Gastrointestinal Herbs

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Gastrointestinal Herbs

• Dr. Steve Doughty

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Todays Schedule

• History of Herbalism
• Principles Chinese Taste Test
• Drug Warnings GI Myths and Cortico-steroids
• Books The China Study
• GI Herbs Cloves, Alfalfa, Cayenne, Goldenseal,
  Mint, Ginger, Garlic

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2-Party System

• Asclepius daughters Meditrine, Hygeia, Panacea
• Galen vs Paracelsus
• Heroic vs Empiricist
• Louis Pasteur vs Antoine Béchamp
• Allopathic vs Homeopathic
• Western vs Eastern (Chinese)
• Reductionistic vs Wholistic
• Humanistic vs Vitalistic

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George Washingtons death

• Turned the public against traditional medicine.
• Benjamin Rush, signer, was father of Western
  Medicine.
• Samuel Thompson was the father of Western
  Botanical Medicine.

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Testimonial Thompsonian Medicine

• Played with lobelia to make people vomit
• Saved his own ankle with Comfrey
• Saved himself from measles
• Saved his wife after delivery.
• Restore natural heat to the body steam baths,
  cayenne pepper
• Predecessor of Eclectic Medical Movement.

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Where did the natural docs go in the 1930s?

• Ecclectic medicine (alternative medicine) was
  very advanced in 1900.
• Rockefellers Flechtner Report sent large amounts
  of money to pharmacy friendly medical schools.
• Anti-biotics were an amazing discovery.
• Big Business took over America.

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Please Study the 40 Herbal Actions!!!The Chinese
Taste Test

• Sweet vs. Bitter
• Salt vs. Mineral
• Hot vs. Cool
• (Pungent, Spicy, Acrid)
• Thin vs. Think
• (Astringent/Sour vs. Demulcent)

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Sweet vs. Bitter

• Sweet foods turn off digestion.
• Bitter foods turn on digestion.
• Artichoke leaf tea before every meal greatly
  improves digestion and sleep
• Fragrant ( nasty) bitters
• Chapparal and Wormwood for amoebas.

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Salt vs. Mineral

• Salt causes renal damage and electrolyte
  imbalance.
• Minerals improve bone, nails, skin and hair.

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Winners for nutrition

• Red Raspberry Womens herb has lots of iron.
• Oatstraw Winner for general mineral.
• Kelp Winner for trace minerals
• Alfalfa My personal favorite
• (Follow your intuition!)

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Hot / Pungent

• For people with pale tongues
• Ginger, Mustard
• Tries to get things out of the body
• Cleanser

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Cool /Acrid

• For people with red tongues
• Echinacea, Mint
• Anti-inflammatory

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Thin (astringent / sour)

• Boggy (mucus), atonic, prolapsed, allergic
• Sour shuts down mucus.
• Eyebright for head.
• Raspberry leaf for uterus.
• BEWARE OF TANNINS
• (i.e. unripe fruit)
• Witch Hazel externally for bleeding

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Thick / Demulcent

• Ulcerated dry inflammation.

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Summary of Tastes

• Bitter tea before meal
• 6 Mineral capsules daily
• Fragrant Bitters for Amoebas
• Follow the quadrant

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Steroids

• Stops growth in children.
• Deteriorates bones
• Thins the skin
• Atrophies the adrenal glands
• Suppresses the immune system

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Book Review Case for low animal-based foods

• Impeccable research on cancer animal protein
  link.

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Breast Cancer

• Animal protein and cancer go hand-in hand.
• Nice straight line.
• Fat (even animal-fat) had no link.

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Animal protein studies were paradoxical

• Animal-based diet didnt add protein, it caused
  cancer.
• 20 animal protein caused 100 cancer in rats.
• 5 animal protein stopped cancer

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Animal protein

• Raises Cholesterol
• Reduces Vitamin D
• Atherosclerosis
• Increases bone loss
• Increases fat BMI

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Protein is a DIRTY fuel

• Casein dairy
• Gluten
• Gliadin - wheat
• Glutenin corn
• Soy protein
• Egg protein

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Clove Oil

• Kills strep mutans which causes cavities.
• Else add CoQ10
• Floride causes skeletal fluorosis.
• Juniper berries are good for salivation.
• We use Theives

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Nutritive Herbs for Bone Strength

• Clinical studies showing reversal from
  osteoporosis
• Tribal societies had chewing sticks
• Sunshine and weight baring exercise are
  important.

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Bitters for digestion

• Cold
• Artichoke and Dandilion
• Warm
• Orange peel, Angelica, Tumeric, Fenugreek

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Cayenne PepperCapsicum annuum

• Put on back of throat. Itll burn out most sore
  throats.

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GoldensealHydrastis canadensis

• Kills H. Pylori, a major cause
  
  of ulcers.
• Take slippery elm gruel for the pain.
• Remember the blueberry trick!!

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Indigestion

• Indigestion think ALLERGIES!!!!
• Do the opposite of your cravings.
• If the gut is a brewery, think anti- microbials.

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3. Cabbage Brassica oleracea

• Highest source of glutamine
• Colon cancer drugs bring in 1 billion
• Best cancer prevention food

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ChamomileMatricaria recutita

• Especially good for children.
• Nervous sedation, yet anti-depressant.
• Very anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy.

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Catnip

• Best for stress related GI issues.

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Diarrhea

• Slow down the cleanse. Reduce fiber
• Drink a lot of alkaline food to replenish ( soup
  broth)
• Take anti microbials

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Constipation

• Senna tea
• Fiber
• Thyroid

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Example

• L-Glutamine 325 mg Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice
  (DGL) 200 mg N-acetyl Glucosamine (from crab)
  100 mg Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) Root 75
  mg Berberine Sulfate 65 mg Cabbage Powder 65 mg
  Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) Bark 65 mg
  Phosphatidylcholine (from soy) 25 mg Gamma
  Oryzanol 25 mg Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
  (vegetarian capsule) and magnesium stearate.

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Capsules

• Buy 00 (larger) capsules hold 250 mg.
• 4 caps / day is 1 gram
• Cap-M-Quick for 15
• Coffee grinder.
• Mix up to 7 herbs