Documentation
on Amazon Herbs
June 1999
Formula: Lunazon
Statement: A female tonic that assists the body's
natural ability to maintain harmony during menopause,
childbirth, and normal cyclical changes.
Documentation:
1. "Black Cohosh. Cimicifuga racemosa." The
School of Natural Healing 100 Herb Syllabus. Christopher
Publications, 1996, Springville, Utah. 36-40.
"Black Cohosh remedies both scanty and profuse
menstruation, as well as painful menstration; it will relieve
cramps within fifteen minutes of its ingestion. It helps
control vaginal discharge between periods and if the period be
suppressed entirely, Black Cohoah can often restore it."
This herb can help relieve pre-mentrual tension, the
side-aches sometimes associated with ovulation and/or
menstruation and an atonic, weak or involved uterus. It
relieves the aching in the ovaries often felt during the
menses."
"Black Cohosh is especially valuable in pregnancy.
Taken in small doses during the pregnancy, it contributes to a
short easy and uncomplicated labor."
"Know, a medical practitioner, noted the action of
black cohosh in childbirth in well over a hundred cases. He
concluded that the remedy relieves nervousness in a parturient
woman, queiting irritability, nausua, and overwakefulness in
the first stage of labor. It is especially useful in many
cases of false labor, as it quiets false labor pains, yet
stimulates regularly true labor."
2. "Blue Cohosh. Caulophyllum thalictroides." The
School of Natural Healing 100 Herb Syllabus. Christopher
Publications, Springville, Utah, 1996. 55-57.
"Blue cohosh has been effective in troubles relating
to menstruation. It can regulate the habitually late cycle and
restore the flow if menstruation is delayed through shock,
chill, catching a cold, etc. For young girls who are just
beginning their menstrual cycles, particularly when under
emotionsl pressures incident to puberty, Blue Cohosh,
especially if taken in conjuction with blessed thistle, can
relieve nervous irritation and regulate the menses. For older
women, who marry late in life and begin to gain weight
rapidly, yet who experience irregular periods, this remedy
happily regulates the cycles and balances the body."
3. "Black Cohosh." The Scientific Validation of
Herbal Medicines by Daniel Mowrey, Ph.D. 1986, Cormorant
Books, 108.
"Black Cohosh...Among clinical findings are the
following: it promotes and/or restores healthy menstrual
activity; it soothes irritation and congestion of the uterus,
cervix and vagina; it relieves the pain and distress of
pregnancy; it contributes to quick, easy and uncomplicated
deliveries; and it promotes uterine involution and recovery...Throu
the exact mode of action remains a mystery, Black Cohosh
appears to act both directly on the tissues of the
reproductive apparatus and indirectly through nervous
system."
4. "Black Cohosh." Herbal Tonic Therapies by Daniel
Mowrey. Keats Publishing, Inc. 1993, 330-333.
"...it promotes and/or restores healthy menstual
activity, soothes irritation and congestion of the uterus,
cervix and vagina, relieves the pain and distress of
pregnancy, contributes to quick, easy and uncomplicatied
deliveries, and promotes uterine involution and recovery. The
plant is a primary nerve and smooth muscle relaxant."
Substances with estrogenic action have been found in black
cohosh, but these does not appear to be a large enough
concentration to justify the extravagant estrogenic claims
sometimes made for the plant."
5. "Black cohosh." The Healing Power of Herbs by
Michael T. Murray, N.C. Prima Publishing, 1995, Rocklin, CA.
p. 376.
(a) Effects of Extracts from cimicifuga racemosa on
gonadotropin Release in Menopausal Women and Ovariectomized
Rats by E.M. Duker. Plants Medica 57, 420-424, 1991.
"Recent scientific investigation has upheld the use of
black cohosh in both dysmenorrhea and menopause. Clincal
studies show that extracts of blakc cohosh relieve not only
hot flashes but also depression and vaginal atrophy. In
addition to exerting vascular effects, black cohosh reduces
luteinizing hormone levels, thus implying a significant
estrogenic effect."
6. Medicinal Plant-lore of the Santals by S.K. Jain and C.R.
Tarafder. Econ Botany 241-269.
Citrus aurantium is used historically for menorrhagia or
flooding, stomachache, enlarged spleen.
7. Screening Tanzanian Medicianal Plants for Antimalarial
Activity by M.C. Cesaler et al. Acta Tropica, Vol. 56, 1994,
65-77.
The roots of Cissampelos pareira have been used
historically for relief of abdominal and rheumatic pains, as a
febrifuge and as diuretic and for prevention of abortions.
8. Current Folk Remedies of Northern Venezuela by Julia
Morton. Quart J Crude Drug Res 13, 1975, 97-121.
In Europe, Melissa officianlis has the reputation of
stimulating the digestion, calming the nerves and promoting
menstruation.
9. Menses-Inducing Drugs: Their Role in Antique, Medieval and
Renaissance Gynecology and Birth Control by W. Jochle.
Contraception, Oct. 1974, Vol. 10, No. 4, 425-438.
Dioscorides and Lonicerus (1583 and 1679) both reported
historical uses of Melissa officianlis as a menses-inducing
herb.
10. Pfaffosides and Nortriterpenoid Saponins from Pfaffia
paniculata by N. Nishimoto et al. Phytochemistry, Vol. 23, No.
1, p. 139-42, 1984.
"...mixture of stigmasterol and sitosterol, their
glycosides and also allantoin were identified."
11. On the Similarity of Steroidal Compounds from Plants and
Hormones. Herbal Tonic Therapies by Daniel Mowrey, Keats
Publishing, 1993, p. 289.
Stigmasterol comes about as close as any other plant sterol
to being useful in steroid but yields what is better called a
semi-synthesis. It must be emphasized that there is not an
equivalency between plant and steroids and human steroids. It
takes steroidal effects in the body, it is because the
steroidal precursors have similar effects in the body, it is
because the steroidal precursors have similar effects. The
body does not recognize them or mistake them for its own
hormones, but uses them in a similar manner.
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