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"Others think that the birth of aspirin was somewhere between 460 BC - 377 BC, when Hippocrates, the famous Greek doctor, prescribed chewing on the bark of the willow tree to reduce fever and pain. The bark and leaves of the willow tree are rich in a substance called salicin. Even the ancient Romans recorded the use of willow bark as a fever-fighter. In addition, there were many others over the years who found that making an infusion using birch bark and willow bark resulted in a useful pain reliever. And then the age of chemistry began." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Blood pressure: European mistletoe, apple bark to lower, and asafoetida to increase. Stomach: raspberry leaf, dandelion root, angelica, centaury, agrimony, calamus, wormwood, and Oregon grape root. Small intestines: turkey rhubarb root, slippery elm. Large intestines: cascara sagrada bark, squaw vine for the transverse colon. Liver: Oregon grape root, dandelion, agrimony, maple bark, mandrake. Gall bladder: olive oil, bayberry bark, comfrey, and the above-mentioned liver herbs. Spleen: maple leaves and bark, hyssop tea taken with steamed figs, bayberry bark, angelica." - Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss, The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age (Get the book.)

"The formula combines an extract from the bark of the Amazonian tree, Pao pereira, and an extract from the bark of the roots of the tropical shrub Rauwolfia vomitoria, a medicinal plant traditionally used for many ailments including hormone regulation. The alkaloids found in these barks are the subject of numerous research studies linking alkaloids with the ability to fight cancer. Flavopereirine (also known as PB-100), an alkaloid from the Pao pereira tree, has been used to effectively treat brain tumors and several types of cancer." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Willow Bark Willow bark is the original source of aspirin, but when used as the entire herb it has been found to be much safer than aspirin and more effective. The active ingredient is salicin, and willow bark i___i_____ i_______ ^ _ i_ _ _ rr_ ___ ?_ ______?1___i_ pain. People who are severely allergic to aspirin (those with aspirin-induced asthma or anaphylaxes, which are very unusual) should not use willow bark. Like aspirin and Celebrex, willow bark acts as a cyclooxygenase enzyme (COX) inhibitor, decreasing inflammation." - Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.)

"A Very Cherry Cure cherry bark provides sweet relief for a scratchy throat and nagging cough. The syrup can be purchased at health food stores. Or look for herbal cough remedies containing wild cherry bark syrup. Naturopaths and others say taking a teaspoonful every few hours may help persistent coughs. They add, though, that simply flavoring a cough drop with cherry essences and sugar won't do the trick. • Weed Out Dry Coughs Is a severe cough rattling your bones? Gumweed works to eliminate the choking and painful spasms of a dry cough—and it acts as an expectorant." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Edward Stone wrote to the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 1763 that the bark of the willow tree, the "sallow" tree of the species Salix, had similar properties to Peruvian bark. This "battle of the barks," which played out till the close of the nineteenth century, was the first skirmish of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid) wars. That same century end also saw the flowering of Prussian organic chemistry." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"After all, aspirin was originally derived from willow bark, and the anticancer chemothera-peutic agent Taxol was derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. Natural products can be very potent indeed, and some natural products are turning out to have a surprisingly profound effect in helping to quell an overenthusiastic autoimmune response. Supplements and vitamins that are currently being studied in autoimmune disease research include: ANTIOXIDANTS. In the normal process of metabolism, cells produce unstable oxygen molecules. These unstable molecules—known as free radicals—damage cells." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"A fluid extract is made from the bark and the fruit of the tree, and this is what's commonly called "horse chestnut" or "horse chestnut extract" and is used for medicinal purposes. The bark, seed, twigs, and leaves from the horse chestnut trees are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Horse chestnut extract is helpful for improving circulation, which makes it also useful for relieving leg cramps. The German Commission E, which is responsible for testing herbs and supplements, approves horse chestnut for "venous insufficiency," meaning lack of blood flow through the veins." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The leaves don't have the power. The bark doesn't have the power. The root is potent, the bark and the leaves are not. And it's best in a plant extract form, as Chris Kilham says, because kava lactones should be standardized, and that way you get a pure amount each time. It's been used for thousands of years and it can create a very calm, smooth, and even sense of well-being. Dr. Ray Sahelian, a board-certified family practice physician who has written a number of books on natural health, tells us that there are several supplements and herbs that can reduce anxiety and stress." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"HISTORY In the early 1970s, at the behest of President Richard Nixon, the National Cancer Institute began studying the active constituents of cat's claw bark and root. While these studies demonstrated promising results in fighting leukemia, all research in the United States came to an abrupt halt when it appeared that the whole root or bark worked better than single isolated compounds. Without a key chemical to isolate and synthesize, commercial interest from pharmaceutical companies waned." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Not surprisingly, the medical establishment was very receptive when the Reverend Edward Stone wrote to the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 1763 that the bark of the willow tree, the "sallow" tree of the species Salix, was a match for Peruvian bark." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"PUBLIC HEALTH Remember the case of Sherlock Holmes and the dog that didn't bark? In that story, Holmes solved a mystery because something—a dog which barked at a certain time each evening—did not happen as expected. Thus, what did not happen—what cannot be attributed to medicine—is a significant finding. If not doctors and their medicine, who (or what) was responsible for the reductions in mortality? This question was considered in chapter 8." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"These include witch hazel, oak bark and walnut bark—all of which are astringent topical ingredients. To make a soothing compress, make a tea using one teaspoon of powdered bark per cup of boiled water. Steep for 10 minutes, strain the tea and then allow it to cool before using it as a compress." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Cinchona bark (now known to be a rich source of the antimalarial drug quinine) was brought back to Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century. It was a powerful therapy against the fevers that rendered the tropical world so dangerous for Europeans; knowledge of its medical utility was, of course, derived from indigenous medical knowledge. As the product of a tropical plant, the bark reinforced the older providential belief in a merciful divinity who had ensured that the diseases of a region could be cured by that region's own natural productions." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"Both come from the bark of an Asian evergreen tree. The bark is peeled off, dried, and allowed to form a roll—the common "cinnamon stick" that we know today. Though close in taste, Ceylon has a slightly richer and sweeter taste. Most of the cinnamon bought in the United States is the less expensive cassia variety. A Serving of Food Lore... Cinnamon has a long history. Ceylon cinnamon originated from the island of Sri Lanka. Chinese writings have documented use of cinnamon since 2700 b.c. Around 1000 b.c." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Liver: Oregon grape root, dandelion, agrimony, maple bark, mandrake. Gall bladder: olive oil, bayberry bark, comfrey, and the above-mentioned liver herbs. Spleen: maple leaves and bark, hyssop tea taken with steamed figs, bayberry bark, angelica. Pancreas: cedar berries, yarrow, periwinkle, dandelion. Kidneys: dandelion root, uva ursi, white poplar bark, sandlewood, parsley. Bladder: same as above, including juniper berries, bu-chu, wild carrot seed, gravel root, and hydrangea for stones anywhere in the kidneys or bladder." - Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss, The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age (Get the book.)

"Not surprisingly, the medical establishment was very receptive when the Reverend Edward Stone wrote to the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 1763 that the bark of the willow tree, the "sallow" tree of the species Salix, was a match for Peruvian bark." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "The miracle drug of the seventeenth century was "Peruvian bark," also known as "Jesuit bark" because it was imported from South America by the Jesuits. It was harvested from the chincona tree by indigenous South Americans who had been converted both to Catholicism and to the task of harvesting. Chincona was the name of the duchess who was the wife of the Spanish governor of Peru. "Jesuit tea" was an antipyretic, an agent that could reduce the fevers and agues that plagued Europeans. For Western medicine of the day, fever was a disease, as was the agues." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Cinnamon is the bark of a tree, but when explorers found South America, they thought it was a fruit. The historian Garcilaso de la Vega wrote of "bunches of small fruit growing in husks like acorns. And though the tree and its leaves, roots, and bark all smell and taste of cinnamon, these husks are the true spice." Under the command of Gonzalo Pizarro, two thousand soldiers ventured into the jungles of Ecuador, searching for these fruit treasures. After over two years lost in the forest, only eighty naked, hysterical stragglers made it back to Quito—without any cinnamon fruits." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"The bark, seed, twigs, and leaves from the horse chestnut trees are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Horse chestnut extract is helpful for improving circulation, which makes it also useful for relieving leg cramps. The German Commission E, which is responsible for testing herbs and supplements, approves horse chestnut for "venous insufficiency," meaning lack of blood flow through the veins. Those Delicate Veins Varicose veins are almost always related to a weakness in the walls of the veins, which are fairly delicate structures to begin with." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Pygeum is an extract from the bark of an African tree and is approved in at least three countries in Europe as a BPH remedy. It relieves symptoms of BPH and contains at least three types of compounds that help the prostate. Beta-sitosterol is a plant sterol found in almost all plants, especially in rice bran, wheat germ, corn oils, and soybeans. In clinical research it's been shown to help lower blood cholesterol, but more to the point, it's also been shown to reduce the symptoms of BPH." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"A common method of processing by the Koreans involves stripping the bark. This is unfortunate because the bark contains the highest content of the active ingredients. White ginseng may or may not have the bark stripped. Red ginseng always has the bark intact. Active Ingredients Scientific research has discovered that the medicinal or therapeutic properties of ginseng are due to a group of six chemicals called glycosides, also known as saponins or ginsenosides. As noted earlier, there is a tremendous variation in the levels of saponin content of ginseng roots and products containing ginseng." - Ross Pelton, Mind Food and Smart Pills (Get the book.)

"According to one study, "crop failures" have caused such a drastic cut in daily rations in 2003 that North Korean "households have to rely on alternative ways of getting food, including rearing livestock, growing kitchen gardens and collecting wild foods like edible grasses, acorns, tree bark and sea algae."8 Of course, if Che liked North Korea so much, he might have considered staying on there and munching on the tree bark. But if you think that that was ever a possibility, you are missing the malignant stupidity that defines the world improver's mind." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"YOHIMBE Yohimbe (also spelled Yohimbine) is a natural product derived from the bark of an African tree that is used for the treatment of impotence. Yohimbe does work for impotence, but like many plant products it has specific known pharmacological effects and has been absorbed into the world of pharmacology. Yohimbe is known to block certain receptors in the brain that results in a stimulation of the adrenergic system. Yohimbe does not work better than Viagra and friends, and has the same side effects (anxiety, restlessness, and the potential for cardiac events)." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"To find out, Cannon developed a protocol that involved putting cats in a safe cage, and then bringing in their "natural enemy"—a dog—to sniff and bark at them. The cat would become agitated (at least, sometimes), and Cannon would then draw blood from the animal and compare it with the blood of cats that had not been made to feel threatened.11 Following a lead from a colleague, Daniel Roy Hoskins, who was working in a laboratory in Ohio, Cannon found that the blood of frightened cats always contained a certain hormone then called adrenin (today called adrenaline or epinephrine)." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"At the suggestible moment, the belief that they are hot, cold, unable to walk, can bark like a dog, or whatever, will be literally acted on by their subconscious mind and reproduced in their experience. We can access our subconscious power by purposefully setting up this state of suggestibility for ourselves. The interface between the conscious and subconscious mind is greatest when we are in stage two consciousness, the alpha state. It is a time of stillness, when the portal to the subconscious mind is open. This is the feeling we have just before we fall asleep, or when we first wake up." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Among these are: pycnogenol, which is a water extract from the bark of the French maritime pine; grape seed extract; tocotrienols; vitamin C ester; alpha lipoic acid; dmae; and alpha and beta hydroxy acids. On the other hand, a poor diet, processed foods, cured meats, tobacco smoke, infections, alcohol, stress, air pollution, pesticides, and radiation all promote oxidation in the human body. Even if we are minimizing the effects of the aforementioned free radical developers, given our modern urban, industrialized, and technological lifestyles, we cannot completely avoid them." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

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