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Solomon's Seal: About the Plant. Solomon's Seal is named for King Solomon of Hebrew lore who was granted great wisdom by the Hebrew God and had a special seal that aided him in his magical workings, allowing him to command demons without coming to harm.

Solomon's Seal: About the Plant

According to herbal lore, King Solomon himself placed his seal upon this plant when he recognized its great value. Those with imagination can see the seal on the rootstock in the circular scars left by the stem after it dies back. Solomon's Seal is a bittersweet, astringent, tonic herb that includes convallarin (also one of the active constituents in Lily of the Valley), asparagin, allantoin, gum, sugar, mucilage, starch and pectin. Solomon's Seal has been used for centuries to heal wounds, repair damaged tissue, bruises, and knit broken bones; relieve dry coughs and tuberculosis; treat chronic dysentery, diarrhea and hemorrhoids, among other diverse uses, as explained more below. The fresh root, pounded and applied topically helps fade bruising.

Science Confirms Turmeric As Effective As 14 Drugs. Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today.

Science Confirms Turmeric As Effective As 14 Drugs

Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, our five-year long research project on this sacred plant has revealed over 600 potential preventive and therapeutic applications, as well as 175 distinct beneficial physiological effects. This entire database of 1,585 ncbi-hyperlinked turmeric abstracts can be downloaded as a PDF at our Downloadable Turmeric Document page, and acquired either as a retail item or with 200 GMI-tokens, for those of you who are already are members and receive them automatically each month.

Given the sheer density of research performed on this remarkable spice, it is no wonder that a growing number of studies have concluded that it compares favorably to a variety of conventional medications, including: Resources [i] P Usharani, A A Mateen, M U R Naidu, Y S N Raju, Naval Chandra. How To Make Your Own Magnesium Oil. Share Katie | Wellnessmama.com I’ve written before about how I use magnesium daily and why I feel it is such a vital part of overall wellness.

How To Make Your Own Magnesium Oil

Many people are deficient in this vital mineral that the body uses for hundreds of reactions. Every cell in the body needs magnesium in some way, and it is vital for bone, tooth, muscle, and joint health as well as for optimal sleep and stress reduction. Deficiency of magnesium is widespread because many of us have lifestyle factors that actively deplete magnesium such as lack of sleep, excess stress, or alcohol/caffeine/sugar consumption. The ocean is still a wonderful source of magnesium and trace minerals, but for those of us who don’t have daily access to a beach, transdermal magnesium oil can be the easiest and most effective way to increase magnesium levels. I take magnesium internally and use it on my skin daily in the form of magnesium oil.

What you need: – 1/2 cup Magnesium Chloride Flakes – 1/2 cup distilled water What to do: To Use: A Practitioner's Handbook Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics. Based upon established physiological actions and the indications in small doses to which is added some pharmaceutical data and the most important therapeutic developments of sectarian medicine as explained along rational lines By Thos.

A Practitioner's Handbook Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics

S. Blair, M. D Member American Medical Association, Pennsylvania State Medical Society, Harrisburg Academy Of Medicine, Member Visiting Staff Of Harrisburg City Hospital, &C Published By The Medical Council, 4105 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa This Volume Is Respectfully Dedicated To The Optimist In Therapeutics Preface The modern tendency towards more direct and less bulky medication has placed in a transition stage the drug therapy of today. Introduction The employment of drugs in ordinary or in large doses for their physical, chemic, or physiologic action is a procedure so well established in therapeutics, and so well borne out in the common experien... Introduction. Introduction. Part I. Botanic Medicaments Extracts Extracts, as made by the usual U. U. U.