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This Brazilian herb Muira puama, also referred to as murapuama, is mostly known for its effective help with erectile dysfunction and increasing libido and as an aphrodisiac – but is also an excellent tonic for increasing general well-being and mental tiredness. Muira puama is a bush / small tree up to 5 meters in height and produces pungent flowers with a jasmine like fragrance
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28 Aug 2009The subject of natural herbs for depression/herbs for depression is one that sparks heated debate in certain medical circles. Herbal treatments for depression are considered alternative. The label alternative is defined as when the treatment in question is not widely accepted as effective by conventional mental health experts and medical professionals or the treatment is not the first choice of most doctors in cases of depression.
In Europe and America, “mushrooms” in a recipe usually refers to button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), which were first cultivated in France in the 1600’s. In Far East Asia, the equivalent is Shiitake, which has long been the cultivated “food mushroom” of choice. Only in the past few decades has Shiitake become a household name in western cuisine.
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11 Aug 2009Known for its high content of beta-glucans [71, 72], powerful immune-stimulating polysaccharides, the gourmet mushroom Maitake is one of the most commonly used medicinal mushrooms in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
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2 Jul 2009As in any type of cooking in Mediterranean cuisine people use seasoning, Mediterranean seasoning really. Mediterranean cuisine is the food of the areas around the Mediterranean Sea, obviously. The truth is that the Mediterranean cuisine comprises foods from several cultures. Given the geography of the Mediterranean, these nation-states have influenced each other in time and the cooking process evolved into sharing common principles. Flexibility and a broad range of ingredients and many regional varitions characterized the Mediterranean cuisine. The area has tended to favour the rearing of goats and sheep.
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16 Jun 2009During the European “Copper Age” five thousand years ago, a man of high ranking status fled his home valley of Val Venosta, Italy, across an Alpine glacier. But his enemies caught up with him. An arrow penetrated his subclavian artery, which soon bled him to death. In 1991, two unsuspecting tourists came upon his mummified remains. On the body of “Oetzi the Iceman” were found pouches with two medicinal mushroom species, the oldest known example of mushrooms used medicinally.
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10 Jun 2009During the European “Copper Age” five thousand years ago, a man of high ranking status fled his home valley of Val Venosta, Italy, across an Alpine glacier. But his enemies caught up with him. An arrow penetrated his subclavian artery, which soon bled him to death. In 1991, two unsuspecting tourists came upon his mummified remains. On the body of “Oetzi the Iceman” were found pouches with two medicinal mushroom species, the oldest known example of mushrooms used medicinally.
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8 Jun 2009In the fight against Arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, Celadrin is a relative newcomer. With a blend from essential fatty acids that will not react with oxygen after treatment, they’re soluble with water and fat. The source of the fatty acids is tallow oil from bovines. Celadrin is made up of a very special blend of 8 cetylated fatty acids (including myristoleic, myristic, and oleic acids) and as a generic chemical name, it is known as cetyl myristoleate.
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7 Jun 2009In a fascinating broadcast on National Public Radio, internationally renowned medicinal mushroom expert Paul Stamets tells his story of discovering the medicinal potential of agarikon, an extremely rare and threatened species of wood conk that requires century-old trees to grow. Agarikon is today all but extinct in Europe, its remaining distribution limited to the old growth forests on the North American West Coast.
