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Mindful Breathing for Healing
There are lots of ways to find a small piece of calm in our busy days without investing a lot of money. In fact, you only need a pair of healthy lungs and about 10 minutes or so.
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Are Superbugs, Antibiotics & Vaccines Linked?
Is there a link between our increasing use of vaccines, antibiotics and the rise of the superbug?I think this serious question needs to be asked. It’s not rocket science when you put 2 and 2 together
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Coleus forskohlii (Plectranthus barbatus) Herbal Monograph
Forskolin is a chemical found in the roots of the plant Plectranthus barbatus (Coleus forskohlii). This plant has been used since ancient times to treat heart disorders such as high blood pressure and chest pain (angina), as well as respiratory disorders such as asthma.
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Burn Out or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Anyone can get CFS. While most common in people between 40 and 60 years old, the illness affects children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Among adults, women are affected more often than men. Caucasians are diagnosed more than other races and ethnicities. But many people with CFS have not been diagnosed especially among minorities
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Veggie Keto Diet & Keto-Mediterranean Diet
Everyone is talking about the Mediterranean diet, but few are those who do it properly, thus generating a lot of confusion in the reader. And so for some, it coincides with the pizza, others identified it with the noodles with meat sauce, in a mixture of pseudo-historical traditions and folklore.
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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) Health Benefits
After eating spinach, the cartoon character Popeye the sailor’s muscles swell and pop up becoming magnificent. Wouldn’t that be nice? If all we needed to do was consume spinach regularly to maintain our muscle mass, surely we would all be gulping spinach daily.
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Health Benefits
Turmeric is renown for being bright and yellow. The slightest amount spilled on your shirt or tablecloth is almost impossible to remove. It stains bright yellow and colors your foods the same. This yellow pigment in turmeric is like gold for our preserving brains.
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Health Benefits
Lycopene is a carotene and phytochemical known to protect against metabolic diseases. It is found in red fruits and vegetables, predominantly tomatoes.
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Lemon (Citrus limon Osbeck) Health Benefits
Lemons contain antioxidants in the skin particularly the flavanon glycosides hesperidin and naringenin as well as vitamin C and essential oil.
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Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) Health Benefits
Findings make leek a valuable source of biologically active polysaccharides, which could also be considered for further medicinal applications.
Pau d’Arco (Tabebuia avellanedae) Herbal Monograph
2 days ago10Minutes2164Words4ViewsArticle References Article Tabebuia avellanedae (syn. Handroanthus impetiginosus) Common Names: Pau d’Arco Lapacho Taheebo Ipe Roxo Purple Trumpet Tree Pink Trumpet Tree Brazilian Lapacho Botanical Family: Bignoniaceae Part Used Medicinally: Inner bark (phloem) References 1. Antibacterial activity of lapachol and β-lapachone against resistant bacteriahttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1435768/ 2. Antifungal activity of Tabebuia species and naphthoquinoneshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21549673/ 3. Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of β-lapachonehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33158575/ 4. Phytochemistry and antioxidant activity of Tabebuia impetiginosahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942221000601 5. Trypanocidal activity of lapachol and related naphthoquinoneshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15120087/ 6. β-Lapachone: mechanisms of action and
