I read a book about this a while back, dealing with alternative medicine in general. You should be very careful about what herbal and traditional medicines you use while breastfeeding, especially when your baby is a newborn, or if your baby was born prematurely. Depending on the product, more than one country of origin may be listed for an herb. There some good videos about the truth of homeopathy by the amazing randi in this one he explains it and there is even a full lenght bbc horizon documentary where some doctors try to prove the difference between water and a homeopatic remedie to win the 1,000,000 dollar prize of the james randi foundation. First off homeopathy is not only dilutions there are concentrations too. However, if clinicians only restricted themselves to what is fully proven by double-blind studies, the art of healing and restoring health with nutrients and herbs would be lost. Native shepherds soon learned that as they grazed their herds in higher elevations, where maca grows naturally, the herds became healthier, with more stamina and became sexually active. Crataegus (Hawthorne tree) species are actually several varieties of the hawthorne tree, and it was use…
One argument for the use of maca for the management of sexual function might be that it causes fewer adverse effects than conventional drug treatments. According to the natural medicines comprehensive database, ginkgo can increase blood pressure if used in combination with thiazide diuretics (Drugs generally prescribed for treatment of edema due to congestive heart failure, kidney problems, cirrhosis of the liver, or other conditions in which you need to eliminate excess water). All of the rcts employed double-blind methods, but none of the included trials reported methods of sequence generation for randomisation and allocation concealment. Unfortunately, since herbs are not strictly regulated by the fda, it is virtually impossible to know what is safe and effective. In addition, hemopathy herb supplements can be used on a greater level to remedy protein deficiency, iron deficiency, and other non-life threatening conditions such as bed-wetting and chronic ear infections. What herb-drug combinations should i avoid? This is why many scientists and doctors were not surprised when research over the last fourteen years demonstrated that there are many different phenotypes of maca tha…
From experiments with different day lengths, maca is a short-day plant. However, due to it’s effect on hormones, people with thyroid problems should avoid taking maca. Perfect bite sized summing up of homeopathy. Damiana (Turnera diffusa) is an herb used traditionally by the mayan people of central america to enhance sexual function in men and women. Soon, the indigenous peruvians included maca in their diets and found it could help promote increased energy and stamina for them, too. I regularly use placebo myself through homeopathy and other means to great impact, but i always mediate deeply before hand. Comprehensive studies show no effect of homeopathy as distinct from placebo. These statements have been added since, by companies trying to sell products, or mistakenly added to all adaptogens when in fact research into only one herb (Which happens to be an adaptogen) may have demonstrated one of these particular benefits. In absence of clinical efficacy and safety data on these herbs, people are skeptical to use them.
