Tag: ‘Medicinal Plants’

Liquorice for Colon Cancer

liquorice root the weekend in our special herbal digestive we played among others with liquorice stands out from the others. This plant has a long tradition of using medicinal plants and their benefits are many and varied, and often take place so often in our articles.

In this case we speak of cancer, specifically colon cancer, as a group of researchers from the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University in Nashville have associated the use of licorice with the prevention of cancer.

Licorice inhibits the activity of the enzyme 11-beta-HSD2, which in turn blocks the activity of COX-2 protein, which is achieved by preventing the development of tumors and in turn inhibit their growth and metastasis, the least in experimental models of colorectal cancer with those who worked the researchers.

In fact, researchers have shown that the use of this medicinal plant has no side effects in the arteries or any part of the circulatory system, which it can occur with the implementation of conventional anti-inflammatory drugs commonly used for the prevention of this cancer.

As explained Paul Stewart and Stephen Prescott, researchers discussed the research, it is a very important research by providing a very effective alternative treatment for colorectal cancer treatment.

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Herbal Medicine as an Excellent Alternative

Herbal Medicine as an Excellent Alternative

If the drug is effective in eliminating the discomfort, there are people who resort to medicinal plants as the last of the remedies

Those who sell these products claim that can be removed from a stomach pain or discomfort typical head until conditions more severe complications such as kidney, colon and gastritis.

Sellers of medicinal herbs, suggests that people know the benefits of plants and ask other procedures and applications. (more…)

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Medicinal Plants for Asthma

LicoriceLicorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Contains a substance that has properties similar to those of cortisol, a glucocorticoid.

Besides acting as an anti-inflammatory licorice works as an expectorant which is beneficial in cases of asthma. You can use a licorice supplement containing glycyrrhizin. It should eat between 200 and 800 milligrams of the drug daily. Also get licorice tablets that contain no glycyrrhizin. However, these are not helpful for asthma.

Precautions Use of  licorice for six weeks and then discontinue use for two weeks. Eat foods high in potassium such as bananas or citrus juice during the time you use licorice. This is not possible to use a potassium supplement.

Do not use licorice if you have glaucoma or hypertension. Nor should it be used by those suffering from breast cancer or other estrogen-sensitive cancer, endometriosis or illness (or rather changes as it currently is not regarded as a disease) fibrocystic breast.

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