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Benefits of stevia

guidetoaromatherapy — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:51:55 +0000

Stevia is a popular sweetener for dieters and diabetics, but there are also other benefits from this natural supplement. Check out these links to find out more:

4 fantastic benefits of Stevia
Stevia health benefits

It’s best to use natural unrefined stevia. Find out why here: Why is White Stevia Powder No Good?

Discover four fantastic benefits of stevia

guidetoaromatherapy — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:41:02 +0000

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Wormseed old remedy for amoebic dysentery, parasites and snake bite [updated]

guidetoaromatherapy — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:01:41 +0000

Wormseed, Dysphania ambrosioides (though you will more than likely find it labeled as Chenopodium ambrosioides; the name changed only recently), is also known as American wormseed, chenopodium, epazote, feather geranium, goosefoot, herba Sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, Jerusalem tea, Jesuit tea, Mexican tea and Spanish tea. It’s not related to garden geraniums (which have the latin name Pelargonium), nor to plants with the latin name Geranium. It’s also not related to oak trees, tea tree or even

Acai – not worth the air miles

guidetoaromatherapy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:43 +0000

The açaí berry, fruit of the açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea syn. E. badiocarpa, E. edulis) hit the news a few years back and has been popular ever since as a super-food. Other common names for the açaí palm include assai palm, cabbage palm, jussara and pina palm. The açaí palm is an attractive, tall, slender palm with 4-8 stems, reaching a height of 15-25m (50-90′). As it is a native of the Amazon, it is not suitable for most other areas (unless you live in a rainforest), but may

Acai – not worth the air miles

Essential Oil Blends

guidetoaromatherapy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:23:44 +0000

You might want to make essential oil blends for several reasons. One of these is to make a therapeutic massage oil or other blend to be used for health promotion, whether physical, mental or emotional. But there are many people who are interested aromatherapy oils not so much for therapy, but for the aroma part of the equation. Just because something smells nice, it doesn’t mean that it’s not good for you, but there’s no intrinsic link between a pleasant fragrance and therapeutic

Essential Oil Blends

Planning your Container Crops

guidetoaromatherapy — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:09:42 +0000

All gardeners who grow vegetables need to plan out what they’re going to grow each season, and where they’re going to grow it. To some extent, this is easier for container growers (at least until you’ve filled up all the available floor space), because you can always add another container or two. If you haven’t grown vegetables and fruit in containers before, your plan needs to be a bit more comprehensive, because you have to decide not just what you’re going to grow, but which containers to

Best vegetable crops for containers

guidetoaromatherapy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:18:16 +0000

In general, the fastest growing vegetable crops are best for containers, avoiding those with very long roots. Both annual and perennial herbs also do well, in most cases, and you can also grow soft fruit if you choose the right size pot. Most people start out growing salads in containers. These are not very fussy (though some types of lettuce require a fair bit of water), and although some have a tap root, there are cut and come again varieties of most types which are harvested small,

Apples really do keep the doctor at bay

guidetoaromatherapy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:28:33 +0000

As I’ve started to run out of truly useful herbs (there are plenty, I know, but some are so obscure you probably won’t be growing them), I’ve decided to start a series of fruits that are useful medicinally. Today’s fruit is the apple, Malus domestica (syn. M. malus, M. pumila, M. pumila domestica, M. sylvestris, M. sylvestris domestica, Pyrus malus), which is a cultivated hybrid. If you find a true apple growing wild, it’s almost certainly an escape. There are many other Malus species,

Apple health benefits

Liquorice for peptic, duodenal and mouth ulcers

guidetoaromatherapy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:54:07 +0000

Liquorice or licorice in the USA, Glycyrrhiza glabra (a subspecies, Glycyrrhiza glandulifera or Glycyrrhiza glabra var. glandulifera is grown in Russia), is well known to everybody as a common sweet or candy, though you can’t guarantee that all liquorice candies actually have very much liquorice in them. Liquorice is not related to anise hyssop (sometimes called liquorice mint). When I was a kid, we used to buy sticks of liquorice root in the local sweet shop, and chew them, discarding the

Holiday Gift Ideas: Essential Oil Diffuser

guidetoaromatherapy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:49:46 +0000

The festive season is coming – yes, I know there are nearly six weeks to go, but it never hurts to start getting your head round gift ideas in good time, just to be sure that you can find what you’ve decided to buy before it sells out. So for the next few posts, I’ll be making some suggestions for presents for friends and family who are into aromatherapy, or would like to be. Today’s post is about essential oil diffusers. There are several types available. See this post for more