All Healing Herbs

Available in juice or capsules, tinctures are very high in alcohol and less effective; supermarket cranberry juice contains a high amount of sugar that can be avoided by using health food store concentrates, but concentrates without sugar are very sour and unpleasant tasting; supermarket juices are effective and are safe if you are not diabetic; capsules are less effective than juices, but they can be found sugar-free and they work; to stop a urinary tract infection with cranberry juice, drink one large glassful every hour until symptoms stop; to prevent urinary infections, drink one large glassful per day; for capsules, tinctures, and concentrates, follow label for dosage; best possible remedy for cystitis, urinary tract and kidney infections, urinary gravel, kidney stones, bleeding cystitis, strong-smelling urine; works by preventing E. coli bacteria (and other bacteria) from sticking to the walls of the bladder and urethra, and probably by acidifying the urine (that it acidifies is under dispute); after receiving dozens of yellow jacket wasp stings and waking up very sick from them, a glass of cranberry juice seemed to neutralize the venom, and very quickly; other uses: can neutralize H. pylori bacteria that causes stomach ulcers and dental plaque (more effective if oregano oil is added to the cranberry juice), and may do the same for cancer cells; antioxidant that may help prevent heart dis-ease, relax blood vessels, lower cholesterol, and prevent cholesterol from sticking to artery walls; may increase vitamin B12 absorption, stimulate brain function, enhance memory, treat anorexia nervosa, increase speed of wound healing, dissolve gallstones, stimulate stomach and liver function, and prevent stomach and liver dis-ease. Antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial, antiseptic. Extremely safe, including in pregnancy, with diarrhea and indigestion the only side effects; diabetics need sugar-free formulations; cranberry may counteract antacids, may increase excretion of some drugs, can theoretically (but not likely) increase the effectiveness of blood thinners and cause bleeding.