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Simple, Stylish and Self-Indulgent Uses For Lemon
I am a bit embarrassed to say that for a long time I labeled lemon as a valuable medicinal, but otherwise, an unexciting plant. I strongly suspect that this is a consequence of the fact that during...
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Woman and Nettle: A Beautiful Friendship
If there is one perfect herb for me, one that knows me completely and handles my ups and downs with poise, stinging nettle is the sure winner. At some point of my life, I have used nettle for blood...
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Tale of the Wind and the Scary Oatmeal
This Saturday morning a playful wind came from the south. It caused a stir among the lazy autumn leaves, newspaper pages and runaway balloons that joyfully swirled to the crooning tune. Household...
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10 Steps to a Good-Hair Day: Eco-friendly Coloring With Henna
In a hair-perfect world there would be no scary chemicals in commercial hair dye and my natural hair would be straight; not curly. Luckily, there’s henna (Lawsonia inermis), a wonderful plant and...
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Goodbye Artificial Fragrances: A Personal Story
The other day I was standing behind a woman in a bank, when a hint of her fragrance, so familiar, started to tickle my nostrils. No mistake, she was wearing Jean Paul Gaultier. As I stood there, I had...
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Why and How Encourage Your Child to Eat Lentils
Does this scenario sound familiar? You’ve spent several hours consulting web-pages and books in order to advance your knowledge of child nutrition. Then you’ve selected quality ingredients, chopped...
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Let This Soup Cure Thy Cold and Congestion
When Hippocrates came up with “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”, I am sure that it involved a bad case of cold and a soup. Cold? We’ve all been there. But, when it comes to soup, I’d...
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Lavender: Eat, Sleep, Love
We know that Romans enjoyed to take baths in addition to their other epicurean habits. But only recently I learned that the name of one of my favorite plants—lavender, is associated with the Roman...
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8 Natural Home Remedies for Hangover
New Years is the time to celebrate, but too much of overindulgence can bring unpleasant side-effects including hangover. Before you make a New Year’s resolution, you may need to clear your head first....
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Sulfites in Wine? Don’t Worry it’s Still Organic (At Least in the EU)
My friends who used to give me fragrances now give me organic wine and works of art instead. In that new spirit, I recently received two bottles of organic wine purchased in Germany, but I learned...
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Elderberry Syrup Recipe: Simple and Delightful
Making your own elderberry syrup: You’ve heard about it from a neighbor. You read about it in your grandmother’s book of remedies. But you were hesitant to try it yourself. Your arguments: “difficult”,...
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Wonderful Benefits of Buckwheat Pillows
One negative aspect of travel and visiting friends and family is that you leave the sanctuary of your own bed and enter the night-time gamble to see how lucky you are with the bed you’re going to get....
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The Honor and Pleasure of Meeting an Olive Tree (and Making My Olive Leaf...
Personally, the delight from making my own olive leaf extract only starts with its cool health benefits, because there’s so much more to it. The thing is, since I make it each year while on vacation,...
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Pomegranate: A delight for the senses delivers outstanding health benefits
Visually, pomegranate impresses with its red and glossy seeds that look like rubies. A tasting of this fruit will deepen the visual pleasure, uncovering an abundance of juiciness, sweetness, tartness...
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What the Skin Craves, the Body Must Seek: 15 Plant-Based Beauty Oils
Through history people have relied on rich gifts of nature to create beauty oils that treat the face, body and hair. Pure plant oils soften, heal, revitalize and keep the skin well-protected, whether...
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Three child-friendly recipes with chia
One reason Chia is enjoying a terrific popularity in our family is probably because it instantly became Zoe’s favorite. And, to be quite honest, that doesn’t happen often with something that’s healthy...
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