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Alsi to the rescue (Flaxseeds also known as Linseed oil)

INFLAMMATION! What inflammation? Am I a prey? Is it a visitor passing through town, in this case my body? Or by the looks of it, has it already sneaked in to make me its permanent address? A nasty boil ensnarled in puss; a-common-place-incensed   swell   or an incendiary infection chafing the body — sure these are [...]

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Honey & Cinnamon (Madh & Taj)

ARTHRITIS:
Dilute one part honey with two parts of warm water. Add one teaspoons of taj powder and apply the paste to the part that is paining, massaging slowly. Within minutes them pain will go away and the patient will feel relieved.
Put two spoons of honey and one teaspoon taj powder in hot water. Arthritis patients [...]

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Echinacea Joins Elegant Lady at the Kearney Ag Center

Among the San Joaquin Valley’s traditional crops being studied at the UC Kearney Agricultural Center – stone fruit, nut crops and grapes – this year scientists will grow a variety of medicinal herbs, plants that hold excellent promise for the region’s small-scale farmers. “We should know more about these crops,” says [...]

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Tuolumne County Volunteers Take On Medicinal Herbs

With marginal soils, prolific deer, expensive water and numerous residents looking for something to grown on their five- to 200-acre home sites, Tuolumne County may be the ideal environment to cultivate medicinal herbs, said UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Franz Rulofson. Since production information is scarce, Rulofson has enlisted his corps [...]

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St. John’s Wort Depresses California Ranchers

The same St. John’s Wort which so many Americans are now buying to control mild depression has distressed California ranchers for decades. Known to them as Klamath weed, the plant, brought to the United States by Europeans perhaps as early as the 1600s, grows prolifically and is harmful to livestock. “Animals [...]

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Sustainable herb development in Albania

In April, HRF President Rob McCaleb’s international herb development work took him to Albania, where a much-needed effort to promote sustainable use of wild medicinal plants is underway. Wild harvest of medicinal [...]

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