Malus sylvestris
From Health Facts
Latest Edit: Hector 2014-02-24 (EDT)
| See Also | Gemmotherapy |
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Key notes
- Antioxidant[2]
- Restores peristaltic action to the colon
- Detoxifies the blood and lymph
- Prevents neurodegeneration
- Malic acid helps break down gallstones
Therapeutic actions
- Restores peristaltic action to the colon
- Detoxifies the blood and lymph
- Prevents neurodegeneration. Stimulates the brain through increased circulation and oxygenation
- Helps to break down gallstones
- Anti-inflammatory; acts where there is blood stasis, hot flushes. Stimulates testosterone in males/ estradiol in females.
Clinical indications
- Nervous system: Improves memory/concentration/mental fatigue. Halts degeneration in conditions of neurodegeneration including ALM, MS, and Alzheimers. Vascular migraines. Nerve sedative (relieves anxiety, calms, lowers blood pressure, and facilitates sleep induction). Overwork, lack of concentration. Cigarette smoking cessation
- Digestive: Constipation (restores the peristaltic action to the colon), diverticulosis, IBS, cholelithiasis
- Urogenital: hot flushes and conditions associated with low estrogen production, frigidity/impotency
- Cardiovascular: Hypercholesterolemia/hypertryglycemia, arteriosclerosis
