Herbal medicines that help regenerate bodily tissues with nutrition
11/21/2019 / By Skye Anderson / Comments
Herbal medicines that help regenerate bodily tissues with nutrition

People can get sick in various ways. And when they do, the natural ability of the body to regenerate is compromised. Processes that encourage healing are overtaken by processes that promote degeneration. This is where medicines come in. Sick people take medicine to right what is wrong — to restore balance, as well as the body’s ability to regenerate, that is.

Modern medicines are usually made of synthetic chemicals designed to imitate naturally occurring ones. While these are engineered to improve their efficacy, modern drugs cause undesirable side effects in return. In contrast, medicines in the form of real foods, herbs, nutrients and natural therapies not only encourage natural healing, they also cause fewer to no side effects.

Over the years, researchers have gathered sufficient evidence on the effectiveness of natural medicines in stimulating regeneration. To give you an idea, here are some of the herbs that are known for their regenerative potential and their primary targets inside the body.

Herbs that encourage regeneration

Herbs, edible or not, are used for a variety of purposes. While some can add flavor to foods, others can be used alone or in combination with other herbs to achieve desirable effects. These medicinal and multi-purpose plants are said to contain powerful plant nutrients with beneficial properties. These include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, organ-protective and immune-regulating activities.

Some good examples of herbs with regenerative potential are as follows:

  • Nerve-regenerative compounds – For nerve regeneration, there is a wide variety of natural compounds with proven nerve-regeneration effects. A 2010 study published in the journal Rejuvenation Research found that a combination of blueberry, green tea and carnosine have neuritogenic effects — such as promoting neuronal regeneration and stem cell regenerative effects — in an animal model of neurodegenerative disease. Other proven neuritogenic natural compounds include curcumin, lion’s mane mushroom, ginseng, huperzine, natto, red sage, resveratrol, royal jelly, theanine, ashwaganda, coffee and apigenin, which can be found in vegetables like celery.
  • Remyelinating compounds – Another class of nerve-healing substances called remyelinating compounds can stimulate the repair of the protective sheath around the axon of the neurons called myelin, which is frequently impaired in neurological injury and/or dysfunction.
  • Liver regenerative compounds – Natural compounds for liver regeneration include glycyrrhizin, which is found in licorice and can be used as a potent anti-SARS agent. The compound can also prompt the regeneration of liver mass and function, based on a study in an animal model of hepatectomy. Other liver regenerative compounds include curcumin, Korean ginseng, rooibos, vitamin E and carvacrol, which can be found in oregano.
  • Beta-cell regenerative compounds – Beta-cells are responsible for storing and releasing insulin. They are destroyed in insulin-dependent diabetes. Thus, restoration of these cells may theoretically restore the health of a diabetes patient. Foods and nutrients such as Gymenna sylvestre, nigella sativa, vitamin D, curcumin, arginine, avocado, berberine, bitter melon, chard, corn silk, stevia and sulforaphane are known to regenerate beta-cells.
  • Neocardiogenic substances – Neocardiogenic substances are a class of heart-tissue regenerating compounds. These compounds are said to stimulate the formation of cardiac progenitor cells which can differentiate into healthy heart tissue. Nutrients and compounds such as resveratrol, Siberian ginseng, red wine extract, Geum japonicum and n-acetyl-cysteine belong to this class.
  • Joint and spine regenerating compounds – Curcumin and resveratrol enhance recovery from a spinal cord injury, while aloe vera, boswellia, cat’s claw, eucalyptus, ginger, green tea, thunder god vine, turmeric and willow bark help prevent and/or treat degenerative joint diseases like osteoarthritis.

Learn more about these powerful herbs that support your body’s natural ability to heal and regenerate at Herbs.news.

Sources:

GreenMedInfo.com

Diabetes.co.uk

Healthline.com

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