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Echinacea – A Therapeutic Dose

Echinacea – A Therapeutic Dose

Historically, Echinacea angustifolia is a herb traditionally used by native American tribes and adopted by the eclectic practitioner of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Cow’s Milk- to drink or not?

Cow’s Milk- to drink or not?

This is an article on an Ayurvedic perspective on the pros and cons of consuming dairy products. There are so many angles to consider , as the ancient Ayurvedic texts see milk as a very healthy food, which explains why the saying ‘milk is good for you’, but there are cautions to be made.

Adhesions

Adhesions

Your naturopathic help. Question: I have, for years been bothered by adhesions in my lower abdominal areas. These have formed since having a hysterectomy in my late thirties.

Choosing Edible Flowers

Choosing Edible Flowers

Once you learn how versatile certain flowers can be, your culinary skills will surpass your wildest dreams; a scattering of dandelion leaves will brighten up a plan green salad; a few gladioli petals will add colour and a certain taste of its own to a favourite dip.

Parasite Cleanse

Parasite Cleanse

The Oxford dictionary defines parasites as an animal or plant which lives inside or upon living ‘hosts’. They come in many forms of worms such as pinworms or threadworms, to tiny unseen microscopic parasites.

Beneficial Weeds

Beneficial Weeds

The garden gate is thrown wide open to welcome the new season with enthusiasm.

Good Eating Habits during Early Childhood

Good Eating Habits during Early Childhood

What you choose to feed your child during the first few years of life will directly influence their growth and development, intelligence, energy, moods and resistance to disease.

Beauty from the Pantry

Beauty from the Pantry

Beauty Salons offer a bewildering variety of treatments. To make this confusion greater, almost every day another skin care product is launched. A good number of these cosmetics flooding the market are synthetic-based and can do us more harm in the long run.

Acupuncture and my Family

Acupuncture and my Family

Two and a half years ago, when my son was seven months old, I was introduced to acupuncture, which was the best thing that could have happened to our, then, struggling family. Until that day, I had always relied on our doctor and drugs for any condition or ailment that came our way.