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San Francisco Herbal remedies

Herbal remedies popular in Taiwan cause cancer and kidney failure

Bay area fans of Chinese herbal remedies may want to find out more about a new study showing that herbal remedies used in Taiwan were shown to...
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Self-Treating with Medicinal Mushrooms: Which Type is Right for You?

Whether you want to improve cellular health or prevent the common cold, medicinal mushrooms are available in a variety of species to help you...
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Your Garden’s Hidden Pharmacy

Many common health conditions can be remedied with a healthy lifestyle that is accompanied by the use of certain herbal remedies. While Western...
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Your Garden’s Hidden Pharmacy

Many common health conditions can be remedied with a healthy lifestyle that is accompanied by the use of certain herbal remedies. While Western...
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A love affair with mullein

Small and delicate or stunningly masculine, the mullein, a member of the verbascum family, enchants the backyard gardener with its visual diversity...
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Rose geranium poundcake and other fine backyard edibles

One of our best medicines is delicious, fresh, natural food from the garden. Of garden herbs, we may know that peppermint is good for stomach...
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Top five medicinals to plant now - grow a medicine chest in your backyard

Early summer is the time to get medicinal plants into your garden. I like to integrate medicine plants into my landscape, that way they serve the...
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Take a bath with your plants - you'll be glad you did

It’s too bad that people have forgotten the simple, satisfying practice of a daily bath.A bath doesn’t need to be a long drawn-out...
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What herbs to use in making herbal infusions

One of the greatest things about spring and summer is the flowers and wild herbs that will grow all over the place. I mean we are talking about a...
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Controlling your diabetes using herbs

Did you know that there are a lot of natural and herbal remedies that have been proven to be helpful in controlling, curbing the symptoms,...
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