Tag: frankincense
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Herbs and Health Research blog – October 15
This month the following research on herbs and health has caught my eye. 1. A study comparing the effectiveness of the herb rhodiola with the antidepressant sertraline (also known as Zoloft), found that while rhodiola had a slightly less anti-depressant effect, it didn’t have any side effects. The conclusion of the study was that rhodiola…
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Herbal Medicine and Health Research Blog – May 15
The following research on herbs and health has caught my eye. 1. New research shows that mindfulness may be an alternative to antidepressant use. 2. Clostridium difficile is a bacterial infection that is often present in hospitals and health care environments and can cause diarrhoea and fever. A new study has found that pomegranate reduced the…
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Herbal medicine research – March 2015
This month the following research on herbs and health has caught my eye. 1. A Cochrane review of 14 studies including 2050 people found that the following herbs were effective at reducing lower back pain. Devil’s claw, lavender, comfrey root, chilli, and white willow bark. 2. A study of 60 people with acne found that the…
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Endometriosis – What is it? How can it be treated?
Endometriosis is a condition that women rarely talk about but thankfully that is beginning to change. It is estimated that 1.5 million women in the UK suffer from Endometriosis, (one in ten women), suffering unrelenting pain (http://endometriosis-uk.org). So what is Endometriosis? “The presence of uterine lining in other pelvic organs, especially the ovaries, characterised by…