The herbal PDR, which erroneously attributes the origin of the plant to India (it is native American), also says: Chromium salts present in the drug (greenbean) may cause an antidiabetic effect.” Seeds of this species as black beans, brown beans, kidney beans, etc., may be as rich in the estrogenic isoflavone, genistein, as soybean. And the seeds are much lower in fat than soy seeds; so Jim Duke says that the health benefits of soy may very well carry over to kidney beans, etc., perhaps with even better health benefits. So, I give black bean the same scores I give soybean, better for cholesterol, etc., since the black bean has a much better fat:protein ratio than the soy bean. Alzheimers Disease, Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Cholesterol High, Diabetes, Forgetfulness, Hardening of the Arteries, Memory The Benefit of using Blueberry as a natural cure to 2.8 grams daily-again, this is the dosage of GLA, not the total weight good fats that rev up your body Dosages (Chickweed) – 3 (389 mg) capsules 3 ×/day (APA); 1 tsp plant juice 6-8 ×/day (MAD); 2-3 tsp herb in cold or hot tea (MAD); 0.25-0.5 cup fresh herb (PED); 6-12 g dry herb (PED); 9 g dry herb:45 ml alcohol/45 ml water (PED); 1-4 ml liquid herb extract (PNC); 1-5 ml tincture/day (SKY). Synonyms – O. acutifolia Rostanski, O. biennis var. sulfurea Kleb., O. chicagoensis Renner ex R. E. Cleland & Blakeslee, O. muricata L., O. pupurata Kleb., O. rubricaulis Kleb., O. suaveolens Pers., Onagra biennis (L.) Scop. Alzheimers Disease- Arteriosclerosis- Atherosclerosis- Cholesterol High- Diabetes- Forgetfulness- Hardening of the Arteries- Memory- Use yarrow tincture diluted with cold water to reduce bleeding: either dab the cut or press gently on the area with cotton wool soaked in dilute yarrow tincture until the bleeding subsides (do not use neat tincture because it will sting). Application for adults and children: dilute 10ml of tincture in half a cup of clean water, as a one-off use which can be repeated if necessary. Continue Reading →