Editor's Note: Introducing Plant Of The Week, a weekly column where we dive deep into the remedies and how-tos of one special plant. This week`s star: Angelica. Angelica is a perennial herbaceous plant that is also known as European or…
Canadian Thanksgiving is over, and the American Thanksgiving is just around the corner. People have their pumpkins ready for that delicious treat of pumpkin pies and pumpkin spice lattes. Some got their pumpkins for that crazy yet beautifully crafted Jack-o’-lanterns.…
Making your own natural deodorant can be an easy way to diversify your home remedy knowledge and skills, and it can be adapted to your own tastes, sensitivities, and health concerns. When making your own deodorant stick, there are 4…
Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, is widely used in baking. However, over the years our ingenious grandmothers discovered many frugal uses for this common household product. If you’re like me, you probably already have a box of baking soda in…
The Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a deciduous tree that is native to the Balkans but is now found growing in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. The name “chestnut” is used for both the plant or tree…
Substituting herbs for drugs is gaining popularity now. Many people still believe that if you really want to get healthier or recover from an illness, you better include pharmaceutical drugs in your recovery plan. However, herbs contain dozens if not…
Plants have been used medicinally for many thousands of years. There are many different ways to extract the beneficial properties from plants and creating an essential oil is one of them. Normally inhaled or diluted and applied topically, essential oils…
Everyone should have a first aid kit on hand for those times when someone is mildly injured. However, the regular kits are full of products that are laden with chemicals and you might prefer to have a more natural alternative.…
I detest sleepless nights - those nights when you can’t help but toss and turn on your bed because sleep just evades you. I have had my fair share of difficulty sleeping for too many reasons. Sometimes, it’s because of…
This is a go-to recipe for keeping away cold and flu. The powerful antioxidant action of elderberry (Sambucus sp.), paired with the cold-fighting attributes of echinacea, and the anti-bacterial aspects of goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis) make a potent immune-stimulating syrup. In…