Get articles, daily on the email! Herbs can assist in repelling insects and other household pests. Houseflies don’t like basil. Mint repels mice. Fleas, ants and mosquitoes avoid pennyroyal. Plant tansy around the foundation of your house to keep the ants away. Crushed or powdered herbs can be sown into cheesecloth bags or sachets to be stored among clothes to guard [...]
Q: My friend has been taking oil of oregano for psoriasis and is convinced that it has worked for her. Do you know other reasons for using oil of oregano? She uses two drops daily under her tongue. A: Oil of oregano is an excellent germicide capable of killing a wide range of fungi and [...]
Wormwood is an old and good remedy for bilious and liver troubles, jaundice, and intermittent fevers. Excellent appetizer. Will expel worms. It is good in chronic diarrhea and leucorrhea. Good for poor digestion. The oil of wormwood is an excellent ingredient for liniments, for use in sprains, bruises, lumbago, etc. Medicinal properties: Aromatic, tonic, antiseptic, [...]
Viralinfecctions are best treated with antiviral herbs that work on different principles to hit the virus from different directions. For instance a mixture of myrrh, green tea, pau d’ arco, olive leaf, algae, amla, and poke root. The myrrh is a hyaluronidase inhibitor so it prevents viruses from spreading. It is also directly antiviral and [...]
Q: Does anyone hnows of an herb used for treatment of fever blister or cold sores? A1: Olive leaf is an excellent cure for cold sores. I have found that taking one capsule 3-4 times a day will heal a cold sore quickly if it has already come up. I currently take one capsule a [...]
Q: I just bought vitamine C and it came with Rose Hips so i want to know what this is and how it will effect my body. A: Virtually all the vitamin C on the market is synthesized from sugar. Natural extraction is too costly. Anyway, rose hips are added to the vitamin C as a [...]
Q: If I use the herbs such as wild yam and fenugreek will it stop my breasts from growing naturally? I’m 16 years old and get very bad cramps and want to use fenugreek for it but will it stop me from devloping naturally? A1: Fenugreek is used in breast enlargement formulas, as is wild yam. Fenugreek [...]