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Benefits of Asparagus

For the medicinal benefits of asparagus click on link below. The article also sites several other vegetables that have high antioxidant properties such as beets, artichokes, spinach, arugula, turnip tops, radicchio. They also mention mushroom and bell peppers but in Shaka Vansya Ayurved mushrooms are considered tamasic or not life supporting and bell peppers being a member of the nightshade family can be neurotoxic. http://www.healthyfellow.com/480/asparagus-cancer-cure/

Herbs for cough

Someone was asking me about herbs for cough today. Off course my favourite is Mullein. When my son was 2 and 1/2 years old he was coughing for about 3 months every winter. During a lecture I attended a woman stood up and gave a testimonial about Mullein  Her son, who was scheduled to have part of his lung removed took large quantities of Mullein and while waiting for the surgery for 2 weeks - during the pre-surgical exam found that the lung had regenerated.  So I tried it on my son and within days his coughs would stop.  I used to buy it in capsules and open them up and make tea - but now I pick my own Mullein as it is a common weed in most parts of western Canada - the aboriginals boil the roots for all kinds of bronchial disorders. However here are a few more herbs that my Ayurvedic herbal says are good for cough. Holy Basil or Tulsi, Calamus, Bayberry, Elecampane, lobelia, haritaki, peppermint, coltfoot, cherry bark and licorice. Have fun trying different combinations of those h