The document summarizes several natural herbal treatments, including ginger, garlic, passion flower, aloe vera, anamu, and breadfruit leaf. Ginger contains antioxidants that provide relief from pain, inflammation, and nausea. Garlic contains antioxidants that can help prevent diseases like heart disease and cancer. Passion flower soothes nerves without side effects. Aloe vera contains antioxidants and is used for skin, hair, and digestion. Anamu supports immune and reproductive health. Breadfruit leaf is used to treat diabetes and lower blood pressure.

1. COMMON NATURAL
TREATMENTS
TEAM # 7: HERBS
KHAMAIE MILLER
GELLISA RICHARDS
KERESHA MCKOY

3. GINGER

4.  Commonly known as ‘ginger root’
 Ginger is a spice that contains antioxidants such as gingerols and
zingerone. These compounds provide relief for many issues that
involve pain, inflammation, digestive disorders, nausea and motion
sickness.
 It also has the ability to fight ovarian cancer and colon cancer.
 Ginger produces reduced side effects from chemotherapy.
 Ginger can be taken in tablet form or powder, as a tea, as fresh or dried
ginger root or topically as a pack or poultice. If you use ginger as a
natural remedy, in general, your ginger intake should not exceed four
grams daily.Use fresh ginger over dried ginger when possible to
benefit from the higher gingerol content. Fresh ginger root should be
firm, smooth, and free from bruises. The centre of the ginger root is the
most potent. Unpeeled fresh ginger can be stored in the refrigerator for
up to three weeks. Dried ginger should be kept in a tightly sealed glass
container in a dry, cool, and dark place.

5. GARLIC

6.  Garlic contains antioxidants.
 As you get old harmful particles known as free radicals build up in
your body. These radicals contribute to heart disease, cancer,
alzheimer’s disease.
 Garlic helps to prevent ‘common cold’.
 Garlic may also be used to treat ringworm and athlete’s foot.
 Garlic supplements are made from whole fresh garlic, dried, or
freeze-dried garlic, garlic oil, and aged garlic extracts.
 Not all garlic contains the same amount of active ingredients. It is
important to read the label carefully. To get the most benefit, use
standardized garlic products. Also, follow the directions of a health
care provider who is experienced in herbal medicine.

7. PASSION FLOWER

8.  Passion flower is one of the best herbal nerve tonics known and is
often the main ingredient in many sedatives.
 It soothes and calms the nerves without bringing on depression or
affecting concentration,
 It improves circulation, lowers blood pressure and cures insomnia.

9. ALOES

10. Aloe Vera is one of the most powerful and well
known medicinal plants.
Aloe Vera is used for the skin, burns and your hair.
Aloe Vera contains antioxidants that can boost the
immune system and thus helping to prevent skin
cancer.
Aloe Vera improves blood circulation.
Aloe Vera to reduce constipation and to improve
the digestion process.
Aloe Vera is available in the form of cream, gel
juice and capsules.

11. ANAMU

12.  Promotes healthy immune system function
 Acts as a reproductive aid, promoting healthy menstruation
 Acts as an antioxidant, reducing free radicals in the body.
 Acts as a strong anti-bacterial.
 Used as a treatment for sexually-transmitted disease due to its
antiseptic healing properties (both internally and externally)

13. BREADFRUIT LEAF

14.  The tea of breadfruit leaves, contain camphoral, is used to lower
blood pressure and treat diabetes.
 In Jamaica, the sap is applied to contagious skin ailments to prevent
their spreading and promote healing.
 The sap can also be boiled to form a rubbery substance that is used
to dress wounds.

15. BIBLE TEXT
Through the middle of the street of the
city; also, on either side of the river, the
tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit,
yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of
the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:2

16. REFERENCE PAGE
 Aloe Vera. (n.d.). Retrieved from en.mr-
ginseng.com/aloe-
 Garlic | University of Maryland Medical Center. (n.d.).
Retrieved from
http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/garlic
 HowStuffWorks "Garlic: A Profile of an Alternative
Medicine". (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/natural-
medicine/alternative/medical-uses-for-garlic-ga.htm
 What Does the Bible Say About Herbs For Healing?
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.openbible.info/topics/herbs_for_healing