Hawthorn the herb is usually found in parts of Europe, North America and Asia
It grows up to fifteen metres in height and produces small cluster of white flowers and red berries.
Both the flowers and the berries can be used a healing treatment. This herb is known to be of help to a person who has a [...]
Hawthorn the Herbal Remedy
Water, Fibre and Nutrition
A person’s body is built to dispose of unwanted waste. Constipation can cause problems and herbal supplements are available to help the body in its quest as a waste disposable unit.
If you mention fibre to most people they think of bran and do not realize that fibre is an ingredient in many foods.
A person’s body [...]
A Positive Way of Thinking for the New You
If you think you bring a negative perspective to your life. You are not helping yourself and you are likely to be using a great deal of mental energy worrying about the negative outcome of your day every day.
There is a need to change the negativity to positivity by using the outcome which has some thing to [...]
Native American Herbal Medicine has Spiritual Power
In America the Native Indians were the tribes that used herbal remedies every day for ailments and in their cooking. Today the focus is more on Chinese or Ayurvedic treatments.
In America the herbal plants grow wild and thousands of pounds are spent every year buying bottles of herbal essences from India or China.
In the Western [...]
Nutrition and Massage therapists are busy at Xmas time
It is at this time of the year therapists are busy looking after their client’s skin, giving advice on what to eat and what not to eat at their works Xmas parties.
Coming up to the festive season it is advisable to cut out some of the booze and sugary foods a couple of weeks before Xmas.
Body [...]
Home Remedies for Winter Hair
Winter is coming and people are fighting against all the different kinds of weather that takes its toll with the bad condition of hair follicles
If you have heard the old wives tales that washing your hair too much can cause greasiness then forget it.
Hair can pick up dirt during the day just as much as [...]
How to manage Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are normally associated with women more than men. It is a common problem and years ago it was considered unsightly and sufferers would cover their legs up with thick black stockings.
The main cause of this condition is due to blood flowing to a persons heart through their veins and then back again through [...]
Arthritis the Chronic disease
Arthritis is a chronic disease that can affect anyone. The cause as far as western medicine is concerned is unknown. However the Chinese practitioners believe it is a form of stagnation in the blood that they call Qi (vital energy).
The disease can vary for each person and how much it can hurt each individual. Joints [...]
Chinese Herbal Therapy
Traditional medicine is usually known simply as TCM and has existed over four thousand years. It is a comprehensive medical system with its own principles, diagnostic methods and therapies.
Traditional Chinese practitioners view a person’s body as an organic network of meridians which connect and co-ordinate with person’s internal organs, muscles, bones, tendons and skin.
Chinese herbs [...]
Comforting the Soul
In Hawaii at John A Burns’s school of medicine it has been confirmed by Dr. Marjorie Mau that the common cold is the one ailment that eludes doctors in finding a cure.
Thousands of years ago when there was no central heating and modern doctors had barely started prescribing tablets, families were using old fashioned herbal [...]