Guide to Herbal Remedies

The top killer for women is heart disease, which claims nearly 489,000 deaths each year. Heart disease kills more women every year than all types of cancers combined. Because of the common misconception that heart disease primarily affects only men, only 13% of women are aware that this disease is a major threat to their lives. However, heart disease is still a preventable disease. Women can reduce your risk of getting a heart attack by making the following lifestyle changes:
First, quit or avoid smoking and secondhand smoke. Limit or eliminate alcohol intake. Perform regular cardiovascular exercise to stimulate blood circulation and in maintain a healthy body weight. These steps significantly reduce the stress on your arteries and heart. If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, and/or high cholesterol, you must consult with your doctor as to the best ways to bring these other risk factors under control.
Cancers, especially breast and lung cancer kills 73,000 women each year. 90% of them who developed lung cancer have been cigarette smokers. According to American Cancer Association, breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women. Breast tumors are diagnosed in almost 211,000 women every year with almost 20% morality rate. To reduce your risk of developing cancer, lead a healthy lifestyle and meet with your doctor regularly to take preventive screenings. Cancer, if detected in its early stages, can save lives.
The third cause of women’s deaths is stroke. Every year in United States, almost 164,000 people die because of a stroke, and 100,000 of these deaths are female. The factors that increase the chances of having strokes are uncontrolled blood pressure and smoking. Strokes do not only cause deaths but also often leave the person permanently disabled. Even though your risk of stroke depends heavily on your family medical history and genetics, stroke is as preventable as heart disease.
The fourth killer are chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), including emphysema, asthma and lung cancer. These diseases are responsible for almost 65,000 deaths in women each year. Smoking is the leading cause of these pulmonary diseases. COPD are highly preventable. To reduce you risk for developing this disease, quit smoking and avoid secondhand smoke.
Fifth is Alzheimer’s disease, which is affects the brain and starts with simple forgetfulness. As it progresses further, it totally wipes out memories of the sufferer. This disease kills nearly 42,000 women every year. Get regular screenings for this from your doctor.
The next disease that threatens many men and women alike is diabetes. About 18 million people were diagnosed with diabetes last year, and almost 37,000 women died from the complications of this disease. Still, so many people do not know that they have diabetes until it becomes very severe. This late stage is characterized by blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage, as well as an increased risk of having heart attack or stroke. Diabetes, however, is still highly preventable by following a controlled diet, regular exercise, and conducting regular blood sugar tests.
The seventh leading cause of death in women in America is accidents, claiming more lives each year. While this is not a disease to be cured, it is still a preventable cause of death. Women can keep themselves safe by paying more attention when performing dangerous tasks and driving carefully on the road.
Influenza and pneumonia combined are the eighth cause of women’s deaths each year. The risk of contracting these diseases can be limited by maintaining good hygiene and taking flu shots every year.
The tenth top cause of female deaths is colon cancer, which is also the third leading cause of cancer death in women.

Crohn’s Disease is especially difficult for women to accept as part of their lives. Perhaps it is because women are supposed to be delicate and graceful, but a disease which results in excessive diarrhea and rectal bleeding is contrary to a woman’s idea of what is acceptable. Often plagued with poor self-esteem anyway, women usually react to Crohn’s Disease with more of an emotional sentiment than men. This disease also affects many other areas of a woman’s life, including menstruation, reproduction, and other potential medical areas.
One such effect, in addition to the regular symptoms, is the irregularity of menstrual cycles common in women with Crohn’s Disease. Because chronic disease throws the entire body off, it sometimes results in unexpected abnormalities. Also, malnutrition caused by Crohn’s is a contributing factor to this, as well as the inflammation in general. Likewise, the effects of Crohn’s Disease will often worsen just prior to or just after menstruation.  Pain during intercourse is also a concern for women with Crohn’s Disease. While this will not usually occur, it may be a sign of a fistula in the vaginal area. These are small channels that result from ulcers in the digestive tract and may connect various organs in the lower region of the body. This should be brought to your doctor’s attention as soon as possible, as treatment is necessary. Progression may lead to an abscess or infection with negative side effects.
While you are just as likely to conceive a child if you have Crohn’s Disease as a non-sufferer, you should seriously consider your state of health before deciding to have a child. Increased stress has been shown to cause flare-ups in the disease and complications may arise. Symptoms common of Crohn’s may cause more of a problem during pregnancy, such as malnutrition and dehydration. Excessive cases of dehydration may lead to miscarriage. Another concern is the possibility of requiring surgery to treat an emergency issue of Crohn’s during the pregnancy, which can also cause complications for the baby. Also, many of the medications taken to treat the disease can not be taken during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Woman with Inflammatory Bowel Disease are more likely to get osteoporosis due to lack of calcium absorption and steroid treatment use. Likewise, colon cancer is an increased risk with IBD and Crohn’s Disease, but this is not limited to women, but is shared among all sufferers.

Fingernail fungus, or Onychomycosis, is more common than you may think, now seen more often in women than men. What was once an unheard-of ailment is now a problem that anyone frequenting a salon for professional manicures (and pedicures) needs to be concerned with? Fingernail fungus is an unsightly and embarrassing infection that is quite common and notoriously hard to get rid of. This can simply be defined as an attack of living fungi onto the nails of the finger. This fungus belongs to the dermatophyte family, which also causes athleteýs foot, jock itch, psoriasis, and ringworm. Fingernail gets affected and then starts paining. Fingernail fungus just loves the place that is moist and warm. Keep the finger dry to keep the fingernail fungus at a bay.
This is usually identifiable by the discoloration and thickness that it leaves in its wake. Discomfort can sometimes come with the infection. Fingernail fungus occurs when fungus enters the skin through a cut or other open wound so you must take precaution using “pubic domain” items when they have an open wound to prevent infection. Nail diseases are in a separate category from diseases of the skin. Although nails are a skin appendage, they have their own signs and symptoms which may relate to other medical conditions. Nails with onycholysis usually are smooth, firm, and without inflammatory reaction. It is not a disease of the nail matrix, but nail discoloration may appear underneath the nail as a result of secondary infection.
This is to be treated as soon as it is detected. This is because when it goes beyond its limit, it becomes difficult to reverse the procedure and then local incision with removal of affected part remains the only treatment. Fingernail fungus is related to Bio3zone.com. Capsicum and Niacin are very important for dilating the pores and carrying the nutrients to the cell level. Fingernail fungus just loves the place that is moist and warm. Keep the finger dry to keep the fingernail fungus at a bay.
Naturally, many turn to medication to treat fingernail fungus. However, treating fingernail fungus is a long process. One of the most common medications is Lamisil. Lamisil is an antifungal agent that is taken by mouth or applied to the skin. Lamisil acts by interfering with the ability of fungi to make chemicals, called sterols that are an important part of the membrane that surrounds fungal cells and holds them together. Lamisil is a tablet used to treat nail fungus. It can also be given in cream or powder form to combat “jock itch” or “athlete’s foot” and sometimes ringworm. Lamisil side effects are probably the biggest concern for people who are taking this drug, or considering taking it, for fungus nail infections. Fungal infections are difficult to treat, and antifungal drugs are infamous for their toxicity. Lamisil side effects are very dangerous and deadly.

The patient should be kept perfectly quiet, both in body and mind, after delivery; everything which may have a tendency to excite her, such as noise, strong light and odors, even loud talking, should be carefully guarded against. After the lapse of an hour or two, if no untoward symptoms exist, she may be “changed,” and “have her bed made.” A bandage may be applied immediately after delivery, and without disturbing the patient. If the labor has been at all difficult, and the patient complains of general soreness, a few doses of Arnica may be administered. Much benefit will also be derived, in case there is much local pain or soreness, from the external application of a lotion prepared by mixing about twenty drops of the Tincture of Arnica in half a tumbler of water.
The nervous excitement which is apt to follow delivery, and prevent the patient from procuring the sleep she so much needs, will generally be removed by a dose or two of Coffee, or, should it fail and any febrile symptoms be present, Aconitum will usually suffice. Flooding after Delivery. Directions for the appropriate treatment of this affection will be found under the heading of “Flooding.”
The medicines of most value are Cinchona, Chamomilla, Crocus, Platina, Belladonna, and Tincture of Cinnamon.
After pains. Very few females escape the suffering occasioned by these extremely annoying pains, although they are of rare occurrence with first children. Generally they become more and more severe after each successive labor; and in some women of nervous temperament, who have borne several children, they are very distressing, while others may have a number of children and never experience any suffering of consequence from them.
In most instances, the administration of one or more of the following remedies will greatly relieve, or remove them entirely.
Arnica, when the pains are not very violent, and are accompanied with a feeling of soreness, with pressure on the bladder and retention of urine.
Chamomilla, if Arnica proves insufficient, and the patient is nervous and excitable, with great restlessness, tossing about, etc.
Nux vomica, after Chamomilla, will often be serviceable, especially when the pains are of an aching or of a violent colicky description, and occur in choleric persons.
Coffee is valuable when there is nervous excitement and the pain is exceedingly violent in its character, or when the pains are followed by convulsions, with coldness and rigidity of the body.
Pulsatilla is indicated in persons of a mild and gentle disposition, when the pains do not return very frequently, but are protracted and continue for several days.
Belladonna will be useful in cases attended with much bearing-down; fullness about the head; disposition to sleep; tenderness and fullness of the abdomen.
Secale for very weak women, who have borne many children; great exhaustionjcomplains of burning heat and cannot bear warmth.

Nausea, vomiting, heartburn, etc., are at the same time the most common and the most distressing accompaniments of pregnancy. They usually begin five or six weeks after conception, and continue until the sixteenth week. After which time they generally abate or cease entirely; in some cases, however, they continue with but slight modification to the end of pregnancy.
These troublesome symptoms commonly take place immediately on rising from bed in the morning, and are often exceedingly harassing for two or three hours. Occasionally they return again in the evening.
Attention to the diet must be particularly observed in this affection. The food may be taken at more frequent intervals and in smaller quantities — and when the vomiting is very persistent liquid food alone should be used.
Ipecacuanha should be given, when there is nausea and vomiting, with great uneasiness in the stomach and epigastrium; vomiting of drink and undigested food; bilious vomiting, and tendency to relaxation of the bowels.
Nux vomica when there is nausea and vomiting, chiefly in the morning, while eating, or immediately after eating or drinking; acid and bitter eructation’s and regurgitations; violent hiccough; waterbrash; pain and sensation of weight in the pit of the stomach; constipation and irritable temper.
Arsenicum if there is excessive vomiting, especially after eating or drinking, with attacks of fainting; great weakness and emaciation.
Pulsatilla. Nausea after eating; vomiting of food; heartburn; eructations, acid, bitter, or with the taste of food; depraved appetite, or craving for acids, wine, etc.; whitish coated tongue.
Natrum muriaticum will be useful in obstinate cases, accompanied by loss of appetite and taste; constant flow of water from the mouth; water brash, acid stomach; pain and soreness at the pit of the stomach.
Nux moschata, see this and Veratrum, under “Affections of the Stomach.”