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Home Remedies With Honey

From treating medical conditions to cooking up antibacterial concoctions, honey has been used in a multitude of ways. For the past 2,500 years, the abilities of this miracle substance have only continued to grow. You’d be surprised at just how many home remedies for honey there are that you’ve never even heard of. Benefits of [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedies for Cloves

With a history that traces back to ancient times, cloves has not only found a place in the kitchen, but also serves a function within the household and for treating medical issues. The versatile plant can be made into a healing tea to a soothing topical oil. Become familiar with home remedies for cloves to [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedies Using Baking Soda

From tackling household chores to beautifying your face, baking soda is a versatile substance that deodorizes, whitens, brightens, and cures. With an inexpensive price tag, baking soda is a popular item in the home – especially in the kitchen. You never know when home remedies for baking soda can become your next money-saver. Baking Soda [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedies Using Aloe Vera

Aloe vera has a reputation for being a medicinal miracle that dates back thousands of years ago. With more than 250 different species of the plant growing in dry regions across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, it’s pretty easy to take advantage of home remedies using aloe vera. What is Aloe Vera? As a [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedy: Using St. John’s Wort

Do you know why St. John’s wort is called so? This is because this plant traditionally flowers by and is harvested on St John’s day, that is, 24 June. Its other names are Klamath weed and Goat weed (1). This herb had been in use since antiquity for treating a range of diseases and disorders. [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedy: Using Ginkgo Bilboa

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), also known as the maidenhair tree, is a gymnosperm. It’s considered a living fossil, since the genus Ginkgo has only one species. The name ginkgo means ‘silver apricot’ in Chinese. The tree is known to grow wild only in two small areas in China (1). Its importance lies in its curative capabilities. [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedy: Using Echinacea

Echinacea is native to North America and has nine flowering species. These herbaceous, perennial plants grow up to a height of 2 meters and bear purple flowers. Although these are ornamental plants, they play an important part in herbal remedies (1). For medicinal purposes, Echinacea purpurea is believed to be the most potent of all [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedy: Using Black Cohosh

Heard of black snakeroot, bugbane, bugwort, rattleroot, rattletop, rattleweed, and macrotys? Well if you have, you’re already aware of black cohosh, because these are the other names for this herb. Botanically, it’s called Cimicifuga racemosa. And such is its power, bugs don’t come near it, and hence the names! Black cohosh plant Black cohosh is [...] Click here to read more »

Home Remedies using 5-HTP

5-HTP is an acronym for 5-Hydroxytryptophan. This tongue twister of a name is actually a precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin. It’s also an intermediate in tryptophan metabolism. If this has got you all confused, know that 5-HTP is a dietary supplement that is used as an antidepressant, a sleep aid and an appetite suppressant. (1) [...] Click here to read more »