Enriching the Soil of Your Life
Today, I’m sharing with you the contents of my medicine cabinet. Updated August, 2016.
Since several readers have asked me to share what I keep in my medicine cabinet, I have been thinking how to save you time, money, and make your way to natural health more sure and enjoyable. This is one of those posts you may want to print out to have on hand!
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While I’ve used this turmeric for 8 years with “happy” results (no pun intended) for its anti-inflammatory effects and truly amazing Alzheimer-prevention powers, I did not realize turmeric is also a painkiller and natural mood elevator of the first order!
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Thieves® Oil was developed from historical information about four brothers in 15th century France who would rob graves and deceased victims of the Black Plague in their contaminated homes.
The modern-day version of this oil is simply a blend of several essential oils that are known for their infection-fighting properties. Anyone can make it if you know the ratios for mixing. …
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You’d certainly think the most popular allergy drugs and insomnia aids on the market would be safe, wouldn’t you?
But a new, unique study outlines some frightening health risks to users. Indiana University School of Medicine researchers actually used brain-imaging technology to detect how anticholinergic drugs impact the brain. An anticholinergic agent is a substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system.
Using MRI and PET scan imaging, they showed how people taking anticholinergic drugs experienced lower brain metabolism and higher brain atrophy. Participants also scored lower on memory tests (1) due to the blockage of acetylcholine.
Drugs linked to dementia now include common anticholinergic drugs including popular medications like:
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One of our young adult children has been having migraines for several years, so I have been searching for possible effective natural migraine remedy for a while. It has also helped keeping a journal of possible food triggers. I suspected excitotoxins contained in food eaten away from home.
I found an early helpful lead in my research at the University of Maryland Medical Center website. Their website states, “Feverfew became popular in Great Britain in the 1980s as a treatment for migraines. A survey of 270 people with migraines in Great Britain found that more than 70% of them felt much better after taking an average of 2 – 3 fresh or dried feverfew leaves daily. Several human studies have used feverfew to prevent and treat migraines. Overall, these studies suggest that taking dried leaf capsules of feverfew every day may reduce the number of migraines in people who have chronic migraines.”
What? – Is this little known information really true? Why aren’t more doing this?
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If you are the adventurous and independent type, here’s a homemade cough remedy that really works.
The ingredients are a simple combination of spices and nutrients with no side effects:
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