Technorati Tags: Echinacea,Herb,Common Cold,Immune Booster,Anti-Inflammatory One of the most well known and widely used herbs is Echinacea. This medicinal plant with its prickly scales, cone flower, tall stems and pink or purple petals has been used by Native Americans for almost 500 years to treat everything from tempering a fever to disinfecting a wound. Today, Echinacea is very popular among alternative medicine doctors, naturopaths, holistic healers and even some western medical doctors. While we tend to equate Echinacea with treating a cold, this powerful herb is actually used for a variety of ailments. Here are three reasons why and...
Technorati Tags: lavender essential oil,therapeutic grade essential oil,natural remedies,joint pain,sleep,cuts,burns,abrasions Great things come in small packages. Nowhere is this truer than with lavender, the tiny purple-blue flower that produces a powerful aromatic scent. Lavender has been used for thousands of years as a perfume, a cleaning tonic and as a healing remedy. Today, lavender is still being used by complementary and integrative health practitioners like chiropractors, massage therapists and acupuncturists as part of their regular treatment plans. It is also added to scores of cosmetics, aromatherapies and medicines because of its versatility and pleasant aroma. With so many...