Sean Russell, Author at Dimmak Herbs

Swedish Back Massage How To- Improve Health and Burnout Prevention

Part of being healthy is bringing your body back into balance anytime it becomes unbalanced. The most common example here is that we daily put our body into stress, which is okay and normal, we just need to bring it back to balance. Massage is just one way to do this. Massages relax the body, increase circulation, and helps your body adjust itself to balance anatomically, physiologically and of course even mentally! I know massages can be expensive, but if you...

January 17, 2009By Sean RussellAdviceBURNOUT, burnout treatment, how to massage, massage, massage oil, swedish massage0 CommentsRead more...

Herb of the Week-Learn Something New Weekly

I am now going to start writing this "Herb of the Week". I thought this would be a nice change of some of the writing to specifically talk about an individual herb rather than just conditions and such with herbs that are used for it. I will be taking my own picture of the herbs and post them on here. I use, on a regular basis, about 150 herbs or so because I deal with Chinese Herbs and Western Herbs. Besides...

January 3, 2009By Sean RussellHerbs0 CommentsRead more...

Herbs for Health, Vitality & Longevity

Its time to bring in the New Year and what better than to resolute Health, Long Life, and Vitality while steering free of colds and keeping your hair color! I have some herbs along with some preparations to achieve such goals this year! I have some Chinese Herbs and some Western Herbs for you to use, and I will try to give you some tips on some of the easier herbs to aquire (local health food stores). A New Year's Resolution for...

January 1, 2009By Sean RussellAdvice, Articles, Ask Sean, Entertainment, First Aid, Herbs, Recepies, ReviewsAstragalus, Congee, Ginseng, Goji, Gou Qi Zi, He Shou Wu, herbs, Huang Qi, kicharee, Kidney Health, Ling Zhi, Polygonum, Reishi0 CommentsRead more...

Is Fish Oil Better than Drugs For Preventing Heart Disease

Fish oil and Omega fatty acids, namely Omega-3, continue to show more and more health benefits. Omega fatty acids have been researched for effectiveness against cancer, brain function, depression, cardiovascular disorders, and much more. Although Omegas have been researched for heart conditions, researchers are putting it up to the test against pharmaceuticals. Recently an Italian study put Omega 3 fatty acid pills against the pharmaceutical drug Crestor (Rosuvastatin). Here is the breakdown of the results: 3500 patients per each category. 4...

December 22, 2008By Sean RussellHerbsFish Oil, Health, heart failure, herbs, Omega 3, Omega Fatty Acids, supplements0 CommentsRead more...

Sweetening the Control of Diabetes – With Herbs

It’s a silent killer; it strikes when you least expect it to, and though you may not take it seriously, diabetes is a disease that leads to a range of complications. From heart disease to hypertension, you’re likely to suffer from them all if you’re a diabetic. Diabetes is the result of a combination of genes and lifestyle – if your parents or their parents were diabetics, you can bet your last dollar that you’re at risk too. And if...

December 19, 2008By Sean RussellHerbsBitter Melon, Diabetes, Fenugreek, garlic, Ginseng, Gymnema Slyvestre, Ren Shen0 CommentsRead more...

Airborne Herb List- Herbal Explanation, Formula Explained, and Comparison

As the popularity of Airborne increases more and more controversy surrounds the product as they gain customers. There is alot of controversy as to whether or not the formula works or not. I am going to go ahead and list out the herbs in the formula and explain their usage in this formula. Airborne has the following list of herbs: Loniceria / Jin Yin Hua / Honeysuckle Forsythia / Lian Qiao Jin Yin Hua and Forsythia are usually used together and have a common...

December 13, 2008By Sean RussellAsk Sean, HerbsAirborne, Colds, Dimmak Herbs, echinacea, Forsythia, herbs, Honeysuckle, Immunity, Jin Yin Hua, Lian Qiao, Vitamin C0 CommentsRead more...

Herbs for Sore Muscles, Soreness and some Herbal Remedies

It is without a doubt the most common ailment out there is soreness or pain somewhere in the body. The most common of this problem is probably going to be muscle pain. Let’s discuss herbal and home remedies for pain and soreness. The reason pain and soreness most of the time go hand in hand is because in herbal or Chinese medicine both are manifesting from the same problem, blockage! Whether you are talking about muscle pain, constricted muscle, pain...

December 7, 2008By Sean RussellAdvice, Herbs, ReviewsAngelica, Cajuput, Cassia, Clematis, Dang Gui, Herbal Balm, Herbal Liniment, san qi, Soreness, Tiger Balm, Wei Ling Xian0 CommentsRead more...

Staying Slim this Thanksgiving and Holidays

Can you believe the holidays have fallen upon us again? All those gyms you see everywhere, their business is built on us stuffing our faces full of food over the next month only to say to ourselves: "I'll join the gym for my New Year's Resolution and lose all this weight!" Some of us have to juggle 2-4 Thanksgiving dinners through the weekend from different sides of the family. Now lets not get too hasty and blame everything on everyone else....

November 25, 2008By Sean RussellAdvice, HerbsChen Pi, chickweed, Christmas, Citrus Peel, Daikon, Hawthorn Berry, Holidays, REGULATOR, Shan Zha, Thanksgiving0 CommentsRead more...

Green Tea, Benefits, Features and Antioxidant Power Explained!

There isn’t a lake of information on the web about green tea and I usually try to post about unique things. However, Green Tea comes up quite a bit and I just can’t help but to put more education about it up here. I am writing quite a bit about it in order to help you find what info you may need without needing to jump to very many sources to get what you need! Green Tea has long been...

November 21, 2008By Sean RussellHerbsalternative medicine, diet, green tea, Tea, vitamins0 CommentsRead more...

The Ultimate Kidney Tonic- Black Soup

Tired? Fatigued? Low libido? Low back pain? Weak knees? Wake up in the middle of the night? Recently weak after surgery? These are just a few symptoms of weakened kidney function. In Chinese Medicine there are many more symptoms related to this and aging alone is one of the ways that kidneys weaken. There is alot to gain from supplementing your kidneys with a really good tonic including reversing the symptoms listed below. May Food Be Your Medicine and Your Medicine...

November 2, 2008By Sean RussellHerbs, RecepiesAstragalus, Chen Pi, Goji berries, Gou Qi Zi, Hawthorn Berry, He Shou Wu, Huang Qi, kombu, Seaweed, Shan Zha, Silky Chicken0 CommentsRead more...