheimer`s sufferers.

Gingko Biloba is a botanical that is a powerful antioxidant. Gingko Biloba, a readily available natural product, has been the focus of recent media reports as a potential treatment for Alzheimer`s disease. Scientists examined how taking 120 mg a day of a Gingko Biloba extract affected the rate of cognitive decline in people with mild to moderately severe dementia due to Alzheimer`s disease and vascular dementia.

L-Glutamine contains two ammonia groups, one from its precursor, Glutamate, and the other from free ammonia in the bloodstream. One of Glutamine`s roles is as a "nitrogen shuttle," which helps protect the body from high levels of ammonia. Glutamine can act as a buffer, accepting excess ammonia, then releasing it when needed to form other amino acids, amino sugars, nucleotides, and urea. This capacity to accept and donate Nitrogen makes Glutamine the major vehicle for Nitrogen transfer between tissues. In times of metabolic stress, Glutamine is released into circulation, where it is transported to the tissue in need.

Vitamin E is a powerful biological antioxidant. Antioxidants such as Vitamin E protect your cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of the body`s metabolism. Free radicals can cause cell damage that may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Omega 3 Fatty Acids are said to help regulate mental health problems because they enhance the ability of brain-cell receptors to comprehend mood-related signals from other neurons in the brain. In other words, the Omega-3s are believed to help keep the brain`s entire traffic pattern of thoughts, reactions, and reflexes running smoothly and efficiently. As an added benefit, according to the FDA, consumption of EPA and DHA omega 3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Acetyl L-Carnitine has been shown to protect brain cells against aging-related degeneration and improve mood, memory and cognition. The most important effect of Acetyl-L-Carnitine, however, is to maintain the function of the cell`s energy powerhouse, the mitochondria.

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