Wouldn't you know it, that within days of posting on garlic and all of its healing properties, we would come home from a weekend away with several sickies (including myself)? I've spent the last 4 days on a computer fast, as suggested by my wise and loving husband. He knew that I was a bit burnt out and needed some screen-free time to just regroup and rest. I thoroughly enjoyed taking a break and was eager to come back from the weekend with lots of [...]
November 15, 2009
Getting Sick= Good Practice with Herbs!
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November 12, 2009
A Year of Herbs: Garlic
Image by Muffet In light of flu/cold season, garlic with all it's wondrous antibacterial properties seemed like the perfect herb for kicking off the real, official start of A Year of Herbs! (Okay, I sort of started it already with Herbs for the New Mama and Herbs for the Fussy Baby. But this time, I'm actually studying individual herbs... my original goal!) History It seems that almost every ancient culture had a place for garlic in their traditional healing remedies. Ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians [...]
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October 8, 2009
Herbs for the Fussy Baby
Johanna at about 1 month old, during the worst of her colic and baby acne Colic and fussiness in young babies just isn't fun for anyone. Not for the baby. Certainly not for the parents. It can be downright exhausting, and it's difficult to see your baby in such pain and discomfort and to feel that you can't do anything about it. There are a lot of products out on the market for colic in babies. Unfortunately, most of them use substances that only [...]
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