Herbs and Supplements Starting With The Letter
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Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
You would not think that common meadow clover could be so important, but people suffering from wasting due to AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, and venereal diseases have found and come to love red clover. Red clover is often combined with chaparral, pau d'arco and goldenseal. Red clover also helps the liver and kidneys in cleansing the body, helps the lungs with coughs, and builds vitality where there is nervous exhaustion. It is estrogenic in larger amounts.
Red Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Red Raspberry leaves make one of the most renowned herbal teas. It has a wide reputation as a female tonic for relieving excess menstrual bleeding. It strengthens and normalizes female organs. Pregnant women use red raspberry throughout the entire term, where it is used to relieve nausea, prevent spotting, tone the uterus in preparation for childbirth, reduce false labor and the pain and bleeding of child-birth, and increase milk production. Red raspberry is astringent, antiseptic and anti-diarrheal. It is very rich in manganese. It relieves vomiting in weakly children and helps heal canker sores.
Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum
Reishi has been used for more than 4000 years in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed to be the oldest mushroom used in medicine and is one of the most respected medicinal mushrooms today. Reishi is used to alleviate the effects of stress, strengthen the heart, protect the liver, soothe the nerves, normalize blood pressure, inhibit the release of histamine (thus relieving the allergic inflammatory response), support adrenal function, stimulate the immune system, slow the aging process, and is anti-carcinogenic and anti-bacterial in nature.
Rhubarb
Rheum plamatum
Rhubarb can help dissolve mucus adhering to the walls of the colon and is considered a mild laxative that produces a soft stool 6-10 hours after ingestion. Rhubarb is especially well suited for children since it is very mild in action.
Rose Hips
Rosa species
Rose hips are the dried fruit of roses. They are famous as a rich natural source of vitamin C, bioflavonoids and other vitamins and minerals including A, E, B complex, D, iron and calcium. Rose hips are recommended to strengthen fragile capillaries and other tissues, benefiting bruises, varicose veins, fractures and hemorrhoids. They are important immune system builders, infection fighters, and good for nervous and stressful situations. They are recommended to prepare a woman for labor and delivery. Strengthening the perineum can help prevent the need for a episiotomy. Labor and recovery time can be reduced. Babies can pink up faster and catch fewer infections after birth too.
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary is a stimulant of the circulatory system. It is used to treat bites and stings externally. Internally, it is used to treat migraines and bad breath, and to stimulate the sexual organs. It is also used to treat nervous disorders, upset stomachs, to regulate the menstrual cycle, and to ease cramps. The essential oil is used as an inhalant as a decongestant, and to enhance memory and clear concentration. It is also used in lotions to ease arthritis and muscle pain.
Royal Jelly
Various herbalists claim that royal jelly is especially effective in halting or controlling the aging process, nourishing the skin, and erasing facial blemishes and wrinkles. Royal Jelly has also been used to treat cases of fatigue, depression, convalescence from illness, the "growing pains" of adolescence, and in preventing the signs of normal aging or even premature senility. As a general tonic for treating the menopause or male climacteric and to improve sexual performance, royal jelly supposedly has a general systemic action rather than any specific biological function.
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