Cabbages are exceptional vegetables for the number of vitamins and nutrients they hold. Introducing cabbage to your diet as a regular staple is a great idea. Health Benefits You Can Get From Eating Cabbage: Can lower levels of inflammation. It’s…
Pine resin salve is an incredible addition to your homemade pharmacy and a first-aid kit. It only makes sense that a substance produced by these long-lived, evergreen forest giants has the ability to help us heal. Pine resin or sap…
Suffering from sore throat and cough may be a common occurrence, but that doesn’t mean that those are welcome symptoms. It makes talking, eating, and drinking uncomfortable that you wish for it to be gone as fast as it appeared.…
Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a woody perennial plant and a member of the dandelion family. This plant has many popular names including blue dandelion, blue daisy, coffee-weed, blueweed, wild endive, bunk, horseweed, and bachelor’s buttons. Varieties of Chicory used…
If you are one of the more than 25 million Americans who suffer from asthma, you know exactly how scary an asthma attack can be. When you are coughing, wheezing, and struggling just to breathe every second count. Most asthmatics…
Traditionally used for treating bruising and muscle pain, Arnica has more recently been used in many cosmetics as well. It is a member of the sunflower family and is incredibly hardy. Arnica has a number of different types of antioxidants,…
Peppermint (Mentha x piperita or Mentha balsmea Wild) is a member of the large Mint family. However, this popular and well-known plant is in fact a hybrid, not a species. Peppermint was cultivated in 1750 as an experimental hybrid. It…
The gallbladder is an important part of your body. It is located just under your liver and its primary function is to store the bile produced by the liver. This bile helps in digesting fats and oils taken from the…
Have you ever lost your appetite just because your tooth is aching? Or probably you cannot sleep at night since a tooth or two is bugging you. All of us have experienced toothaches at least a few times in our…
