Get your natural remedies together, cold season is on it’s way!
Your arsenal of natural remedies for should include these great essential oils (not to mention the bathsalts!) More→
The Herbal Apothecary – Lomatium
A while back I wrote a post about H1N1 and made mention of an herb called lomatium. Lomatium is regarded as the most powerful anti viral agent in the entire American Materia Medica. More→
Cancer Prevention
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please don’t stick your head in the sand – be your own health advocate. More→
Keep Plugging Away!
Do what you love and follow your bliss. It worked for Joseph Campbell but can it work for us? More→
Lavender Lemonade, Peppermint Iced Tea
While you are enjoying your fun in the sun keep hydrated with these healthy and refreshing drinks! More→
Essential Oils to Empower Your Affirmations
“I love and accept unconditionally, who I was yesterday, who I am today and who I am becoming tomorrow.” More→
The Relaxation Response
The stressful consequences of living in modern Western society makes it necessary to look at and experience new ways of strengthening our bodies against hypertension and other diseases. More→
What’s Lurking in Your Bug Spray?
DEET sprays can melt plastic bags and fishing lines. Doesn’t that make you wonder what it can do to you?
Here are are two effective repellent recipes using essential oils.
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Herbal Apothecary- Skullcap
Ever have a day when every noise is too loud, every light is too bright, every chore too demanding, and everybody gets too close? Skullcap puts the world at a safe distance when things get overwhelming. More→
Peppermint Oil for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Research from two recent studies show an impressive 75% of patients were helped with peppermint oil. It is so effective that it might be the “drug of first choice” for certain IBS suffers.
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H1N1 Virus, Clearing up the Picture
Hey everybody, we all know, it’s all over the network and cable news, across the tabloids, on the radio, and of course on the internet. Swine Flu/H1N1/the world is coming to an end/the sky is falling/Rome is burning. More→
Essential Oils for Allergies and Hay Fever
The wonderful colors of spring invite us to enjoy the change in seasons but- they are also warnings of the pollen ready to bring itchy eyes and runny noses. Here I explain how to use essential oils instead of over the counter antihistamines. More→
Green Cleaning part 2
I have recently learned that my mother‘s cleaning staple of bleach is not the healthiest product to use, especially for serious mold problems. More→
Cleaning Green
The chemicals in most household cleaners may be worse than the germs. Here are some tips for cleaning greener, without all those toxins! More→
The Herbal Apothecary – Chapter Two
No kitchen should be without a box of hawthorn berry tea, so do your digestion a favor and go on out and get some today. More→
Are You a Walking Toxic Dump?
Because we are at the top of the food chain, we are subjected to concentrated doses of potentially harmful chemicals …. More→
The Herbal Apothecary
Today we start a new series focusing on some of the most important and beneficial medicinal herbs. More→
Is Your Shampoo Making You Fat?
Over the past decade, the U.S. has been urgently investigating the effects of low levels of synthetic personal care product chemicals found in our water which have been linked to personal care products causing life-threatening and costly metabolic and neurological disorders… More→
Oregano- Not Just a Spice
It may sound “old fashioned” or just like “old wives tales”, but there is scientific evidence to support the truth about the healing properties of herbs… More→
