With so many nettles around us, it seems a shame to buy nettle tea. Making fresh nettle is really very easy. Making the tea is the same as you would with fresh tea (not tea bags) – add boiling hot water to dried nettles and leave to infuse for your preferred strength, at least five [...]
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A short history of Nettles
The nettle is tough plant, it has managed to survive several ice ages. To flourish, the nettle needs fertile soil, moisture and sunlight. Early man obliged by clearing the forests, thereby giving it a chance. It was found growing near Neolithic settlements. To our ancestors the nettle had many uses. It was the first green [...]
The Gerson Therapy – an alternative cancer treatment
The Gerson therapy is entirely drug free treatment and uses only organic vegetables and coffee enemas. The treatment has had documented sucesses but does come under regular questioning from the medical establishment. So who was Gerson? Dr Max Gerson (18 October 1881–8 March 1959) was born to a Jewish family in Posen and took a [...]
Are we like apples?
Have you observed the apples in your fruit bowl? The organic ones, not the ones pumped full of chemicals! If they have sat there for a week or two you will notice that they get smaller in size as they begin to lose moisture much as humans do as we get old and wizened. What [...]
Natural methods to reduce prostate risk
The prostate is present only in the male anatomy. It is located at the base of the bladder and surrounds the urethra. This gland is necessary to produce fluid which adds to the formation of semen. The ageing process brings about the enlargement of the gland, causing the urethra to become squeezed, thus making the [...]
Supplements not substitutes
There is much written at the moment about how dangerous supplements can potentially be, the suggestion being that many people use them instead of a decent meal. This of course is wrong, and there should be no substitute for wholesome food. Could it be that the supplement ogre is just around the corner waiting to [...]
The natural way to combat depression
What is depression and why are so many people hooked on to prescription drugs to find relief? There are many degrees of depression from feeling mildly fed up to clinical depression, but what is is the difference? One type is known as exogenous which means problems arising from outside the self, that could be marriage [...]
Natural ways to ease constipation
Constipation is defined as infrequent bowel movements or dry stools leading to a build up of body waste. Constipation often leaves you feeling sluggish, bloated and sometimes, slightly embarrassed. For many people in the western world the C word is relatively recent problem. In the old days folk lived more frugally, there were less ‘good’ [...]
Natural Remedies for Coping
We are all living through tough financial times at the moment. The credit crunch, higher mortgages, soaring food prices are all putting great pressures on nearly all of us. Don’t we just hope that we could close our eyes, make a wish, and open them again to find all our money worries gone, or that [...]