• February 7, 2023

The Uplifting Qualities of Lemongrass

Do you struggle with feeling sluggish in the morning or unfocused. This refreshing, lemony herb and essential oil can help clear your head and wake you up. It is a useful remedy for pain, infection, indigestion, and mental sluggishness. It has an uplifting quality that is soothing and calming and also has analgesic properties when applied topically.

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  • January 31, 2023

Lemon's Healing Powers

Cleanse your body and fight infection with the power of lemon. They an alkalizing effect and can help reduce heat, inflammation and fever. Lemon also acts as a tonic for the pancreas and liver. It can help settle an acid stomach and is helpful for acid conditions such as gout, rheumatism, and arthritis.

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  • January 24, 2023

Codonopsis (Dang Shen)

Codonopsis is a budget friendly alternative to ginseng. This traditional Chinese herb is helpful for the digestive, respiratory and immune systems and can help with poor appetite and wasting diseases. It can also be combined with other herbs to create an effective lung tonic and help to counteract the toxicity and side effects of toxic botanicals and medical drugs.

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  • January 17, 2023

Fir Trees and Evergreen Botany

Evergreens are a great source of wintertime survival and medicine. The common fur tree can be used as an antiseptic, decongestant and pain reliever.

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  • January 10, 2023

Eucalyptus

When I think about my experiences living in and traveling to various parts of California, one of the things I fondly remember is the smell of eucalyptus trees. Maybe it’s because I have had respiratory problems for much of my life, but I really love standing in a grove of eucalyptus trees and just smelling the fresh quality they bring to the air.Eucalyptus is a genus containing about 700 species of trees, most of which are native to Australia, and are now grown all over the world. Most people know…

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  • January 3, 2023

Astragalus the Winter Weather Immune Booster

This wintertime tonic can be used to fortify your lungs and immune system to help ward of illness and is a pleasant tasting remedy that can be used as a food.

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  • December 27, 2022

Red Raspberry Leaf

I don’t know about you, but I love raspberries. They are wonderfully tasty fruits native to both North America and Europe. They have been cultivated since the 16th century and in many places they can also be gathered in the wild. But, as much as I love to eat raspberries, what I want to talk about today are the leaves, which are a wonderful herbal medicine. Raspberry leaf is primarily used as a tonic for the female reproductive system. The English herbalist Henry Box said,” A tea made from red…

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  • December 20, 2022

Asian and American Ginseng

Highly prized as a health tonic in both North America and Asia, ginseng can help the body cope with stress and counter the effects of aging, aid reproductive hormones, boost immunity, and more.

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