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Articles Written By Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG

What You Must Do When Starting Your Herb Garden

What You Must Do When Starting Your Herb Garden

Herb gardens have been used since the beginning of humankind. Cultivation of herbs has occurred for millennia. Herbs are grown for flavoring, preserving, and medicinal uses. They are used as dyes and for ritual and worship. Herb gardens are grown ...

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Wildcrafting And Foraging Means Fabulous Food And Family Fun

Wildcrafting And Foraging Means Fabulous Food And Family Fun

Wildcrafting is the term that people refer to for collecting wild plants. Wild plants often have strong healing properties and exceptional flavor. I have never tasted a store bought strawberry that compared in flavor to the tiny alpine ones that ...

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Surprising Foods You SHOULDN’T Eat When You Have A Cold

Surprising Foods You SHOULDN’T Eat When You Have A Cold

It can be tough to stay healthy during the cold months of winter – especially if you’re doing everything wrong. For starters, avoid certain foods when you are stick with the cold or influenza. Milk, ice cream and puddings are ...

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Fall Foraging For Powerful Healing Roots

Fall Foraging For Powerful Healing Roots

Fall and spring are the best times to harvest roots and bark. In summer, plant energy is spent producing leaves, flowers and fruit. In the fall of the year, the energies concentrate on survival and protecting the plant through future ...

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How To Relieve Itching Naturally

How To Relieve Itching Naturally

Itchiness is a miserable symptom. Summer is the time for skin irritants such as insect bites, poison ivy, and poison oak. However, children may get chicken pox at any time of the year. Fortunately there are some easy home remedies ...

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Relieve Pain Naturally With An Amazing Herbal Capsule First Aid Kit

Relieve Pain Naturally With An Amazing Herbal Capsule First Aid Kit

Headache, Muscle, And Cramp Capsules Did you know that people first made aspirin from common plants? Willow bark and meadowsweet both contain the active ingredient used to make aspirin and both can help to relieve pain naturally. Like many other ...

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Off-Grid Home Remedies For Dry Eyes

Off-Grid Home Remedies For Dry Eyes

Dry eyes can make you feel miserable. Fortunately, natural home remedies exist that can ease the itch and relieve the burning. In order to select the best treatment for your eyes, start by determining the cause.   Causes of Dry ...

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Make Yourself 3 Times More Likely To Survive A Heart Attack

Make Yourself 3 Times More Likely To Survive A Heart Attack

The odds of surviving a heart attack have increased significantly over the past several decade, due to several factors. Some measures include medications and high tech interventions, while others involve lifestyle changes which you can implement at home. Let’s begin ...

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11 All-Natural Fall Allergy Remedies

11 All-Natural Fall Allergy Remedies

Spring isn’t the only season that can bring dreaded allergies. For many people, fall, with its ragweed pollen and mold spores, accompanies fits of sneezing, coughing, runny noses, and watery eyes. To combat fall allergies, you can try herbal remedies. ...

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Get Rid of Acid Reflux Naturally

Get Rid of Acid Reflux Naturally

Do you experience a burning pain in your chest accompanied by a feeling of fullness or pressure? Do you get gassy or nauseated especially after eating or lying flat? You may have acid reflux disease. Unfortunately, it is a very ...

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