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Monday, February 13, 2012

[AlternativeAnswers] Re: Echinacea Medicinal Benefits

How do you use this plant to get the medicinal benefits? is the flower, roots, or stem? and what do you do with it?
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[AlternativeAnswers] Heart Healthy Valentine's Day Meals

Good Morning!

Heart Healthy Valentine's Day Meals

It has been said "the way to a loved one's heart is through their stomach". This Valentine's Day I've gathered some heart healthy foods to romance your loved one/s with and at the same time show them just how much you care.

Breakfast in Bed

Granola, Oatmeal with Red Goji Berries

1 cup rolled oats
ground cinnamon to taste
3 tablespoons raisins
1/2 cup skim milk or soy milk
2 cups water
3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1/2 cup goji berries
1/2 cup granola

1. Place the oats, cinnamon and raisins in a pan on the stove.
2. Add the water and warm and stir to a rolling boil.
3. Stir in the berries and granola when ready to serve.
4. Add berries and nuts

Strawberries Side Car

8-10 Strawberries
2 sprigs of mint

1. Cut and clean berries and stack them in a fruit dish
2. Garnish with mint
3. Add dollop of yogurt or light whipped cream on top

Juicy Valentine's Squeeze

3 oranges
1 lime
8-10 raspberries

1. Peel the oranges, wash raspberries and cut the lime in half.
2. Toss oranges and raspberries into a blender or juicer.
3. Pour into juice glass, with a squeeze of lime.

Chocolate Turtles

8 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 teaspoon oil (canola, sunflower, safflower)
2 cups walnuts or almonds

1. Line baking sheet with waxed paper.
2. Melt chocolates and oil in top of double boiler over barely simmering water, stirring frequently, until smooth.
3. Add nuts and mix until coated
4. Drop by small tablespoons onto waxed paper.
5. Chill in refrigerator until firm.
6. Serve directly from refrigerator

Dinner for Two

Seasoned Crusted Salmon

4 salmon filets (4-6 oz. each)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons seasoned breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons chopped pecans
1 teaspoon parsley
Wedges of fresh lemon

1. Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Place skin side down on baking sheet.
2. Combine mustard and honey, brush on top of salmon.
3. Mix topping of breadcrumbs, nuts, and parsley and sprinkle over salmon.
4. Bake at 400 degrees 10-15 minutes or until flaky. Serve with wedges of fresh lemon.

Vegetable Love Medley

2 tablespoons water
1 cut thinly sliced zucchini
1 cup thinly sliced yellow squash
1 small carrot thinly sliced
1/2 medium green pepper, cut into strips
1 celery stalk cut into 2-inch strips
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/8 teaspoon dillweed
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 medium tomato, cut into 8 wedges

1. Heat water in large fry pan. Add zucchini, squash, green pepper, celery and onion.
2. Cover and cook over moderate heat until vegetables are tender- crisp, about 3 minutes.
3. Sprinkle seasoning over vegetables. Top with tomato wedges.
4. Cover and cook over low heat until tomato wedges are just heated, about 2 minutes.
5. Serve

Pomegranate Parfait

1 sliced pomegranate
1/2 cup fresh fruit (think red or black berries)
1/2 cup low-fat or regular yogurt (flavor of your choice)
1/8 cup low-fat granola

Layer the different ingredients in a parfait glass and repeat layers.

Andrew Pacholyk, MS L.Ac
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[AlternativeAnswers] Echinacea Medicinal Benefits

Echinacea Medicinal Benefits:

Echinacea plant grows perennially and a native of North Amercia and
scientifically known as Echinacea Purpuera. This herb produces flowers,
known as purple corn flower or Echinacea that possess medicinal
qualities, and that is being used in traditional medicine as herbal
remedy for various health ailments. Echinacea looks like black eyed
susan that is commonly grown and found Central plains of American soil,
and some people called it as snake root as it resembles in such a way
as it is grown from thick black root. Echinacea is regarded as a pretty
flower and some people are preferred to grow this herb in their gardens
for its attractive and beautiful flowers.

The most common ingredients found in Echinacea are; an vital oil,
polyacetylenes, glycoside, Caryophylene, Polysaccharides, betain,
sesquiterpenes and minerals like iron, copper, and Vitaimins namely,
Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitaimin A and anitoxidants like tannins, and
proteins, fatty acids, which contribute to prevent disorders and
promote general health attributed to its medicinal qualities.

Echinacea medicinal benefits include; Doctors of European and American
countries used Echinacea herb for the treatment of infectious diseases
since ancient times. In India some herbalists used this herb to treat
poisonous snake bites and insect bites, as it provide proven remedy
against such bites since long back ago. Due to its anti viral property,
it provides relief from measles, small pox and mumps diseases. The
extract of the herb is used for the treatment of sore throat disorder,
to relieve tooth ache, to heal wounds and injuries, as it has anti
bacterial property.