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04 Sep

Cloud Ear, Tree Ear blood-thinner – Cloud-Ear, Baum Ear Blutverdünner

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This inexpensive dried culinary fungus (a form of mushroom) is called tree ear, cloud ear, and black fungus sold in Chinese supermarkets in plastic bags or online. It is a natural blood-thinner that reduces harmful cholesterol and protects blood vessel elasticity. If you have ever had Chinese hot and sour soup you have eaten this crunchy cooking ingredient. See the previous article on PAD. Peripheral Arterial Disease a common circulation problem in which the arteries that carry blood to the legs or arms become narrowed or clogged. The most common cause of PAD is atherosclerosis, often called “hardening of the arteries” a gradual process in which cholesterol and scar tissue build up, forming plaque that clogs the blood vessels. . Soak and cook (black fungus, cloud ear, tree ear) in soup, pasta, or oatmeal. This natural blood-thinner can help prevent heart trouble and stroke. Its action has been compared to warfarin (Coumadin) a drug used to inhibit the synthesis of clotting factors, thus preventing blood clot formation–without side-effects.

07 May

Stroke Risk: Coffee, Sex, Nose Blowing

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WebMD Health News: May 5, 2011 “For those at risk, common activities such as drinking coffee, having sex, or blowing the nose could trigger a stroke, according to new research from the Netherlands”. . . Does that mean that healthy people in the Netherlands are walking around sleepy, horny, and snotty? Fooey! There is a better way to prevent stroke: A heart health diet and Asian herbs that protect blood vessels, lower blood pressure, and reduce stress. People who have an untreated brain aneurysm, resulting from a weakness in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain, are at risk. An aneurysm causes a blood vessel wall to balloon. If it ruptures, it leads to a stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which involves bleeding between a membrane that covers the brain and the brain. While 2% of the population has this brain aneurysm, few rupture, according to researcher Monique H.M. Vlak, MD, a neurologist at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, Netherlands. The study is published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.