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herbal and memoryModern herbs find increasing use as substitutes for salt and sugar, for synthetic sleeping pills and energizing drugs. Instead of table salt, some doctors prescribe—and herb fanciers prefer—dried and ground herbs to add interest to food. Combinations may include winter and summer savory, cumin, coriander, sesame and mustard seeds—or whatever pleases taste. For patients denied refined sugar, there are alternatives in many kinds of herb honey. Weight-watchers can make desserts with herbs such as sweet cicely or licorice. Herb-book recipes recommend grinding leaves, blooms, stems, or roots to sprinkle over nonsweet desserts or to cook into cakes, pies, and preserves to satisfy a sweet tooth.From time beyond memory, herbal teas have been brewed as sedatives, on one hand, and to promote alertness on the other. Herbalists consider tea made from valerian root to be one of the best tranquilizers known. As a coffee substitute to keep awake for an exam or to finish an office job, herb lovers suggest drinking a tea from ginseng, ginger, or borage, the "happiness plant" of the ancients. But health authorities caution against careless use of any herb. Long before advertising copywriters linked romance to fresh breath, the lovelorn chewed aromatic herbs with similar notions. Some herbalists are returning to the old ways, forsaking the bottle in the cabinet for such aids from nature as wintergreen, anise, or one of the many scented mints. Gardeners who worry about side effects from synthetic pesticides also are turning to natural products—to pyrethrum from chrysanthemums, or rotenone from derris roots and stems. A new and more potent insecticide is now being developed from the garlic-smelling seeds of the neem tree, native to India and anathema to bugs. "We`ve just planted neem seedlings in our industrial plot at the New York Botanical Garden," said Eleanor Gambee, past president of the Herb Society of America. "Researchers report that the insect-repelling extract is nontoxic to warm-blooded animals, and thus an environmentally safe pesticide." Where do all the herbs come from to meet this surging demand? The answer lies in countless gardens, from apartment window boxes and backyard experiments to the huge commercial enterprises that supply world markets. "We sold more than a million plants last year," said Kent Taylor when I visited his farm-and-factory operation in Vista, California. "We ship wholesale orders, up to 50,000 plants each, in multiple sets of boxes." Virtually every state in the Union lists other big and little herb gardens and nurseries. The hostess at our Greek-style dinner owns one of the small herb-growing farms springing up everywhere. Maria Price promotes her Willow Oak Flower and Herb Farm at Severn, Maryland, by talks at garden clubs and craft fairs, and by "festivals" in her barn, where she sells such things as herb perfumes, teas, seasonings, antimoth bags, and tussie-mussies. Small posies of mixed herbs, tussie-mussies have been known since the Middle Ages, when people carried them to ward off disease. HerbalsJean Carper, former senior medical correspondent for CNN and author of several books on health and nutrition, reports that German urologists are now using ginkgo for "arterial erectile impotence." Its use in preventing further deterioration in Alzheimer`s patients is becoming more common. The NSP ginkgo is standardized to 24 percent ginkgo flavone glycosides and 6 percent terpenes. The recommended dose ranges from 120 mg to 240 mg a day. Each capsule of Nature`s Sunshine`s Ginkgo Biloba Extract, time-release, provides 120 mg of ginkgo. Ginkgo & Hawthorn Combination (100 capsules) This product combines the benefits of ginkgo with hawthorn. Dr. Whitaker reports that studies have demonstrated hawthorn extract to be effective in reducing angina attacks. It improves the blood and oxygen supply to the heart by dilating the coronary vessels. He further states it is a very useful herb in treating any heart condition, but especially angina and congestive heart failure. Ginkgo/Gotu Kola (Concentrate) (60 capsules) 4 Kids Too! In addition to the benefits of ginkgo, this combination offers gotu kola with its long history of supporting brain function. Gotu kola has an unusual affinity for the cerebral cortex of the brain. This part of the brain is most directly associated with consciousness, perception, memory, thought, mental ability, and intellect. In India, experiments with mentally disabled children demonstrated significant increases in general ability and marked improvements in attention spans and concentration levels. Lauri Aesoph, N.D., states that gotu kola heals external and internal wounds, helps the liver, increases mental abilities, and improves vein health. Each tablet provides 40 mg of ginkgo extract and 100 mg of gotu kola. The ginkgo is standardized to 24 percent ginkgo flavone glycosides and 6 percent terpenes. Project index
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