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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Trust your gut with Lemon Verbena
Lemon Verbena a medicinal and culinary favoured and used herb. The strong scent and flavour of lemon makes it a winner. Medicinally it is a gem of a plant and the main body system it works on, is the digestive system. It is a shrub well worth having in your home herb garden. -
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.
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Lemongrass, a fresh, sweet, grassy and citrus-like essential oil
Lemongrass has a history of medicinal use among several cultures worldwide for a variety of conditions. It is also known as "Fever Grass" due to its ability to bring down fevers -
Rosemary, The Dew From The Sea
Rosemary native to the sea cliffs of the Mediterranean, has powerful antiseptic, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidant properties and so is used extensively in cosmetics, aromatherapy and for medical benefits.
