Healing and Calming Rose Geranium
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7 Ways to use Carpet Geranium to improve your health
Native to South Africa, Carpert Geranium (Geranium incanum) has been used for centuries by various cultures to treat a wide range of ailments. It works with the urinary, respiratory, digestive, skin and reproductive systems -
Do Essential Oils Work, And If They Do, How?
Essential Oils are strong and concentrated. Inhaling the essential oil stimulates the part of the brain connected to the sense of smell and triggers an emotional response in the limbic system. It is capable of reducing stress and anxiety fairly quickly
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Is Pine Needle Tea good for THE flu ?
Pinus trees contain Shikimic acid in their needles and this prevents the reproduction of an influenza virus and similar variant viruses in the human cell and the virus eventually dies.
Various Pinus varieties have been used for a long time specifically by the Native American Indians for a variety of medicinal purposes but mostly for respiratory diseases.
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Are Eucalyptus Leaves Toxic?
Eucalyptus leaves are anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-viral. They have pain killing properties, are anti-microbial, reduces anxiety and can assist in helping to reduce blood pressure. It increases ceramide production in the skin, which increase moisture content to counteract dry skin.
So can Eucalyptus leaves be toxic? YES they can be. Do not take the essential oil internally or eat the fresh leaves. Rather prepare the leaves in ways mentioned above.
So if you can, go ahead and pick yourselves a bunch of Eucalyptus leaves, and have some fun with them.
