Echinacea root ~ An immune tonic

Echinacea root ~ An immune tonic

Echinacea root has such an interesting and varied use as an immune tonic. Native Americans valued the remedy for wound healing, when there was no antibiotics, herbs were used to support the body’s immune response. Echinacea was highly valued for this and for...
Can herbs help relieve anxiety?

Can herbs help relieve anxiety?

Herbal remedies have been used for thousands of years in all parts of the world for many different ailments as both emergency and tonic medicine. One of the most powerful ways herbal medicine is used is in reducing nervous tension and anxiety, inducing sleep and...
Why don’t pharmaceutical cough remedies use Liquorice anymore?

Why don’t pharmaceutical cough remedies use Liquorice anymore?

This is a question I often ponder to myself. Why don’t pharmaceutic preparations use herbs anymore? Is it that they have forgotten about their efficacy? Is it that they find the cost too prohibitive? Is it because they believe that their compounded chemical...