Golden Seal Root Powder - Does Golden Seal Work

Golden Seal is natural, extremely strong antibiotic that is an excellent infection fighter together with many other healthy properties. It is said to be one of the best ways to help clear up colds, flu, and other infections.

Although not so well known, Golden Seal can be bought in many health food or herbal stores, but sometimes you may have to search for it at larger stores online. Golden Seal by itself can be purchased in both root or leaves pill form. It is however, more often sold in a combination herbal solution with other herbs such as Echinacea.

The root variety is the strongest and also the most expensive. Buying Golden Seal supplements made from the leaves and stem work quite nicely as well. However, it is not recommended to buy the tablet form but rather the capsule form, with the ground root or leaves inside. This allows the herb to stay as close to it's natural state as possible. Also, apart from the outer capsule, there are no other additives that may be more harmful than good for your body. Capsules are also absorbed more easily than tablets.

Golden Seal is a natural source of insulin, so it can lower your blood sugar when you take it. Because of this, anyone with low blood sugar problems such as hypoglycemia should not take Golden Seal by itself, particularly in large doses. You can however, take it in conjunction with licorice root to help combat the insulin effects, or simply take another herb called Myrrh instead of Golden Seal.

Golden Seal has a wide variety of uses and is considered by many people to be a cure all herb. For instance, it can be mixed into a salve and used as a contact healer.

You can also take Golden Seal to reduce swelling, and it is said to actually stop internal bleeding as well. It can be made into a tea to be used for nose drops or to drink for a sore throat. The tea can also be used as a mouth wash to get rid of canker sores or you can mix White Oak Bark into Golden Seal tea to use a rinse after oral surgery. However, you should be aware that Golden Seal by itself is somewhat bitter to the taste.

Other Uses of Golden Seal

Golden Seal Salve - Ideal for use with major cuts, scrapes and injuries

Take one capsule of Golden Seal either root or leaves together with some pure Aloe Vera juice or gel.

Open the capsule of Golden Seal and pour the powder into a plate, then mix in enough of the Juice or Jelly to fully mix in the powder. This makes a rather disgusting looking greenish mixture which may discolor skin.

Smother the salve onto the problem area, and if needed cover it with a clean gauze bandage or band-aid. Leave the bandage or covering on overnight, then wash well in the morning. In most cases there is already noticeable healing just from the overnight treatment.

Hemorrhoid Relief - This can be used both internally and externally.

Open one capsule of Golden Seal, shake the powder onto a plate or dish of some kind. Open one capsule of White Oak Bark and empty it's powder onto the same dish. Mix in a small amount of pure Aloe Vera gel until combined well. Slather that onto the hemorrhoids at night before you go to bed.

By the time that you wake up in the morning, the hemorrhoids will more than likely have gone.