Learn About The Sarsaparilla Plant

Sarsaparilla is a tropical American perennial plant. Its long slender root and short, thick rhizomes produce a vine that trails on the ground and climbs by means of tendrils growing in pairs of the alternate, evergreen leaves. The root of the plant is used for medicinal purposes.

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Goldenseal: One Very Powerful Herb

Goldenseal is a very powerful herb. Many contemporary herbalists call it one of the most useful herbs while several scientific authorities believe that the herb may cause death from respiratory paralysis or cardiac arrest. On balance, there is no cause for alarm. Goldenseal may be beneficial when used carefully, though keep in mind that harmful [...]

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Never Rule Out Chocolate From A Healthy Diet

Chocolate is harvested from the pods and beans of the cocoa tree, an evergreen that originated in the river valleys of South America. Native Central and South Americans valued cocoa so highly that they used cocoa beans as currency. Today about 3/4 of the world’s chocolate is grown in West Africa and most of the [...]

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The Hawthorn Plant

Hawthorn was a well known plant in the ancient world. The Greeks and Romans linked it to hope, marriage, and fertility. Greek bridesmaids wore fragrant hawthorn blossoms, and brides carried a bough. The Romans placed hawthorn leaves in babies’ cradles to ward off evil spirits. Christianity changed hawthorn’s image dramatically. Christ’s crown of thorns was [...]

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Sage: 6 Health Benefits Of This Universal Herb

The generic name for sage, Salvia, comes from the Latin word meaning “to heal.” The ancient Greeks and Romans first used sage as a meat preservative. They also believed it could enhance memory, like another powerful preservative, rosemary. The Roman naturalist Pliny prescribed it for snakebite, epilepsy, intestinal worms, chest ailments, and menstruation promotion.

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11 Ways To Protect Yourself From Plant Poisoning

Some plants which are harmful when eaten or touched may be beautiful and useful in the landscape, or some plants when eaten may offer gustatory delights, while parts of the same plant may be highly poisonous. Or again, what is good at one season of the year may be poisonous at another. Examples of these [...]

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Food Triggers for Migraine Headaches

According to an ever-increasing number of studies, food and food additives are the most common trigger for migraine headaches.  Some studies put food as the culprit behind kicking off the physiological reaction that causes migraine headaches in as much as seventy percent of cases.  Other, however, lay the blame for good at a much lower [...]

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Most Common Migraine Questions Answered

What are the symptoms of a migraine? The pain is felt on just one of the head and is often severe or extreme. Aura (visual disturbances such as flashing lights, zigzagging lines, numbness, paralysis) experienced twenty to sixty minutes before onset of head pain. Nausea and/or vomiting. Sensitivity to light and noise.  Inability to continue [...]

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Kids and Migraines

While migraines are most common in adults, particularly women, children are also prone to developing them.  Migraines are not caused by stress or tension, like tension headaches, but rather result from an intricate biochemical process involving the constriction and expanding of blood vessels in the brain.  It is estimated that as much as 5% of [...]

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All About Auras

Migraines come with and without auras. Neither can be said to be less painful than the other, though the aura-less may be less stressful and frightening. Although migraines are often associated with auras, in fact only about 20% of migraine sufferers actually experience any of the symptoms of aura. The aura stage is part of [...]

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