Tea Tree, or melaleuca alternifolia is just one of those wonder oils! This, along with lavendar are the only essential oils which can be used neat on the skin, however with all things, some people may be sensitive to this. It’s right up there as an anti fungal/bacterial/septic, fights any bugs, and also helps to strengthen the immune system.

I like to make room-sprays for different parts of the house – we gotta do something with all those spray-bottles now, don’t we. Simply (with any oil) dissolve a bit in some oil dispersant (I use …

Stroke strikes terror in the hearts and minds of sufferers and their families. So there is little wonder why panic sets in when one awakes to droopy facial features and discomfort. Thankfully, for many, symptoms of one-sided facial paralysis are from a far less serious disorder — Bell’s palsy.

Doctors often prescribe the anti-inflammatory corticosteroid prednisone for Bell’s palsy, but when questioned about the necessity of taking a steroid, many doctors concede that prednisone may merely help speed the reduction of the inflammation that occurs with Bell’s palsy. However, after six months, patients are generally in …

Cold sores are a patch of tiny blisters that appear on your lips and occasionally in the nose. Another name for them is ‘fever blister’ and the medical term is recurrent herpes labialis.

At first, you can tell something is going on because there is a bump on your lip that is sort of tingly. Soon the blisters popup and becomes really painful and annoying. A scab forms over the blisters soon after they appear.

Cold sores are extremely contagious and are caused by the HSV-1 virus. If you catch this virus then it can lay dormant …

There are hundreds of plants and natural anti-inflammatory herbs all over the world, which are used in herbal medicine as treatments for inflammation. Below you will find a list of some of the most accessible and most reliable natural anti-inflammatory herbs.

Here is a list of some of the most accessible and most reliable natural anti-inflammatory herbs:

Arnica usually refers to Arnica montana, a mountain plant used for relief of bruises, stiffness, and muscle soreness in herbal medicine. Arnica is widely used as a salve for bruises and sprains for …

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There are 2 types of herpes virus: herpes simplex 1 and herpes simplex 2. The 1st herpes virus is typically the cause of oral herpes. Oral herpes may come about in folks of any age, but largely younger persons.

Oral herpes occurs around the mouth, within the mouth, on the lips, gums and even the tongue. These irritating cold sores surface and can remain for a few weeks to a month. The virus is spread through touch with burst infected sores. It’s easy to catch.

When you first contract oral herpes, the revealing sign in most folks …

How can you tell someone has genital herpes? Do you look at the person? Ask yourself and look straight in the eye? Do not ask about their sex life? Well, my answer is no, maybe and perhaps.

It May be a good idea to ask someone if they are conscious of having genital herpes. The more sexual partners a person has had in their lives, the more they are likely to be infected with herpes. But these methods are totally inadequate. Did you know that the majority of people who have genital or oral herpes are …

Cold sores and fever blisters are often used interchangeably. This means that these two terms refer to only one condition. This is the ulceration or sores in the lip and the skin surrounding the lip caused by infection called herpes simplex or oral herpes. Because this may be painful, often the same medication for migraine is what you use to help manage the pain caused by cold sores or fever blisters.

You however do not interchange fever blisters with canker sores. This is because canker sores are fluid-filled blisters that happen inside the mouth, while cold …

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Some of the best remedies for pain are in the form of essential oils!

Helpful, are essential oils of basil, clove, camphor, menthol, eucalyptus, ginger, black pepper, wintergreen and peppermint, rosemary oils and are all beneficial for pain management.

Basil: contains several antioxidants in its volatile oils that act just like some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and Celebrex.

When isolated at high enough concentrations these oils worked as well as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin in research trials.

Camphor is a …

Flax seed oil is a source of fiber for linen fiber for linen fabric since times ancient. It is extracted from the slender flax plant which is also used as a healing herb since times immemorial. This plant was first cultivated in Europe and its brown seeds were used to prepare balms for skin that was inflamed and also used to prepare healing slurries for constipation.

Today flaxseeds are called linseeds and are famous for the therapeutic oil that is derived on crushing these seeds. Flax seed oil is rich in essential fatty acids.

Health Benefits of …