As Americans become more calorie-conscious, the search for alternative sweetness intensifies. Recently, Skrewtips reported on the limbo status of the sweetener rebiana. Rebiana is derived from stevia, a plant with a naturally occurring sweetness — it’s the foundation of the Coca Cola Company’s new sweetener, Truvia. In somewhat unsurprising and profit-motivated news, the sweetener has [...]
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Resveratrol and Wine for Better Health
We’re just now past most of the major holidays, and I know many people probably have some questions – or some big monkeys on their backs! – having to do with indulging in large quantities holiday food and drink. Specifically, I know I’ve been talking with people about red wine, which is pretty much a [...]
Spilanthes: Herbal Toothache Remedy
Preventative measures are all well and good, but what do you do when you’re already plagued with a throbbing, uncomfortable toothache? If clove oil is not your bag, and you still want to go the herbal route, call on Acmella oleracea, better known by its other names, spilanthes and paracress, to calm that pain. Spilanthes [...]
Use Clove Oil to Cure your Toothache
It’s got a distinctively warm aroma and the sweet spiciness it adds to a variety of baked goods and holiday drinks is unmistakable; however, many other wonderful things come from the multitalented fruit bud of this evergreen – the clove. One of clove’s most useful attributes is the fact that it’s a germicide – this [...]
Herbs for Dental Health: Bergamot
Bergamot (citrus bergamia) is best known for lending its strong flavor to Earl Grey tea. But, within its herbal family is another species of bergamot called Monarda (also known as bee balm, oswego, and horse mint) which has strong antiseptic properties within the stalks, leaves, and flowers. These are the plants to grow if you [...]
Forget the Pills: 5 Ways to Kill Your Pain Naturally
How do we address the issue of natural pain relief ? We live in an increasingly hectic world, and many of us have no time for pain management solutions. We may often feel pain, but we don’t know where it comes from or why it’s affecting us – and even if we would like to [...]
Fennel: A Sweet Remedy for Digestive Distress
Stimulate your digestive enzymes Many of us know and love fennel in our favorite Indian foods; if you’ve been to an Indian restaurant, you’ve also seen it on the table after meals, along with other spices and sweets (most often cloves and tiny sugar candies). There’s a good reason for its standing invitation at the [...]
Benefits versus Risks using Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver, or the liquid suspension of silver particles, was until recently a somewhat obscure homeopathic treatment for various ailments (including joint pain and arthritis). It has recently seen a surge in popularity thanks to the opening of a new customer base through the internet. Colloidal silver benefits have been reported, and it definitely has [...]
The Truth about Hoodia Weight Loss
Thanks to America’s obsession with its ever-fluctuating percentages of body fat, Hoodia, specifically hoodia gordonii, hit the market running when it was introduced several years ago after the various and remarkably popular ephedra-containing drugs were deemed unsafe for use. The market was ripe for a new diet pill, and everybody was snapping up bottles of [...]
A Pennyroyal Tea for Your Pains
If you were young in the early nineties, you remember Nirvana’s song “Pennyroyal Tea” from the album In Utero. However, there may be a physiological reason that front man Kurt Cobain was thinking about pennyroyal: an infusion made from this extremely powerful herb can be soothing to the stomach, and it’s well known that Cobain [...]
Kill Bacteria with Oil of Oregano
Oil of oregano, or Oregano oil, derived from the “wild oregano” or Origanum vulgaris plant, is one of the most potent natural antibiotics on the market. This concentration should not be confused with the oregano in your cabinet, which is more than likely Origanum majorana, or common marjoram. Although they are related, wild oregano has [...]
Natural Antibiotics and More Found in Garlic
Garlic, a natural antibiotic, is well known for two things: its delicious taste and its exceptionally strong aroma. Garlic has been known to bring on bouts of self-consciousness on dates and prevent people from confidently addressing one another in closed spaces and unventilated rooms. But of all garlic’s effects, among the least well known (and [...]
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