The tea of ginger provides health benefits that are already very well known in many parts of the world, especially in Asia, where it is almost worshiped by their medicinal properties and its flavor.
Since ancient times, traditional healers in a wide range of cultures have used this plant mainly to help resolve the stomach.
Chinese Herbalists have relied on the ginger as medicine during more than 2,500 years, as well as the ancient Greeks included it in their bread and the North America settlers drank beer of ginger for nausea, being the precursor of the beer editions.
Today, many cultures still rely on ginger to control the nausea and also to reduce inflammation, as it is in fact a relative botanical the marjoram and turmeric, originating from Southeast Asia and now are grown extensively in Jamaica and other tropical areas. (more…)

This plant, like other that we have already spoken in Living Healthy as the Pasuchacaand the Maca, grows in Peru.
Its scientific name is Uncaria Tomentosa, but is known as “cat’s claw” by the thorns large, recurred that grow along the parra.
There are similar species of parras Uncaria, but not complying with all the compounds, or have other similar.
One of the reasons for this plant is light, so much higher compared to other of its kind, and is that cure cancer.
According to research scientists at universities in Europe and in the US. The Cat’s Claw has the healing ability in severe cases of cancer and leukemia. (more…)

The researchers report that could only find other seven studies of health products natural (NHPs) for children from 2007.
Indicated that the lack of studies of this nature is especially concerning, given that “the current estimates suggest that 41 per cent and 45 percent of children in Canada and the United States use NHPs”.
The extract of ginseng is patented in North America, discovered by a team of 25 scientists from the University of Alberta, Canada is more sold in the times of cold, as a remedy of the flu for adults.
It has been approved by Health Canada for use by people. And the FDA has approved its sale as a new ingredient dietary (NDI) for people in the USA.
The results of the test come at a time when the FDA and Health Canada are reviewing the safety and effectiveness in hundreds of children.
A study by the Centers for the Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC) said that more than 7000 children under 12 years are treated each year in U.S. in emergency rooms of the hospital, with adverse reactions to drugs for the cough and cold medicines.