Lung and Sinus Protection for Smoke and Winter Respiratory Infections
Lung and sinus protection is paramount when you're living with dirty air and no rain. Wildfires in L.A. are throwing ash and smoke into the air, causing tightness in the chest, along with persistent coughing as the lungs try to eliminate any inhaled smoke.
Then there are the seasonal colds/flu and sinusitis/bronchitis infections that make the rounds during the winter months. As bad as this all may seem, there is protection available that is natural and effective.
Lung and Sinus Protection Using Herbs
If you already have the Herba Pneu formula at home and are currently in the midst of a respiratory infection or are experiencing the aftermath of wildfire smoke, take an extra couple of capsules a day. Herba Pneu is an expectorant that will clear the sinuses, bronchi and lungs In other words, it will make that little cough work for you to eliminate the products of infection.The initial reaction might be a runny nose for an hour or so, telling you that it's on the job. You are now expectorating and clearing out the gunk.If you don't have any Herba Pneu, we can send it ASAP. This formula has a number of supportive herbs in it, but it is primarily the Cubeb Berries and Juniper Berries that do the cleansing work. The rest are wonderful plant source vitamins and calmatives to the whole respiratory system.For the burning eyes, you might consider our homeopathic Dry Eye Relief drops and use them frequently to soothe them.For lung and sinus protection from other respiratory problems there are several Eve's Herbs Therapy Packs available:Sinusitis Therapy Pack - Female / Sinusitis Therapy Pack - MaleBronchitis Therapy Pack Cold/Flu Therapy PackAsthma Therapy PackBest of Health to you as always,Doc Eve
for daily tips and updatesFavorite Herbal Formulas for the Holidays
The madness continues... the holiday season! Joy, peace and health to us all. May this truly be a Christmas or Hanukkah of the heart, may family affairs be “functional”, may the airport and car traffic be kind, and may you have time for the occasional cat nap as illustrated by trainers Ilse and Guido - see photo at left.
Every year at this time, I think there’s a quiet time coming up at work for me since health food is not generally planned into the holiday menu. I make plans to paint my toenails and have my eyebrows bleached the same shade of gray as my hair. However, mostly I find that it gets busier. It is a difficult time for many of us, all jokes aside. Old memories, too much money spent that we don’t have, too many family “encounters” and the wrong color socks to return on “Boxing Day”.
Use Your Herbs to Help You Get Through the Holidays
Don’t feel that since you are off the diet anyway, that there’s no point in taking them. Your herbs will help keep your immunity strong so that you don’t get sick. There are finer bedroom activities over the holidays than coughing, spluttering and blowing your nose. They will also help you digest those dinners reminiscent of Henry VIII and his entourage. And the herbs will do this without the side effects that can occur with anti-biotics, antacids and prescription mood elevators.Here is a list of favorite herbal formulas you might need over the holidays - if you're not sure, use the FREE CONSULTATIONS that are still available through January 15th:To assist DIGESTION during the meal: PATIC FEFor INDIGESTION / HEARTBURN / REFLUX after the meal: GASTREXFor CONSTIPATION:
- Mild: PATIC FE
- Moderate: PS:S-S
- Acute: ANTI-GEOTRICHUM or NATURAL HERBAL LAXATIVE
To promote IMMUNITY throughout the season: BACTOTOX / R:I / ENHANCE / AHCCTo ease DEPRESSION or LOW SPIRITS:
Wishing you a Merry, Joyous and Healthy Season,Doc EveFrom So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates
Holiday Blues Free Remedy From Eve's Herbs
The end of the year and start of the new one can be a tough time for some. If you are finding yourself feeling a little melancholy, or even depressed, we have a seasonal gift for you.
A Gift of Joy to Beat the Holiday Blues
From now until the end of the year, a FREE bottle of our Joy Blend will be added to all orders over $100 (along with FREE shipping, of course). Use it for yourself, or regift it to a friend or family member who may be feeling the holiday blues right now.
Benefits of Joy Blend
As its name implies, it is a wonderful anti-depressant. It contains my favorite, Borage. In the 1600s, the famous physician and herbalist, Dr. Nicholas Culpeper, said it was "For those who suffer from often swoonings of the heart".The formula also contains St. John's Wort, which has been shown to be effective for mild to moderate depression (holiday blues) by many institutions from The Mayo Clinic to the NIH. Its use goes back to ancient Greece for "nervous disorders". When first discovered, it was used as a wound healer, and since then has also been used for neuralgic conditions and psychiatric disorders since the 1500s.One of our patients, a schoolteacher, orders the Joy, and only the Joy formula, regularly as a maintenance supplement to help keep her spirits up all year long. She had tried St. Johns Wort by itself and in other combinations before, but nuh-uh.The University of Maryland Medical Center also found St. John's Wort effect in improving Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), a type of depression that may occur this time of year when daylight is in shorter supply.We added Motherwort and Cayenne to the formula as well, to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness.Wishing you a Joyous and Healthy Season,Doc EveP.S. - Be sure to take advantage of the FREE CONSULTATIONS which are still available now through January 15th for anyone placing an order. This applies to everyone - whether you are a new or existing patient!From So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates
Kale Is At Its Most Toothsome Right Now - Check These Recipes
This is the best time to eat kale... after the first frost. It is suddenly jammed with its own rich almost salty flavor, quite different from its earlier wan and bland cousins (kale harvested before the first frost).
Benefits of Kale
Kale is great for helping to clear out the numerous Thanksgiving foods that may still be lingering and giving us that bloated feeling.Being a dark green cruciferous vegetable, it is loaded with flavonoids for anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. It's also high in vitamins A, C and K, carotenoids and fiber.Research has shown kale to have risk-lowering benefits for at least five types of cancer: breast, colon, ovary, prostate and bladder.
Dr. Eve's Tasty Kale Recipe
For 4 people, wash two medium bunches of kale - they cook down a lot. Cut off the bottom of the stems and chop the rest into 2-3 inch bits and sauté in 1 TBSP. of butter and 2 TBSPs of sesame oil.Lately, I've been adding a few sun-dried tomatoes that I've marinated myself in chopped garlic and olive oil. Then I serve the lot with either a baked potato or jasmine rice, or any other you like.Me mum, in Germany, used to cook it (after the first couple of frosts, of course) in chopped slabs of bacon. But I'm a bit off piggies at the moment... Let us know what you think (in the comment section below).For another way to enjoy kale, try this: After washing and chopping it into 2-3 inch pieces, throw them on top of veggies that you are already roasting in the oven (just for the last 10 minutes or so). Add a little sea salt and/or pepper and you've got some very tasty Kale Chips.
For More Serious Detoxing
If you are still feeling bloated and want some help clearing out your plumbing, here are a few clickable suggestions:
A very Healthy and Joyful Season to you,Doc EveP.S. - Just a reminder that FREE CONSULTATIONS are still available now through January 15th for anyone placing an order. This applies to everyone - whether you are a new or existing patient!From So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates
The Thanksgiving Dinner Aftermath
It's time for the Thanksgiving gathering of motley characters we call family and friends to watch football and eat ourselves into a narcoleptic pile on the living room couch.It's a day when no one worries about their diet... not even us.A day when we find fun and naughty ways to enjoy our fruits and vegetables... zucchini bread, yam soufflé, carrot cake, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.So enjoy the food, be thankful for nutty Uncle Fred and Aunt Spooky, the bingo-loving grandparents, your wonderful son and new daughter-in-law and awesome in-laws and have a fun day.
But if Thanksgiving dinner causes stomach upset
...as in heartburn, reflux, bloat or constipation, here are the solutions:
- For REFLUX, BLOAT or HEARTBURN: Use Gentian Root or Gastrex
- For CONSTIPATION: Use Natural Herbal Laxative
A very Happy Turkey or non-Turkey Thanksgiving Day to you and yours,Docs Eve & David and JoeyP.S. - A reminder to take advantage of a free phone consult when you place an order from now until Jan. 15, 2014.P.P.S. – Check out our Facebook, Twitter, EvesHerbs.com blog and e-news while you multi-task cooking the turkey, stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, etc. and considering the vegans, vegetarians, ovo-lacto vegetarians and raw fooders and keeping the peace amongst the lot… Good Luck with that. :)P.P.P.S - Try cutting up some fennel into chips for your dips, instead of potato or corn chips to cut some caloric content – fennel aids weight loss. You can use the bulb and the stalk.From So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates
Waking Up the Immune System Now, Today
There are three main reasons I, personally, am bolstering my immune system right now:
- Yours truly turns 69 this week, and I have no immediate plans for the cancers to return that I had at 25.
- David and I are volunteering at the local elementary school, helping kids learn to read and, Oh Boy!, are they generous little souls with those virulent schoolyard germs they so gustily and lovingly bestow upon us.
- Lastly, there is gravity exerting its pull – but you know what? That was just a rather unlovely picture that came to mind – I think I’ll not write to you about that after all. Suffice it to say, that it exerts its pull on our immune system (thymus, spleen, bone marrow, lymph nodes) too.
Strengthen the Immune System
Hence, my own leg up over the above three is a combination of:
A. The R.I. formula - for immune support and those tender kidneys.B. The Enhance - Chinese herbs for the immune system, especially with persistent cough, andC. The Detox powder, Patic Fe and Gentian Root to keep the plumbing clear for the removal of cooties.Of course, the Colds and Flu Therapy Pack is another option for you as well.A very Happy Turkey or non-Turkey Thanksgiving Day to you and yours,Docs Eve & David and JoeyP.S. - Check out our Facebook, Twitter, EvesHerbs.com blog and e-news while you multi-task cooking the turkey, stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, etc. and considering the vegans, vegetarians, ovo-lacto vegetarians and raw fooders and keeping the peace amongst the lot… Good Luck with that. :)P.P.S. – Try cutting up some fennel into chips for your dips, instead of potato or corn chips to cut some caloric content – fennel aids weight loss. You can use the bulb and the stalk.From So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates
Cholesterol Does Not Cause Heart Disease
That’s right, it’s not the cholesterol that’s causing all the heart disease in America.Despite the fact that we constantly hear that we should eat a low or non-fat diet and take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, which one third of all Americans are now doing, more Americans are dying of heart disease than ever before – 600,000 a year (1 in every 4 deaths) – the leading cause in both men and women. And the obesity rates have doubled in the last 20 years alone, NOT by chance coinciding with the low-fat diet craze.Half of all people who have heart attacks have what is considered to be high cholesterol levels and the other half have low to normal levels. It’s time to question the bad-mouthing of this substance that is essential for life and is naturally produced by all animals, including humans.
If Not Cholesterol, What DOES Cause Heart Disease?
Diet is the major factor regarding heart disease. As mentioned above, doctors often recommend a low fat diet to battle heart disease. This is only partially correct. It is correct because most Americans fill themselves with bad fats that cause disease. It is incorrect because there are many foods with good fat that protect the body against disease. Here are some prime examples of both:Good Fats:
- Nuts
- Seeds
- Goat milk products (cheeses, yogurt, butter)
- Avocados
- Flax
Bad Fats (or what produce it):
- Fried foods (including chips, doughnuts, French fries, etc.)
- Polyunsaturated vegetable oils (corn, canola and others)
- Processed sugar (bakery goods, candy, desserts)
It's the combination of too little of the good fats and too much of the bad fats, but ALSO the high blood sugar from too many processed carbohydrates (resulting in high blood insulin) that leads to inflammation of the blood vessel linings. This results in strokes, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.WHAT TO EAT for a Healthy Heart and Balanced Cholesterol
- Plenty of complex carbohydrates in the form of colorful vegetables and fruits.
- Protein-dense plant foods such as quinoa, millet, nuts, beans and even some dark green veggies.
- Starches such as brown or wild rice and potatoes (with veggies, not meats).
- Drink pure water in between meals.
- Any animal products should be wild-caught for fish, organic, grass-fed, hormone and antibiotic-free lean meats, or organic, free-range poultry, eggs and dairy products (preferably goat). They contain, among other nutrients, vitamin B-12, iron, zinc and protein. Keep in mind that low quality, chemical-laden animal products, or an excess of animal products of any kind (especially when combined with processed carbohydrates), lead straight back to the diseases discussed above.
Why Herbal Supplements Fill the NeedIn studies, heart disease and inflammation due to vitamin B and C deficiencies do not respond to isolated, lab-produced, synthetic vitamins. Individual tocopherols and ascorbic acid are only portions of the vitamin B and C complexes. The full range of B complex vitamins and whole vitamin C in their natural forms are needed. In other words, get your vitamins and minerals in their natural packaging by eating whole, plant foods - like herbs!Hawthorne Berries, Yucca, Garlic, Motherwort, Cayenne and other herbs found in the following Eve’s Herbs formulas contain these whole vitamin complexes, plus the minerals, trace minerals and other nutrients that support the nutritional needs of the heart and blood vessels and balance cholesterol levels:Eve’s Cardio, Cardio HV, Chol-lite, HBP, MNF and Blend F.Combinations of these, plus dietary recommendations can also be found in the Eve’s Herbs Therapy Packs:High Blood Pressure Therapy PackHigh Cholesterol Therapy PackHeart Pressure and/or Pain/Angina Therapy PackIn health,Dr. Eve, Dr. Dave & JoeyP.S. - If the above has you scratching your head as to which formulas might be right for you or a loved one,I am offering FREE phone consults from November 15th through January 15thas a Holiday Gift to answer your questions and help with the selection of formulas. From So. Calif., call 310-855-1111 / Otherwise, call 541-482-2112Email: doctoreve@evesherbs.comEvesHerbs.com Come find us on for daily tips and updates