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Hippocrates numbers Nettle or Urtica Dioica among the "panacea" plants (which can be used for all diseases) today after 2500 years no one can argue with the nettle is one of the most useful medicinal plants, which is easy to found and has no side effects. The whole plant is useful to its roots, fresh and dry. Nettle is rich in Vitamin A (more than carrot), B, K, E,  vitamin C, iron, potassium, calcium, potassium salts, histamine, formic acid, chlorophyll and many other important minerals. Its leaves contain formic acid, chlorophyll, serotonin, acetylcholine, glykokinones, and tannins. Properties of Nettle It has astringent, diuretic and tonic properties, controls bleeding, cleanses the body of toxins, increases the hemoglobin, stimulates the circulatory system and lowers the blood pressure and blood sugar levels. It stimulates the functioning of pancreas. Used internally as effusion or tincture (drops) for anemia, bleeding, diarrhea, excessive menses

One of the most famous "miracle drugs" of modern medicine are steroids. However, a recent double-blind randomized clinical study showed that honey coffee is superior to prednisolone substance in the treatment of post-infectious persistent cough.   A remarkable new study examined the natural alternatives to drugs found that compared to systemic steroids, the combination of honey and coffee was effective in reducing symptoms associated with post-infectious cough.   The post-infectious cough is a cough that persists after a common cold or infection of the upper respiratory tract for more than three weeks and in some cases up to several months. The conventional treatment may include any number of potent drugs, many of which have serious side effects. These include codeine and dextromethorphan (known centrally acting antitussive), antihistamines and bronchodilators.   The new study published in the journal «Primary Care Respiratory» conducted by researchers at

                                                                      Rule 1   According to the latest studies our diet should be based on Monounsaturated fatty acids which are more successful in reducing fat than diets based on carbohydrates. Foods containing monounsaturated fats reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and are associated with increased daily physical activity and resting energy expenditure. These precious monounsaturated fats we can find in:   - Olive oil - The olives - Salmon - Nuts - Avocado                                                                                                    Rule 2 Stay away from " Trans fatty acids". These unsaturated fats uncommon in nature but commonly produced industrially from vegetable fats are raising levels of the lipoprotein LDL (so-called "bad cholesterol"), lowering levels of the lipoprotein HDL ("good cholesterol"), increasing triglycerides in t

 The breast consists of milk-producing glands surrounded by fat and connective tissue. The glands connect to the ducts, which carry milk out to the nipple. Breast cancer is generally an adenocarcinoma. It develops in the glands themselves and grows out. It is the most common cancer in US women. Approximately 230,000 people are diagnosed per year in the US. Is the second leading cause or cancer death in women approximately 40,000 deaths per year. Again notice the big difference between the number of cases diagnosed and the number of deaths, that's because most of the cancers are diagnosed early enough to be treated with surgery or radiation, which we'll talk about in our last lecture. Which leads to fewer deaths per diagnosed case per year. Again, 80% of primary breast cancers are called infiltrating ductal cancers. They are adenocarcinoma's. There are subtypes like lobular and nipple cancers. But again, the vast majority are adenocarcinomas.  What are the risk fac