About Herbs...
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Babies and Herbal Treatments
In the first months after your baby is born, especially if it’s your first, life changes in a big way. You’re different – and you have a brand new person to take...
Cooking With Herbs
Cooking with herbs is rewarding and enjoyable. Often herbs will add a different taste to a dish other times they will complete a dish. There are many herbs to choose...
Do We Really Need Herbal Supplements?
There are huge commercial enterprises dedicated to providing herbal supplements but do we really need them?
A normal person eating a...
Growing Herbs
Having fresh herbs growing in your garden looks fantastic and they are easy to grow too. What’s more, fresh herbs have more flavour than dried herbs and can be used in...
Health Benefits of Herbs
Medical research is only just discovering the immense power of herbs. They have been used to provide remedies for ailments for thousands of years and their health...
Herbal Contraceptives?
The first thing to stress when talking about herbal contraception is that it isn’t 100% reliable. Very little thorough scientific research has been done and most...
Herbal Sexual Remedies
Sexual difficulties are very common among both men and women and yet, even in today’s enlightened times, most of us don’t like to discuss sex problems with even our...
Herbal Treatments for Animals
If you’re looking for an alternative to expensive commercial drug company products for your pets then why not consider a herbal alternative? Herbal treatments are...
Medicinal Uses of Herbs
Herbs have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Archaeologists have even discovered the remains of herbal remedies in Neanderthal burial sites dating...
Menopause and Herbal Treatments
Suffering hot flushes? Losing your sex drive? Growing a moustache? Can’t sleep? Irritable and depressed? Go to the doctor with these symptoms and, chances are, if...
Old English Herbal Uses
Time was when every English home had its own herb garden, from the tiny patch outside the cottage kitchen to the large intricate beds in monasteries and grand...
Pregnancy and Herbal Treatments
Throughout history each small village community has had its own herbalist. Depending on the era her title may have varied - wise woman, midwife, witch - but her task...
The History of Herbs
Herbs have been used for thousands of years. They have been added to dishes used as perfumes, remedies and even as currency.
Today herbs are most commonly used to...
Using Herbs Around the House
We all know that herbs can make an incredible difference to a dinner dish but herbs can also be used around the home in all sorts of ways. Herbalism is an age-old...
