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I Bet You Never Knew Chaga Mushrooms Where This Good For You

I Bet You Never Knew Chaga Mushrooms Where This Good For You!

About Chaga

Chaga, or inonotus obliquus, is a mushroom that is not well known outside of natural health circled here in North America, but it has an impressive reputation dating back thousands of years all over the northern hemisphere in native cultures and among healers the world around.

Chaga is a popular supplement in certain parts of Europe and Asia that helps to boost the immune system…

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Scientists rank the top greens by nutritional content: Hint 14 are more nutritious than Kale!

Scullcap for Insomnia and Menstrual Symptoms

Scutellaria lateriflora, commonly known as skullcap, is a perennial herb that has opposite, heart-shaped leaves with toothed or scalloped edges. It is a weak-stemmed plant that often falls to the ground. Its root is a crawling rhizome, which sprouts branched and hairy stems that grow up to 18 inches tall.

It has tube-shaped, hooded and two-lipped flowers that bloom from the leaf axils in blue and…

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Natural Benefits of Sea Buckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides, also known as sea buckthorn, is a shrub that can grow up to 6 meters tall and comes with stiff, thorny branches. Its leaves are lanceolate with pale silvery-green tone. The roots spread out widely and rapidly. The herb grows abundantly in the mountainous regions of Central Europe and Asia.

The plant is highly valued for its golden-orange fruits that are rich in Vitamin C,…

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Sweet Annie treatment for Malaria and Athletes foot

Sweet Annie (Artemesia annua) is a type of wormwood plant available in almost all continents. Its seeds are fairly small. It has yellow flowers and leaves that resemble common ferns. This herb can grow up to 8 feet. It can easily be mistaken as a common garden weed because of its rather bland appearance. However, it has a mild camphor scent that sets it apart from the other wild plants out there.…

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General benefits of Senna Leaf

Senna Leaf, also known as Follium Sennae, refers to the dried leaves from either Cassia acutifolia Delile or Cassia angustifolia Vahl. Leaves from Cassia acutifolia Delile are obovate or lanceolate, a bit curly and unequally oblique at the base, greyish-green, have distinctive vein, and come with weak, peculiar odor and sweet taste.

The leaves of Cassia angustifolia Vahl are ovate-lanceolate or…

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Top common uses of Shepherd’s Purse

Shepherd’s purse, the common name of Capsella bursa-pastoris, is a hardy annual that is grown in most parts of the world. The main leaves are either entire and toothed or pinnately cleft. Its slender, sparingly branched stem rises from the top of the root, the center of the rosette formed by radical leaves. The stem is smooth and bears a few, tiny, oval leaves and tiny, white flowers that are…

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5 Superfruits You Must Incorporate Into Your Diet For Amazing Health

Superfoods are all the rage but have you heard of superfruits? Superfruits are loaded with antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, but not all fruits fall under the superfruit category. Five superfruits you should introduce into your diet include goji berries, pomegranates, figs, acai berries and mangosteen. To gain optimal nutrients from each superfruit, it is best to consume in its most…

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Powerful Benefits of Skullcap, Baikal

Scutellaria baicalensis, more commonly known as Baikal skullcap, is a perennial herb indigenous to Southern China and Korea and is one of more than 300 Scutellaria species. Its dried roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

The plant grows to about 1-4 ft. tall, with lanceolate leaves and blue-purple, hermaprodite flowers. The roots are collected in spring or autumn once the plant is…

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Solomon Seal the injury aid

Solomon seal (Polygoratum biflorum or multiflorum) is a type of flowering plant. Its name is derived from the depressions found on its roots. This plant has been used for medicinal purposes for at least 3,500 years. In fact, it was mentioned in the works of Pliny the Elder (24-79 CE). Note, however, that its fruits are toxic, so you can only use the roots for medicinal/healing purposes. This…

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Slippery Elm Bark to help relieve sore throat and coughs

Slippery elm bark (Ulmus rubra) is a type of herb that grows predominantly across North America. It usually grows around 40 to 60 feet (12 to 19 meters). Its heartwood is reddish in color; thus, the term “rubra” (“red” in Latin). The inner bark of slippery elm tree is mucilaginous. Aside from its medicinal uses, the fibrous inner bark of slippery elm can also be used to make ropes, fabric and…

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The wonders of Spirulina

Spirulina is a microalgae that comes from two types of cyanobacteria, namely Arthrospira platensis and Arthrospira maxima. Initially classified as a plant because of its pigment, it was later reclassified as a type of bacteria. It was a staple food among the Aztecs.

Alternative names

Arthrospira

AFA

Blue-green algae

Who would benefit from it?

Spirulina has a long list of health benefits. Anyone…

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St. John’s Wort for Depression

St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is an herb that bears yellow flowers and can grow around 1 meter high. It has small transparent dots that make the leaves look perforated. The ancient Greeks have been using this herb as documented in the writings of Pliny the Elder. In some countries, farmers and ranchers consider St. John’s Wort as an invasive weed that invades prime pastures.

Alternative…

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Chasteberry and It's Wonders to Female Hormone Balance

Chasteberry and It’s Wonders to Female Hormone Balance

Plants have been used by our ancestors to treat different illnesses and health conditions. At present, many plant species are still used for medical purposes. One of those is chasteberry. Sometimes referred to as “women’s herb,” this plant is found originally in the Mediterranean area and Central Asia.

Vitex agnus-castus—commonly known as chasteberry, vitex, chaste tree berry, and monk’s…

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The Health Benefits of Long Jack

Eurycoma longifolia or most commonly known as Long Jack (sometimes Longjack) is a small tree native to Malaysian and Southeast Asian jungles. In Southeast Asia, the tree is used for making medicinal tonics, an aphrodisiac, and as an effective treatment to malaria. As a dietary supplement, Tongkat Ali can either be consumed in either pill or powder form.

Long jack goes by other names; Malaysians…

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The Role of Lion’s Mane Mushroom in the Medical World

The Lion’s Mane mushroom (scientific name hericium erinaceus) is a rare edible mushroom that is native to certain parts of Japan, China, and Vietnam. You can find similar mushrooms that are in the same family as the Lion’s Mane, but the ones found in Asia are usually used in medicines.

Besides Lion’s mane, this mushroom also goes by different names, like Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Satyr’s Beard,…

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The Medicinal Value of Kudzu Root

Even though the Chinese have been using the Kudzu root for medicinal purposes as early as 200 B.C. (it was usually prescribed as a medicine to combat alcoholism), it is only recently that it started gaining popularity in mainstream healthcare. Even though it is the root of the Kudzu plant that is usually used as medicine, the flowers and leaves of the plant have medicinal properties too.

Kudzu…

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