Posts Tagged ‘comfrey’
Molybdenum
June 1st, 2010
MOLYBDENUM
Molybdenum is found in several digestive enzymes: sulfite oxidase, xanthine oxidase and aldehyde oxidase.
Sulfite oxidase is used in the body to help detoxify sulfites which are found in protein foods.
All three enzymes are utilized in the body to process protein foods.
Xanthine oxidase aids the body in its production of uric acid.
The chemical Sulphite oxidase is used as a preservative in some foods and medicines. However, there are side effects:
When used as a food additive, sulphite oxidase can cause some people to develop asthma and other breathing difficulties
Supplementation is not thought to be necessary, as people rarely become deficient in Molybdenum.
The ...
Bring Back the Gardens
June 1st, 2010
Our Lost Gardens, Birds and Medicinal Weeds
Less than twenty years ago, on Waiheke Island in New Zealand, many medicinal "weeds" such as dandelions, plantain, self-heal, comfrey, thistles, red clover, and hundreds of other useful and beautiful plants abounded.
The keeping of cottage gardens helped keep the strains of the then-common weeds from becoming extinct, as well as many flower and shrub species which sadly now are quite rare to see: There was always a nook and cranny to be found, amongst the incredible variety of flowers nurtured in the cottage garden, for the likes of a rogue thistle, or a hypericum ...
Help Your Eyesight
May 28th, 2010
How to Help Your Eyesight:
As is the case in treating any degenerative disease, the most important things to consider are detoxification and nutrition, with appropriate exercise and a stress-free life-style if you can get it.
Many people who have degeneration of the eye-sight simply give up hope of restoring their eye-sight, believing that they have to live with the condition as it gradually worsens with each passing year. But there is much that can be done to prevent and treat eye conditions such as macular degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma , especially if you can recognize the warning signs early in the piece.
Early signs might be ...
Easy Nutritional Boosts
May 27th, 2010
VITAMIN F
Vitamin F helps to control the metabolic rate. It also helps to control cholesterol.
It aids the skin, helps to prevent eczema and acne, and helps prevent dandruff.
It helps hair to remain healthy because it assists in the production of oil in the sebaceous glands.
Vegetable oils (see Vitamin E), oily fish such as tuna, salmon and eel,brown rice, wheatgerm, avocado, almonds,
and most nuts contain Vitamin F.
Vitamin K
This is essential to help the blood clot normally. It is found in green leafy vegetables, the brassica family which
include cabbage, brussels sprouts and broccoli, alfalfa, carrot tops, soya bean oil and cod liver ...
Borage and Silica
April 15th, 2010
Silica Content in Borage
Borage, Borago officinalis, or Bugloss, is the next best thing to Comfrey for its wondrous healing properties.
Borage, like Comfrey, has an especially high silica content. Silica helps hair, nails, teeth and bone to grow. So drinking a daily cup of weak borage tea, or adding the odd leaf or flowers to your salad will provide extra silicic acid to aid the growth of your hair and nails, and help keep your teeth and bones strong.
BORAGE TEA for HAIR
Borage tea can be used as a hair rinse after shampooing to aid hair growth and give a shine to ...
