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Old Folk Remedies: Native Shrubs
A look at native shrubs and their natural remedies in old folk medicine.
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Folk Remedies for Bee Stings
Spring is a time when your bees become active and the risk of a bee sting increases. Throughout history, there have been many treatments for a sting. Find out some of the more bizarre ones as well as what is currently recommended by the medical profession.
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Old Folk Remedies: Flowering Native Plants
A look at ten different flowering native plants that were used historically as healing remedies in folk medicine.
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Old Folk Remedies: Native Trees
A few of the different native tree species that have been used historically as old folk remedies.
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Water Garden Spotlight on Water Hyacinth
A look at the water hyacinth, a plant that is invasive but still adored in the garden.
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Water Garden Spotlight: Chinese Lizard Tail
Chinese Lizard Tail has many uses, the least of which is a charming water garden plant.
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Apple Cider Vinegar is Natural Arthritis Remedy
This article explains how a daily routine using home remedy apple cider vinegar may bring relief for arthritis sufferers.
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Bog Garden Spotlight: Jack In The Pulpit
Find out how to use Jack in the Pulpit in a Bog or Water Garden.
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Bog Garden Spotlight: Joe Pye Weed
Find out how to use Joe Pye Weed in a Bog Garden setting and what it does as an old folk remedy.
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Can Chihuahuas Cure Asthma?
The belief that a Chihuahua can "take away" asthma from its owner is still held by some, however medical experts reject the idea that the folk remedy can cure asthma.
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Massage History - Women Healers
A glimpse of massage practices from around the world shows how women played a very big role in the historical development and utilization of massage.
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The Vitamin Bible by Earl Mindell
Earl Mindell's The Vitamin Bible is one of the best nutrition books of all time.
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Dealing with Deer
Are deer treating your garden like a delicatessen? Find out how you,your garden and deer can peacefully co-exist.
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Garden Fresh Super Foods
Read about "superfood" and vegetable nutrition. A high vegetable list rich in vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to promote good health, heal and prevent disease.
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In-between Months, Odds and Ends, and Ubiquitous Yarrow
September's one of those in-between months, in my opinion. While it has a lot to do with the end of meteor shower season, the longer shadows and shortening days, ripening apples, and garden harvests, I think it goes all the way back to grade school. September was the end of summer; it was the beginning of another school year. An in-between month. A lot of stuff gets unnoticed during in-between months. Even something like Yarrow.
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Natural Herbs for Your Medicine Cabinet
What's in your medicine cabinet? Is it filled with drugs prescribed by doctors, or a variety of over-the-counter medications? Try replacing some of these with some of the natural herbs for the more common ailments we encounter. Herbs have long been used for easing pain and discomfort and they still work today.
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Natural Painkillers for Topical Use
These alternative therapies are used topically to relieve acute or chronic pain, such as muscle pain, arthritis and even neuropathic pain.
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Sarcoidosis Treatment Options: Part II
While Suzanne Somers announcement may have brought media attention to the use of alternative therapies, for over a decade consumers have attested to the benefits of complementary and alternative medicine with their healthcare dollars.
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Spikenard
Mentioned in the Bible, spikenard is rarely used nowadays. And yet this ancient essential oil is a powerful weapon against disease, stress and skin aging.
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An Apple a Day or an Aspirin or a Niacin Pill
An aspirin a day is supposed to assure heart health, but maybe the same effect can be achieved through an apple a day or a niacin pill. Here is my experience.
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Dealing with 'Blue Balls'
Most teenage boys and men have experienced the condition of 'blue balls'. What can be done to alleviate the discomfort?
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Heartburn Remedies the Natural Way
Frequent heartburn is an unpleasant sensation, but there are plenty of natural remedies and lifestyle changes that can ease the pain of acid reflux.
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Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar has been a folk remedy for centuries. Learn what it is, what it's good for, and some precautions when using it.
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Herbs for Sleep
Many plants have sedative or otherwise sleep-inducing properties that can help with both falling asleep and staying asleep, usually with very few side effects.
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New Age Healers?
How New Age are natural healing methods such as aromatherapy, herbalism, Reiki, hypnosis and other techniques that appear to be popping up all over the place?
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When You Can't Breathe
First aid for congestion and breathing problems. Whether you have allergy sniffles or a serious sinus congestion, whether you have a little cold or an asthma attack, here are quick ways of getting relief.
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Single Oil Look: Juniper
Single Oil Look: Juniper
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Holistic Wellness ~ The Mind (Part 2B)
Natural remedies and therapies for disorders of the mind and emotions.
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Wild Foods for Wise Women
Boost your immunity and prevent cancer with dandelion, honeysuckle, clover and other ordinary weeds. This missing part of your diet may be in your own back yard!
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Bog Garden Spotlight: Cardinal Flower
Find out how to use the Cardinal Flower in a Bog Garden setting.
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Burdock: The Wandering Herb, Part II
Burdock: The Wandering Herb, Part II reveals the medicinal virtues of this unusual plant.
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Essential Oil of Juniper
Thought of as a winter oil, you may be surprised all this oil can do for you this summer.
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Ginger: A Traveler's Aid
Ginger, a wonderful Chinese flavoring, is a helpful herb as well, particularly for those who suffer from motion sickness.
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Russian Village Children – Illness and Cure
Mothers of children born in rural Russia had to deal with a variety of diseases even with little medical care readily available.
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Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
Ylang Ylang is an exotic, aromatic oil used extensively in perfumes and a well known aphrodisiac; however, Ylang Ylang has many medicinal uses in aromatherapy too.
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American Beautyberry - Callicarpa americana
Beautyberry gifts gardeners and wildlife with bright magenta berries clustered like beaded bracelets along the stem. Amethyst amulets adorn the fall and winter garden.
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Black Elder
There are many wonderful uses for the black elder berries and flowers. The flowers should be harvested as the plant begins to blossom. The black elder berries contain fruit acids, vitamins B1 and C and folic acid, as well as essential oils. And the flowers contain a great deal of calcium and flavonoids.
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Bog Garden Spotlight: Bee Balm
Find out how to use the Bee Balm in a Bog Garden setting and its old folk remedy usage.
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Castor Oil
Castor oil used in packs or applied topically is said to be a remedy for pain and soreness, joints, warts, skin, lymph nodes, digestion, insomnia, hyperactivity and more.
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Composition and Health Benefits of Sprouts
Sprouts belong to the group of super foods. They have the highest nutrient content of raw foods, which is easily absorbed.
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Controlling Blood Pressure Naturally
High blood pressure is a common health problem, which can be controlled naturally by including some items in the diet.
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Dill-icious! And Good For You....
Most only know Dill from pickles. Find out how one of the most ancient herbs can also help your health, wealth and love life!
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Eco-Friendly Bug Bite Remedies
When mosquitoes bite, you should know how to ease the itch without rinsing toxins down your drain. Suite 101 looks at green ways to soothe your skin.
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From Doctrines to Science
As herbalists translated Latin texts and combined them with their own practical knowledge of herbal lore, science too began to take an interest in medicinal plants.
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Health Benefits and Culinary Uses of Rosemary
Rosemary, a popular herb, is supposed to have been used as far back as 500 B.C. by the ancient Greeks and Romans, for medicinal and culinary purposes.
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Health in Germany: Interview with Dr. Alexander Springer, II
This is the second part of my interview with Dr. Alexander Springer. In it, we discuss the famous health spas of Germany, among other things. Written by Colleen Thomas Ryor.
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How to Get Rid of Dark Circles Under Eyes
Dark circles under eyes can make one look tired and weary. Sleep may not be enough to make them vanish, but research shows some eye creams and supplements might help.
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How to Treat Thrush the Natural Way
Suffering regular bouts of thrush? If antibiotics have failed for you, why not see what complementary health has to offer? Chemical free cures.
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Lead Poisoning--Still an Issue
The adverse effects of lead exposure have been recognized for generations. Lead poisoning is far from being merely an item of historical interest.
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Marjoram and Oregano
Oregano and marjoram are often confused; both oregano and marjoram belong to the same plant family and, to add to the confusion, oregano is also known as marjoram.
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