Tag: Herbs & Plants
Homeopathy – What Is It?
Homeopathy (also spelled homoeopathy or homœopathy) is a form of alternative medicine, first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, that attempts to...
Herbal Medicine – What Is It?
Herbal Medicine or herbalism is a traditional medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also...
Bach Flower Remedies – What Are They?
Bach flower remedies are dilutions of flower material developed by Edward Bach, an English physician and homeopath, in the 1930s. The remedies are intended primarily...
Know And Love Your Herbs – Mighty Sage
Sage is said to be commonly used as a culinary herb but there certainly is nothing ‘common’ about its medicinal powers! To start with,...
Know & Love Your Herbs – Coriander
Coriander is an aromatic herb that has been used as a flavouring agent and medicinal plant since ancient times in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and...
Colds & Flu – You Know WHAT To Take But Do You Know HOW?
As a naturopath people tell me all the time about what vitamins, herbs or supplements they are taking. I find people nowadays are very...
Ayurveda/Herbal Energetics
Ayurveda means “The Science of Life” and therefore the science of herbal energetics. This is an ancient system used to determine the qualities and...
All Blocked Up With A Cold?
Everybody at some time or another succumbs to the common cold. If we are generally healthy we can resume our lives after a week...
Cannabinoid Research: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by defects in insulin secretion resulting in hyperglycemia (an abnormally high concentration of glucose in...
BBC NEWS: Cannabis Compound Halts Cancer
"A compound found in cannabis may stop breast cancer spreading throughout the body, US scientists believe." The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute team...