October 2016 – Page 2 – News by Nature

11Oct

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Botanicals, Remedies, Wellness

Herbal medicine: A relic of the past or a signpost of the future?

Dr. Carol Barron has been researching the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin (UCD) consist of 3,000 bound volumes of folklore to see what people used when they were sick. “For colds, people took garlic or onion, and the fumes worked like a eucalyptus decongestant,” says Barron. “We see elderberry wine feature heavily. But it’s not wine as such: they mean elderberry with sugar and some blackcurrant. This is straightforward vitamin C. Fruit comes up a lot. We find cures which say to use fresh fruit.” Some of the cures are simply fascinating in their own right, she says. “A lot of the herbs were either boiled in milk or mixed with butter or lard as an emollient, ointment or cream. Mint was commonly used.” One cure that comes up, again and again, is a spider’s w...

7Oct

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Wellness

The Miracle Food: Apple Cider Vinegar

Using apple cider vinegar to assist dieters in losing weight quickly is simple enough. It will first involve collecting the right ingredients. If you are intrigued in using apple cider vinegar as a fat loss aid, you will have to buy the following: chamomile tea, cinnamon powder, raw honey along with the all-natural apple cider vinegar. Here's the power recipe: heat up a cup of chamomile tea, add one or two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, enough raw honey to taste along with a touch of cinnamon powder. This hot mixture must be consumed twice a day, thirty minutes before meals. If you would like something a little easier, consuming two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, thirty minutes before every meal, may also do the trick. Boldsky Limitless Living

4Oct

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Diet, Wellness

Schizophrenia natural home remedies: Diet and exercises

Often known as alternative or complementary therapy, natural remedies for schizophrenia help maintain a person’s overall health while improving their condition. Ketogenic diet with high fat/low carb intake may help treat schizophrenia - characterized by high fat and low carb intake, this may help treat schizophrenia. The ketogenic diet has long been successful in treating epilepsy in children since the 1920s. The researchers believe it is due to the fact that such style of eating provides an alternative source of energy and helps avoid abnormal cell function Aerobic exercise can significantly help people cope with schizophrenia - An alternative study has found that aerobic exercise can significantly help people cope with schizophrenia. Lead researcher Joseph Firth said, “Using exerci...

1Oct

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Remedies, Wellness

Top 5 Cures to Harvest from the Forest

No matter what the reason for looking to the great outdoors to find alternative medicine offerings for home remedies, opportunities appear to abound. Using trees and plants for healing is also often referred to as holistic medicine, survival medicine, or wilderness medicine. Learning how to properly identify trees, being aware of potential poisoning issues, and consulting a doctor before embarking on any natural medicine regime, is highly advised. Making a mistake when identifying a tree or ingesting even natural ingredients which are only safe to use topically, could become a deadly proposition. Top 5 Medicinal Trees Oak - heralded as the "tree of life". Tea brewed from the bark of the white oak tree has been used to treat sore throats, diarrhea, and mucus discharge. Tea made fro...