Insect bites, natural remedies
Insect bites, the best natural remedies and healthy tips to follow. Find out how nature can help you stay healthy and fit. Insect bites, simple but powerful remedies that come from tradition and have been studied by science are now at your service.
Ricotta, properties, curiosities and warnings
Dairy products have long been considered products capable of increasing inflammation in the body. However, more and more studies are re-evaluating them and even demonstrating their healthy and anti-inflammatory action. L...
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Tea tree, properties, uses and warnings
Australian aborigines have always used the leaves of the Melaleuca alternifolia plant to treat wounds, burns and insect bites. And luckily for us, the essence of this plant is nowadays available in every herbalist's shop...
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Ancient knowledge and medicinal herbs Part 3, Ancient lemon balm water
The footsteps echo on the cobblestones and the gentle branches caress our ankles while we are invaded by fascinating and fresh aromas. Suddenly, we are enveloped in a scent of lemon, the friar who accompanies us smiles a...
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Ancient knowledge and medicinal herbs Part 2, the wonderful balm
The computer screen shows the digital image of an old newspaper, kept in the library of the University of Innsbruck. The pages are ancient, yellowed by time, and the Gothic writing on the header shows the date, December ...
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Natural beauty, common marigold, the bride of the sun
A symbol of light, energy and freedom, the common marigold, or calendula officinalis, has always ignited people's imagination. Born from the tears of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, marigolds are also called the brides...
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Lavender essential oil, the essence that you should always have with you
The scent of lavender smells good, clean, of lines well folded and carefully stored in the closets, of blue fields that are lost on the horizon. And it is precisely this perfume that envelops us when we open a bottle of ...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 26, the divine lemon balm
In Crete there is a cave that goes down to the depths of the earth, you can reach it by foot or on the back of a donkey on a steep path. Once inside, only the light from the lamps illuminates the stalactites and stalagmi...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 20, from the heart of Australia the remedy against acne, cold sores and wounds
Among palms, ferns and trees that rise up imposingly towards the sky and gurgling streams, winds the Australian rain forest, which is also the habitat of a plant that is considered very interesting by science, the lemon ...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 13, the wisdom of India
How many creams rich in ingredients we apply on our skin every day, often without reading the INCI, the label that, by law, must contain the substances that make up a cosmetic product. However, it is possible to resort t...
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Tea tree, the first aid always with you
Melaleuca alternifolia, also known as tea tree, is a plant belonging to the Mirtaceae family native to Australia. From the distillation of its leaves and the final brunches of the plant an amazing essential oil is obtain...
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Balsam of Peru
Balsam of Peru, also known as black balsam, China oil or Indian balsam, is an oleoresin that looks like a viscous liquid of dark color. This product is obtained from the trunk of the Myroxylon balsamum tree, belonging to...
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Lavender hydrolat
The hydrolat, or aromatic water, is produced simultaneously with the essential oil. In fact, during the steam distillation process, two products are obtained, one is the essential oil which is fat-soluble, namely it melt...
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Malva, external use
Malva, scientific name Malva sylvestris, also known as common mallow, is a generous and very beneficial plant. It is indeed an ingredient for herbal teas very useful to calm coughs, bronchitis and colds or to soothe infl...
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Rice starch
Rice starch is a grandma’s old remedy, it looks like a very fine white powder and is obtained from rice, Oryza sativa. Rice starch belongs to the class of carbohydrates and, besides the use in cooking as a thickener, i...
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Manuka essential oil
Manuka, scientific name Leptospermum scoparium, is a plant native to new Zeland and Australia. From the leaves of this plant, through steam distillation, an essential oil with antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral prop...
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Niaouli essential oil
Melalueca viridiflora, commonly known as broad-leaved paper bark, is an evergreen tree belonging to the Mirtaceae family and native to Australia. The niaouli essential oil is obtained by stem distillation from its leaves...
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Cajeput essential oil
Like the Tea Tree also the cajeput tree, scientific name Melaleuca leucadendra, has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant belongs to the Mirtaceae family, it grows in Australia, India and Indonesia and i...
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Cardiospermum
Cardiospermum halicacabum, or cardiospermum, is a medicinal climbing plant belonging to the Sapindaceae family. Widespread in Africa, India and South America, the plant owes its name to the appearance of its seeds that a...
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Chervil
Chervil, Anthriscus Cerefolium, is also called garden chervil and is an annual plant with anti-inflammatory, purifying and diuretic properties, it results helpful in case of constipation, gout, rheumatism, water retentio...
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Parsley
Parsley is used to flavor and garnish dishes: from salads to omelets, side dishes and fish. The plant is rich in vitamin C, A and K, mineral salts such as calcium, phosphorus, copper and is a stimulant for the appetite a...
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Lemon essential oil
Lemon essential oil has a calming action, very useful in case of anxiety and irritability. Moreover, thanks to its antiseptic, anti aging and against skin spots properties the lemon essential oil can be applied in case o...
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English plantain
English plantain is a plant that grows spontaneously on the edges of meadows, paths and on the mountains. This plant has astringent and anti-inflammatory properties, can heal wounds and block bleeding, it is useful in ca...
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Sorrel
Sorrel, or common sorrel, is an herb with anti-inflammatory, febrifugal, laxative and digestive properties. This plant can stimulate the appetite, it is able to purify the body, has diuretic but also tonic and vermifuge ...
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Elm
Elm has detox, anti-inflammatory and cicatrizing properties. You can drink elm decoction or you can take it as glycerine macerate. <br><br>Decoction for internal use – The decoction is prepared from elm bark. It result...
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