How to Get Pregnant Naturally

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Infertility is a rising problem in today’s society. I tried to find accurate info on how much is spent annually on infertility treatments, and I kept getting results for ways to finance infertility treatment. The saddest part is that in many cases, the body can reverse infertility if given the right resources. Infertility, like any [...]

Wellness Mama Medicine Cabinet

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The season that brings warm tidings and visions of sugarplums often brings sniffles, fever and flu too. In my family, these things seem to only hit at night, on weekends, or on holidays. Since doctors are not always a viable option at those times, and because I prefer to avoid prescriptions if possible, I keep [...]

Weekly Meal Plans and Herbal Wassail Recipe

Herbal Wassail

Here is my weekly meal plan. I included a favorite Christmas recipe at the bottom with a way to incorporate herbs. This week’s meal plan is a little more elaborate because of Christmas. Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas! Monday-Eggplant Parmesan and salad Tuesday- Skillet Steak over salad with baked sweet potato Wednesday- Potato Cheese Soup [...]

Natural Beauty Tips

Natural beauty products

Cosmetics and beauty products are a major source of chemical exposure for most people. An average beauty product contains dozens of harmful chemicals, many which have not even been tested for safety in humans. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives every beauty product, and most work better than the chemical laden alternative. A few quick beauty [...]

Herb Profile- Blessed Thistle

Blessed Thistle (also known as Holy Thistle or St. Benedict’s Thistle) was given this name due to its reputation as a cure all. It’s Latin name, Cnicus Benedictus, was given because its ability to cure was considered a gift form God. It is perhaps most well known for its usage with female related problems, though [...]

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.