Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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 If you have symptoms, take the equivalent of 16 ounces of cranberry juice. For prevention, take the equivalent of 8 ounces of cranberry juice.
Boils
A boil is an inflamed, pus-filled area of skin, usually due to a hair follicle (the tiny pit from which a hair grows) infected with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. A boil will usually start as a painful, red lump. As it swells it fills with pus and becomes rounded, with a yellowish tip (head). Common sites include the back of the neck and moist areas such as the armpits and groin. A more severe and extensive form of a boil is a carbuncle. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Urinary Tract Infections
It was generally believed up until the last decade that cranberry juice prevents urinary tract infections by lowering the pH of urine. A lower pH makes for an inhospitable environment for bacteria like £ coli.
But studies done in the 1990s demonstrated that phytochemicals in cranberry—known as proanthocyandins—prevent bacteria from attaching to the bladder wall and urinary tract. Researchers also discovered that the sugar molecule fructose helped prevent a certain strain of £ coli from adhering to the urinary tract cells. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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| Several manufacturers offer cranberry concentrates. To prevent kidney stone formation under high-risk conditions, take the equivalent of 16 ounces of cranberry juice per day.
Macular degeneration
The macula is the portion of the eye responsible for fine vision. Degeneration of the macula is the leading cause of severe visual loss in the United States and Europe in persons aged 55 years or older. The risk factors for macular degeneration include aging, atherosclerosis, and high blood pressure. There is no current medical treatment for the most common form of macular degeneration. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 Look for the low-sugar blend if you need to drink a lot of cranberry juice; sugar nourishes the offending bacteria. The easiest and simplest way to get the full benefit of cranberry without the added sugar is by taking capsules.
Garlic—The herb that stops vampires in their tracks is also lethal to bacteria and viruses. Garlic contains a compound called allicin, which not only kills bacteria but is especially effective against microorganisms that can cause yeast infections.
Acidophilus—If you are on antibiotics, you run the risk of getting a yeast infection. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 Many people prefer to mix their Protocel into a small amount of juice (such as apple, cranberry, grape, or tomato) to cover the taste of the formula, and doing so can make it quite pleasant to take.
There are two slightly different formulations of the Protocel formula that are currently being sold. These formulations are called "Protocel Formula 50" and "Protocel Formula 23." (Or, in Australia, "Entelev Formula 50" and Entelev Formula 23." |
Gale Maleskey
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 His research has found the active ingredient that gives cranberry its potent anti-adhesion properties, counteracting the sticky attack and making infection much less likely. When cranberry is present, the bacteria in the bladder or urinary tract can't hold on. Without firm footing, they are essentially rendered harmless.
"The bacteria will die on their own without a place to live," says Dr. Walker. Then the natural flow of urine gives the bad guys an easy ride out of town. "It's a lot gentler to just send them out of the body like this rather than use antibiotics," he says.
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Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 This study examined the effects of cranberry juice on the adherence of Escherichia coli expressing surface lectins of defined sugar specifically to yeasts, tissue culture cells, erythroyctes, and mouse peritoneal macrophages. Results showed that it inhibited the adherence of urinary isolates expressing type 1 fimbriae (mannose specific) and P fimbriae ecific for alpha-D-Gal(l—4)-beta-D-Gal] and also inhibited yeast agglutination by purified type 1 fimbriae. In addition to cranberry juice; results found that orange juice, and pineapple juice inhibited adherence of type 1 fimbriated E. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 Sales of cranberry dietary supplements ranked 10th in 1999 in total herb sales in food, drug, and mass-market retail outlets in the U.S., but dropped off the list of 20 leading herbs in 2001 (Blumenthal, 1999, 2001). This figure reflects sales in supplement (usually capsule) form only, and does not include supplement sales in other retail channels (natural food, multilevel, mail order, professional). |
Gale Maleskey
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| It means that you can use a cranberry supplement as a preventive measure. Take 400 milligrams of standardized cranberry extract twice a day, suggests Dr. Walker. The extract is available in health food stores.
An Herb to Squelch Infection
Uva-ursi, a strangely named shrub that grows in North America, can be a suitable stand-in for antibiotic infection fighters, says naturopathic doctor Tori Hudson, N.D., professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and author of Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey in water; Aloe Vera, Valerian, Stevia, Skullcap, Sage, Sarsaparilla, Safflower, Red Clover, Ginger, Peach bark, Peppermint, Parsley, Licorice, Horsetail, Hops, Garlic, Amer. Centaury, Walnut leaf, Mistletoe, Cascara, Cayenne, Chamomile, Chaparral, Blue Cohosh, Fennel, Goldenseal, Yarrow, Plantain, Scarlet Pimpernel, Rosehips, Alfalfa, Eyebright, Coltsfoot, Birch bark, Nettle, Couchgrass, Dandelion, Calamus/ Sweet Flag, Sanicle, Oak bark, Slippery Elm, Watercress, Yarrow, Primrose flowers, and Mountain M int. |
Leo Galland
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 Do not mix Arctostaphylos uva-ursi with cranberry, because bearberry only works in an alkaline urine and cranberry renders the urine acidic. To achieve an alkaline urine when taking bearberry, avoid consuming meat, fish, poultry, or eggs. Vegetables, fruits, and dairy products create a relatively alkaline urine, because of the way in which they are metabolized in the body. Even orange or grapefruit juice, which are acid when swallowed, tend to create alkalinity in the urinary tract. |
Peter Radetsky
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 If it's a chicken, rice, peas, cranberry sauce day, for example, it's chicken, rice, peas, and cranberry sauce every meal during the day. And the food is not your run-of-the-mill supermarket fare. Many MCS sufferers do best on high-quality foods, foods without hormones, antibiotics, preservatives. And meanwhile, patients complement the diet with regular injections of neutralizing extracts gleaned from the provocation-neutralization skin tests. Treatment for MCS can sometimes seem as exhausting as the malady itself. |
Dianne Onstad
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 Whatever the regional differences, one thing is constant all over the nation—the cranberry. The red berry is jellied and cut in quivering slices, stewed and served with whole berries, squeezed and poured into glasses as a cocktail; nationwide it is spiked with spirits, baked in bread, chopped into a relish, embalmed in gelatin or cubed in a salad.
—Horace Sutton
Vaccinium is the ancient Latin name for plants of the blueberry family, derived from vacca, meaning "cow," given because cows like the plant. |
Dr. Gary Null
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 In fact, studies reveal that as little as 15 ounces of cranberry juice cause an 80 percent inhibition of bacterial growth. Bacteria loses its ability to cling to the bladder wall, and must exit the system along with urine. Other research indicates that cranberry juice combined with vitamin C acidifies the urine further. The effect is therefore much greater when both are taken together.
OTHER DRINKS. Other drinks useful for temporarily acidifying the urine include lemon juice and water, buttermilk, or simply mixing two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar into a glass of water. |
Dianne Onstad
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| General Information
The cranberry is a small evergreen shrub related to the blueberry. The plants, with their slender creeping vines, are native to open bogs and swampy marshes from Alaska to Tennessee, preferring poor acidic soil. The oblong or nearly round berries are green at first but turn red in September or October. When well protected by snow, they often will remain on the vine all winter. |
| Grant considered cranberry sauce such an essential part of Thanksgiving that he ordered it served to Union troops during the siege of Petersburg in 1864. in the berry acted as a pteservative that kept the mixtute from turning rancid.
Buying Tips
Look for firm, bright-coloted, plump cranberries. Avoid those that are soft, crushed, shriveled, or soft and sticky. In eatly days berries were selected by being tolled down a shott flight of staits. Good ones bounced like little tubber balls; soft ones stayed on the steps. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Uva Ursi
Latin name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae [blueberry] family)
Other common names: bearberry, hogberry, kinnikinnick, upland cranberry
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Uva ursi is a low-lying evergreen shrub in the same family as the blueberry and the upland cranberry. Native to Europe, it is naturalized throughout the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere northward to the Arctic Circle. It thrives in sunny yet damp conditions in grasslands, heaths, and thickets. Uva ursi has long, trailing stems bearing dark green leaves that are dull on the lower side. |
Dianne Onstad
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| Culinary Uses
The taste of these berries is not quite as sweet as a raisin and not as tart as a dried cranberry. They are pleasing to most people. In Tibet and Mongolia, people love the berries so much that they devote two weeks a year to celebrating them, probably something like the European wine fests of times past.
Health Benefits
The most commonly cited side effect of eating too many berries is increased laughter. It is said that a handful in the morning will make you happy all day. The Goji berry has been used in traditional Mongolian and Tibetan medicine for centuries. |
Michael Castleman
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 In my experience," she says, "cranberry juice seems to inhibit bacterial growth."
Incontinence. Because cranberry juice helps deodorize urine, a report published in the Journal of Psychiatric Nursing suggested incorporating it into the diet of anyone troubled by urinary incontinence to reduce the embarrassing odor of this problem.
UTIs. During the 1840s, German researchers discovered that the urine of people who ate cranberries contained a bacteria-fighting chemical (hippuric acid). |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Research shows that you can get the same anti-infection protection from a handful of blueberries, a serving of cranberry sauce, or a slice of blueberry pie, says Amy Howell, Ph.D., a researcher for the Blueberry and cranberry Research Center of Rutgers University in Chatsworth, New Jersey.
Scientists there have identified the healing compounds in the native North American berries. These compounds, which have eluded researchers since the nineteenth century, are proanthocyanidins, condensed tannins that help keep the bacteria from sticking. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| Licorice), Epstein-Barrvirus, lupus nephritis, multiple sclerosis, amyolateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's disease. |
Peter Radetsky
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| If it's a chicken, rice, peas, cranberry sauce day, for example, it's chicken, rice, peas, and cranberry sauce every meal during the day. And the food is not your run-of-the-mill supermarket fare. Many MCS sufferers do best on high-quality foods, foods without hormones, antibiotics, preservatives. And meanwhile, patients complement the diet with regular injections of neutralizing extracts gleaned from the provocation-neutralization skin tests. Treatment for MCS can sometimes seem as exhausting as the malady itself. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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| In a study of people with calcium-containing kidney stones, cranberry was shown to reduce the amount of ionized calcium in the urine by 50 percent. Less calcium in the urine means that there may be less risk of forming new stones. cranberry juice also has a very cleansing effect on the urinary tract.
Saw Palmetto
Take two 160-milligram capsules of extract daily or l/i teaspoon of tincture three times a day for as long as needed. Known for its benefits in treating prostate problems, saw palmetto relaxes the ureter, making it easier for both men and women to pass kidney stones. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 The trailing, perennial ground cover is similar to the cranberry in appearance and is widely distributed in the cool, temperate, forested zones of the northern hemisphere. Uva ursi leaves are odorless and have a bitter, astringent taste.
The key constituents of the herb are phenolic heterosides such as arbutin (5-12 %), small amounts of the free aglycone hydroquinone (0.2-0.5 %)> tannins (10-20 %), and flavonoids. The relatively high tannin content of the herb limits the duration of its use to about 2-3 weeks. The antibacterial principle is arbutin or its hydrolysis product hydroquinone. |
| On the other hand, a Cochrane analysis of four other studies on cranberry juice for this indication did not result in a positive overall assessment (Jepson und Mihaljewic, 2000). y|| Petasite Rhizome, Ammi Fruit
Petasite rhizome consists of the dried underground parts of Petasites hybridus, a native European perennial that flourishes along the banks of streams and other moist areas. The active principles are a group of sesquiterpene compounds, the petasins, which are reputed to have antispasmodic and analgesic actions based on earlier studies (Bucher, 1951). |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| Hudson recommends homemade cranberry tea. Try making it part of your daily routine as a preventive, especially if you've had UTIs before. "Two or three cups, spaced throughout the day, should have a preventive effect," she says.
To brew one cup of cranberry tea, fill a standard-size tea ball with dried cranberries, then pop the tea ball in a small pot of boiling water. Let the tea steep for 20 minutes on low heat—just hot enough so that it simmers, says Dr. Hudson.
Yeast Infections
The wonders of garlic may never cease. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 And, as the name suggests, the fruits of the highbush cranberry, V. trilobum (m.a.) have been used on our continent to make a substitute for cranberry sauce.
The bark of the European V. opulus (m.a.) is used medicinally as a uterine sedative.
The leaves contain viburnin, like the fruits.
Many Asian species, several of which are planted for ornament in North America, also bear edible fruits.
Endangered species: V. bracteatum - Ala., Ga.
Vaeeri anac e ae
Centranthus ruber (D 4) Red Valerian From the Greek, "kentron," spur, and "anthos," flower: alluding to the shape of the flower. |
Rebecca Wood
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 Buying Commercial cranberry juice is usually sweetened; if using this beverage medicinally, consider favoring a cranberry supplement or making your own concentrate. To make your own, simmer the cranberries, covered, in water to cover for 40 minutes. Puree and sweeten to taste with a quality sweetener.
Look for cranberries that are bright red, plump, hard, and shiny. Avoid shriveled, soft, spongy, or browned fruits, which may produce an off flavor. |
Dianne Onstad
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| Dtied cranberries can be used like raisins. cranberry juice is always sweetened and diluted with water to make it palatable.
Health Benefits pH 2.30-2.52. Cranberries are excellent curative and preventive therapy for the entire breathing apparatus as they contain one of nature's most potent vasodilators, which opens up congested bronchial tubes. They also contain latge amounts of benzoic acid, a natural preservative, which accounts for the Native Ametican practice of adding the dtied fruits to pemmican (a dried, preserved meat product). |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 Individuals who enjoy juice in their diets or support the healing benefits associated with juice may wish to combine bilbetry, cranberry, and huckleberry, all of which are high in anthocy-anosides. Avoid stimulating beverages, such as coffee and tea, which cause vasoconstriction and elevated blood pressure.
Topical Eye Drops
Research shows that orally taken antioxidants will effectively raise blood plasma levels of the nuttients, but the intake does not always correlate directly in eye tissues. |
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