Maca – an Andean powder for hormonal balance
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For thousands of years, maca (known as maka, makka and macha) plant root is being used due to its exquisite healing properties and nutritive vales.
It is listed as a superfood because of all the benefits it brings to humans.
Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a plant originally from the Andes, today’s Bolivia and Peru, and it grows on heights between 2 400 and 4 400 meters above the sea.
According to the legend, Incas used maca root powder for increasing strength and endurance of their warriors.
The best healing herbs – mint
According to Greek myth, Mint was a nymph unsuccessfully chased by the voluptuous god of the underworld – Hades.
He blinded her with his shiny chariot but she was saved from him by queen Persephone who turned her into a mint.
There are over 250 types of mint; the most famous ones are spiked mint and peppermint.
It is believed that mint came from the Far East and it has been used for 10 000 years.
Lemon balm – a plant that restores the joy of life
This wonderful plant has a pleasant lemony scent and is a relative of lavender and sage.
The bees like it, which is why its name in Latin is Melissa officinalis.
Lemon balm is one the few herbs that simultaneously has healing properties, has a pleasant scent, can be used for decorations or as a spice, has aromatic properties, makes honey and has an industrial application.
House plants – keepers of your health
Apart from being the most beautiful decorations in our homes, flowers have a positive influence on health.
Many experts confirm this fact.
There are many reasons why we can see flowers in our homes as keepers of our health.
Flowers clean the air in our homes, absorb electromagnetic radiation, reduce stress, spread positive energy, protect us from noise, make our living areas more beautiful, neutralize unpleasant scents etc.
Grapes – fruit healthy in hundreds of ways
What is the first thing you think about when you see a vineyard?
A basket filled with delicious berries? Raisins, must?
All of that has the same meaning – health!
Grapevine is one of the oldest cultivated plants.
Grapevine culture originated 9 000 yeas ago in the region of Asia Minor, Caucasia and Mesopotamia.
How to cleanse your body with a spoon of oil
Very simple and effective method of prevention and treatment using oil sparked the interest of experts and the public after thousands of years.
This method is based on Ayurvedic medicine described in ancient Indian texts.
Sanskrit word ayurveda is translated as “science of life and longevity”.
This 5000-year-old traditional Indian healing system has been proven in practice many times and there is no doubt that Ayurvedic medicine deserves our attention.
The lie about cholesterol
For a number of years, we have been bombarded from all sides by information that cholesterol in our organism causes irreparable damage.
Accordingly, if we want to be healthy, we have to drastically decrease the intake of animal fat such as milk, butter, cheese, crème and other dairy products.
But, is that really the truth? It appears not, since an increasing number of doctors and scientists claim that this is a fallacy of mythological proportions.
Sinusitis – a consequence of exaggerated warming of children?
Sinus disease, sinusitis, represents a very discomforting problem that can, in chronic cases, make our life miserable.
It is followed by extremely severe and prolonged pain in the area of the forehead, temples, the root of the nose, upper jaw etc., and sometimes the whole head.
Mainstream medicine, accepting that it does not know the real cause of this disease, suspects that sinusitis is caused by colds, allergies, infections etc.
Mainstream medicine fails to recognize that some of the aforementioned possible causes can actually be consequences of the sinusitis.
Honey bee venom treatment
“What is poison in big dosages is a cure in small ones”.
This motto can best be used for honey bee venom.
Unlike famous bee products such as honey, propolis and royal jelly, honey bee venom is less used in treatment, despite its undisputed efficiency.
Nevertheless, honey bee venom – apitoxin, is a powerful remedy for many diseases and is mostly much more effective than regular synthetic medicines.
Cooking according to seasons
Seasonal diets, apart from being tastier and richer in nutrients, are cheaper.
It is best to use food items produced by local manufacturers since such products are often fresher, especially fruits and vegetables.
Although we know that seasonal diets are the healthiest ones, we often forget that when it is time to eat.
The reason for that are modern diets and world’s food distribution system which makes all food items available throughout the entire year.
Tai Chi – an ancient martial art for inner peace and health
When you think about a modern way of life you will probably think of frequent psychical loads, irregular diet, lack of movement and lost contact with the nature.
Modern people live in a bustling world and main objective is to accumulate material wealth, while spiritual values are set aside.
Therefore, a growing number of people who search for inner peace and overall health reach out towards alternative lifestyles.
Among them are alternative physical activities that are not exclusively based on sports, but also on reaching the balance between the body and the mind.
Total treatment of cancer, leukemia and other seemingly incurable diseases with natural remedies
Rudolf Breuss (1899 – 1990) was a naturopathist who developed a method of therapy fasting known as “Total therapy”.
He wrote a book titled: "The Breuss Cancer Cure: Advice for the Prevention and Natural Treatment of Cancer, Leukemia and Other Seemingly Incurable Diseases”.
In that book he claimed that by 1980 his method helped cure over 40 000 people suffering from cancer and other serious diseases.
Magnesium chloride treatment
Magnesium chloride - a precious mineral compound obtained by sea water evaporation – has proven to be very effective in various disease treatments.
Magnesium deficiency in an organism is one of the risk factors for the development of many diseases, including malign ones.
Apart from being able to suppress infections and enhance overall health, magnesium chloride possesses remarkable rejuvenation qualities.
Namely, cells in the human organism decompose if they do not receive adequate magnesium quantities.
Green magma – natural elixir made of young barley leaves
That barley is cultivated with no use of pesticides or artificial fertilizers, quite the opposite; it is cultivated in strict ecological conditions.
Green magma leaves are cultivated in Japan and American part of California.
Benefits of young barley leaves were discovered, after prolonged research, by a Japanese doctor Yoshihide Hagiwara.
How to select essential oil according to your needs
Aromatherapeutic or essential oils make the aromatic essence of the plant.
These highly concentrated oils are the basis of the aromatherapy which is founded on a fact that essential oils have many healing properties.
When selecting essential oils, it is important to take their effect on you, its quality and price into the consideration.
Sometimes it is hard to separate the oil from the plant and such oils are less available on the market and have a higher price.
Plain parasite mushroom destroys cancer cells, cures arthritis and rejuvenates the organism
Chaga (lat. Inonotus obliquus) is a parasite mushroom found on birch tree that looks like a burnt bark.
It grows in birch forests across northern and eastern Europe, Russia and China.
It is most commonly used in traditional Russian and Eastern European medicine.
For thousands of years people have been using chaga across Eurasia, where it had been known as "gift from God" and "queen of the plants" due to its healing properties.
Ancient Asians used it for maintaining healthy natural balance (chi), believing that this mushroom can provide them youthfulness, prolonged life and stronger immunity.
Carrot's health benefits
This vegetable protects our eyesight, reduces cancer and stroke risk.
Carrot, lat. Daucus carota L, is a root vegetable from Umbelliferae family.
This food item has been cultivated for over 1000 years. It is believed that its home is in Europe, where we still find it in the wild.
Over 100 carrot species has been created via cultivation.
Most of us are familiar with orange carrot, but there are also pink, red, yellow and black carrots.
How to build your own nest
Our desire for our own home is often expressed by saying "to make a nest".
What does a nest have that we would like to have in our homes?
Why do we feel gentle warmth and pleasure just by thinking about the nest?
Does that mean that we realize how much attention birds give to creating a place where their offspring can be safe?
Oxalates: do natural food items hide the danger of kidney stones?
Today’s prevalent belief is that oxalates – harmless compounds found in many plants – can cause kidney stone formation.
Because of that, many nutritionists recommended avoidance of food items containing oxalates.
But is that really the truth?
Should we, because of the fear of kidney stone formation, avoid useful and nutritive food items such as spinach, parsley, raspberries and even cocoa?
Orange – a star among healing fruits
Folk wisdom claims that orange juice is gold in the morning, silver in the noon and bronze in the evening.
It is believed that oranges originate from Asia, from where they spread around the world and in the 15th century they were embraced by Europe.
They were so expensive in the past that they were eaten only as a treat on Christmas. Luckily, today they are widely available.
Oranges are one of the most powerful healing fruits and yellow and red varieties of orange are the most popular and famous ones.
Make your own wonderful kombucha potion
Do you want to preserve and enhance your health?
You need stronger immunity, more energy and vitality?
You are trying to get rid of digestive problems?
If you suffer from such problems, kombucha is the answer for you.
Achieve health and harmony with sound vibrations
Since the ancient time people used music as a powerful tool for treating mental and physical problems and for achieving general harmony.
Pythagoras claimed, as early as the end of the 6th century BC, that everything in the universe is subject to the laws of harmony.
According to his belief, Pythagoras has advocated the usage of music in treatment.
Louise Hay – how to cure body and soul
Unfortunately, we do not value our health until it is lost.
From that point on, we start fighting to return to a natural state of balance.
But, during that long and hard process we are rarely willing to look deeper under the surface and to look for a real cause of our problems.
In other words, we are in such state that we are mostly concerned with curing the consequences of our illnesses and we rarely, if ever, search for a real cause of our health problems.
How to cure knee pain without a surgery
Many of us often experience pain in one knee “without any reason”, and much rarely in both knees.
What do we do then? Should we go to a doctor and start some form of “treatment"? If so, what kind of treatment?
First, a doctor will tell you to purchase some medicine for reducing pain, and we will not name such medicines on purposes because all patients already know them quite well.
If we do not solve our problem that way, we will be sent to knee joint x-rays that will help determine appropriate therapy
Guarana: natural stimulant without harmful side effects
Guarana, lat. Paullinia cupana, is an evergreen plant that grows in Venezuela and northern Brazil.
This plant grows only in rich Amazon rainforests that have tropical temperatures and an abundance of rain falls.
Guarana is a climbing bush that can grow up to 12 m (40 feet) in height. It has reddish fruits that grow in clusters.
Fruits contain black seeds surrounded with white layers, which makes them look like eyes.
How to keep your home clean using natural cleaning products
Do you want to keep your home clean but you do not want to poison yourself with chemical cleaning products?
Do you want to save money and preserve the health of your family?
Get rid of chemical cleaning products.
Keep your home clean using natural cleaning products, like your grandmothers did.
Commercial during your favorite TV shows always features cleaning products that clean, wash, remove stains, scale and unpleasant scents “with no trouble”.
Essential oils for lighting up the mood
Depression is one of the most common illnesses in a modern world.
It is among the three leading health problems in developed countries.
Aromatherapy can help with mild to medium types of depression and it can also alleviate mental fatigue and insomnia.
It is more efficient if you use it as additional therapy, with other alternative methods.
Essential oils can be safely used in combinations with conventional medicine or psychotherapy. They are very useful during the period when patients are trying to stop using medicines.
Depression brings deep suffering; it steals our energy and distances us from society. All of that with time even worsens the mental state of patients.
Aspartame – the most dangerous modern sweetener?
More than twenty countries have approved the use of aspartame in thousands of food products.
But, this is not a cause for celebration, although aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar.
This artificial sweetener allows food manufacturers to advertise their sweet food items as food items with a low caloric value, dietary food items or even food items without sugar.
That way they are deceiving consumers that wish to decrease sugar amounts in their diet.
Decreased sugar amounts in one’s diet are a great idea, but have in mind that aspartame is not a good substitution for sugar.
Agave – a treat for palate, a balm for skin, a remedy for intestines
Agave is a genus of monocots, although it was long considered to be a genus of cactuses due to its appearance.
It is specific because the plant dies after it blossoms, but it is sometimes possible to wait for 40 years before it blossoms.
Since this plant originally comes from the desert, it is resistant to high temperature differences and extreme heats.
The home of this plant is in Mexico, from where it was brought to Europe in 1561. Today we can find it around the Mediterranean.
In Mediterranean area we find agave with Latin name Agava americana.
Autumn diet according to ayurveda and macrobiotics
Eating seasonal food items is an excellent way of maintaining health and vitality of our organism, but also for achieving harmony with the nature. See what ayurveda and macrobiotics recommend for an autumn menu.
In a modern world, almost all food items are at our disposal almost throughout the entire year.
We grew accustomed to buying imported food items, even though many of them are not suitable to the season or the climate we live in.
In many parts of the world, people have a different approach.
They carefully chose food items according to the season.
How to cure arthritis in a natural way
Arthritis is an inflammatory disease that mostly affects joints.
There are over 100 types of arthritis affecting various parts of the body.
Apart from joints, some types of arthritis are linked to diseases of other tissues and organs in the body.
The most common types are osteoarthritis, gout and rheumatic arthritis.
This vicious disease does not affect elderly people only. People of all ages, including children and young adults, can develop arthritis.
It is a very complex disease, so finding a proper cure can be a long process.
But, in order to cure it, you do not have to use medicinal drugs that can have serious side-effects.
Mountain germander can even raise the dead
Mountain germander, lat. Teucrium montanum, is a healing herb that grows in mountain areas across the world.
It is known under many names, such as Alpine Pennyroyal, and to an experienced finder it is more precious than gold.
It is recognized by its small bushes with pale-yellow flowers at the top of branches.
Plants are mostly erected and partially woody.
Leaves do not have stem and have hairs on the downside and are green or gray-white in color.
This plant grows in dry, warm and mountainous locations, to heights of 800 meters (2700 feet) and higher, mostly on southern slopes.
Millet - versatile, healthy and easily digested cereal
Millet is an ancient seed originally cultivated in the dry climates of Africa and northern China since the Neolithic period.
Archeologists have discovered a 4 000 years old bowl containing millet noodles in northwestern China.
In time, millet had spread around the world.
Romans and Gauls used this cereal for making porridge and during the Middle Ages, millet was more often on the menu than wheat.
Despite its popularity, millet has been mostly seen as food for farm animals in Europe and America.
Tangerine – practical, tasty and healthy snack
Tangerine (lat. Citrus Reticulata) is a fruit from the citrus family.
Its orange and thin peel is easy to remove and the fruit is easily sliced.
It grows on the evergreen tree that is two to three meters high and has dark-green leaves with spiky ends.
It comes from South-East Asia and it was named after a light-orange clothes worn by Mandarins - clerks in ancient China - since this fruit was only available to privileged classes.
Spirulina – a blue-green life energy source
Spirulina is blue-green fresh water algae that grows in rich minerals found in alkaline lakes and fishponds around the world.
This small, spiral algae is 3.6 million years old, which makes it one of the oldest inhabitants of our world.
Spirulina got its name because of its shape.
The people of Africa, North America and Asia have been using spirulina for thousands of years.
Old Aztecs ate it in a form of dried cookies.
Lady's mantle – woman's best friend
This plant has various names, but it is most widely known as lady’s mantle, lat. Alchemilla vulgaris.
The name Alchemilla comes from the Arab word “alkemelych” (meaning "alchemist”) and it was given to this plant by ancient writers due to its great healing powers.
Ancient people believed that this plant has the greatest healing powers if picked at night when the Moon is in its last quarter.
Alternative HPV treatment
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is not just one virus, but a large group of viruses.
Although even the ancient Greeks suspected that HPV could be transmitted sexually, the existence of these viruses has been proven just a hundred years ago.
Today this group of viruses is still inadequately researched. So far over 130 genotypes have been discovered and divided into small and high risk types.
Most of them do not cause any damage, while others cause warts on the skin and mucous membranes.
Some even cause intraepithelial tissue formations such as neopasia and dysplasia.
Binaural rhythm helps control brain activity
Our brain waves influence how we think and react to everything around us.
They guide us to learning, work and relaxation, but they can also pull us away in any other direction.
Each our activity is connected to a certain function.
When you are in a relaxed state, your brain has only one frequency, when you are awake and focused, it has a completely different frequency.
Is it possible to control the activity of our brain? The answer is yes. There are techniques like hypnosis, meditation and autosuggestions, but they take a lot of time and require a great deal of discipline.
Natural way to perfect hair
Healthy and beautiful hair makes us satisfied, confident and desirable.
But, our hair is not just our decoration.
Our hair is an indicator of everything that is happening inside our body and soul.
We can see on our hair in what state our organism is and what mood are we in.
In order for your hair to look as you want it to, you have to change your attitude towards it and devote it more time.
Pomegranate – a fruit that cures inside and outside
Pomegranate, lat. Punica granatum, is one of the oldest fruit varieties known to mankind.
Record about it can be found in many cultures and religions.
This nutritive fruit is rich in antioxidants and it has always been regarded as a symbol of health, fertility and eternal life.
Its juice, seeds and oil are very popular.
Many studies have confirmed that this is one of the best healing fruits in the world due to its positive effects on cardiovascular, nervous and bone system.
Pumpkin – a winter dose of immunity and slenderness
A long time ago, pumpkin was an important source of nutrition for American Indians.
It helped them sustain long and cold winters.
They presented it to pilgrims who also made pumpkin important food in their diet and irreplaceable part of the Thanksgiving dinner table.
It is believed that Columbus brought a pumpkin to Europe, where it was firstly used as cattle food.
Linus Pauling and vitamin C
The value of vitamin C as highly useful substance in the prevention and treatment of many illnesses is known for ages.
But we mostly consider vitamin C as a substance that helps us alleviate flue and common cold symptoms.
Why is vitamin C so marginalized and degraded?
The answer is simple, it is much more efficient than it should be and that does not make it profitable (for those that produce and sell expensive patented drugs).
On a basis of such logic, there are not many medical practitioners that would recommend you to include vitamin C in your regular therapy.
How to combine food properly (Ayurveda style)
How to preserve health; prevent numerous illnesses and strengthen the resistance of our organism with the help of food?
The answer to this question, asked today by a growing number of people, is in choosing healthy food.
But that is not all. It is not enough just to choose healthy food; we have to combine them properly.
Due to various processes and duration of digestion of certain nutrients, experts recommend that we should not combine certain foods.
We are all familiar with certain principles in food combining (separation of carbohydrates from proteins, fruit consumption separated from other food classes etc.).
Potato juice – a miracle remedy within the reach
The beneficial properties of raw potato have long been known in folk medicine, nevertheless, there is a prevailing belief that the potato should not be eaten raw.
That is a mistake, because raw potato is very healthy and useful food item.
Among prevailing misapprehension we can mention the belief that we have to peel the potato skin before eating potato because potato skins are poisonous.
The truth is that potato peel, from a potato that is organically cultivated, does not contain anything harmful for our health.
Five Tibetans Rites – discover your fountain of youth
We all want to be fit and feel healthy and good in our own body.
At the same time, in a modern world, we have less and less time to exercise.
We all seek solutions that will bring us good results in short time and by working at home.
Every desire mentioned above can be fulfilled with ancient exercises five Tibetans that require nothing more than some space and a bit of our time.
Biophotons – healing light waves from raw food
Biophotons are light waves emitted from the cells of most living creatures.
Plants or parts of plants take in photons from the Sun, store them and turn them into biophotons.
Interaction between light and biological material is researched by biophotonics.
Once seen as quackery, biophotonics is today widely accepted in scientific and academic circles.
Followers of biophotonic theory believe that food rich in biophotons has energizing and healing properties.
Coconut oil – a perfect gift of nature
In the last several years, one oil became very popular among people that are studying the influence of food on human overall health.
That is coconut oil.
This oil is a usual item in folk medicine among inhabitants of Asia and Pacific.
It spread in our regions of the world only during the last ten years.
Coconut oil has so high nutritive value and healing properties that it should be used in every household.
Miraculous effect of aloe vera on health
There is a legend according to which aloe vera once saved the life of Alexander the Great.
In 330 BC, during the siege of Gaza, Alexander was dangerously wounded by an arrow.
The wound got infected and it hurt terribly.
During a trip through Egypt and Libya Alexander’s condition worsened.
On his way to Persia, Alexander the Great visited the oasis of Siwa.
Aloe Vera - the legendary herb of immortality
Aloe Vera is a favorite herb of many nations of the world.
Ancient physicians considered it to be a blessing to mankind.
The origins of Aloe Vera are in North Africa.
Its name derives from the Arabic word "alloeh" which means "bitter."
This name was given to aloe because of its juice, which has a bitter taste.
Aloe vera - a treasury of valuable nutrients for our health
What aloe vera contains? What makes it so powerful healer?
Aloe leaf contains over 240 nutritional and medicinal ingredients, including vitamins, minerals, enzymes, sugars, lignin, saponins, sterols, amino acids, salicylic acid, etc.
No other natural product contains so many ingredients beneficial to health.
Read the ingredients of aloe vera with the explanation of they affect human health.
Healing effects of aloe vera
Aloe vera is a wonderful plant, its health benefits are numerous.
This plant was called "miracle plant", "heavenly blessing" and "elixir of life" throughout the history for a good reason.
Throughout history, many famous individuals and doctors used aloe vera.
The leaves of aloe vera contain bitter yellow fluid - aloe vera gel, which has miraculous properties.
In the past, the healing properties of aloe vera were unknown. Today, scientific studies reveal a rich chemical composition of this plant, which explains its remarkable properties.
3 aloe vera remedies
"Wine made of a mixture of aloe and honey cleanses the blood, removes harmful toxins from the body and increases the body's resistance" - writes Hildegard von Bingen.
You can use it for a number of ailments, from indigestion to asthma and allergies.
Grind fresh aloe, sage and chicory and wild rose hip and fresh honey with honeycomb.
Place the mixture in a jar, pour the wine, stir and close.