Can Low Carb Diets Help Pain and Inflammation If you have an autoimmune or auto-inflammatory disease that causes inflammation, you might have noticed that certain foods seem to aggravate your symptoms more and cause more pain and inflammation. There is a big movement of people suffering from autoimmune diseases saying they get greater symptom relief when sticking to a low…
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Wood Sorrel is a plant. Often this plant is thought of as a weed. It is edible and also has some medicinal value. This beauty pictured above is growing right in my front flower beds underneath an ornamental cherry tree. There are several different varieties of wood sorrel. This particular sorrel is called Mountain Wood Sorrel (Oxalis Montana). Mountain Wood…
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5 Wonderful Benefits of Cleavers Chances are you have encountered cleavers in your childhood and didn’t even know it. Growing up we just called it sticky plant, because if we walked past the plant it stuck to us. We also made cleavers crowns and bracelets. I also remember that once cleavers would go to seed we would have their sticky…
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Shepherd’s Purse for Heavy Bleeding I am so grateful for Shepherd’s Purse. This little weed shines when it comes to helping with heavy periods. Shepherd’s Purse also works for bloody noses and almost any kind of heavy bleeding. It is also well known to help with circulatory and heart problems. What is Shepherds Purse Shepherd’s purse(Capsella bursa-pastoris), is a herbaceous…
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How to Make a Lilac Enfleurage Do you love the smell of lilacs as much as I do? Well, you are in for a treat. A really great way to capture that wonderful scent yourself is to make a lilac enfleurage. What is an enfleurage? It is an old-fashioned way of using fats like rendered lard or beef fat(tallow) to…
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