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Pomegranate May Help Fight Prostate Cancer

Posting Date: 07/18/2005

We have collected such home remedies for restless legs and leg cramps in our Guide to Leg Pain. Anyone who would like a copy, please send $2 in check or money order with a long (no. 10) stamped (60 cents), self-addressed envelope: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. RLS-5, P. O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.

If home remedies do not work, the FDA has just approved the prescription drug Requip for restless legs.

Q. Your readers often ask about help for falling asleep easily. It?s a good thing I was safely seated on my own sofa when I first sipped a cup of ?Calm? tea from the Tazo company. I was soon stretched out and napping comfortably.

I now use this blend whenever I want to relax. It is difficult not to doze off.

I?m not pushing the Tazo brand. The blend contains chamomile, hibiscus, spearmint, lemongrass, rose petals, blackberry, sarsaparilla, lemon balm, licorice and natural flavors. When I drink chamomile tea for indigestion, it doesn?t put me to sleep. I leave it to you to figure out the magic.

A. Thanks for the tip. Other readers will surely want to try this tasty blend.

Chamomile is traditionally considered a mild sleep aid. Perhaps the secret is in the combination of other mildly relaxing herbs, such as lemon balm. Hops, valerian and passionflower are other herbs used for relaxation and sleep, and might be found in other tea combinations.

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In their column, Joe and Teresa Graedon answer letters from readers. Write to them in care of this newspaper or e-mail them via their Web site: www.PeoplesPharmacy.org. Their newest book is The People's Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies (St. Martin's Press).