Herb Profile: Cinnamon
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Laurel family
Cinnamon is one of the most popular spices used in cooking and is especially abundant during the holidays in baking, teas, and potpourri mixes. It is also helpful as a natural remedy in many ways.
Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of a tree found in tropical regions. There are many varieties seen [...]
Herb Profile: Sage
Salvia officinalis
Member of the Mint family
Sage is a very important herb used in cooking for the holidays, but it is also important for medicinal reasons. The leaves, which can have a greenish-gray pebbly look, are the most commonly used part, being used in poultices, teas, and gargles. The plant is an evergreen and is very [...]
Herb Profile: Cloves
Syzygium aromaticum
Member of the Myrtaceae family
Whole Dried Cloves
Cloves are the dried flower buds of the evergreen Syzgium aromaticum. A very popular spice for baking, cloves also have some medicinal properties.
The most well-known use for cloves is for relief of toothaches. The whole cloves can be chewed or clove oil can be applied directly to the [...]
Natural Relief and Prevention for Allergies
While it’s hard to believe that spring is right around the corner for those of us still thawing out from this winter’s bad snow storms, allergy season is almost upon us and preparing early may mean a world of difference when it comes to how bad your symptoms will be.
Natural Relief for Headaches
Headaches are one of the most common ailments people seek treatment for and come in different forms such as tension, sinus, and migraine headaches.
Make Healthy New Year Resolutions You Can Keep
New Year’s Day is a time for new beginnings for a lot of people and beginning a diet is probably the #1 resolution you hear being made. But within a couple of weeks or a month or so, this resolution is usually broken. Instead of committing yourself to a “diet” or other major lifestyle change [...]
Using Herbs to Beat Winter Blues
As the temperatures drop and the days get shorter, moods also fall as winter depression sets in. SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, is mostly experienced when autumn changes to winter, but can show up at other times of the year as well. The person affected becomes depressed, can have weight gain due to cravings for [...]
Herbs for Heart Health
With high blood pressure, heart attacks, angina, and other heart-related ailments topping the list of medical problems plaguing patients at doctor offices these days, finding ways to keep our cardiovascular systems healthy is an important part of getting older. There are quite a few herbs which are useful at preventing problems and strengthening our heart, [...]
