Health
Plants are a true boon to humanity. Today, over 80% of all synthetic medicines are derived from plants or seek to imitate their active ingredients.
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Newborn umbilical hernia, use plants to help treat it
A conventional ailment that is often without any dire consequences, an umbilical hernia in a newborn child is like a small marble that appears around the belly button a few days after birth.
Coffee health benefits and therapeutic value
Coffee is a drink prepared from the seeds of the coffee tree (Coffea arabica), a shrub with evergreen leaves growing in tropical areas. It is one of the beverages that is most drunk in the world, and it is credited with many health benefits.
Hawthorn health benefits and therapeutic value
Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) is a small thorny tree belonging to the Rosaceae family.?
Alliums and Cancer, powerful and potent
They’re crisp and tasty and some may even bring you to tears when cooking… All for good reason!
Shallot health benefits and therapeutic value
Shallot is a spice plant that offers many health benefits and significant therapeutic value.
Strawberry health benefits and therapeutic value
Small and tasty, nutritious strawberry only weighs a couple grams, not much more than when it was first discovered in forest underbrush many years ago.
Marjoram health benefits and therapeutic value
Marjoram boasts many useful health benefits. With scientific name Origanum majorana (garden oregano), it is a perennial herb that grows in dense 2?foot (60?cm) bunches.
Fig health benefits and therapeutic value
The fig is the fruit of the fig tree (Ficus carica), a species of Ficus native to Syria, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean area, and it offers many benefits for health.
Sage health benefits and therapeutic value
Medicinal sage (Salvia officinalis) is a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean area that propounds a number of health benefits for the body.
Common vervain health benefits and therapeutic value
Medicinal verbena or Verbena officinalis is an odorless herbaceous perennial plant found along pathways in Europe and Asia
Lemon balm health benefits and therapeutic value
Lemon balm, or Melissa officinalis, is a perennial plant that smells like lime and offers many health benefits and a significant therapeutic value.
Rhubarb health benefits and therapeutic value
Native to Asia, rhubarb or Rheum rhaponticum is a perennial plant that boasts many health benefits and has a high therapeutic value.
Weeds that are full of benefits
Seems their reputation could use an upgrade! “Weeds” are most often plants that have a great many appealing benefits you can actually savor around the dinner table!
Aloe vera health benefits and therapeutic value
Beneficial plant of uncertain origins, aloe vera is know since the times of ancient Mesopotamia (1750 years before our time) and the Egypt of Pharaohs.
Hazelnut health benefits and therapeutic value
The hazelnut is the fruit that the hazel tree bears (Corylus avellana). It is a bushy shrub that belongs to the Betulaceae family,
Aniseed health benefits and therapeutic value
Green anise (Pimpinelle anisum) is an annual, sometimes biennial, herb plant that is very fragrant and ornamental.
Red currant health benefits and therapeutic value
Red currant is a delicate fruit that also has many benefits that are great for health.
Red beet health benefits and therapeutic value
Beet is a subspecies of the Amaranthaceae plant family. It is grown for its fleshy roots and is used much like vegetables are.
Natural remedies to avoid pesky sickness in winter
How can one avoid falling sick to the flu, throat infections and gastroenteritis, and other mood-sapping infections? Without needing to wait for a consultation at the doctor’s,
Nectarine health benefits and therapeutic value
Nectarine is a fruit with many benefits that are great for health.
Lower fever naturally with plants
Fever, this common and frequent ailment that everyone has experienced, is a symptom revealed through abnormally high body temperature in the absence of any intense physical effort. Plants can help treat it.
Physalis, winter groundcherry, a plant with many therapeutic properties
A plant full of health benefits native to Peru, Bolivia and Columbia, Physalis grows near houses and buildings
Moldy food, fruits & vegetables – safe to eat?
Our busy daily life sometimes hinders us from properly managing our fruit & vegetable supplies. At times, we’re late in eating or cooking
Dandelion health benefits and therapeutic value
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a perennial plant with no stem. This very common prairie and pasture flower is full of health benefits.
Barbary fig health benefits and therapeutic value
The Barbary fig tree or Opuntia ficus-indica is a cactus that grows 6???to?16?feet (2?to?5 meters) tall. Sweet fruit on the flat, paddle-shaped segments covered with bunches of needles are actually chock full of health benefits.
Lychee health benefits and therapeutic value
Lychee or Litchi chinensis is a fruit with many benefits that are good for health.
Grape health benefits and therapeutic value
Grape is the fruit of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera). This is a shooty woody plant belonging to the Vitaceae family native to temperate Western Asia.
Celery health benefits and therapeutic value
Celery?(Apium graveolens) is a hollow-stemmed condiment full of health benefits. It belongs to the Apiaceae family (parsley family),?native to Europe and Asia. Its cultivation
Caraway health benefits and therapeutic properties
A herbaceous biennial plant, caraway is a plant related to dill, aniseed and even fennel. It has many useful health benefits.
Bacopa health benefits and therapeutic value
Native to South-East Asia and also India, bacopa is a perennial plant used for its historical health benefits. It grows on moist soil in tropical areas,
Pine tree health benefits and therapeutic value
A mystical tree worshiped in many past civilizations, the Pine tree represents immortality in the Far East due to its long life span and its peculiar sap.
Acne, treating it naturally with plants
Acne is a classic skin condition due to hormonal disorders that is very common in teenagers. Treating it with plants helps reduce severity.
Cumin health benefits and therapeutic value
Cumin is a plant that offers many health benefits and significant therapeutic value.
Dog rose health benefits and therapeutic value
Often thought of as a wild plant, dog rose has many health benefits that help cure many ailments. Dog rose is a plant native to North Africa, the Middle East and Europe. It grows in forest clearings and along forest edges, in hedges along grazing prairies and on rather dry soil (especially chalky soil). This […]
Artichoke health benefits and therapeutic value
Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is a perennial vegetable plant native to the Mediterranean area. A wild thistle originally,
Peach health benefits and therapeutic value
The peach tree?(Prunus persica) is a tree native to the Far East. The Greeks introduced it in Europe, and it boasts many health benefits and a high therapeutic value.
Pomegranate health benefits and therapeutic value
The pomegranate is the fruit of the pomegranate tree (Punica granatum L.), a tree that is part of the Puniceae family.
Treating cough with plants
When cough is frequent, due to an infection or throat irritation, cough is the body’s pulmonary defense response
Banana health benefits and therapeutic value
Banana (Musa spienta) belongs to the Musaceae family. Native to Southeast Asia, banana is available all year round.?
Spinach health benefits and therapeutic value?
Native to Asia, spinach, or Spinacia oleracea, is a plant that grows quickly and offers delicious leaves that are excellent for health.
Quince health benefits and therapeutic value
Quince, or Cydonia vulgaris is harvested from the quince tree and is a fruit that has many health benefits for the body.
Plum health benefits and therapeutic value
The plum or Prunus domestica belongs to the Rosaceae family. This delicate fruit with smooth skin is to be savored during the summer season.
Apple health benefits and therapeutic value
Once upon a time the symbol of the forbidden fruit, apples today are recommended for their many health benefits.
Sweet almond health benefits and therapeutic value
Almond or Prunus amygdalus is the fruit of the almond tree. This oval-shaped oleaginous fruit belongs to the Rosaceae family.
5 traditional remedies to beat winter blues
Winter often triggers bouts of cold and everyone seems to catch the sniffles.
Mahonia health benefits, for stomach and skin problems
Traditional use describes several different ways this plant can help treat simple ailments.
Safe moldy food
Although mold on food is usually something to be wary of, there are many cases where it’s perfectly safe to eat
Black currant health benefits and therapeutic value
Black currant, with scientific name Ribes nigrum, is a bushy fruit shrub 3 to 5?feet (1 to 1.5?meters) tall. Its fruit gifts us with many health benefits and therapeutic value.
Treat bloating and aerophagia naturally with plants
Breathing is a vital process for all living beings, and for humans in particular.
Treat swollen and inflamed eyelids naturally
Having swollen, reddish and itchy eyelids has never been bearable for anyone. When it happens, the medical term that’s applicable is blepharitis
Hemorrhoids, how to treat them naturally
A virtually permanent source of discomfort, hemorrhoids are a dilation of the veins in the anal area (rectum and anus) and? surrounding tissues.