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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Thyme
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Thymus vulgaris. Other common names: Tomillo, mother of thyme, garden thyme. Growing areas: Native to southern Europe; cultivated around the world. Physical description: It is an aromatic shrub with woody stems, small leaves, and pink flowers. Special precautions: Consult your physician before beginning any use of an ethnobotanical substance for medicinal purposes. Pure thymol should not be taken internally, since even small ...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Rue
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Ruta graveolens. Other common names: Ruda, ruta, garden rue, German rue. Growing areas: Native to Europe; widely grown in Latin America. Physical description: Rue is a small, erect bush that grows to a height of about 3 feet. The shoots of the plant are pale green and appear covered in oil glands. It produces small yellow flowers, and its fruit contains rutin, the volatile oil that gives it a bitter taste. Contraindications: Sinc...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Pedra Hume Caa
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Herbs: Pedra Hume Caa. Scientific name: Myrcia salicifolia other common names: Insulina vegetal. Growing areas: Native to South America and the West Indies. Physical description: Myrcia salicifolia is a shrub with small green leaves and large orange-red flowers, said Leslie Taylor. /. Contraindications: Diabetics run the risk of hypoglycemia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Traditional Hispanic Remedies and Their Historical Medical Uses.
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Rhatany
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Krameria triandra. Other common names: Raiz para, mapato, Peruvian rhatany, pumacuchu growing areas: Western slopes of the Andes in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet. Physical description: Rhatany is an evergreen shrub that grows about 3 feet in height and produces a large red flower. Its root, the part that is used medicinally, is deep. Fetrow and Avila warn that products containing tannic acid are ge...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Rosemary
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Rosemarinus officinalis other common names: Romero, compass plant,. Old man growing areas: Native to southern Europe; grows in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Physical description: Rosemary is a perennial evergreen shrub that is very aromatic and grows from 3 to 7 feet in height. It has narrow green leaves resembling pine needles. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dragons Blood scientific name: Cr...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Chamomile
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Monday, June 22, 2009. Scientific name: Matricaria chamomilla. Other common names: Manzanilla, English chamomile, German chamomile. Growing areas: Native to Europe; grows in the United States and Central and South America. The traditional uses and benefits of chamomile, in both European and Hispanic cultures, have earned it a reputation for being an antispasmodic, antibacterial, deodorant, and sedative. Availability and dosage: It is widely available in tea form through...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Wormwood
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Artemisia absinthium. Other common names: Artemisia, absinthe, ajenjo, estafiate. Growing areas: Native to Europe; grows in the eastern United States. Physical description: Wormwood is a perennial that has grayish-green stems. It can grow to a height of 4 feet, and its leaves, which are in blunt segments, have silvery hairs on both sides and resembleieathers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sarsaparilla scientific name: Smila...
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Beauty & Wellness: Herbs: Quinine Bark
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Cinchona officinalis. Other common names: Cinchona, fever tree, cinchona bark. Growing areas: Native to South America, primarily in the area of the Peruvian Amazon basin; also cultivated in other areas of the region and in Java and India. Special precautions: Consult your physician before beginning any use of an ethnobotanical substance for medicinal purposes. Medical research: The scientific literature is filled with information...
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Beauty & Wellness: June 2009
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Holistic and Alternative Medicine. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Scientific name: Artemisia absinthium. Other common names: Artemisia, absinthe, ajenjo, estafiate. Growing areas: Native to Europe; grows in the eastern United States. Physical description: Wormwood is a perennial that has grayish-green stems. It can grow to a height of 4 feet, and its leaves, which are in blunt segments, have silvery hairs on both sides and resembleieathers. Scientific name: Hamamelis virginiana. In Puerto Rican communities, a w...
