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Random/Herbs Flashcards

1
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Herb for mood swings

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Evening Primrose

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2
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Whats useful for people with food addictions

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Bergamot

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3
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Folk Remedy food for Burns, sprains, bruises, boils, acne

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Onion

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4
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Folk Remedy food for Colds, headache, rheumatic pain, cough

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Mustard

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5
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Folk Remedy food for Sinus infection and nasal blockage

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Horseradish with lemon juice

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6
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Folk Remedy food for stomach pain, children’s diarrhoea

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Carrot Juice

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7
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Folk Remedy food for mastitits, hot swollen joints

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Cabbage

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8
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What to do for Cold sores

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St Johns Wart Tincture

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9
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Hiccup Cure

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Squirt lemon juice to the back of your throat or suck on a fresh piece of lemon

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10
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Anxiety Cure

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Avoid Caffeine

Increase B Vitamins

Blend lavender, geranium, bergamot in sweet almond or peach kernal oil in the bath

Skullcap or Valerian 3 times a day

Oats contain thiamine and B5 which acts as a gentle nerve tonic

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11
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Night Sweats Cure

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Wash the skin with apple cider vinegar before bed

For hot flashes add two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to water. can also add honey.

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12
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Food to Strengthen Willpower

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Oats

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13
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Diet advice for Seniors

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  1. Don’t over eat
  2. Avoid eating late
  3. Avoid sudden diet changes
  4. Foods should be easily digestible
  5. Avoid weakening foods and restrict cooling foods
  6. Avoid a high protein diet
  7. Organic minerals
  8. Increase carbs, nuts, seeds, legumes to clean the heart/arteries
  9. Yin foods for dryness
  10. Include Jing foods
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14
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Yin foods for dryness

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Avocado
Walnuts
Bananas
Almonds
Coconut
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15
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Good nut for constipation

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Walnuts

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16
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Food for Kidney Yang Def

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Quinoa

17
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Qi def foods

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Garlic, ginger
Carrots, leeks
Oats, rice, corn
Beef, poultry
Walnuts
Shrimp
18
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Blood Def foods

A

Avocado

Black beans

19
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Yang Def

A 
Cherries
Peaches
Fennel
Leeks
Corn
Raisins
Shrimp
Pungent spices
20
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Spring foods

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Green tea
Spinach
Celery
Rice
Buckwheat 
Fennel
Ginger
21
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Winter foods

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Acrid/Sweet

Lamb, venison
Red wine,grapes
Fennel
Leeks
Cloves
22
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Yin def foods

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Yogurt
Pork
Oysters
Cool veg: tomato, spinach
Milk
Green tea
Citrus juices
Soy milk, tofu 
Fruit
23
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Summer foods

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Fruit, fruit juices
Apple, melon, orange

Cucumber, salad
Yogurt
Mussels 
Green tea
Wheat
24
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Autumn foods

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Mildly acrid/warm

Millet, corn, lamb,leeks, oats

25
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Foods for autumn dryness

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Pear
Tofu
Peanuts

26
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External dampness foods In Autumn

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Millet

Rice

27
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Clear Qi Stag Foods

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Carrot
Garlic
Turmeric
Clove 
Radish
28
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Foods to clear phlegm heat

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Dandelion
Mung beans 
Pears
Seaweed
Radish
29
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Foods to clear damp heat

A 
Raw honey
Pumpkin
Corn 
Aduki beans 
Rye
Amaranth
30
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Warm foods

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Chicken
Beef
Oats
Fennel

31
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Herbal remedy to improve an infants ability to digest milk

A

Sprouted barley

32
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Great food for child nutritional def

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Spirulina

33
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Foods to use with caution with children

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  1. Flour: promote mucus and allergies
  2. Raw onion/Garlic: too stimulating
  3. No salt
  4. Avoid refined and rancid cooking oils
  5. Avoid too much raw food
  6. Avoid refined sweeteners
  7. Avoid raw honey in infants: contains a toxin
    called Botulin they the digestive system can’t
    break down and could lead to death
  8. Dilute fruit juice, serve at room temp
  9. Avoid buckwheat: overly drying
  10. Limit or avoid condiments or strong spices
34
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Things to avoid when pregnant

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  1. Intoxicants
  2. Avoid drastically altering diet
  3. Eat according to their intuitions
  4. Eat fresh green veggies
  5. Avoid “mega doses” of vits
  6. Get regular moderate exercise
  7. Mediate
  8. Avoid bitter herbs
  9. Replace refined foods with whole, fresh food

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