An old timey solution we used was Burow's Solution. It is Aluminum Acetate resulting from the reaction of

Calcium acetate and Aluminum Sulfate. It is buffered. I imagine it is the sulfate which helps, similar to Epsom salts which is magnesium sulfate. …

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Kombucha has S. boulardii which displaces and replaces candida albicans. Candida binds with mercury to store it out of circulation. If one has/had mercury fillings and detoxes poorly, they are likely to have candida.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC93125/…

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• Asthma…

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Comfrey Leaf Infusion 101

(Symphytum officinale) also known as "knitbone".



Comfrey should not be used by pregnant or nursing women.



Taking comfrey internally is subject to legal restriction in some countries due to liver toxicity that can be caused when taking excessive amounts.



Symphytum officinale benefits:

• healing wounds
• helping bone knit and repair after a…

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Red Clover Leaf Infusion 101



Red Clover Leaf and Flower Profile

Also known as- Trifolium pretense, Cow Clover, Meadow Clover, Purple Clover, Trefoil, Trifolium pratense, Wild Clover



Introduction

Red clover is a perennial plant that grows wild in most temperate climates. It has been used medicinally to treat a wide variety of conditions, many of them having to do with reproductive functions and menopause. While these

uses are traditional,… Continue

Oatstraw herbal infusion 101:



Also known as Avena sativa, Oats, Common Oats, and sometimes referred to as "avena."



Introduction

Oat straw is, as its name suggests, the above-ground parts of the oat plant left after harvesting the grain. In Europe, oat straw is a long-trusted additive to soaps and skin conditioners.



Constituents…

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• Adrenal Fatigue…

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• Blood Pressure?
• I do not supplement Vit D3.…

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• Homemade Probiotics?
• Kefir
• Real Kefir Grains vs. kefir starter…

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A fever is usually a healthy child's response to an illness. By raising the body temperature, a child's immune system can defend against invading organisms by increasing the release of white blood cells and other specialized disease-fighting immune cells. Most fevers in children last between one and three days, with temperatures ranging from 101 degrees F to 104 degrees F.

What to do about a child's fever is a common question. As an antipyretic…

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Bone broth is easy. Roast a chicken, put the carcass in a pot of water, simmer for 1-2 days. Strain, use as soup, or for cooking rice, pasta, gravy or drink it straight. We have a cup of broth for the minerals each morning. Use only organic or pastured chickens or 100% grass-fed beef bones. You can just add the whole chicken to a large pot, simmer a couple of hours, the meat will fall off the bone, then leave the bones to simmer for 1-2 days.



Broth has HUGE healing…

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• 10pm Bedtime
• Adrenal Fatigue…

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• 10pm Bedtime
• Adrenal Fatigue…

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I ate tylenol and benedryl daily for 20 years for sinus headaches. Grew up on prescription antihistamines since age 10. I was told by an immunologist that taking these every day was a bad idea. It seemed like a good idea to me! After I quit working in the hospital environment with all of the cleaning chemical exposures, and quit wearing makeup after ds was just born, and removed dairy and wheat from my diet due to his food intolerances, some time later I noticed that I never had headaches… Continue

Gut flora is linked to obesity.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/3/534



"Previous research has suggested that bacteria can influence how well

energy is absorbed from food, but these [new] findings demonstrate that

intestinal bacteria can actually influence appetite," Gewirtz

explained.… Continue

• Blood Pressure?
• I do not supplement Vit D3.…

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