by Sue Sprung | Mar 4, 2014 | Conditions, Individual herbs
A new study (Mozaffari-Khosravi et al., 2014) has shown the benefits of ginger in controlling blood sugar in diabetes; the study of 88 diabetic patients showed, amongst other measurements, a blood sugar reduction of 10.5% in the treatment group when 3g of ginger...
by Sue Sprung | Oct 2, 2013 | Conditions, In the news, Individual herbs
A top story in the news today – exercise can be ‘as good as pills’ for people with cardiovascular conditions. Well, that’s not a great surprise, but it did prompt me to think of the hawthorn berries I picked yesterday. Hawthorn leaves, flowers...
by Sue Sprung | Feb 9, 2013 | Individual herbs
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been the subject of much interest over the last decade in terms of its applications in inflammatory illness, from Alzheimer’s, arthritis and autoimmune conditions to cancer and gastrointestinal problems. As a culinary spice and ancient...
by Sue Sprung | May 12, 2012 | Individual herbs
Have some nettle tea if you’re suffering from hayfever at the moment – studies have shown it to act to prevent allergic symptoms by multiple mechanisms (Roschek et al., 2009), although its uses don’t stop there by any means. There are generally a...
by Sue Sprung | May 2, 2012 | Conditions, Individual herbs
A randomised controlled clinical trial just published in the Journal of Medicinal Food (Wainstien et al., 2012) supports the use of olive leaf in type 2 diabetes. The study involved 79 patients over 14 weeks and found that measures of glucose in the blood (HbA1c) and...
by Sue Sprung | Feb 21, 2012 | Individual herbs
A clinical trial (Hajiaghamohammadi et al., 2012) was published in Phytotherapy Research this month addressing the beneficial effect of liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) on liver health. Liquorice is a root that is used widely in the practice of herbal medicine around...