Herb Profile: Black Walnut Hull

Black Walnut Hulls

Black Walnut Hull or Juglans Nigra is, just as it sounds, the  hull of the black walnut tree. The Black Walnut tree grows in the eastern US and parts of Canada, and while easy to grow, it is not plentiful. Black Walnut has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years. It has been [...]

Herb Profile- Barberry Root Bark

arberry is noted in folk medicine as a cure for nearly every gastrointestinal ailment, lymphatics, urinary tract and respiratory infection. It has been used as a bitter tonic and antypyretic. Berberine, the primary alkaloid, is a potent antibiotic, astringent and antifungal. When taken for infections, it controls the overgrowth of candida albacans as well as functioning as a bactericide. This is a real advantage over conventional antibiotics. It also controls infectious diarrhea and increases the production of the digestive enzymes.

How to use Activated Charcoal

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Activated Charcoal powder is used medicinally as well as in incense, air purifiers and water purifiers. Its recorded use dates back to 1550 BC and it modern times is most widely used medicinally as a detoxifier and poison antidote. Activated charcoal is well known as a poison antidote as it absorbs most organic toxins, chemicals [...]

Herb Profile- Arnica

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Arnica is well known for its ability to help with bruises, sprains, strains, etc and can remove shock and speed healing. It can be put on areas of trauma after falls, accidents, etc.