Standing Still for Too Long? Try Burdock
Burdock is ranked among some of the most prescribed herbs used by Western herbalists. It has a broad range of applications, but it is most specifically indicated for sciatica and stimulation of the...
View ArticleWitch Hazel for Bruises, Bumps, and Varicose Veins
Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is one of the most useful of herbs to have in the household medicine cabinet. As a remedy for bruises, bumps, sprains, and as a dressing for abrasions, crushed...
View ArticlePortobello Mushroom Herb Spread for Entertaining
Set the mood for entertaining with this portobello mushroom spread made with fresh thyme, dried rosemary, walnuts, and cranberries. This recipe has its own crust. However, the herb spread alone makes a...
View ArticleAcupuncture and Chinese Herbs for Menopause
Most women enter menopause between the ages 45–55, and many experience uncomfortable symptoms such as excessive sweating, heart palpitations, numb skin, scabies, dizziness, headaches, and inability to...
View ArticleNatural Healing and Entrepreneurship
NEW YORK—When fitness buff and Brooklyn-based real estate broker Jude Berquin discovered that he had water in his knee, he was told that would have to be drained with a needle. “I was always working...
View ArticleArtemisia: 2014 Herb of the Year
One of the most celebrated deities in the ancient Greek pantheon was Artemis, the goddess who faithfully guarded the wilderness, childbirth, and women. Artemis never married, but the Fates made her a...
View ArticleHerb Used in Cough Medicine Drug Also Helps Pain, Possibly Fibromyalgia
In the early 1500s, Spanish explorers brought back a strange wood from the West Indies. It came from a tree the natives called guaiac (GWI-yack). This wood was very hard, and so heavy it sank in water....
View Article5 Herbs That Can Help Get Us Through Winter
By College of Naturopathic Medicine, Organic Lifestyle Magazine The cold winter months not only bring in coughs, colds, and flu, we find it harder to stay warm and our circulation tends to be less...
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