Herbal Health Center

It is widely debated the potential causal factors to ADD and ADHD. Some studies have shown that when diet is poor and blood sugar imbalanced, the brain suffers, including the ability to reason, adjust socially, and control impulses. Other causal factors can include allergies, vaccine preservatives, heavy metals in the body, tobacco additives, and cell phone usage.

Besides removing some of these factors, we recommend the following product for children:

Focus Attention

Recommended usage:

2 capsules daily or ¾ tsp powder in water.

Benefits:

- supports normal brain stimulation levels

- supports brain circulation and neurotransmitters

- supports proper brain activity and energy levels.

Testimonies from our customers:

“I started adding Focus Attention powder to a protein shake for my teenage son in the morning and saw a definite improvement in his school work.”

“A client started her young child on Focus Attention and Super Omega 3 EPA, and a few months later his teacher proclaims “Thanks for medicating him.”

“All client with an autistic 6 year old started on a full program and both the family and the teacher saw a substantial improvement in one month.”

Alternatively, consider our Health Brain for Children Power Plan. Take the top 3 products, or combine them with the recommended vitamin, mineral or antioxidant for a robust herb program.

For adults struggling with ADD/ADHD, consider committing yourself to the following herb program:

Top 3 Products:

Focus Attention

Ginkgo Biloba Extract Tablets

Liquid B-12 Complete

Top Supporting Mineral:

Skeletal Strength

Top Supporting Homeopathic:

Lymphostim

Complimentary Essential Oils:

Lavender essential oils baths weekly.

In addition to herbal supplements, take a look in your kitchen and eliminate sweets, artificial sweeteners, and refined foods, in favor of nutrient dense snacks and fresh fruits and vegetables. Also use purified water, tasty herbal teas, and homemade juices such as fresh pineapple, lime, cucumber, and watermelon.

A lot of practical knowledge about herbal health remedies can come from personal experience, in your own home.

This month, I learned a few tricks about how to get rid of itchiness and rash.
My son broke out in a very itchy rash following a fever, and he was desperate for a little relief. Here is what we did for him that quickly eased the itch. The rash was gone within 48 hours.

External support:

1. A baking soda bath- (about 1/2 cup in a bath full of water - soak your whole body for at least 5-10 minutes).
Internal support:

1. Burdock
2. Liquid Chlorophyll
3. Coral Calcium
4. Any blood purifier herb, like Red Clover.

Finally, drink lots of water. Consider coconut water if you can find it in the store.

It is a great goal to stay as youthful in appearance as is naturally possible. We recommend the Nature’s Sunshine Natria product line for skin and hair products. We invite you to try:

Triple Effect Age Relief Cream—Three Ways to Young-Looking Skin
New from Nature’s Sunshine: Triple Effect Age Relief Cream is like no other product on the market. Its unique formula of skin-beneficial ingredients helps improve the appearance of skin in three ways. It reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, supports skin tone and firmness, and supports smooth, supple-looking skin.
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Natria® Moisturizers - NSP’s Natria skin care line is formulated with vitamins and botanical extracts that condition, strengthen and defend your skin from harmful external elements and ensure optimal hydration.

Balancing Daily Defense Lotion SPF 15—For Combination to Oily Skin
Light, quick-absorbing Balancing Daily Defense Lotion SPF 15 fuels combination and oily skin with beneficial elements. Skin stays protected, looks beautiful and feels healthy. Stock No. 6006-8

Nourishing Daily Defense Lotion SPF 15—For Normal to Dry Skin
Nourishing Daily Defense Lotion SPF 15 provides immediate hydration for normal to dry skin in a lightweight formula, then goes beyond hydration with skin-smart ingredients that leave skin moisturized, strengthened and protected. Stock No. 6005-2

Irish Moss Hand & Body Lotion—Lasting Skin Hydration
Irish Moss Hand & Body Lotion is rich in emollients and nutrients that hydrate and condition for hours. Filled with natural plant extracts and protective vitamins, this formula leaves your skin smooth, soft and naturally healthy looking. Stock No. 6021-0

Check out the full line within the Personal Care Products category under “Others,” online at Herbal Health Center. Protect your skin also through internal herb programs. See our Skin Support Power Plans.

Swine Flu Facts:  Swine flu is a disease caused by influenza, a virus with 8 genes made of RNA, not DNA like our genes.  Symptoms include extreme fatigue, headaches, muscle pain, coughing, sneezing and fever.  Flu usually last longer, hurts more and causes higher fevers than colds.  Flu usually does not cause stomach discomfort in adults.  Swine flu can be caught by people and by pigs.  We can give it to pigs and they can give it to us when we work around them.  The government says we cannot get it by eating pork.

Herbs to assist in managing and preventing flu:

Silver Sol (liquid) - 2 tsp twice daily.  Use the Silver Shield gel on the hands and inside the nostrils 2x daily,  especially for prevention and therapy.  Silver Sol is powerful and is patented for highly infectious agents, including MRSA.
Olive Leaf Extract capsules - 1 to 2 daily.
Chinese VS-C Concentrate (TCM).  This was developed by a Chinese medical doctor for extremely strong viral protection.  It is used when the body is hot or feverish, not when it is cold and chilled.  Suggested Usage - 1 to 2 times daily
Oregano Oil: In the pure form, we use this on the bottom of the feet–3 drops on the bottom of each foot mixed with a little olive oil if the skin is sensitive. This is a powerful oil and can burn tender skin.  Using the pure oil is less expensive than buying it in capsules.
ALJ is for any respiratory attention or symptoms of congestion build up that is oppressive or alarming.  We have clients who have used up to 6 at a time 4x daily for l-2 days for breaking up fluid and congestion in the lungs.

Add a great energy tonic like Mineral Chi to boost immune energy so the above tools are used efficiently.

Dietary recommendation:  we recommend stopping all junk foods sugar, coffee, dairy, red meat, and any food that makes us clear our throats when we eat it (mucus producing).  These types of foods can slow recuperation.  Lots of broth based nutritious soup is the rule along with steamed veggies, fresh fruit, brown rice, fresh fish and organic chicken.  Incorporate a lot of green and herbal teas and fresh carrot and green juices.

Women have special needs. Their bodies go through cycles and changes from puberty through the senior years. While these changes are indeed miraculous, they aren’t always comfortable. Nature’s Sunshine has formulated two powerful herbal products to address some of women’s unique needs.

Cramp Relief—Relax those cramping muscles
Most women experience some degree of cramping during their monthly periods. For some women, menstrual cramps can be so severe that they are debilitating. Cramp Relief allows the body to relax contracted muscles and ease cramping.

Native Americans used the herbs in Cramp Relief to help ease all kinds of female discomfort. They believed that menstrual cramping was the body’s way of preparing for childbirth. However, in the case of severe cramps they used these antispasmodic herbs. Cramp Relief contains cramp bark, wild yam, black cohosh, lobelia and plantain. Most of these herbs are antispasmodic, and many of them support various body systems to help in the management of menstrual discomfort. Wild yam supports the female reproductive system. Black cohosh acts like estrogen and can help lift dark moods that often accompany female discomfort. Plantain helps relieve fluid buildup in the pelvic region that is sometimes associated with menstrual cramps.

Menstrual Reg—Help for heavy menstruation
Heavy menstrual bleeding isn’t just inconvenient, it is also quite uncomfortable, especially when it is accompanied by cramping, bloating and mild mood changes. Menstrual Reg is designed to help reduce heavy bleeding while keeping hormones balanced.

Menstrual Reg contains several herbs that diminish bleeding and provide overall support to the female body. Yarrow, shepherd’s purse, nettle leaf and lady’s mantle help to slow and reduce blood flow, while sarsaparilla gets closer to the root of the process. Excessive menstrual bleeding is often caused by too much estrogen relative to progesterone. Sarsaparilla root appears to help enhance progesterone activity. Black haw can help ease cramped uterine muscles, while chaste tree and false unicorn help to support proper female hormone levels. Together these herbs may slow menstrual flow and lead to more comfortable periods.

Key Benefits:
• Helps prevent weight gain from carbohydrates.
• Reduces the number of calories available for storage as fat.
• Minimizes the need to avoid your favorite high-carb foods.

In recent years, science has revealed many destructive and serious implications of being overweight. That’s why Nature’s Sunshine has intensified its desire to develop weight-loss products to benefit virtually everyone who is overweight. Carbo Grabbers is a powerful, natural supplement that can partially block the digestion of dietary starches, allowing you to eat most of your favorite high-carb foods without all of the consequences.

Our bodies process carbohydrates with the help of the digestive enzyme alpha amylase. This enzyme turns the starch found in carbohydrates into glucose. Our bodies burn some of that glucose; the rest is stored as fat. Carbo Grabbers works by binding with alpha amylase, neutralizing starch calories and preventing starches from being changed into glucose and fat. The undigested starches are not absorbed and are eliminated.

Clinically proven Carbo Grabbers is made from a portion of the white kidney bean. Just one gram prevents the absorption of over 500 grams of dietary starch—or over 2,250 calories. That’s equal to more than one pound of pasta or one loaf or bread.

Exciting, new clinical studies document the effectiveness of Carbo Grabbers when used as part of a daily diet. Two recent studies show that 1.5 grams of Carbo Grabbers can prevent the metabolizing of 57–85 percent of ingested starches. In another study, people who took Carbo Grabbers every day for 30 days lost an average of 4 percent of their total body weight, had a 10.5 percent reduction of fat mass, an 11.6 percent reduction in their waistline and approximately a 1.5 percent reduction in hip and thigh circumference.

By Horizons, Nature’s Sunshine

Horizons (7/1/2001)

Herbalists frequently discuss the role of oxidative damage and its relationship to overall health. Aging, with its accompanying changes, further reduces the body’s ability to effectively fight foreign invaders. Allopathic approaches combat some of the effects of oxidation but mainly with a broad-range approach.

Modern herbalists know the power of prevention, and that’s why so many value the remarkable health benefits of the Chinese herb astragalus. Scientific studies have identified the immune-building components of this powerful herb, including saponins (like astragalosides), sterols, isoflavones and polysaccharides.

Astragalus root exerts immunostimulatory activity in the body. The astragalosides and polysaccharides support immune response by enhancing the production of immunoglobulin and stimulating macrophages. All of this adds up to an optimal ability to stay healthy!

Wondering what the best vitamins for your kids is?

Neglecting your kids nutritional and dietary needs can pave the way to a less healthy adult life. Growth rate, bone health, activity levels, weight, attention span and the immune system can all be affected by a lack of proper nutrition during the formative years.

Improved Children’s Chewable Vitamins and Minerals includes 12 vitamins and seven minerals essential to the optimal growth, development and health of kids. It’s a more complete product to best meet your child’s nutritional needs.

• Vitamin A promotes strong eye health and vision.
• Vitamin B12 can aid in maintaining proper brain function and promoting healthy attention levels.
• Vitamin C strengthens and improves the immune system.
• Vitamin B6 helps maintain emotional health.
• Important minerals—zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, selenium, iron and iodine—provide multiple benefits.

One or two tablets of Children’s Chewable Vitamins and Minerals will help meet a child’s daily nutritional requirement. Enjoy the great-tasting new flavor, made with natural watermelon, banana and raspberry. Kids will love it!

Featured Products: Herbasaurs Chewable Vitamin & Minerals

Horizons (7/1/2001) by Tony Cobb

In searching for excellent quality products to aid fertility, we have both Western herbal supplements as well as Chinese formulas.  See the infertility Power Plans for men and women at Herbal Health Center for excellent programs.

If you prefer the Chinese herbs for infertility, the following is the recommended program:

TCM Chinese Stress Relief: this is a mineral rich formula that assists in proper energy flow in the body. It is called a Fire Quenching formula as it is calming in nature and reduces stress, a primary factor in studies on infertility.

TCM Chinese Mood Elevator:  This formula is actually a liver formula and regulates Chi energy in the body. The liver governs and assists female hormonal balance.  This formula raises energy in the liver and female zone as well as lifts the mood.

TCM  Chinese Anti-Gas:  This is also a liver/gallbladder formula but has a different function.  This product dispels “earth” .  It assists in removing toxic obstacles in the liver or female zone that may stand in the way of pregnancy.  It is very important to include this as part of the program.

Beyond these 3 herbs for infertility, our PreNatal Vitamin and our Skeletal Strength formula is recommended as general supplemental nutrition.

Have questions about which chinese herbs are best for infertility? Just contact us!

Our positive qualities suffer when our health is poor. Energy is channeled to the fundamental or lower brain functions when nutrition is impaired. This can result in the functions of the higher brain functions of reasoning, social adjustment and impulse control being diminished.

Poor diet and imbalanced blood sugars especially affect those with ADD, ADHD, prison inmates, and the obese. The common denominator may be compromised brain function.

Focus Attention, available at Herbal Health Center, supports:
*Normal brain stimulation levels
*Brain circulation and neurotransmitters
*Proper brain activity and energy levels.

It contains:

*DMAE:  A nutrient present in sardines and anchovies:  has shown to improve intelligence, learning, memory, mood.  Mechanism:   Produces Choline→acetylcholine (neurotransmitter).  Antioxidant.

*GINGKO BILOBA:  Assists circulation, oxygenation, glucose uptake.  Improves memory and learning capacity.  Great when taking tests and doing mental work. Antioxidant.

*Grape Seed Extract:  Antioxidant power approx. 50x stronger than Vitamin C or E.  Protection against toxins and pollutants.

*L’Glutamine:  An amino acid.  Brain converts it to fuel.  Enhances mood, alertness, and clarity, IQ.  Detoxifies metabolic wastes which can build and result in confusion, fatigue, poor concentration, and mood swings. Therefore, it has usefullness as a therapy agent for alcoholism, depression, epilepsy, sugar cravings, schizophrenia, and senility.

*Melissa officinalis (lemon balm):  Mildly relaxing tonic.  Eases symptoms of anxiety, restlessness and irritability. Powerful antioxidant.

*Slippery Elm:  Healing, soothing, draws out irritants.  Can ease digestive issues that result in allergies, and nutrient deficiencies.

See more products that assists a healthy brain for children!

Some testimonies we have heard:

“I started adding Focus Attention powder to a protein shake for my teenage son in the morning and saw a definite improvement in his school work.”

“All client with an autistic 6 year old started on a full program and both the family and the teacher saw a substantial improvement in one month.”