Category: herbal medicine

Top 5 Foods That Detox Heavy Metals and Toxins – With Protocol

In today’s toxic world, we absorb, inhale, and ingest chemicals and heavy metals on a daily basis. Bad bacteria and Candida ooze toxins as a part of their metabolism and as they die off. Bi-annual detoxes help to cleanse your body and remove these highly toxic substances, but what about the other 363 days out…


9 Reasons to Drink Aloe Vera Juice Every Day

I’m going to let you in on a few secrets. One, there are many reasons you may want to drink aloe vera juice every day. Although not every one of them may interest you, chances are many of them will and that someone close to you may benefit from them as well. Two, aloe vera…


What You Need to Know to Crush the Cold & Flu

Did you know that the science itself on the flu vaccine shows it does virtually nothing to protect you? Here’s why you should look to the evidence and not the media for guidance this cold and flu season… Though the media and the government keep telling you to get the flu shot, the highly respected Cochrane…


Are You Familiar With These 20 Herbs That Can Be Used As Medicine?

We are more familiar with herbs when they are included in our culinary experience in restaurants we frequent or even at home. But years ago, these herbs were recognized by our ancestors as a solution for different ailments. Thyme – This herb is recommended for respiratory diseases. Its most notable chemical compound, thymol, is recognized for…


Your Medicine is in Your Pantry

Food has been the medicine of humanity since the dawn of time. Many herbs that we associate only with seasoning our food are, in fact, potent herbal medicines. The distinction between herbal food and herbal medicine is actually quite subjective. There is a wide area of overlap with the two categories. If you think of all the…


Milk Thistle for Liver Health

Milk thistle, with its distinctive purple flowers and long, thorny leaves, has long been touted for its liver health benefits and detoxing prowess. Milk thistle and its healing properties were first described by the Greek physician Dioscorides in 40 A.D. Dioscorides was a physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and the author of De Materia Medica, a five-volume…


Intro to Ayurvedic Herbs – Learn Which Ones Works Best for You

Ayurveda, the ancient science of healing, is based on three doshas. Doshas are forces of nature that make up your unique mental and physical constitution. Each of the doshas is present in every individual. One or a combination of two doshas is predominant in each, depending on their personality, lifestyle, and other influencing factors. The…


Healing Scents

Herbal Medicine Herbs and essential oils have been playing an important role as health aids for millennia. According to archeological evidence, the first use of medicinal herbs dates back to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. We can also find many records showing that the ancient Greeks already had an immense knowledge of herbal…


One of the Best Herbal Medicines Against COVID

Several traditional antimalarial remedies have been shown to effectively tackle COVID-19. In addition to the drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, there’s also sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua, not to be confused with Artemisia vulgaris, a related but moderately poisonous plant). Sweet wormwood is a traditional plant-based medicine with antiparasitic, antiviral and anticancer properties. In April 2020, China…


9 Amazing Health Benefits of Tulsi

herbFor approximately three millennia, people living in India have revered tulsi (Ocimum sanctum; also known as holy basil) as a therapeutic herb for a wide range of uses, especially in Ayurvedic medicine and tradition. Much more recently, researchers have provided scientific evidence to support the health claims, and this knowledge has served to widen the…