Flavonoids

Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Marshmallow
Learn AboutMarshmallowBenefits Health Benefits Marshmallow may be effective in treating the symptoms of a cold, flu or cough. In a study published in the April 2003 issue of the "Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine", researchers found that an herbal product known as Throat Coat that contains marshmallow root is effective in relieving acute pharyngitis [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Wild Thyme from Lemnos Island
Learn AboutWild ThymeBenefits Health Benefits   Contains many active principles that are found to have disease-preventing and health-promoting properties. Thyme herb contains thymol, one of the important essential oils. Thymol has been found scientifically to have antiseptic and anti-fungal characteristics. The other volatile oils in thyme include carvacolo, borneol, and geraniol. Thyme contains many flavonoid [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Dill
Learn AboutDillBenefits Health Benefits   Dill's unique health benefits come from two types of healing components: monoterpenes, including carvone, limonene, and anethofuran and flavonoids , including kaempferol and vicenin. The monoterpene components of dill have been shown to activate the enzyme glutathione-S-transferase, which helps attach the anti-oxidant molecule glutathione to oxidized molecules that would otherwise [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Olympus Mountain Tea / Sideritis scardica
Learn AboutSideritis scardicaBenefits Health Benefits   Mountain tea contains a number of components such as flavonoids, diterpenes, phenylpropionate, iridoids, and monoterpenes. In recent years the mountain tea has found its place under the scientific microscope in order to verify its positive effects on the body. Scientists recently suggested that the traditional Balkan promotion of mountain [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Hypericum Oil
Learn AboutHypericum OilBenefits Health Benefits   Hypericum oil is widely used for sunburns (first degree), nerve traumas, sore muscles, bruising burns (first degree), varicose veins, sciatica, rheumatic pains and joint pains. It is also used as an antiseptic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, styptic and wound healing (first degree) natural remedy. It is said that it can be [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Caper
Learn AboutCaperBenefits Health Benefits   Being flower buds, capers are in fact very low in calories, 23 calories per 100 g. However, this spice-bud contains many phytonutrients, antioxidants and vitamins essential for optimum health. Capers are one of the plant sources high in flavonoid compounds rutin (or rutoside) and quercetin. Capers are in-fact a very [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Hippophae / Sea buckthorn
Learn AboutHippophae / Sea buckthornBenefits Health Benefits   Hippophae contains vitamin C, alpha-tocopherol, large amount of carotenoids and vitamin E, mineral elements (K, Na, Mg, Ca, Fe, Zn, Se), monosaccharides sugars, organic acids, free amino-acids, volatile compounds, various flavonoids (quercetin, myricetin and kaempferol), fatty acids, triacylglycerol, glycerolphospholipids, phytosterols, zeaxanthin esters and phelonic compounds. Due to [...]
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Roselle / Hibiscus
Learn AboutRoselle / HibiscusBenefits Health Benefits   According to a study published in "Phytomedicine" (ed. July 2004), hibiscus is beneficial for lowering blood.   A study published in "Journal of Human Hypertension" (ed. January 2009) found some validity for that usage. The study reported that patients suffering from Type 2 diabetesand drank hibiscus tea twice [...]
Calendula Health Benefits
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of Calendula
Learn AboutCalendulaBenefits Health Benefits Calendula is applied to the skin to reduce pain and swelling (inflammation) and to treat poorly healing wounds and leg ulcers. It is also applied (used topically) for nosebleeds, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, inflammation of the rectum and inflammation of the lining of the eyelid (conjunctivitis). Calendula is good for acne and [...]
St Johns wort_Health
Health Benefits

Health Benefits of St John’s wort
Learn AboutSt. John's wortBenefits Health Benefits St. John's wort has long been used medicinally as an anti-inflammatory for strains, sprains, and contusions. St. John's wort has also been used to treat muscular spasms, cramps and tension that result in muscular spasms. St. John's wort is reported to relieve anxiety and tension and to act as [...]