All Healing Herbs

Relative to the blueberry plant, used medicinally by Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179); active ingredients are anthocyanosides, strong antioxidants, also high in vitamin C; protects, heals, and regenerates the capillaries, increases capillary circulation, reduces blood clots, relaxes all the blood vessels of the circulatory system; stops bleeding, prevents easy bruising, lowers risk of heart attacks and strokes, reduces high blood pressure, lowers triglycerides, lowers cholesterol, lowers blood sugar, regenerates connective tissue, and protects against cancer (antiangiogenesis); for peripheral vascular dis-eases: improves night vision, reduces or reverses degenerative eye dis-eases, macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, eyestrain, myopia, retinitis pigmentosa; varicose veins, spider veins, swollen legs, chronic venous insufficiency, Raynaud’s syndrome, Bell’s palsy, emphysema, hemorrhoids, fibrocystic breast dis-ease; also for chronic inflammatory dis-eases, gastrointestinal dis-eases, diarrhea, dysentery, food poisoning, peptic ulcers (inhibits H. pylori bacteria), blood in stool or urine, bleeding gums; liver dis-eases, gallstones, kidney disease; inflamed mucous membranes, respiratory viruses, sore throat, fevers, skin infections and ulcers, wounds; diuretic for cystitis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, rheumatism, and painful menstruation; prevents or stops production of breast milk. Antioxidant, diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, vascular protective. Considered a food and very safe, no side effects with normal use; overdose effects include indigestion, nausea, and diarrhea; safe in pregnancy but may stop breast milk if nursing; caution with diabetes drugs (bilberry lowers blood sugar), blood thinners, antiulcer drugs, and laxative drugs.