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  Agave nectar (more accurately called agave syrup) is a sweetener commercially produced from several species of agave, including Agave tequilana(blue agave) and Agave salmiana. Agave syrup is sweeter than honey and tends to be less viscous. Most agave syrup comes from Mexico and South Africa Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Agave syrup […]

  Açaí is a unique kind of berry that grows on palm trees in equatorial Brazil. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Some weight loss products tout acai, but few studies have tested whether acai promotes weight loss. There’s no doubt that berries and other fruits are a key part of any […]

  Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Best used for chronic pain. Benefits   The bark possesses a moderate quantity of relaxing power, associated with an excess of stimulation; acts rather promptly and diffusively; and leaves behind a warm impression, with an acceleration of the capillaries and smaller arterial circulation. The circulation, […]

Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses The roots and leaves have demulcent, tonic and astringent properties and are used in domestic medicine in decoction, infusion and cataplasm, as astringents. Used much in America as an intestinal astringent. The plant contains mucilage and tannin. Benefits Willowherb is also used by some herbalists to […]

Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Used for as an anti-inflammatory, astringent, antiseptic, anodyne,cholagogue, bitter tonic agent. Benefits The bark of white poplar has been commonly reputed for possessing pain-alleviating and anti-inflammatory properties. Very often, preparations with the white poplar bark are used to cure arthritic and rheumatic pains and aches. In […]

Vanadyl sulfate is a trace mineral that is needed in small quantities by your body. It is found in soybeans, mushrooms, shellfish, carrots, oat, cabbage and vegetable oils, such as sunflower, soybean, safflower and olive oil. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Vanadium is used for treating diabetes, low blood sugar, high […]

  The homeopathic remedy urtica urens is prepared using the entire herb known as annual nettle, while it is in blossom and is used to treat a number of health conditions, especially nettle rash or hives. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Herbalist have made extensive use of this rather common weed […]

  Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Trillium pendulum is astringent, tonic, and antiseptic; it has been employed successfully inhemoptysis, hematuria, menorrhagia, uterine hemorrhage, metrorrhagia, leucorrhoea, cough, asthma, and difficult breathing,and is said to have been much used by the Indian women to promote parturition. The astringent varieties of Trillium have been […]

Thuja occidentalis, also known as white cedar, is an evergreen coniferoustree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north, central and upper Northeastern United States, but widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Thuja is used for respiratory tract infections […]

Tapioca Maltodextrin N-Zorbit M is a modern starch thickener that is designed to have a very low bulk density making it ideal to increase the volume of dry mixes and to stabilize high-fat ingredients which can then be transformed into powders Contents Uses Benefits Cautions Interactions Other names References Uses Tapioca maltodextrin is a type […]