My son had chronic ear infections when he was a baby. He’d get over one ear infection, and develop another a few weeks later. We were pumping round after round of antibiotics into his little system with no relief. The doctor was talking about surgery to put tubes in his ears. We were not excited ...
I have been involved in the health and wellness industry for over 20 years. I’ve seen supplements come and go. Sometimes it’s hard to know if something is just a fad, or if there’s real science to back up the claims. Through the years, I’ve run across several herbs that I have used with great ...
It seems as though the most universal complaint parents of infants and toddlers have is how their little ones just don’t seem to want to sleep through the night. A night of at least 7 hours of restful slumber seems like nothing more than a distant memory to them. I am lucky to have a ...
Being that skin can be injured so easily, it’s no wonder we end up with all types of scars on our bodies. Skinned knees that left blemishes from our childhood, chicken pox marks and lines on our skin that remind us of past surgeries are just a few of the permanent marks we can have. ...
One of the best homemade relaxing bath salt soaks I like to make when I need to drain the toxins from my body and relieve aches and stress from my body is my homemade lavender chamomile bath salt. It has a nice relaxing aroma as it dissolves into the water, and when you get into ...
For her birthday and Christmas every year, I present a gift of lavender to a dear friend of mine. She loves the fragrance and feels that its smoothing aroma is a natural stress reliever. Lavenders Lavandula are a genus of approximately twenty to thirty species of flowering plants in the mint family. Some cats are ...
The many healing properties of lavender oil make it an all-purpose medicine for your home’s first-aid kit. Lavender is not only a gentle sedative but it is also an effective antibacterial agent. For this reason it can be used to treat a variety of ills like aches, burns, infections, colic, and stress. Here are a ...
Lavender, also known as Lavandula angustifolia, is one of the most widely used, versatile herbs known today. It is considered a member of the Labiatae family, which also includes mints and the plant originated in England, France, Tasmania, and Yugoslavia. Lavender flowers have long since been used to treat digestive problems, insomnia, anxiety, and restlessness. ...
Muscular Dystrophy refers to a group of muscles diseases that are inherited that cause damage to muscles and they usually involve the muscles that control voluntary use muscles which become weaker due to the effects of the disease. In the later stages of the disease it affects the involuntary muscles such as the heart causing ...
My daughter and I are both lucky to have olive-colored skin. Even after a long day in the sun, swimming, camping, or hiking, neither of us will end up with a sunburn. It wasn’t until I babysat a friend’s fair-skinned child– who had experienced a severe sunburn the previous day– that I witnessed just how ...
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