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A Complete Essential Oils Guide

Add to Favorites By Millie Troth – Over the years I have submitted various articles on finding and how to use the best essential oils. Each time I do I receive numerous …

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10 Natural Constipation Remedies That Work
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites Natural constipation remedies can take on many forms: you can use gentle herbs and herbal teas, lifestyle changes, diet changes, and gentle exercise to relieve constipation. While …

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12 Natural Home Remedies for Toothaches
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites In my experience, a toothache can pop up when you least expect it or when it’s most inconvenient. That’s why having a few options for home remedies …

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Growing Catnip for Home and Medicinal Uses
February 13, 2019 · · Growing

Add to Favorites A recent stroll around my backyard revealed that we are growing catnip among the wildflowers we planted several years ago. I was excited to discover this new …

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Creative Lavender Uses in the Kitchen
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites When we moved into our home two years ago, I planted lavender all across the front of the house because I find it so calming to smell …

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Home Remedies for Headaches Using Essential Oils and Herbs
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

As a lifelong sufferer of headaches (I had my first migraine at age 6!), I’ve found that very often I get better relief from my headaches when I use essential oils and herbs rather than over-the-counter painkillers and without any of the nasty side effects.

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Stye Home Remedies From Your Home and Gardens
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites Stye home remedies can come in handy when you least expect them. I can still remember the first time I came down with a stye as a …

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How I Learned to Care for the Lavender Plant

The lavender plant is a very hardy perennial and once established, it will live without much care for five to 10 years.

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From Fresh Herbs to Dried Teas

Add to Favorites By Shirley Benson, Wisconsin – Going from fresh herbs to dried herbal teas is a wonderful, inexpensive way to cure many of your daily aches and pains, …

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Laryngitis Home Remedies That Actually Work
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites As if getting sick from a virus isn’t bad enough, it’s the laryngitis that comes along with my symptoms that turns me into a total wimp. Fortunately, …

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Home Remedies for Allergies
February 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites Although I’m fortunate enough to never have suffered from the symptoms of seasonal allergies, I’m married to someone who suffers greatly every year once the pollen, spores …

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Exploring the Rosemary Plant
February 13, 2019 · · Growing

Add to Favorites In the language of herbs, the rosemary plant is known for remembrance. And if you’ve ever smelled the fresh piney scent of a rosemary plant, it’s not …

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Growing and Harvesting the Thyme Plant
February 13, 2019 · · Growing

Add to Favorites I love growing all the popular culinary herbs, but one of my favorites is the thyme plant. It not only makes a pretty ground cover in the …

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4 Healing Herbs to Grow, Including Chamomile Plant

Add to Favorites By Barbara Walsh – For thousands of years man has studied and used a healing herbs list. Physicians during the ancient times were expected to study and know …

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A Guide to Successfully Growing Herbs Outside
February 13, 2019 · · Growing

Add to Favorites The coming of spring seems to turn everyone into a would-be gardener. The warmer weather and green growth shooting up everywhere awakens a need in many to plant …

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