Garcinia cambogia, a tropical fruit also known as the Malabar tamarind, is a popular weight-loss supplement. People say it blocks your body's ability to make fat and it puts the brakes on your appetite. Loss of excess weight could help could help keep blood sugar and cholesterol levels in check, too. You'll find it in…

For generation, people are not only using Garlic because of its medicinal value, but traditionally, people have rubbed their bodies with it, buried it besides their bodies in coffin, worn it around their necks, draped it on household walls and even prayed to it. This great bulb has a lot of benefits, because no other…

What can you use gentian for? Historically, it’s been used to treat: Liver damage Stomach and digestive problems, such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, gas, bloating, heartburn and nausea Migraines Sinus infections Menstrual pains Chronic fatigue and weakness Scalp eczema High blood pressure Parasites Psoriasis Hair loss Jaundice Gout Hepatitis Candida Food allergies and intolerances…

The fruit is astringent and laxative. The crushed fruit pulp can be used as a poultice to heal inflammations or small flesh wounds. The fruit is eaten to obviate constipation. The bark, and especially the root bark, is anthelmintic, refrigerant and soporific. An infusion is used in the treatment of intermittent, remittent and bilious fevers.…

Cranberry is a small sized evergreen shrub normally found in North America. Also known as red berries, the cranberries are used in beverages or food drinks, various other food products, and herbal products in the teas, tablets, capsules, , and extract forms etc. There are a large number of health benefits of this fruit and…

The root of the plant cryptolepis (Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlecter, Asclepiadaceae or Periplocaceae) is used in traditional African medicine to treat a variety of diseases, including malaria.1-6 Scientific investigations have indicated a number of biological/pharmacological effects of compounds isolated from the plant material, including anti-bacterial, anti-hyperglycemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-plasmodial/anti-malarial, and anti-viral effects.7-19 Some of these effects…

Sunburn: Blend some cucumber and apply the pulp to the burned area. The cool astringency of cucumber will heal all but the worst burns. Sunburn: Cucumber milk. Blend together a medium cucumber, half a cup of organic whole milk and half a cup of pure water. Apply this topically to sunburn or irritated skin for…