Water retention, natural remedies
Water retention, the best natural remedies and healthy tips to follow. Find out how nature can help you stay healthy and fit. Water retention, simple but powerful remedies that come from tradition and have been studied by science are now at your service.
Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 89, the ivy sacred to Dionysus
Legend has it that it was an ivy plant, created on purpose by Gea, the Earth, to protect the newborn Dionysus, the future god of the festivity and the vine, from the fury and thunderbolts of Zeus. And so Dionysus grew up...
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Pears, properties, benefits and healthy recipes
The pear is one of the best known and cultivated fruits in the world, and also one of the most loved, since ancient times. Suffice it to say that the pear was the fruit sacred to Hera, the wife of Zeus, and to Aphrodite,...
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Natural beauty, the dry body brushing that detoxifies and makes the skin glow
One of the ways we have available to take care of our body in this late winter period is certainly to practice a massage using the dry body brushing technique. This massage is in fact a scrub that involves passing a natu...
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Corn silk, the surprising remedy
Corn silk is often considered a waste material to be thrown away, but corn silk has been a remedy known for centuries by popular medicine and, nowadays, also by science. In fact, there are several studies dedicated to th...
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Cucumber, the king of summer salads
Fresh, juicy, with a crunchy texture, cucumber is the king of salads when, in summer, the days get hot. The cucumber, although originally from the East, is nowadays known and used almost everywhere, just think that it is...
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Kneipp method, the technique that counteracts water retention, heavy legs but also colds and joint pains
The Kneipp method takes its name from the German abbot, Sebastian Kneipp, who invented it in the nineteenth century. This method is based on the healing power of water. In particular, the Kneipp method requires that you ...
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Natural beauty, Thai herbal compress for cellulite and to reduce the circumference of the thighs
Against cellulite, water retention and stagnation there is a method that smells of herbs and spices, which tastes of ancient traditions, but whose effectiveness has been proven by science. Let's talk about the Thai herba...
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Fennel, the vegetable that protects the stomach and purifies the body
It often happens not to give it much importance, preferring more colorful vegetables, such as salads, carrots or tomatoes. Yet fennel should never be missing, both as an ingredient in tasty salads, as a fragrant side dis...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 65, an ancient spa on the shores of the Dead Sea
The mills are working at full capacity, crushing seeds and roots, and precious infusions with flower petals are being prepared in the tanks. The beauty salon is crowded, customers sit on stone seats waiting for their tur...
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Natural beauty, hay flowers against cellulite and stagnation
Once upon a time, humans relied completely on nature. Meadows and woods offered everything people needed to heal themselves. For example, it was common for farmers to rest on beds prepared with freshly cut hay and then t...
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Natural cosmetics, like kings and queens Part 62, a pink mine
We can only try to imagine the amazement of Alexander the Great when he first entered the Kehwra mine in Punjab, Pakistan. Perhaps he expected to find only stalactites and stalagmites, as in any mine. Instead, the rosy g...
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Cleanse the liver and gut, thus strengthening the immune system and fighting inflammation, poor digestion and fat accumulation
Stress, anxiety, drugs and a sedentary lifestyle, also related to the situation we have lived and are experiencing, can contribute to the accumulation of toxins in the body, which reacts by activating the inflammatory re...
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Proso millet, the rediscovered cereal
Proso millet, scientific name Panicum miliaceum, is one of the oldest cereals but is often, wrongly, neglected. Several scientific studies have brought attention to this cereal, because, in fact, millet is a precious sou...
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Pineapple, the most loved tropical fruit
Pineapple is one of the most loved tropical fruits. The sweet scent and juicy texture make it the favorite ingredient for fruit salads, desserts but also juices. However, the luck of pineapple is not only due to its uniq...
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Dandelion, the magic plant with a thousand uses
According to an ancient Irish legend, a long time ago, at the origin of the world, when human beings had not yet appeared, the gnomes and fairies were free to run in the meadows and woods. But everything changed when the...
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Mint tea, a drink that tastes of exotic lands
Today we are talking about mint tea, a tea that, with its fresh and fascinating scent, speaks of distant and exotic lands. But peppermint tea is also a healthy drink, let’s speak about its properties on the basis of sc...
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Food combinations and cooking methods, sweet peppers
They can be of different colors, red, yellow or green, some are small and elongated, others larger and square, we are talking about sweet or bell peppers. Peppers bring joy to any dish but are also a precious source of h...
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Natural beauty, small remedies for cellulite, heavy legs and swollen ankles
Heavy legs, swollen ankles and orange peel skin, are there any natural remedies to counteract all of this? As always, nature also comes to our aid with infused oils and plants with a draining, diuretic, antioxidant and a...
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Healthy in the kitchen, salt
Homer called salt the divine substance, and in ancient times it certainly was. In fact, more than as a condiment, salt was considered essential to preserve food, meat, fish and vegetables, guaranteeing the necessary sust...
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Linden
Linden, or basswood, scientific name Tilia, is a plant of the Tiliaceae family that can reach considerable size and is characterized by a great longevity. Linden flowers, leaves and bark are considered excellent natural ...
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Natural remedies against water retention
A long period of inactivity, a situation that has forced us home for weeks and maybe a diet low in fruit and vegetables and rich, instead, in processed foods full of salt ... here are some reasons why many of us may be s...
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Pear
The pear is the fruit of the Pyrus trees of the Rosaceae family, one of the oldest plants cultivated by humans. The pear is delicious and versatile, it can be taken both as fresh fruit and in the form of candied fruit, j...
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Dandelion honey
The dandelion, scientific name taraxum officinale, commonly known as dandelion, is a spontaneous herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. This plant grows in gardens and meadows and blooms in early spring presenting it...
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Black currant, herbal tea
The blackcurrant, scientific name ribes nigrum, is a shrub of the Grossulariaceae family, can reach 2 meters in height and is characterized by very dark fruits or berries. In herbal medicine, different parts of blackcurr...
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Poria mushroom
The poria mushroom, scientific name Wolfiporia extensa, belongs to the Polyporaceae family and is also known as Poria cocos. This edible mushroom has been known and used by traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2000...
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Couch grass, herbal medicine
Elymus repens, also known as couch grass, scientific name Agropyrum repens, is a plant of the Gramineae family. The couch grass is considered an invasive weed and a problem for those who have a garden, however, in the he...
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Blood Plum
The blood plums, also known as Japanese blood plums, are the fruits of the prunus salicina tree, and should not be confused with the plums, which instead are the fruits of the European plum or prunus domestica. The blood...
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Cherries, stones and stems
Cherries are so delicious, juicy, tasty and healthy, rich in vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidant substances. And the great thing of cherries is that nothing is thrown away, neither the stems nor the stones, both inte...
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Chokeberries
Aronia, scientific name aronia melanocarpa, is a bush belonging to the Rosaceae family. Its fruits, called aronia berries or chokeberries, are berries that, for what concerns their appearance, remind the blueberries but ...
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Stinging nettle, the herbal tea for health and beauty
Stinging nettle, scientific name urtica dioica, is a plant belonging to the Urtica genus well known for its action that causes stinging and itching on the skin. The leaves, indeed, are covered by hair that, when breaks, ...
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