The 10 Top Healing Herbs

Science says these ten healing herbs  can help ease pain, prevent Alzheimer's, and ward off cancer and heart disease

Your arsenal of home remedies is about to get a lot spicier with these best healing herbs. Though herbs have been used for hundreds of years to heal, scientists are finally starting to substantiate these plants' abilities to alleviate arthritis pain, reduce high blood sugar and cholesterol, and help with many other conditions. They're even discovering amazing new powers in the best healing herbs, such as the ability to kill cancer cells and help problem drinkers curb their alcohol intake.

"Herbs and other natural remedies can be as effective as traditional treatments, often without the same negative side effects," says Roberta Lee, MD, medical director of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.

Here are 10 superhealers you'll want to add to the all-natural section of your medicine cabinet—and even to your favorite recipes. Folding one or two of them into your cooking every day can yield big benefits. Read more

14 Essential Oils for Preppers

Gaye Levy lists fourteen essential oils for emergency use and survival.

The world is a scary place. It is not as though we are intentionally trying to live dangerously, it kind of, sort of just happens. I am being more than a little bit facetious when I say that because surely there is more to it than that. Sure, natural disasters happen without provocation or warning but there are dozens of other scary events that occur that are not-so-natural. Sickness, war, civil unrest, nuclear Armageddon – these things that are within our sphere of reality.

Rather than fear and cower at the thought of these disruptive and frightening events, we prepare. This is not by chance. If you are reading this than you recognize that being prepared and living a preparedness lifestyle is purposeful and intentional. It does not happen by accident and it does not happen without of bit of work coupled with time and resources. Read more

How to Make Herbal Creams

This video explains how to make herbal creams.

3 Plant Medicines to Help You with Lucid Dreaming

If you're interested in lucid dreaming, three plant medicines can help you achieve lucidity, according to The Shaman's Well.

For those new to lucid dreaming, here's a quick description from AuraThirdEyePsychic:

Lucid dream, also called conscious dream, is a state of mind where a person is dreaming but is also aware of his/her dreams and can actually sense the progress of the dream. When a dreamer is in a state of lucidity, he can as well participate in the dream sequences as well as manipulate all the fantasies that they?re experiencing. A lucid dream is often real and dramatic and is highly dependent on one?s self-awareness while dreaming lucid.

Below we list out 3 plant medicines that can help with a link on where you can find some. Read more

Your Herbal Medicine Cabinet

One of the world's top herbal authorities advises us on how to get the most out of natural remedies ranging from aloe vera and ginger to slippery elm and elderberry.

Your Herbal Medicine Cabinet

One of the world's top herbal authorities advises us on how to get the most out of natural remedies ranging from aloe vera and ginger to slippery elm and elderberry.

Liver Damage May Be Prevented by Herbal Medicine

The liver is the second largest organ in the body and is often seen as the most important organ. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, a healthy liver is seen as the most critical element in the body's ability to fight disease and function optimally. A new study has found that a well-known Asian medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation.

A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding came as a surprise to the scientists, who used a number of advanced genetic and genomic techniques in mice to identify a molecular pathway that counters acetaminophen toxicity, which leads to liver failure.

"I didn't know anything about the substance that was necessary for the pathway's function, so I had to look it up," said Gary Peltz, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology. "My postdoctoral fellow, whose parents and other family members in Asia were taking this compound in their supplements, started laughing. He recognized it immediately." Read more

12 Favorite Curative Herbs

Herbalist Cascade Anderson Geller reveals the dozen curative herbs that she turns to most often.

The criteria for getting on this list of favorite herbs is that I have to have known the herb very well, have used it for a long time, and it would have had to be successful the majority of times I used it. If you take any one of these plants, you can do so much with it. You don’t need to use too many herbs—my great-grandmother, who used only a handful of plants on a regular basis, was a very good herbalist. Below I discuss some of the herbs I turn to most often. Read more

Ayahuasca: The World's Most Powerful Herbal Medicine

The word Ayahuasca refers to a medicinal and magical drink incorporating two or more distinctive plant species capable of producing profound mental, physical and spiritual effects when brewed together and consumed in a ceremonial setting. Ayahuasca is the world's most powerful herbal medicine. It is used to treat diabetes, addiction, AIDS, cancer, chronic fatigue, asthma etc.

Herbal Medicine First Aid Kit

It’s important to be prepared for unexpected accidents, injuries or illnesses. Having a fully stocked first aid kit is always a great idea. Wouldn’t it be even better if that kit included remedies that were all natural and organic? Cuts, scrapes, bruises, splinters, bug bites, poison oak, sunburn, headaches, and sprained ankles can all be healed with the help of local plants.

You can even use herbal medicine to speed the healing of colds, flu, congestion, nausea, food poisoning, or strep throat. There are local plants that are anti-viral, anti-microbial, and anti-bacterial, and others that can be used as a pain killer or to relieve insomnia, anxiety, or symptoms of stress.

Cara Saunders has created the Herbal Medicine First Aid Kit to make natural health care easy and convenient. We all need to be prepared for accidents and illnesses; and now you can be ready with all natural organic herbal remedies. Read more