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Herbs to Manage Menstrual Cramps, PMS, and PMDD

Written on: 14 Mar 08 and Filed under: ask sean, herbs | 12 Comments

Jamika asks: Dear Sean- Can you advise an herb for really really really bad menstrual cramps? Yes I can. In the herbal world cramping is considered spasms. What you want to control cramping is naturally an anti-spasmodic. This would be similar to formulas that one would use for nervousness, shock, as well as cramping. To [...]

Herbs for Cough, Sore Throat, and Phlegm

Written on: 18 Jan 08 and Filed under: Advice, ask sean, herbs | 1 Comment

Vanessa, 31 from Garner, NC asks me “what is a good herbal expectorant for phlegm? I am having allergic reactions to ?? I am not sure of. However, i seem to have alot of phlegm collecting in my lungs.” Well Vanessa lets look at this. Phlegm is also called sputum and mucous. In Chinese Medicine [...]

Coffee Substitute with recipe

Written on: 05 Dec 07 and Filed under: ask sean, recepies | 9 Comments

Shawn, 43, writes me “I have difficulty with the acid in coffee and have been searching for a substitute. I am also predisposed to diabetes. Dandelion interested me because of it affect on pancreas and liver function, but if it is used for constipation well…My question is… coffee drinkers tend to drink alot of coffee [...]