Natural herbal medicine is underused in the United States. This web site lists herbs and supplements that have a role to play in health and disease. Unfortunately, the amount of money spent on herbal medicine research is a tiny fraction as that spend on prescription medications. Therefore, it will take many years and decades before we have a better understanding of how to use natural herbs as a way to prevent or treat many common and rare medical conditions.

Natural herbal products that herbal medicine doctors can use in their practice
Good Night Rx for better sleep. Herbal medicine products for sleep are not as potent as pharmaceutical medicines, but they are much safer and cause much less problems with memory loss.
Eyesight Rx is a natural herbal medicine to improve vision. A tablet every other day or two days on, one day off, can provide visual enhancement within several days. Colors are sharper and the ability to focus on close and distant objects improves.
Joint Power Rx is a natural herbal medicine used for joint support and to decrease joint pain
Mind Power Rx is a natural herbal medicine that improves focus, alertness, and mood

Additional pages on this website include:
AHCC supplement is used as a natural herbal medicine for cancer treatment.
Amla extract supplement as herbal medicine for diabetes or blood sugar elevation
Bronchiolitis obliterans prevention and natural therapy
Calcium deposit prevention through diet and exercise
Cell phone and brain cancer link, what does the latest research say about a possible connection
Chrysin pill supplement and its use by bodybuilders
Eosinophilic pneumonia information
Epigallocatechin gallate egcg benefit for cancer and for inflammation
Erythromelalgia treatment
Herbal aphrodisiacs as herbal medicine for impotence or erectile dysfunction, or just overall sexual enhancement.
Hoodia side effects information
IBD inflammatory bowel disease cause and risks
Leishmaniasis treatment, infection from sandflies
Listeriosis infection from food
Male enhancement vitamin supplement pill that helps with erectile function and sexual pleasure
Male libido herbs and products
Multi vitamin and multi mineral products that can be used daily for wellness and optimal wellbeing
Polygonum aviculare info
Prolactinoma treatment
Prostatectomy help after surgery, impotence is common
Sunburn treatment options
Weight gain supplement, are there supplements that cause weight gain?
Whiplash treatment and symptoms

Herbal medicine for cancer prevention or treatment
See this cancer page for suggestions on herbal medicine for cancer prevention or treatment. Before you start and herbs or supplements for cancer treatment, please consult with your health care provider.

A list of Amazon herbal medicine herbs
The Amazon rain forest offers an unending variety of plants that are known to have herbal medicinal properties, and more are being discovered each year. Herbal knowledge from the Amazon jungle is gradually making its way to the Western world. Each Amazon tribe has one or more shamans who is quite familiar with the healing power of the local herbs in the Amazon forest. Amazon Indians have known about herbal medicine for thousands of years. Superfoods from various exotic places like the Amazon, and anti-ageing elixirs are becoming more popular.

Abuta - Cissampeios pareira -
Achiote - Bixa oreliana- Annato?
Agaricus - Agaricus blazeii
Agracelo - Berberis vulgaris - Barberry
Ajos Kiro - Cordia alliodora
Ajos Sacha - Mansoa alliacea
Altamisa - Ambrosia spp -  Chrysanthemum parthenium - Feverfew
Amasisa - Erythrina fusca - Bucayo
Amor Rico - Desmodium ascendens
Amor Seco - Bidens pilosa
Camu Camu apparently has a high amount of vitamin C
Cat's Claw has antiinflammatory properties
Graviola amazon herb. Graviola can be purchased
Guarana is used in diet formulas and to increase alertness

Amazon Sex Herbs used as herbal medicine for sexual improvement
There are a number of sex herbs from the Amazon forest that are known in the West. Some of the more popular Amazon sex herbs include:

Catuaba is an Amazon herb that works helps with erectile function ad an aphrodisiac
Clavo huasca has sexual enhancement effects, it is an Amazon herb that has not become popular in the West, yet
Maca - this herb grows in the high Andes mountains
Muira-Puama is a natural herbal medicine and aphrodisiac herb from the Amazon

Additional herbs from the Amazon used as herbal medicine
ALGARROBO (Prosopis pallida)
ARTICHOKE PULP - ALCACHOFA (Cynara Scolymus L)
ASMACHILCA (Aristeguietia gayana)
CAIGUA (Cyclanthera pedata)
CALAGUALA (Polipodium decumanum Willd. , Polypodium calaguala Ruiz)
CANCHALAGUA (Achkuhria pinnata vard. octoaristada)
CARQUEJAB (accharis articulata Lam.)
CHANCA PIEDRA (Phillanthuss niruri L.)
CHUCHUHUASI (Maytenus macrocarpa)
CIPRES (Cupressus sempervirens L.)
CUTI CUTIA (splenium fragile)
DRAGON'S BLOOD - SANGRE DE DRAGOC (roton lechleri Muell Arg.)
FER DE LANCE - JERGÓN SACHA (Dracotium lorenrese)
FLOR BLANCA (Buddleja incana)
FLOR DE ARENA (Tiquilia paronychioides)
GUANARPO (Jatropa macrantina Muell Arg.)
GUAYABA - LEAF (Psidium guajaba)
HERCAMPURI (Gentionella alborosea)
HUAMANPINTA (Chuquiragua spinosa)
HUAMANRRIPA (Senecio violaefolius)
IPORURO (Alchirnea castaneifolia)
LEMON GRASS - HIERBA LUISA (Cymbopogon citratus)
LINE SEED (Linum usitatissimum)
LUCUMA (Lucuma obovata)
MANAYUPA (Desmodium adscendens)
MANIOC LEAF - YUCA HOJA (Manihot esculenta)
MANIOC ROOT - YUCA RAIZ (Manihot esculenta)
MATICO (Piper acnyustifolium Vall.)
MUCURA (Petiveria alliacea)
MUÑA (Minthostachus setosa / Minthostachis mollis)
PALO SANTO - WOOD (Bursera graveolens) ...... STICKS
PAO DE ARCO BARK - TAHUARI (Tabebuya serratifolia.)
PASUCHACA (Geranium dielsianum Knuth)
PURPLE CORN - MAIZ MORADO (Zea Mays L.)
QUINUA (Chenopodium quinoa Willdenow)
RATANIAN ROOT (Krameria trianda)
SWEET POTATO - CAMOTEI (pomoea batatas)
WORM SEED - PAICO - LEAF (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.)
YACON - LEAF AND ROOTS (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

Annato - Leaf - Achiote Bixa orellana L. Powder
Artichoke Pulp - Alcachofa Cynara Scolymus L. Powder
Brocoli Brassica olerasea Powder
Caigua Cyclanthera pedata Powder
Cat's Claw - Uña De Gato - Bark Uncaria tomentosa Willd D.C. Powder
Cat's Claw - Uña De Gato - Leaf Uncaria tomentosa Willd D.C. Powder
Chuchuhuasi Maytenus macrocarpa Powder
Dragon's Blood - Sangre De Grado Croton lechleri Muell Arg. Resin
Graviola - Guanabana's Leaf Anona muricata Powder
Kiwicha Amaranthus caudatus Powder
Lucuma Lucuma obovata Powder
Maca - Organic Lepidium peruvianum. Powder
Maca - Gelatinized - Organic Lepidium peruvianum. Powder
Manioc Root - Yuca Raiz Manihot esculenta Powder
Manioc Leaf - Yuca Hoja Manihot esculenta Powder
Noni - Fruit morinda citrifolia Liquid essence
Pao de Arco Bark - Tahuari Tabebuya serratifolia. Powder
Purple Corn - Maiz Morado zea mays Powder
Quinua Chenopodium quinoa Willdenow Powder
Ratanian Root Krameria trianda Powder
Sacha Inchi - Oil Plukenetia volubilis Oil
Sarsaparrilla - Zarzaparrilla Smilax medica, Smilax officinalis Powder
Valeriana / Valerian Root Valeriana officinalis Powder
Yacon - Leaf Smallanthus sonchifolius Powder
Yacon - Root Smallanthus sonchifolius Powder
Yacon Syrup Smallanthus sonchifolius Syrup

Chinese herbal medicine
Q. Is Chinese herbal medicine better than Ayurvedic herbal medicine?
   A. They both have a role to play, and a good herbal medicine doctor will combine the benefits from all forms of medicine.

Herbal medicine book
Q. Which herbal medicine book do you recommend for the best herbal alternative medicine research?
   A. Research with herbs and herbal medicine is changing so quickly, that we prefer learning about the latest information through the internet since by the time a book is written, published, and distributed, the information is already at least a year or two old. Herbal health medicine doctors often read the latest research published on Medline.

Natural herbal medicine emails
You quite rightly state that little attention has been attributed to natural herbal medicine in relation to chronic illness. I would however suggest to you that any institution carrying out studies on non patentable natural plants would quickly find other funding by Big Pharma pulled. To state that financial blackmail is frequently used against research into natural herbal medicine would be a gross understatement. The lobbying against natural herbal medicine is very successfully used by Big Pharma who contrive with the FDA. Yet when considering the health of the nation aspartame still remains in over one thousand products on our supermarket shelves ? Following the success of Monsanto in having the US patent laws amended to enable them to patent GM plants, Big Pharma are now spending millions on lobbying for similar and more serious changes. I would Suggest that if successful B-17, Graviola and Bitter Melon, which can presently be purchased for a few dollars, will soon be available but on prescription only and at a price comparable with Chemo. It is blatantly obvious that there are many scams out there and that vulnerable folks are being ripped off. They should be exposed.
    As in any type of business, organization, or government, money and power can be misused.

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