“ The therapeutic effect of modified Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang for multiple myeloma. ” A case report.
Discussion part of the study. Now, I don’t want to turn this post into a laundry list of “this extract had this effect, that extract had this other effect on this and that” and so on. Too many details, so I suggest that you go have a look at the Discussion when you have the time…
In case you don’t have time, though, here’s the gist:
The herbs used in this traditional herbal mix, with its multiple targets and low cost, “may play an important role in attenuating dysfunction of bone marrow microenvironment.”
Astragalus, in particular.
Very interesting…
Another possible use...
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 23, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll astragalus multiple myeloma case report Source Type: blogs
Sleep Medications for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
I often have family caregivers request medications to help people living with Alzheimer's and related dementia to sleep.By Rita JablonskiAlzheimer's Reading RoomMedications have their place in Alzheimer's care, but only AFTER all of the suggestions listed below have been followed.It may seem exhausting to the caregiver to have to engage in all of these activities; but, the resultscould lessen exhaustion, frustration, and stress in a manner of days.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowRule Out Physical Problems FirstThere are many medical conditions that contribute to problems sleeping.Som...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers dementia connect alzheimers sleep alzheimers symptoms alzheimers treatment care of dementia patients dementia sleep not sleeping sleep medication Source Type: blogs
Fermented foods to beat back SIBO and dysbiosis
If you’ve been following the Wheat Belly discussions, you already know that efforts to cultivate healthy bowel flora in the wake of wheat/grain elimination is a key factor in regaining health. While I’ve emphasized the importance of a high-potency (e.g., 50 billion or more CFUs per day), multi-species probiotic supplement and prebiotic fibers, I’ve not focused on the importance of fermented foods. This issue comes to light in particular with our experience in battling small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO.
Dysbiosis, or disrupted composition of bowel flora in the colon, is exceptionally common, e...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora fermented foods grain-free Inflammation kefir kimchi kombucha probiotic sibo small intestinal bacterial overgrowth yogurt Source Type: blogs
6 Tips to Help Clients With TBI Get Better Sleep
After a traumatic brain injury, 30 to 70 percent of people encounter sleep disturbances. This can cause significant issues because during sleep, the brain remains active. What the brain does as we sleep includes a variety of healing and helpful functions, such as make decisions, learn physical tasks, and form or retain memories. Sleep also allows the brain to do some major cleanup. For example, neurons shrink and create more space, allowing the brain fluid to flush out the day’s toxins.
Everyone needs sleep, but sleep becomes even more critical during the recovery process after a brain injury. Lack of quality sleep can...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 14, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emily Dubas Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Executive Functions Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs
A new anti-myeloma substance: andrographolide
Discussion: andrographolide also inhibits angiogenesis, which is so important for the survival and wellbeing of myeloma cells, so that’s good to know, too.
Now we get to the above-mentioned importance of the TLR4 protein. TLR4 is apparently involved, not in a good way!!!, with a tumor’s microenvironment and has a lot of power over immune cells. So, if its activity can be blocked, that’s very good news. With andrographolide, this can be accomplished…
I mentioned TLR4 in one of my earliest posts, written in 2007: TLRs, or toll-like receptors, play a key role in the immune system. Back then, I was interested i...
Source: Margaret's Corner - February 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll andrographolide anti-myeloma extract Source Type: blogs
Could Marijuana Contribute to Sexual Dysfunction?
Marijuana consists of a mixture of dried plant leaves, flowers, and/or stems of the Cannabis Sativa plant. In addition, there is a resin-based version of marijuana that is called hash. Most people either smoke marijuana or vape it (warming it, but not cooking it), but it can also be ingested in oil form. The most common way to ingest marijuana is to roll it up and smoke it like you would a cigarette or cigar, or use a smoking tool like a pipe. Some users, however, consume weed by infusing foods (i.e., butter and cooking oil) or teas.
What happens to your body when you ingest marijuana?
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the mos...
Source: World of Psychology - February 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain Blogger Publishers Research Sexuality Substance Abuse Cannabis Climax Dopamine effects of marijuana erection Orgasm Pot Premature Ejaculation Sexual Desire Sexual Dysfunction THC types of sexual dysfunctions Weed Source Type: blogs
The Lonely Witch
Near a small village where the river flowed into a deep narrow valley lived a young witch woman with hair as black and as long as a winter’s night. She lived with a cat the color of smoke, in a curious house painted a strange blue such as no one had ever seen before in this village of brick huts. Though the woman was a witch, the people were not afraid of her, for she had never set an evil spell in anyone’s memory. She made music, and she made magic. Her music was sweet and high pitched, like the hum of honeybees. And the only magic she practiced was making potions for the townspeople’s ills. If someone had a sleepin...
Source: Susan's Blog - February 4, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Complimentary remedies for the flu: How Good Morning America failed
Talk of the widespread and dangerous flu circulating this year has the public on edge and hungry for quality information about how to protect themselves.
ABC’s Good Morning America isn’t helping with this segment featuring chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton, MD, titled “3 complementary natural remedies for the flu.”
It’s a mess of conflicting messages about herbal approaches to managing flu symptoms. And it positions Ashton — an ABC physician-journalist who’s brought in to report the story — as the only expert perspective about the effectiveness of these products.
Continue reading ...
Your...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/kevin-lomangino" rel="tag" > Kevin Lomangino < /a > Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Complementary remedies for the flu: How Good Morning America failed
Talk of the widespread and dangerous flu circulating this year has the public on edge and hungry for quality information about how to protect themselves.
ABC’s Good Morning America isn’t helping with this segment featuring chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton, MD, titled “3 complementary natural remedies for the flu.”
It’s a mess of conflicting messages about herbal approaches to managing flu symptoms. And it positions Ashton — an ABC physician-journalist who’s brought in to report the story — as the only expert perspective about the effectiveness of these products.
Continue reading ...
Your...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/kevin-lomangino" rel="tag" > Kevin Lomangino < /a > Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Primary Care Source Type: blogs
After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea - The New York Times
MUNICH — I recently had a hysterectomy here in Munich, where we moved from California four years ago for my husband's job. Even though his job ended a year ago, we decided to stay while he tries to start a business. Thanks to the German health care system, our insurance remained in force. This, however, is not a story about the benefits of universal health care.Thanks to modern medicine, my hysterectomy was performed laparoscopically, without an overnight hospital stay. My only concern about this early release was pain management. The fibroids that necessitated the surgery were particularly large and painful, and the...
Source: Psychology of Pain - January 27, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
The Mandolin
Dear Readers, I have improved this story. See what you think.
Many years ago, in a small village across the sea, there lived a woodsman and his wife and their infant son. Every day the woodsman went into the forest to cut wood and then shape it into bowls, plates, and anything else that was needed, and sell it to the people in the nearby villages. The woodsman loved his wife very much and would carve for her small things out of the wood scraps.
The woodsman’s wife was a beautiful young woman known far and wide for her beauty and for her healing powers. It was said that her green eyes, so unusual in color, could loo...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 24, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
How Pets Can Teach Children about Life, Love and Loss
Why kids and pets are the perfect pairing.
As parents, we try to protect our children from life’s pain, so we tend to keep them in an illusion — a rosy bubble — as if life is a one-sided experience. At least, I do, while knowing full well that life is both pain and joy, highs and lows, light and darkness. But recently I had to reconsider my parenting approach, as the time had come for me to outgrow it and step out of my own bubble of fear.
“Mommy, Mommy!” my five-year-old son, Samuel, emits a squeal of excitement. “Can we get a puppy, too?”
We’re at the park, on a playground facing a fenced area fo...
Source: World of Psychology - January 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Children and Teens Family Parenting Publishers YourTango Coping Skills Emotions Pets Responsibility Source Type: blogs
The Mandolin
Many years ago, in a small village across the sea, there lived a woodsman and his wife and their infant son. Every day the woodsman went into the forest to cut wood and then shape it into bowls, plates, and anything else that was needed, and sell it to the people in the nearby villages. The woodsman loved his wife very much and would carve for her small things out of the wood scraps.
The woodsman’s wife was a beautiful young woman known far and wide for her beauty and for her healing powers. It was said that her green eyes, so unusual in color, could look into a body and see the sickness. Even though she was so you...
Source: Susan's Blog - December 22, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Take a minute and ask: Is that really grain-free?
Living the Undoctored and Wheat Belly Lifestyles may take a bit of effort, but the results are so worth it. You have to really think before you order your meals. Hidden sources of grains and corn by-products are lurking in some unlikely places. You may have thought that by skipping the bread/sandwich and choosing the soup-n-salad would ensure that your meal was safe. Think again…
Often the seemingly innocent chicken breast sitting on top of your salad was dusted with wheat flour before cooking to help it retain moisture and achieve that golden-brown color. Or the seasoning used contained grain by-products. Or the fish wa...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune Dr. Davis gluten gluten-free grain grain-free Inflammation undoctored Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The Herbal Antidepressant With Serious Side-Effects
Despite being perceived as safe by the general public, herbal medicines actually carry considerable risks.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Depression Source Type: blogs
