09 Ayurvedic herbs that significantly slow down aging

Herbal anti-aging treatment is now being accepted by scientific communities with Ayurvedic treatment being the most well-known. Ayurvedic treatments concentrate on three areas of a person - Vata, Kapha and Pitta. According to Ayurvedic treatment experts, maintaining a perfect balance among these three aspects is the secret to staying young-looking and healthy.

One very effective ayurvedic treatment
One very effective Ayurvedic treatment is called Rasayana. Its two major faculties are what experts call Kutipravesika and Vatatapika. These may be very strange sounding names, but they can be understood easily with a simple explanation. For instance, Kutipravesika's unique methodology is its requirement that the person being treated should stay in a small shelter that has only one door. There are holes around the shelter for air to pass through, but these holes are all very tiny.

The goal and the herbs
The goal of Ayurvedic treatments is not only to bring about the slowing down of the aging process but also to make the body work at its best and bring vitality and peace to individuals. The 12 types of herbs used in the treatment are the following:

Amla or emblica officianalis

This herb is specifically given special attention in the literature Charaka Samhita. This herb is full of natural vitamin C and therefore has the capacity to rejuvenate bodily systems.

The ginger family

The herbs of the ginger family are rich in anti-oxidative ingredients, ingredients that increase blood flow to the peripheries and ingredients that reduce inflammation at the cellular level.

Turmeric rhizomes

These substances in the form of curcumin, curcuminoids and tetrahydrocurcuminoids possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Galanga (also called chinese ginger)

Galanga contains gingerols, diarylheptanoids and essential oils. Diarylheptanoids are anti-arthritic. Pure Galanga extracts have the ability to fight oxidants, absorb UV radiation and inhibit tyrosinase.

Frankincense, boswellia

This herb also fights arthritis. Pure compounds from this herb are very much used in many anti-aging formulations.

The clove family

These herbs are used to relieve pain such as toothache and muscle pains. It is because they contain anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.

Vitis
The anti-aging abilities of Vitis are attributed to the grape family members' antioxidant properties. Procyanidins are concentrated in the seeds while resveratrol is concentrated in grapes' skin.

Rosemary

The rosmarinic acid, carnosic acid, amyrenones, rocciferone, seco-hinokiol, oleanoic acid, carnosol and diterpenes ursolic acid contained in the rosemary herb exhibit strong anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and tyrosinase-controlling properties.

Licorice

This herb contains anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It has also been found to protect the skin from the harmful UV rays. Licorice's active ingredients include liquiritins, glabridins, glabrol, glycyrrhetinic acid, and glycyrrhizin.

Neem

This herb is already recognized for its ability to control bacteria and insects. Found to have hypoglycemic, anti-malarial and wound-healing properties, neem is also known to have powerful free radical inhibiting and antioxidant properties.

Andrographis

Research suggests that the herb andrographis has a strong potential to control skin aging. This substance is taken from the Andrographis herb.

Pomegranate

This herb has punicalagins, punicalins, gallagic acid and ellagic acid. Although some of these substances are not yet used commercially, all of them have been found to be effective in neutralizing oxidants and free radicals.

How three fateful actions helped lead to the failure of today's mainstream medicine

(NaturalNews) Three fateful actions dating back over 100 years ago ultimately led to today's mainstream model of medicine: Treating the body as a collection of parts instead of treating and nurturing the whole body; treating illness by managing symptoms with unnatural drug compounds; and ignoring and suppressing safer and more effective natural health and healing. As a result, millions of lives have been lost and many millions more have suffered needlessly.

The genesis of medicine turning from healing to symptom management can be traced to medicine embracing the "germ theory" of medicine espoused by French scientist Louis Pasteur over the competing theory of another prominent French scientist, Antoine Bechamp. Pasteur postulated that disease was caused by microbes (germs) whereas Bechamp rightly believed that disease and illness were largely due to poor cellular terrain. Pasteur won the day, no doubt because germs could be treated with patented and profitable anti-germ drugs controlled by mainstream medicine.

Around the turn of the 20th century, the American Medical Association (AMA), set out with the help of rich benefactors John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie to monopolize healing and drive out competition. Such was their success that by 1923 the 22 homeopathic medical schools that flourished in 1900 had dwindled to just two and were gone entirely by 1950. By 1925, 10,000 herbalists were out of business and nutritionists, midwives, chiropractics and other healers were greatly diminished.

About the same time, the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, centered mostly in Germany, formed the I. G. Farben cartel whose goal was to gain a monopoly on the world drug trade. They succeeded beyond their own wildest dreams, thanks in large part to the FDA becoming the drug companies lapdog instead of their watchdog - to the absurd point that foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs and other natural items cannot use the word "cure" or even refer to a medical condition without being subject to prosecution and persecution by the FDA for "making false drug claims".

Today's Medical Model
Today, we see our doctors taught in medical schools, whose largest source of funding is the world pharmaceutical empire and whose curricula are set by the AMA. Little or nothing is taught about the role of diet and nutrition, very little positive is taught about natural healing and only token education isdirected towards disease prevention. Instead, doctors are taught that the way to treat illness is to prescribe patented drugs and that the only effective, safe and legal medical procedures are those approved by the AMA and the FDA.

Over 95 percent of our FDA-approved medications have side effects which often lead to other problems and sometimes lead to death. Most approved medications do not cure illness; instead, they manage and mask symptoms. Thus our current model of managed illness results in a never-ending cycle of additional conditions, drugs and doctor's visits. As noted alternative health voice Jon Barron observed: By the time a male reaches the age of 65 it is not uncommon for him to take up to 15 prescribed and over-the-counter medications daily - and it all began with one or two conditions which could have been treated effectively and safely naturally.

Today, virtually all of the major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes are treated largely unsuccessfully by approved unnatural drugs and procedures. Safer and more effective natural cures for all of them have been ignored, suppressed and persecuted and suppressed - largely because of the competition they represent to mainstream profits.

What mainstream medicine has given us is a great model for profit, but a horrible one for healing and humanity.

Stevia - A Natural Sweetener

 

Good Morning!

Stevia - A Natural Sweetener

Stevia plant, which are taken from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant . The extracts are known as Steviosides and Rebaudiosides depending on which part of the plant is isolated. These extracts are approximately 300 times sweeter than sugar unless diluted.

The plant is native to Paraguay and Brazil. Since pre-Columbian times the Guarani Indians in Paraguay have used the Stevia leaves to sweeten medicines and drinks.

It can be found in most health food stores and comes as a white powder or in tincture (liquid) form. Stevia has zero calories and it even helps prevent cavities by reducing plaque build-up. It does not affect blood sugar levels like sugar does and is recommended for diabetics. Stevia is heat stable to 392 degrees Fahrenheit, so, unlike some artificial sweeteners, you can cook with it. It is non-toxic and has been extensively tested in animals and extensively used by humans with no adverse effects.

If you tried stevia when it first appeared in health food stores, you might want to give it a second chance. Many of the earlier products had a strong aftertaste. Now there are some improved products on the market.

Stevia in a glycerine base seems to have the best taste of all the powders and tinctures I have personally tried.

Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac
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