Emu oil

The emu is a large ostrich like bird that is native to Australia. The emu supplied aboriginals with food and clothing for centuries. Its fat is a unique natural medicine that the natives of the land used for painkilling, anti-inflammatory purposes as well as to treat skin diseases, wounds burns, and bruises. It was also used as a moisturizer and a sunscreen of sorts.

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Direction for the use of evening primrose oil, opinions, indications

Native Americans  and the New World settlers really appreciated the healing properties evening primrose, a plant that at that time grew wild all across the country. Today scientific research projects are focused mainly on the therapeutic effects of oil that was derived from the seeds of this plant, which contains a special substance, gamma-linolenic acid [...]

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Jojoba oil

Jojoba (Chineze buksus — Simmondsia chinensis) – a highly branched evergreen shrub, that grows in the deserts and chaparral. Jojoba oil is currently very modern solution in cosmetology. This unique oil is similar to spermaceti by properties. There is nothing in the plant world with the same chemical composition. It has been used for a [...]

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What Heirloom Seeds Are and Why You Should Care

If you go to your local grocery store you will usually find a selection of say, apples, available to choose from, often as many as five or six. Did you know however that there are actually more than 10,000 known different varieties of apples? And that just applies to one fruit!

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Castor Oil for Hair Growth

In an attempt to prevent hair loss, or to make hair grow faster many people spend a great deal of money on all kinds of products designed to do just that, with many of them being rather expensive to say the least. And yet one of the most effective weapons against thinning and hard to [...]

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Chia seeds

Chia /Salba oil Salvia hispanica L Synonyms: S. Man La Llave; S. polystachya Ort.; S. chia Fernald., Chia seed oil, Salba, Chia, White chia, White Spanish chia, chian; Mex. — chia blanco, chiantzozolli. Family: Lip-flowered/dead nettles (Labiatae /Lamiaceae) Description: Chia – one-year herb, about 1m height, with opposite leaves 4-8 cm long and 3-5 cm [...]

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Tea Tree Oil – The Wonder from Down Under

In Australia, where it originally comes from tea tree oil, which is also known as melaleuca oil,  has been used by the native Aborigines fro centuries as both a medicine to cure or alleviate a number of ailments and as a beauty aid. It was on in the 1950s though that the rest of the [...]

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Flaxseed Oil – Great for You Inside and Out

Flaxseed oil is a natural oil that comes from the seeds of a blue flowering plant . For some time now it has been known that this tiny seed possesses all kinds of nutrients and substances that can be beneficial to your health and well being and that flaxseed oil is an effective way to [...]

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Coconut Oil – Is it Nature’s Wonder Oil?

Imagine if there were an all natural oil that was great for cooking with, could improve the look of your hair, skin and nails, help reduce high cholesterol and high blood pressure and deliver a large number of beneficial vitamins and minerals. Well actually you do not have to imagine because such an oil does [...]

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Grapefruit seed extract – GSE

Grapefruit seed extract is a nontoxic antibacterial product which is widely used in different areas. It is obtained from seeds, pulp and white grapefruit membranes. Many tests and research projects have been undertaken in which grapefruit seed extract demonstrated its ability to kill or to restrain the growth of harmful bacteria, funguses viruses and one-celled [...]

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