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Licorice Root: The Ancient Herb for Immune Support, Balancing Adrenals & More!
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is an herb long used in ancient Chinese medicine and folk herbalism, renowned for its wide range of therapeutic effects. It derives its scientific name from the Greek word for “sweet root” and common name from a French word also meaning “sweet root”—and that is what is so remarkable about this herb; a key compound in this herb, glycyrrhizin, is up to 50 times sweeter than sugar! Licorice has a rich history of being used in candies and dried sticks of licorice can even be chewed as a delicious, sugar-free and mouth freshening agent that is remarkable sweet....
The Ancient Tradition of Ayurveda: Discovering & Balancing your Constitutional Type with Herbs & Diet
Today is National Coffee Day! Here's Our Favorite Herbal Additives & Alternatives!
America runs on coffee, and as it turns out, there may be much more to this common beverage than just a nice energetic boost every morning. Coffee has been scrutinized in contemporary alternative and conventional medicine; even going back centuries in the history of Arabia and Islam, and more recently in Europe and North America. Before we lumped coffee with more potent and potentially dangerous compounds such as nicotine and alcohol, it was known to have many positive health benefits in its natural form. Negative judgments about coffee mostly come from the stimulating and habit-forming aspects of caffeine, a prominent component. Health Benefits of...