DIY Medicinal Mustard Plaster
One way of fighting an infection is to raise our body’s temperature, such as during a fever. One old remedy for drawing out a cough or chest infection was to use a mustard plaster to mimic the heat of fever…
White Pine
White pines (Pinus strobus) are native trees well known for their distinctive needle-like leaves. They can grow as high as 70 to 90 ft and are common in temperate and broadleaf forests of North and Northeast America. These coniferous trees…
What Happens If You Eat Chia Seeds Every Day?
Chia seeds are remarkably healthy for such a tiny item. It’s believed that chia seeds were first used as food in Mexico around 3500 BC. Aztecs and Mayans ate them for energy and the word “chia” meant “strength” in the…
How to Make Your Heal-All Remedy
Prunella vulgaris, commonly known as heal-all or self-heal, is traditionally used all over the world by various cultures as a medicinal plant. Early Germans used it internally for throat infections, fever, and diarrhea and externally for wounds. Korean traditional medicine…
Juice Recipes For Weight Loss
If you’re looking for some juice recipes to help with weight loss, there are some wonderful ingredients that can help. When trying to lose weight, it’s important to still include a balanced and nutritious diet. That means eating a wide…
7 Natural Remedies for Menopause
For many women, menopause occurs just as they’re getting ready to start a new phase in their lives. The average age for onset is 51, so they’re at a point where the children have left home and they have more…
Top 5 Anti-Inflammatory Diet Changes for Autoimmunity
If you don’t have an autoimmune disorder yourself, chances are that you know someone who does. At last count, millions of people across the world are suffering from an autoimmune condition and the numbers are going up, although researchers aren’t…
How to Make A Ginger Tincture
Ginger is one of those ingredients whose uses seem almost limitless. Ginger is used as food, as a flavoring for food and beverages, as culinary medicine, in aromatherapy, in herbal medicine, and as tea, among many others. This delicious, helpful…
Motherwort
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), commonly known as lion’s tail, belongs to the mint family. This plant normally grows 4 to 5 feet on areas where soils have been previously used for growing other plants or on those artificially placed-over soils. It…