Incontinence

Incontinence is the loss of bladder control that affects 13 million Americans and is twice as likely to affect women than men. The causes include damage to the supporting muscles and ligaments of the bladder resulting from childbirth or pregnancy or trauma, recurrent and acute infections. Child enuresis or bedwetting could also cause incontinence. Considering that there are different causes of incontinence, medicinal herb remedies must therefore depend on the cause. Some of the medicinal herbs that are used to treat incontinence are horsetail, plantain, shepherd's purse and St John's wort.

Medicinal Herb formulas to treat Incontinence.

If the incontinence resulted from childbirth and the stress it caused on the bladder, then taking shepherd's purse tea or tincture will help to tone the ligaments surrounding the bladder.

In the case where there is nerve irritation or damage, then one needs to St John's wort tea and in cases of symptoms indicating chronic cystitis, one needs to take plantain tea.

In order to restore damaged tissues of the bladder, take horsetail juice or tea for its high silica content.

Other natural remedies

I got the following natural remedy for stress incontinence for women that I got from WebMD is the following exercise:-

"because stress incontinence stems from weak pelvic muscles, an excellent defense is to strengthen the muscles around the urethral closure. You can do this through Kegel exercises: Clench the muscles you would use to stop the flow of urine. Hold the squeeze for 10 seconds, then relax. Do three or four sets every day. As these muscles grow stronger, so will your bladder control."

Sore Throat Home Remedies

Before I present sore throat home remedies let me point out that sore throats are usually caused by viral infections. The sore throat infection usually results  in pain when swallowing food and the tonsils can turn red. When the tonsils become very enlarged due to the infection the condition is known as tonsillitis. Sore throat could be a complication of a cold. In some cases the lymph nodes in the neck may get enlarged. There some herbs that you can take to act as sore throat home remedies and these are wild garlic, wood avens, limeflower,mallow, silverweed, yarrow, shepherd's purse,wild thyme and cleavers.

How to cure Sore Throat Through Home Remedies

The strongest sore throat home remedy would be taking wild garlic leaves and bulbs at least three times a day. It can be taken on toast or honey as honey is also another good remedy for sore throat and other respiratory infections. Most people have reported benefits by taking eight cloves of garlic everyday.

Another remedy is elderberry tincture or syrup every two hours for eight doses, and then four times until better.

Some herbs such as limeflower and elecampane are known for their antiseptic properties and would be a good remedy against sore throats. The dosage would be to take a teaspoon of limeflower or elecampane honey every two hours until the infection goes.

To tone chronically enlarged tonsils one needs to gargle with silverweed, shepherd's purse or oak bark tincture or infusion. Another remedy for swollen glands is cleavers juice or tincture taken three times a day.

Other home remedies for Sore throat

WebMD website gives other home remedies for sore throats such as:-

Gargle warm salt water to reduce swelling and reduce the discomfort The warm salt water is composed of 1 teaspoon of salt dissolved in 8fl oz (240 ml). The warm salt water should be taken once each hour.

Taking other hot or warm fluids also help ensure that there is no dehydration as the fluids will thin secretions and soothe the throat

Smokers are also advised to stop smoking so that the sore throat is not made worse. Non smokers also need to avoid passive tobacco smoke.

Over Active Bladder

There many people who suffer from over active bladder especially during the rainy season for some psychological reasons. There are also some people who complain of an over active bladder when walking downhill. There some medicinal herbs that can be taken to cure an over active bladder

The following are some medicinal herbs that one can take and how they can be used to treat an over active bladder:-

Taking a warm yarrow and horsetail sitz bath has proven beneficial to some over active bladder patients. To prepare this bath you need to take about a 100gm of yarrow and horsetail herbs per bath. In addition to this bath one can also take a shepherd's purse with 100gm of this herb per bath.

Another natural remedy is to take 4 cups of Lady's mantle tea daily. To tone up the muscles of the bladder one needs to rub the are around the bladder with Shepherd's purse. All these treatments should be continued until the bladder is no longer over active.