Natural Remedies & Healing Recipes
Homemade treatments and food-based cures to reduce inflammation, clear out parasites, detoxify, lose weight naturally, and bring your body back into balance. Also quick, simple and delicious smoothie recipes and healthy juices and for getting more superfoods in your daily diet.
Bibhitaki is one of the most revered healing fruits in traditional Ayurvedic medicine. Known as the “one who keeps away disease,” this potent superfood has been used for thousands of years across different parts of Asia.
Yet most people in the West have never heard of it. That’s a shame, but modern research is now confirming what ancient healers have known for thousands of years: that using bibhitaki powder can have many beneficial effects for your health and wellbeing.
Here’s a detailed look at bibhitaki’s proven benefits, how you can use it effectively, ideal dosages and timing, potential side effects, and where to find organic powder and capsules in America.
Intestinal parasites are a far more common problem than most people realize. They are also notoriously difficult to diagnose due to the wide variety of symptoms that can result from a parasitic infection.
Some, but by no means all of these symptoms can include bloating and excessive gas, frequent diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, ongoing fatigue, an increasing number of allergies, and poor general immunity with regular sickness.
The seeds from papaya fruit have strong anthelmintic and antiamoebic properties. This means they get rid of intestinal worms and other parasitic organisms in your digestive system.
Intestinal human parasites are a far more common problem than most people realize. Here’s how they can enter your body and some of the main symptoms of parasitic infections.
Also ahead is a natural remedy for intestinal worms, based on a traditional German treatment using raw pumpkin seeds.
These seeds contain high levels of a substance called cucurbitin that paralyzes tapeworms, hookworms, ascariasis, pinworms and other parasites so they can be expelled from your body.
Cissus quadrangularis is a perennial vine from the Vitaceae family. It’s also known as veldt grape, adamant creeper and winged treebine, and is mainly found in Asia and parts of Africa.
Traditionally, this plant has been used to heal wounds and bone fractures, and for inflammatory conditions like back and joint pain. Modern scientific studies also highlight its benefits for weight loss, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, stronger teeth, sporting injuries, and speeding up recovery from intense exercise.
Here’s how Cissus quadrangularis works, correct dosage and when to take it, potential side effects and precautions, overall pros and cons, and the best Cissus capsules to take if you’d like to try it for yourself.
The Boswellia serrata tree grows in India, North Africa and the Middle East. It’s also known as Indian Frankincense and has a long history of use in traditional medicine. Boswellia trees produce a resinous gum with active compounds called boswellic acids that have strong anti-inflammatory properties.
This natural remedy is often used for conditions like joint pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases. There’s much more on the many benefits of Boswellia serrata here, including the correct dosage, when to have it, how long it takes to work, and the one I use and why.
Boswellia serrata is a tree native to India, the Middle East and Northern Africa. It’s also known as Indian Frankincense and its resin has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years to treat joint pain and respiratory problems.
It’s still used for these purposes today and is a popular supplement for arthritis, liver damage, IBS, IBD and other forms of inflammation within the body.
Recent research has also found Boswellia to be beneficial for losing weight, better skin, digestive health and preventing hair loss, along with many other anti-inflammatory effects.
Amla oil is a popular natural treatment to promote hair growth and thicken and darken your hair.
Commercial preparations are available, but I didn’t like the harsh chemical ingredients like mineral oil. With a little research I came up with my own homemade version.
My results have been very encouraging, so I thought I’d share my amla hair oil recipe and how to use it.
This anti-aging smoothie is designed to provide plenty of the nutrition your skin needs to look its best.
The recipe is full to bursting with antioxidants, healthy fats and specific nutrients to help prevent and treat acne, eczema and other forms of skin inflammation.
Used regularly it may even help slow down the signs of aging caused by collagen breakdown, poor moisture balance and free radical damage to your skin’s cells.
This potent smoothie recipe blends natural foods with specifically important nutritional elements for healthy hair into a great tasting drink.
It’s a simple and delicious way to give your scalp and follicles the valuable fatty acids, protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients they need to produce strong and beautiful hair.
Your liver is the major detoxification organ of your body and has a hard job these days with all the various toxic compounds in processed foods and the polluted environment we live in.
This detox smoothie recipe with beet, parsley, carrot and other liver-healing ingredients can give it a well-deserved break and help alleviate that sluggish, run-down feeling that so many people experience due to an overburdened liver.
Your toxin-filtering kidneys can also benefit from this apple, carrot and beet smoothie and having it regularly, along with plenty of water throughout your day, may even help prevent painful kidney stones.
Blueberry smoothies are delicious but this special recipe is more than just something nice to drink. Each of the ingredients in it plays a part in making it a potent treatment for elevating one of the most important of hormones for both men and women — testosterone.
For people lacking in the many nutrients this smoothie provides, drinking it can make the kind of difference most people usually only associate with expensive little tablets.
This energizing smoothie is made with banana and cacao powder for a rich tasting chocolate banana flavor.
With the addition of cinnamon, whey protein and coconut oil, it provides an energy boost before weight training or other activities where you need a lot of fuel for your body.