Lavender can be used in aromatherapy during inhalation therapy to help/treat headaches, nervous disorders, and exhaustion.  Herbalists treat skin aliments, such as fungal infections (like candidiasis), wounds, eczema, and acne, with lavender oil.  It is also used in a healing bath for joint and muscle pain. 

  Lavender also helps with:

• Insomnia

• Treats skin blemishes

• Natural pain reliever

• Reduces blood pressure and heart rate

• Could relieve asthma symptoms

• Lessens menopausal hot flashes (*lavender aromatherapy for 20 minutes two times a day)

• Help combat fungus growth

• Potentially promotes hair growth

• Essential oil reduces anxiety and depression. 

Lemon Balm is a member of the mint family and considered a calming herb.  It is used to reduce stress and anxiety, promote sleep, improve appetitie, and ease pain gromindigestion, including gas, bloating, and colic.   taking lemon balm by mouth increases calmness, memory, and alertness in adults under mental stress. 

Lemon Grass helps prevent the growth of some bacteria and yeast.  It contains substances that are thought to relieve pain and swelling.  

It also:

• reduce fever

• improve levels of sugar and cholesterol in the blood

• stimulate the uterus and menstrual flow

• have antioxidants properties

• has anti-inflammatory properties

• helps promote healthy digestion

• Has antimicrobial properties

• may reduce your cancer risk

• may act as a diuretic

• may help reduce high systolic blood pressure. 

• may help you loose weight. 

Licorice helps with digestive problems, menopausal symptoms,cough, and bacterial and viral infections.  It also has been used to prevent or reduce the sore throat that sometimes occurs after surgery.  Licorice root is considered to be one of the worlds oldest herbal remedy that comes from the root of the licorice plant.   It is native to Western Asia and Southern Europe.  

A few of the licorice benefits are as follows:

• may aid in skin conditions

• may reduce acid reflux and indigestion

• may help treat peptic ulcers

• may have anti-cancer properties 

• may ease upper respiratory conditions

• aid diabetes

• reduce menopause symptoms

• boots weight loss and 

• helps treat Hepatitis C 

Indian tobacco, asthma weed, pukeweed  Parts Used:   Aerial parts.   Constituents :  Alkaloids (lobeline, isolobinine, lobelanidine, lobinaline), a bitter glycoside (lobelacrin), a pungent volatile oil (labeliarin), resin, bum, fats, chelidonic acid. 

Main Uses:  Medical Asthma, whooping cough.  Muscle spasm, sprains.  Lobelia, once a famous North American remedy, was adopted by the Physiomedical school of herbalists as its major relaxant remedy.  They used it to treat pain caused by spasm, which it does by relaxing the tissues rather than producing a narcotic effect like opium.  It is most useful in asthma and bronchitis because it is also expectorant.  

One of the plant's main alkaloids, lobeline, stimulates the respiratory system, whilst isolobinine is a respiratory relaxant.  Lobeline is reported to have many of the pharmacological properties of nicotine, first stimulating the central nervous system and then subsequently strongly depressing it.   The North American Indians smoked it instead of tobacco, but today it is sometimes used to help tobacco withdrawal symptoms.  Lobelia plasters and liniments are used to treat sprains, muscle spasms and bruises because of  the plant's relaxing and stimulating effect.  It is also good for insect bites, poison ivy irritation and ringworm. 

Health benefits of  mango leaves:

• Supports skin health

• Excellent for hair problems 

• Balance the blood sugar levers

• Manage high blood pressure 

• Treat gall and kidney stones.

• May treat stomach ulcers and hiccups.

• May help with weight loss.

• May have anti-inflammatory properties. 

The mango leaves are good for all kinds of respiratory problems.  It is especially useful for people suffering from colds, bronchitis and asthma drinking mango leaves boiled with water and a lil bit of honey helps to cure the cough and also helps in curing voice loss.   

Protects the liver from the toxins and pollutants by preventing free radical damage and stimulates the production of new liver cells.  Also, protects the kidneys.  Good for gallbladder and adrenal disorders, inflammatory bowel disorders, psoriasis, weakened immune system, and all liver disorders.  Has shown anticancer effects against prostate cancer and breast cancer. 

Mostly found in Asia, Africa, and South America.  The moringa tree is known as "the miracle tree" or "the drumstick tree".  Each part of the tree, leaves fruit, sap, oil, roots, bark, seeds, pod and flowers all have medicinal properties. The moringa leave are high in nutriental value. They can be added to juices, stir-fry, or eaten in it's natural state.  

The benefits of the moringa are:

• Rich in vitamins and minerals

  • Vitamins A, C, B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (Nacin), B6, and Folate.  

  • Also rich in magenisum, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc.

• Rich in Amino Acids.   

  • There are 18 tyoes of amino acids found in morigna leaves. 

• Fight inflammation

  • eating moringa leaves helps to reduce inflammation

• Rich in antioxidants 

• Lower Blood Sugar levels 

• Lowers Cholestrol

• Protects the liver 

• Protects against arsenic toxicity 

• Good for the stomach

• Improves bone health

• An antiseptic 

• Improve lactation for nursing mothers 

• Helps in weight management 

• Good for skin and hair 

  • improves the health and appearance of the skin and hair

  • add suppleness to the skin and hair 

  • antioxidants reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles 

  • paste of moringa, reduces dandruff adds life and shine to dull and lifeless hair. 

  • also, strengthens your hair follicles. 

  • good for acne prone skin

•  Good for detoxification 

• • • Increase immunity within the body

Caution:  

• Large doses of the leaves, bark roots and fruit may have laxative properties. 

• not to be used by pregnant women and nursing mothers should talk to a doctor first before trying it 

• Not for people on blood thinners. 

Helps relieve pain, acts as a mild laxative and detoxifies, and supports the heart.  Has a general tonic effect and balances sex hormones.  Beneficial in treating nervous system disorders, impotence, depression, stress, rheumatism, hair loss, asthma, and menopausal and menstrual problems. 

Acts s  laxative, painkiller, and sleep aid.  Taken internally, aids in getting rid of warts.  Clears congestion.  Useful for asthma, bronchitis, difficulty breathing, earache, hay fever, and swollen glands.  Used in kidney formulas to soothe inflammation 

Main uses Medical Respiratory disorders 

Mullein combines the expectorant action of its saponins with the soothing effect of its mucilage, making this a most useful herb for the treatment of hoarseness, tight coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough.  A tea of the flowers is reputed to be a sedative and can be used for insomnia.  Mullein is also diuretic, helping to allay inflammation of the urinary system and counter the irritating effect of acid urine.  olive oil in which the flowers are macerated for several days has been used  for earache as ear drops and rubbed in to rheumatic joints to ease the pain.  Mullein leaes make an excellent poultice for boils and sores.  Infusions of the leaves should be strained through a cloth to remove the fine hairs which cover the plant as these may irritate the throat. 

Useful against a variety of skin diseases, septic sores, and infected burns.   The leaves can be used as a poultice or a decoction that can be used for boils, ulcers, and eczema.  A large branched evergreen tree growing in fallow lands.  It is also cultivated as an avenue and roadside tree in almost every corner of the country.   The neem tree is kept in high esteem in Indian mythology.  The neem oil used for skin disease such as scrofula, indolent ulcers and ringworm. 

There are numerous benefits of neem such as:

• Treats Acne 

  • has an anti-inflammatory property that helps reduce acne. 

• Nourishes skin

  • has a source of Vitamin E which helps repair damaged skin cells

• Treats Fungal Infections

  • has proven anti-fungal property that treats fungal infections

• Useful in Detoxification

  • detox's both the inside and outside

  • consumption of neem (leaves/powder) stimulates the kidney and liver eliminating the toxins out of the body. 

  • Externally: Neem scrubs or paste can be used to remove germs, bacteria, dirt, etc from your skin preventing rashes, and skin diseases

• Increases Immunity 

  • known for its antimicrobial and antibacterial effects properties play a huge role in boosting immunity. 

• Insect and Mosquito Repellent

  • Burn the leaves to ward off the insects 

  • Effective against different types of mosquitoes. 

  • Best for treating the early symptoms of Malaria 

• Prevents Gastrointestinal Diseases

  • anti-inflammatory properties help reduce inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract

  • helps reduce a series of diseases like constipation, stomach ulcer, flatulence, etc. 

• Treats Wounds 

  • leaves have an antiseptic property which is why it is used to heal wounds

• Reduces Dandruff 

  • Extensively used in shampoos and dandruff

  • has anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties which help eliminate dandruff and strengthens your hair. 

• Reduces Joint Pain 

  • Application of oil or extract on an affected area can help reduce pain and discomfort.  widely used for treating arthritis .

• Exfoliates Skin 

  • Excellent exfoliant 

  • helps remove dead cells from surface of the skin 

  • This prevents the growth of blemishes. 

Neem plant contains flavoniods, kemferol, quercetin, and  myricetin

Trunk bark contains nimbin, nimbinin, nimbosterol, tannis, and a bitter principle margosine. 

Actually, noni has  over a hundred primary and secondary applications. This section is focused on the primary uses.  Noni is invaluable as a healing herb because of the following functions, which will all be discussed in more detail: 

• Lowers high blood pressure 

• works with melatonin and serotonin to help regulate sleep, temperature, and mood cycles.

• Increases body energy

• Acts as anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine agent. 

• Alleviates pain.

• Has antibacterial properties that can protect against digestive and heart damage. 

• Inhibits pre-cancer function and growth of cancer tumors.