This herb is used for the preventrion and treatment of colds and wounds but can lead to immune suppression
What is Echinacea
100
This berry and seed are used by men who have BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperthrophy)
What is Saw Palmetto
100
These meds are required to submit clinical data to FDA for approval prior to marketing and are generally regarded as safe to use without direct doctor supervision
What are OTC's (Over the Counter Meds)
100
Unlike the FDA, which requires standard and specific unbiased clinical data, this group was allowed to use any existing information that could be obtained about each herbal remedy.
What is the German Commission E
100
This is found largely in cartilage and plays an important role in its health and resiliency. As we age, we lose some of this and other substances in cartilage.
What is Glucosamine
200
This herb is classified as a Anti-Hyperlipidemic, anti-thrombotic and can add flavor to an Italian dish
What is Garlic
200
This genitourinary stem and root can be taken by those with "hot flashes"
What is Black Cohosh
200
These are organic substances found in food and they cannot be synthesized by the body
What are Vitamins
200
In 1938, this Act replaced the 1906 Food & Drug Act.
What is the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FDC) Act (or the FDCA)
200
In 1983, two researchers at the MIT published a study showing that this substance inhibits the development of blood vessels that nourish solid tumors, thereby limiting tumor growth.
What is Shark Cartilage
300
This herb is not recommended in patients with siezure disorders or those with bleeding disorders...but it is known to help your memory
What is Ginkgo Biloba
300
This "female ginseng" is used in traditional Chinese Medicine and is full of B Vitamins
What is Dong Quai
300
This term used to denote “ordinary” medicine where conventional methods are used to treat disease
What is Allopathic Medicine
300
The Nutrition Labeling & Education Act of this year added “herbs or similar nutritional substances” to their term dietary supplement.
What is 1990
300
This shellfish natural substance works in the intestinal tract by binding to fat and preventing its absorption.
What is Chitosan
400
This Berry is used for CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) and sounds like a famous Author who wrote "The Scarlet Letter"
What is Hawthorn
400
The dried ripe fruit from this tree has been used since ancient Greece (Hippocrates and Discorides) for its effects on the female reproduction system
What is Chasteberry
400
These are organisms and/or substances, which help to improve the environment of the intestinal tract
What are Probiotics
400
Garlic is classified as this
What is an Anti-hyperlipidemic
400
This is a natural amino acid, which increases energy production through fat mobilization and can be used for cardiomyopathy, angina, congestive heart failure.
What is L-carnitine
500
This flower sounds like an angelic blemish and can cause photosensitivity... but it is best known as a mood enhancer.
What is St. Johns Wort
500
This herb should not be taken by those with a ragweed allergy, but it can drunk or applied to the skin for a calming and sedative feeling
What is Chamomile
500
Based on the law of similars, this form of medicine doesn't look upon the symptoms as something going wrong, which must be set right, instead they see them as signs of the body attempting to help itself.
What is Homeopathic Medicine
500
The German Commission E Report Monographs list it as effective in the treatment of peripheral and cerebral circulatory disturbances
What is Gingko Biloba
500
This famous group does not find justification for fish oil capsule supplementation