When Healing Process Needs More Than a Waynoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Fri, 1 Nov 2024 16:06:18 +0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com8125http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/en-usnoWhen Healing Process Needs More Than a Waynoreply@blogger.comhttp://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/10/agave-nectar-of-gods-or-to-be-avoided.htmlAgave:Avoided?Nectarnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:21:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-8461486898682871831 By Erin Legg Derived from the agave cactus, agave nectar has been touted as a healthy, natural sweetener used as an alternative to artificial sweeteners like Splenda and non-vegan sweeteners like honey.However, some recent claims questioned its reputation.As an advocate of agave and its benefits, holistic health counselor, Vanessa Barg (“Chocolate Girl”), decided to investigate these 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/10/taking-care-of-your-cat-and-dog-teeth.htmlHealthTakingTeethnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:06:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-7858881946046686952 By Courtney Slivka Your pet’s dental care and health plays a large part in their ability to maintain an overall state of well-being.Diseases that begin in the mouth often transfer to other parts of the body through the blood stream.Proper cat and dog oral care serve an essential role in keeping your pet healthy and comfortable from the time they are puppies and kittens through their 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/06/cranberry.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Tue, 8 Jun 2010 06:56:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-6528543727989585504 In the 17th century cranberries were used to treat stomach complaints, liver disorders, blood conditions, vomiting, appetite loss, scurvy, and cancer. While Native Americans made poultices from whole dried berries for wounds, New Englanders employed cranberries in remedies for gallbladder ailments. In the early 1920s, American scientists discovered that cranberries were an effective herbal 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/05/rosemary.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Fri, 21 May 2010 08:22:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-8221965204799677479 Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant evergreen needle-like leaves. It is native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which also includes many other herbs.(Wikipedia.org) Native to Portugal and the Mediterranean area, rosemary is widely cultivated in several parts of the world, especially0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/05/asian-gingseng.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Tue, 18 May 2010 23:36:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-3384610379208957424The scientific name given to ginseng by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753 uses the Greek words pan (all) and ax (akos; cure) to mean the root that cures all ills. More recently, ginseng is classified as an adaptogen and antioxidant. Adaptogens are substances that increase physiological resistance to stressors. Antioxidants function similarly, decreasing circulating free 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/05/ginger.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Mon, 17 May 2010 16:30:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-9132832062642954884 As a culinary spice, ginger was known for centuries to reduce flatulence, bloating, and indigestion, and to stimulate the appetite. It was highly sought after by Europeans, who traded with China and India during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and used it fresh, powdered, or crystallized in cooking. In 1884, England is said to have imported more than 5 million pounds of ginger. Ginger 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/05/garlic.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Wed, 12 May 2010 14:34:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-7744484174510881431Known for their pungent odor, garlic bulbs have been revered as both a food and medicine in many cultures for millennia. Construction workers who built the Egyptian pyramids were supposedly given huge rations of garlic to sustain their resistance against fevers. Legend has it that gravediggers in early eighteenth-century France drank a concoction of macerated garlic in wine to protect themselves 0http://holisticmedicare.blogspot.com/2010/05/aloe-verra.htmlHerbnoreply@blogger.com (a die mask)Sun, 9 May 2010 09:43:00 +0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615538741549273039.post-3556989210784337119 Aloe vera has been used as a medicinal plant for a long time, according to the literature it has been used since 1750 BC. The plant has a wide variety of uses because different parts of the plant have different medicinal properties. The mucilaginous gel that is most widely associated with aloe vera comes from the inner part of the leaf. It is separated from the 0