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This time of year, we often consume too much calorie and fat-laden foods. Stress levels may be elevated. Alcohol consumption often increases. Digestive upsets are common. Bloating, gassiness, nausea, heartburn and a feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen and ...

During this time of year, many of us who have pledged to lose weight are finding that shedding pounds is more challenging than we expected. We perhaps start listening for and thinking about using herbs and other supplements, which may ...

Headaches are among the most common afflictions. Fortunately, home remedies can significantly reduce their frequency and intensity, and even eliminate them. The first step to finding effective headache treatments is to determine what is causing your headaches. Headaches may be ...

Have you resolved to quit smoking? If you have, consider using herbal remedies to help you cut down or quit. Herbs can simultaneously make quitting easier and improve your health.  Herbal cigarettes may be used to help you transition from ...

There is nothing like a warm tea to soothe a tired soul. It warms from the inside out and relaxes us when we feel stressed. But tea is more than a warm drink. It is also an old remedy to ...

Sleeplessness is a very real problem, affecting more than 20 percent of adult Americans. Insomnia may result from anything from physical illnesses to emotional issues, imbalances of hormones to a disruption in the circadian rhythm that controls our sleep-wake cycles. ...

There’s nothing like fresh herbs to perk up a dish. But even when we know that a bit of this and that will make all the difference between a good dish and a great one, we often go without them ...

If you had an outdoor herb garden this summer and some of your herb plants are still alive, bring them in and enjoy fresh herbs all winter long. You also may choose to start a new garden with seeds or ...

Plenty of inexpensive products are on the market labeled as potpourri, but most of them contain poor quality ingredients such as wood, shavings, artificial dyes and cheap fragrances. In general, if you can’t pronounce the name of an ingredient, it ...

Just because the weather has turned colder doesn’t mean that you have to give up on freshly picked homegrown produce. There are plenty of delicious herbs and vegetables that – with a little bit of planning — can be grown ...