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Burdock: The Wandering Herb, Part II
Burdock: The Wandering Herb, Part II reveals the medicinal virtues of this unusual plant.
burdock • arctium • great burdock • burrs • medicinal uses

The Wandering Burdock Part 1
Question: What do burdock and velcro have in common? Answer: Read part one of the Wandering Burdock and find out!
burdock • arctium minus • uses • velcro • burrs

Burdock: The Wandering Herb, Part III
There are just a few more things to say about burdock, and it may amuse you to know who said them! I've also included two easy recipes that feature this interesting, albeit stubborn, herb.
burdock • arctium • burr • herbal recipes • quotes

Wild edibles and life cycle
Suppose you have decided to harvest wild burdock root for a meal or to make an herbal medicine. It will help you to know that burdock is a biennial.
wild edible • edibles • burdock • biennial • plant

Perennials that are good for you
Echinacea, Burdock and Valerian - how to grow them, enjoy them and utilize their medicine
echinacea • burdock • valerian • medicine • medicinal

Surviving Radiation the Wise Woman Way
Whether you are worried about the radiation from dental x-rays, a mammogram, or fallout, here are some Wise Woman Ways to help you stay healthy.
radiation • x ray • mammogram • susun • susan

Rene Caisse's Formula for Essiac ®
There is some debate on how many herbs Rene used in her formula. These four herbs are consistently claimed to be the original ingredients in the tea.
1922 • canadian • nurse • rene caisse • cancer fighting formula

Rootin' Around
Digging roots for medicinal uses when it seems the harvest is past.
weeds • roots • herbs • herbal healing • dandelion

Herbs for Spring Tonics
Throughout history, plants have helped humans to cycle with the seasons. Spring tonics help people shed winter's mantle and prepare for increased activity levels.
herbs for toning and detoxifying • spring tonics and detoxifying • herbal tonics and detoxifying • nettles as an herbal tonic • nettles as a nutritious food

Herbal Hair Care
While we typically turn to our herb gardens to embellish a salad or a savory sauce, these little delights can do wonders for the hair.
herbal hair care • natural hair care • ginger hair oil • herbal spritz • hair care

Herbal Teas for Healing
Whether fighting a sickness like a cold or flu, or just trying to maintain blood sugar levels; herbal tea is a very natural, safe, and soothing way to improve health.
herbal tea • healing tea • tea benefits • tea health • indigestion tea

Winter Survival Foods
Trees provide several sources of nourishment in the winter wilds, but they generally require more processing than greens and are not as palatable.
survival food • tree sap • maple sap • birch sap • roots

Herbs and Healing
The use of herbs in healing, and some methods of preparation.
herbs • healing • methods • tisane • tea

Naturally Organic Hair Treatments
Many factors contribute to the condition of oily or unhealthy hair.
hair • conditioners • essential oils • treatments • organic

Attracting Painted Ladies...Butterflies, That Is!
Attracting Painted Lady, American Painted Lady, or West Coast Lady butterflies to flower gardens isn't difficult. Learn the differences between these gorgeous "painted ladies" and what their nectar and host plant preferences are. This will help you select appropriate flowers to plant for their dining pleasure. Planting their favored host plants will also assure their caterpillars of a place to bed and board -- a critical aspect of butterfly gardening.
butterfly gardening • butterfly enthusiasts • butterfly gardeners • painted lady • american painted lady

Harvest Wild Plants for Tea
Whether you seek the healing properties of plants or the flavor of a fresh, wild, no-cost, caffeine-free drink, you might enjoy harvesting your own plants for tea.
herbal tea • harvest herbs for tea • rose hips • wild edible plants • raspberry leaves

The Wonders of the Herbal Bath
Throughout history it is easy to see the importance various cultures placed on the ritual of the bath. Baths can sooth and relax, or refresh and stimulate. They can ease the body, and calm the mind. The ‘wholistic’ practitioner knows the importance of bringing together mind, body and spirit in the tranquil, centered atmosphere of the bath...and knows that when this power is combined with the natural powers of herbs, we can quite literally wash our physical and emotional troubles away.
bath • herbal bath • bath tea • bathing • relaxation

Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women - Pts 3-5
Here we continue Susun's article on herbal allies for post-menopausal women with Bioflavinoids, Vitamins and Minterals.
menopause • hrt • hormones • hot flashes • hot flushes

Preparation of Essiac Tea
How to use the four herbs Rene Caisse used to prepare the original formula for Essiac; an alternative, blood cleansing cancer treatment.
essiac recipe • essiac • rene caisse • sheep sorrel • alternative cancer cure

The Composite Family
The Composites have floral parts consisting of multiple tiny flowers--complete with minuscule pistil, stamens, petals, and sepals--merged into one head or disk.
composite family • plant identification • dandelion • echinacea • thistle

Traditional Easter Dock Pudding
Traditional collectors of many races prepare spring brews to purify the blood. Wild herbs are a cheap and healthy alternative to supermarket salads, but danger lurks.
herbal • medicine • tradition • weeds • detoxification

Acid-Alkaline Balance
Diet and nutrition play a key role in this balance, and if the body is not able to compensate for an unbalanced diet, the body's internal environment becomes compromised.
acid-alkaline balance • acid-base balance • zone of optimal health • alkaline foods • acidic foods

Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 3
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and health maintenance, and you can too.
herb • weed • susun • susan • training

8 Steps for a Woman Dancing with Cancer
Susun Weed offers 8 tips on dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer.
cancer • breast • herb • health • healing

Another Frost Dance
If we quiet ourselves enough, we FEEL it coming, just like the plants and animals do
seasons • frost • rosemary • nicotiana • devas

Minerals Make the Difference
By 2015 half of the female population of the United States will be post-menopausal. But this group of post-menopausal women won't be old fuddy-duddies with broken hips, heart attacks, and failing memories. Women of today expect to emerge from menopause energetic, zesty, and passionate! Are hormones necessary? No! Wise women nourish their hearts, bones, and spirits with simple, safe, mineral-rich herbs.
menopause • herbs • weed • susun • susan

The Spirit of Simples
Susun Weed discusses the use of simples: what are they and why use them?
susun • susan • weed • herb • cough

Acne Alternative Therapies
The blending of conventional and alternative strategies in the treatment of acne leads to a more effective management of this common condition.
treating acne naturally • herbs for treating acne • naturopathic treatment for skin problems • natural ways to treat acne • herbs that help the skin

Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 5
In this fifth session of the Be Your Own Herbal Expert series, we will find out how to help ourselves and our families with herbal vinegars, one of the green blessings of the Wise Woman Way.
herbs • herbal • medicine • mint • sage

Detox Naturally
Learn how to detox your body so that it is healthier and you feel better. Follow these ten steps and in no time at all you will be celebrating the new you!
detox • celebrate • fitness • health • healthier

Detoxification Techniques
Through various types of detoxification, we can allow the body to heal itself, thus bringing it to a purer, healthier, and more vibrant place.
detoxification techniques • hyperthermia techniques • dry skin brushing • chlorophyll-rich foods • green tea

Here Comes The Flu Season - Protect Yourself the Wise Women Way
As the flu season approaches, Susun Weed shares tips on how to avoid catching it!
flu • immunity • immune system • virus • viral

Menopause - The Wise Woman Way
To the MD, menopause is the last drop of blood a woman sheds. To most women, however, the years between the first suspicion of change and the final menses constitute the menopausal years, and we are menopausal throughout that time. Susun Weed discusses Wise Woman Ways to embrace this time of change.
menopause • kundalini • hrt • ert • hot flash

Seed dispersal
Species that survive are species that reproduce and spread. Plants can't walk, so in order to spread, flowering plants need ways to get their seeds to new locations.
seed • dispersal • reproduce • compete • survival

Sheep Sorrel in Essiac ® Formula
Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) is one of the four ingredients in the herbal formula discovered by Rene Caisse in 1922. She isolated Sheep sorrel as a critcal ingredient.
sheep sorrel • essiac • rene • caisse • cancer

Yoga of Menopause - Alternatives to Hormone Therapy
It's big news when a favored medical treatment is found to be harmful. But not to readers of Susun Weed! In this article Susun talks about menopause is enlightenment, and herbs to help when taking hormones.
menopause • hot flashes • hrt • hrt • susun

Acne
Tried every acne treatment on the market? Naturopath gives you some advice on how to zap the zits.
acne • natural acne cures • pimples • zits • herbal medicine for acne

Cancer Industry Conceals an Alternative Cure
Essiac tea has a history of improving the well being of cancer victims since 1925. There are many other health benefits. Do you know about it? Start learning.
alternative cancer cure • essiac tea • rene caisse • gary glum • immune system

Detoxifying Cleanse at Home
Detoxifying, or cleansing, has numerous health benefits. Removing toxins is thought to improve immunity and also help reduce or eliminate symptoms of chronic illness.
how to detoxify • home remedy to detox • home remedy to cleanse • natural remedy to cleanse • detoxify to improve health

Essiac Tea Cancer Cure
The herbal cancer treatment known as Essiac Tea lacks organized medical support but is believed effective by those who use it.
essiac tea cancer cure • safe herbal cancer treatments • cure for cancer • herbs for cancer • floressence

Gourmet Sodas
Small soda manufacturers can offer very unique flavours, and can be worth the extra effort of tracking them down. Thankfully, these companies offer mail order service.
gourmet soft drinks • gourmet soda • grown up soda • gus soda • foxon park

Jewelweed or Touch-Me-Not
Jewelweed, widely known as a poison ivy remedy, is abundant in damp areas, blooming throughout the second half of summer and into the fall.
jewelweed • spotted jewelweed • touch-me-not • poison ivy remedy • grindelia

Slippery Elm
Native to eastern North America, slippery elm has enjoyed a place among indigenous peoples as a therapeutic remedy and a nutritious food. It is still popular today.
slippery elm bark • slippery elm traditional uses • slippery elm approved uses • slippery elm preparation • slippery elm and cancer

Treating Infections on Hands and Feet Naturally
Antibiotic use should be reserved for serious infections. Skin wounds and cuts on fingers and toes may get infected, but they can be treated with these home remedies.
healing treatment • cure infections • hands foot • can hands • hands treatment

The Army Inside
The body was built as a very capable unit. It's ability to defend itself is meant to be strong enough to fight off diseases and toxins. The problem, especially in this century, has been the over processing of foods, additives, advances in traditional medications and a growing immunity of the body to be able to defend itself. There are ways to help your body to fight back. Take a look at the available antioxidants and learn how buiding up your immune system can help you back to a healthy, active, enjoyable life!
natural medicine • immune system • immunity • herbal remedies • nutritional supplements

Weeds d'Amour
When thoughts turn to love, our eyes turn to the fields.....
aphrodesiacs • oats • wise women • minerals • herbs

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