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Skin Whitening Face and Body Scrub
Skin Whitening Face and Body Scrub It’s easy to splurge on fancy exfoliating face and body scrubs but it’s just as easy to make your own. The nice thing about making your own is it works just as well,...
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Diffuser Blends for Christmas
Diffuser Blends for Christmas Diffusing essential oils is a really fun way to bring the natural aromas of your favorite holiday treats, outdoorsy scenes, and cozy winter cheer into your home for the...
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The Best Herbs for Male Infertility
The Best Herbs for Male Infertility Infertility is not only on the rise for women, but for men as well. About 10 percent of couples are clinically barren, 40% of which is due to males with...
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Power Ball Chocolate Herb Truffles
Power Ball Chocolate Herb Truffles Winter is a time for slowing down, digging deep, and taking time to reflect. It’s also a time for renewed fortitude and nourishment. At the turn of the winter...
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Norovirus Electrolyte Drink Recipe
Norovirus Electrolyte Drink Recipe The norovirus (aka the winter vomiting bug) is making its annual appearance. Here and there I’ve been hearing about it spreading around and thought it was the...
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The Balm of Gilead
The coming of spring is always an exciting time of year for the herbal enthusiast. Here in Southern California most herbs that tend to bed down for the winter are still flourishing, if not a bit...
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Skin Detox Tea Recipe
It’s no secret that our skin reflects our health. Diet, lifestyle, and the things we put on it mirror our internal well-being. Eating healthy, moving our bodies daily, and using clean nourishing...
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The Health Benefits of Turmeric- Plus 10 Amazing Recipes!
The health benefits of turmeric have been known for thousands of years. So well-loved is this spice, that it’s the most widely researched and most commonly used Ayurvedic spice in the world, and for...
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The Best Herbal Remedies for Bruises
I’m one of those people who bruises just by looking at pointy objects. To top it all off, I’m not the most graceful either, which means I often have at least one bruise on my person at all times. I...
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Herbs for Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common complaints I know of working in natural medicine. In fact, I’ve heard that an estimated 31 million Americans alone suffer from chronic back pain, myself included....
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The Benefits and Properties of Lavender
The Properties of Lavender Botanical Name: Lavendula angustifolia, L. officinalis Family: Labiatae (mint family) Common Name: Garden Lavender Etymology: The genus and common name Lavendula/ lavender...
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Winter Preparations- Fire Cider
The winter months are creeping closer as our last days of summer approach. Our gardens are bursting with the abundance of fresh herbs and vegetables and in the back of our minds the thoughts of colder...
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How to Make an Herbal Hydrosol
Herbal Hydrosols are Kind of Amesome There is an amazing cohesion that takes place between volatile oil and water when making an herbal hydrosol. It reminds me a lot of the forbidden romance of Romeo...
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How to Make Slippery Elm Lozenges
Homemade Slippery Elm Lozenges Slippery elm lozenges are really simple to make, easy for children to help with, and are extremely effective. They can be made with just 3 ingredients; typically...
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How to Make Your Own Herbal Deodorant
Homemade Herbal Deodorant Spray This is one of my favorite DIY deodorants that boasts a lovely citrusy-woodsy-green aroma that fights odor causing bacteria, tones and tightens the sweat glands, and...
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Cold Bustin’ Elderberry Tea
Years ago, when I used to live in the mountains of San Diego, I liked to gaze out my window and watch a momma blue jay sit on her eggs. No matter what the weather was like, she would sit on them and...
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Simple Throat Coat Tea
Sore throats are one of the worst and most uncomfortable symptoms of catching a cold. It always seems to creep up on you. Things start feeling scratchy, and then WAM! Pretty soon it’s too painful to...
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My Top 5 Preventative Cold and Flu Remedies
Lately I’ve been too restless to get anything useful done. In my mind there is this long list of things to do. Newsletters, blog posts, blog maintenance, herbal studies, work stuff… the impending...
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The Best Ginger Tea I Ever Did Make
It’s finally chilly here in Los Angeles! And can you believe that water…WATER….actually fell from the sky the other night?? We have been in a terrible drought and I have to say, I was wondering if...
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The Easiest Ginger Tea Recipe
I’ve been on a ginger tea kick lately. I’ve literally been drinking it multiple times everyday for the past week. I have to be honest though, sometimes I just don’t feel like peeling and chopping...
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