Over the years, I have written about the healing properties of many herbs, and the question which often gnawed at a scientifically-inclined mind was what exactly in these herbal plants was helping to improve a person’s health. Some of these herbs, such as Chinese edible mushroom cordyceps (cordyceps sinensis), have been used in medicine for thousands of years; others, such as our native echinacea (echinacea purpurea) or aloe vera (aloe barbadensis), have been helping people recover from ill conditions for hundreds of years. It combats fatigue, promotes longevity and enhances vitality, endurance and stamina; it stimulates and regulates the immune function, helping in treatment of auto-immune diseases and cancers; it restores sexual function, promotes fertilization and helps with menopausal symptoms; it helps in the treatment of arrhythmia and lowers cholesterol and triglycerides; it treats respiratory system diseases, such as bronchial inflammation, chronic bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia; and it helps with chronic kidney diseases, including kidney failure. In the past 25 years, scientific research has led to a discovery and to a dramatically increased knowledge of the tremendous healing properties of saccharides, special sugars. In my next articles (March 12 and April 9) I will continue this subject describing the role of each of the essential saccharides, listing the foods and supplements which are rich in them and describing some of the ill conditions which may be helped by a particular group of saccharides. Halina Hladysz of Rapid City is a certified Master of Holistic Healing, a natural health consultant, a clinical herbalist, a holistic nutritionist and a certified Cleansing Specialist. read more
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