NATURAL SOLUTIONS Flashcards
what is a licensed herbal remedy?
- must hold a Traditional Herbal Registration (THR) License
- will come in a box and provide a Patent Information Leaflet (PIL)
- license is only granted if there is evidence for it then we can say this is used for …
- some license may help something (this may help…)
milk thistle:
benefits - overindulgence in food & drink
cautions - hormonal medicines (they can interfere with effects of other medications)
St John’s Worts
Benefits - Mild Low Mood & Anxiety
Cautions - Processing of Medicine (could speed up or slow down)
- Diagnosed Or Serious Depression/Anxiety
Valerian
Benefits - Mild Anxiety , Sleep
Cautions - Serious Anxiety (customers best cared with doctors)
Devils Claw
Benefits - Anti-inflammatory (helps with general ache and pain and symptoms of conditions of arthritis)
Cautions - Stomach Acid
Agnus Castus
Benefits - Premenustrual Syndrome (PMS)
Cautions - Hormonal Medicines
Black Cohosh
Benefits - Menopause
Cautions - Hormonal Medicine
Echinacea
Benefits - Cold & Flu
Cautions - Interfere with other medications (if customers are using medicine to do with immune system they should not take this)
Rhodiola Rosea
Benefits - Stress
Cautions - May Affect Blood Sugar
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Garlic
Benefits - Immunity , Heart
Cautions - Blood thinning , blood pressure lowering , bad breath
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Ginseng
Benefits - Energy , Stress
2 main types:
Korean - Kuick but last for a shorter time.
Siberian - Slow but last for a longer time.
Cautions - High Blood Pressure (should be avoided by those with high blood pressure)
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Ginger
Benefits - Digestion ( may help with stomach cramps) , Nausea
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Turmeric
Benefits - Anti - inflammatory , digestion.
Unlicensed Herbal Products - Sage
Benefits - Sweating , helps with hot flushes during menopause
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Peppermint
Benefits - Digestion
Unlicensed Herbal Products - Green Tea
Benefits - Energy , weight management
Cautions - High Blood Pressure , Anxiety
Unlicensed Herbal Products: Aloe Vera
Benefits - Healthy Bowel , Soothing to Digestion , Soothing to the skin
Unlicensed Herbal Products : Ginkgo Biloba
Benefits - Memory
Cautions - Blood Thinning
Everyday Products: Manuka Honey
Special type of honey that comes from New Zealand manuka Bush
Benefits - Immunity , Anti-Bacterial , Anti-viral
Monofloral: high levels of honey made from manuka bush and only small amounts of other types of honey (higher level of MGO)
Multifloral: high levels of other types of honey and manuka ( small level of MGO)
MGO - strength (high mgo = high strength)
Everyday Products: Acidophilus
Benefits - Digestion , Immunity
Bad bacteria can be caused Low Fibre Diet , High sugar diet , stress , antibiotics
Everyday Product: Coq10
- made in the body however as we get older this becomes less efficient so we need to have it.
Benefits
Heart - strengthens the heart
Energy - distribute energy to each cell
Everyday Product : CBD
Cannabis and hemp
Not allowed to advise them on it (only allowed to on ingredients besides it)
Collagen
- protein found in many tissues (such as bone, skin and cartilage)
- gives these tissues strength and elasticity.
- While the body can make its own collagen, supplements can help
When there is an extra demand (e.g. damaged or injured joints). - One of the functions of Vitamin C and proteins like N Acetyl Cysteine aids in the production of collagen.
Joint Care Supplements - Benefits of Collagen
Osteoarthritis - Collagen will help the body rebuild the cartilage in the joints.
Skin - Collagen is often used in anti-wrinkle treatments as they restore the elasticity of the skin.
‘Hydrolysed’ collagen supplements are those which have been broken down already into smaller pieces to help the body absorb them.
Joint Care Supplements - Glucosamine & Benefits + Cautions
- substance made up of sugar and protein that helps to make up the cartilage in the joints.
- While the body can make its own glucosamine, supplements can help when there is an extra demand (e.g. damaged or injured joints).
Benefits:
Osteoarthritis - help the body rebuild the cartilage in the joints /takes around 3 months to start working/ typical daily intake is 1000mg.
Cautions
- Shellfish Allergy.
- Due to glucosamine containing glucose (a sugar), those who suffer from blood sugar related ailments should discuss with their CP prior to use first.
Joint Care Supplements - Grapeseed & Benefits + Cautions
Grapeseed = taken from the seeds of grapes.
Benefits -
Antioxidant - Crapeseed extract has strong antioxidant effects, helping to protect us from the damaging effects of free radicals.
Pain and Swelling - Grapeseed can help to reduce pain and swelling. This makes it useful to tackle the symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Joint Care Supplements - Cherry Product
Cherry extract is taken from the edible, fleshy part of the cherry.
Benefits:
Pain and Swelling - Cherry can help to reduce pain and swelling.
This makes it useful to tackle the symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Weight Management - Glucomannan
- health claim for weight loss when taken in doses of at least 3g a day.
Benefits:
Appetite Suppressant - Glucomannan is a fibrel.
Cholesterol - Glucomannan can also help to lower cholesterol.
Weight Management - Lecithin
Lecithin comes from Soya beans.
Benefits:
Fat break down - Lecithin may help the body break down fats more easily which means less will be stored.
Cholesterol - Lecithin may also help to lower cholesterol.
Weight Management - Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar is sold in capsules, tablets, liquid form and gummies - including our own brand of gummies.
Benefits:
Fat Burning - Studies show that apple cider vinegar could boost metabolism making it easier to burn calories.
Appetite Suppressant - Our customers tell us that taking apple cider vinegar could help them eat less between meals.
Homeopathic Remedies & Tissue Salts
Key Properties -‘treat like with like’. This is the principle that something taken in small amounts will cure the same symptoms it would cause if taken in large amounts.
Our most popular homeopathic remedy is Arnica, which has a license for muscular aches, pains and stiffness.
The principle behind tissue salts is based on the balance of natural mineral salts in the body.
Advocates of tissue salts believe we have 12 of these tissue salts in total, each with a unique function. When the levels of these are balanced, we experience good health. When the levels become imbalanced, we experience illness.
HOW TO USE: small tablet with water
CAUTIONS: lactose intolerance
Aromatherapy:
Essential oil from plants provide unique benefits
Best selling - lavender
How to use - massage , addition to a bath , inhalation , 100% versus blended.
Cautions - different cautions for each oil
Bach Flower Remedy
Bach flower remedies practitioners believe these remedies deal with emotion and character traits, rather than physical ailments 38 remedies = 38 each negative emotion or character talks.
Best selling = combination of 5 remedies to help bring sense and calm and control in stressful situations.
How to use - liquid form (2 drops to a drink) or put drops onto tongue.
Caution - not halal
