Natural Health Articles

Phenolics

Acetaldehyde – petrochemical sensitivity (perfumes, flavors, dyes, plastics, synthetics, rubber), alcoholism, allergies to foods, sugars, and yeast.

Acetycholine Chloride – Parasympathetic stimulant (neurotransmitter), lowers blood pressure, chronic fatigue, depression, phobias, schizophrenia.

Apiol – Obesity, infertility, gout, arthritis, hypothalamus pituitary axis action.

Arginine – aging, ammonia overload, autism, learning disabilities, retarded growth, muscle tightness, fatigue, headaches, high cholesterol, underweight, urinary incontinence.

Ascorbic Acid – allergies, anxiety, bleeding gums, cataracts, chemic sensitivity, collagen disease, dental cavities, diarrhea, easy bruising, edema, fatigue, frequent infections, fruit intolerance, high cholesterol, hyperactivity, hypertension, light sensitivity, loss of appetite, mental problems, muscle soreness, slow wound healing, stiff and tender joints, weakness in the connective tissue.

Asparagine - in metabolic control of brain and nervous system, used by the liver to make amino acids

Caffeic Acid – constricts capillary walls, stimulates ACTH release (decreases thymus weight), allergic rhinitus, pharyngeal drainage, otitis, asthma.

Candida albicans – chronic infection, weakness, depression, overlaps many phenolics.

Capsaicin – burning sensations, stimulant, combines with fatty acids to create vanillylamine

Chlorogenic Acid – allergies to pollens, dust, molds, skin rashes, congestion and headaches, asthma, hay fever.

Cinnamic Acid – bladder dysfunction, cystitis, enuresis, skin problems (acne, eczema, psoriasis), congestion, asthma, chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, cravings for fruit.

Citric acid – aching, cough, dry mouth, throat irritation, fatigue, weight problems

Coniferyl alcohol – allergies to evergreens, headaches

Coumarin – constricts capillary walls, inhibits clotting, estrogen effect asthma, hayfever, digestive problems, low back and cervical neck pain, chronic fatigue.

Cysteine – alopecia, dry skin, hypoglycemia, lack of satiety, pancreatic dysfunction

Cytosine – aching arms, cognition problems, drowsiness, memory problems, migraine headaches, neck pain, arm pain, sleep disorders, sore throat

Dopamine – neurotransmitter, Parkinson’s disease, anxiety, depression, dyslexia, autism, schizophrenia

Epinephrine – anxiety attacks, exhaustion, hypertension, lowered metabolism, jitteriness, chest pain, stress, shakiness, stuttering weakness

GABA – lowers blood pressure, inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, anger, hostility.

Gallic Acid – related to racing heart, anti-cancer (in 80% of foods, universal reactor), chronic sinusitis, rhinitis, cravings for sweets, low back pain, chronic fatigue, hyperactivity.