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Go cuckoo for coconuts this summer by using it to boost your skin and hair health! Coconut oil, once considered a demon in the health world, is now fully recognized as a health booster, a skin toner, and a hair moisturizer.

You have probably experienced times in your life when you felt stress resulting from events that were job related, relationship-induced stress (such as marital problems, death of a spouse, or divorce), and or money problems. While it may not seem major, soon, you may start feeling anxious, your heart starts racing, you sweat and tremble, feel restless, experience insomnia and difficulty concentrating.

One of the most prominent complaints in the field of women’s health is yeast infections. Although today there are many medications available to treat yeast infections such as Diflucan and a variety of suppositories, before our grandmothers had medicines, what did they use ladies? That’s right natural remedies. Here are some of the old school remedies for yeast infections that has withstood the test of time and are tried and true for candida and yeast.

Depression affects all too many members of our population and now with the economic recession, I am certain that the numbers of depressed people among us are just going up.

Most of my readers are no stranger to turmeric, or Curcuma longa, the bright yellow spice that’s been used for centuries in the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat a wide variety of conditions, including gas, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, bloody urine, hemorrhage, toothache, bruises, chest pain, and colic.

Coconut oil is making a comeback in the health industry in many ways. Although it’s gotten a lot of bad rap because of one study which found the hydrogenated form bad for your health, in terms of heart disease and cholesterol, we know now that it’s the hydrogenation that was to blame, not the coconut oil itself.

It goes without saying that everyone has his own opinion about herbal medicine. Whether they believe in it, whether they have ever tried it and to what extent and even which branch of herbalism one feels closest to.

Triphala is one of the most commonly used herbal blends in Ayurvedic medicine and I love it because it is simply put, it is a cure for so many ailments. The three fruits contained in Triphala; Haritaki,Amalaki and Bibhitaki, each correspond to one of the three humors or doshas of Indian Ayurvedic medicine.

Ah, the deep scent of Frankincense…reminiscent of the exotic qualities of Africa, India, and the Middle East, this delightful oil has been found by scientists to have many medicinal benefits for thousands of years.

The cooling freshness of mint is loved by all, isn’t it? Most of us associate the leaf/plant with wonderfully fresh breath but rarely do most pick up a bunch of mint from the market to use for other purposes and it’s a downright shame!