5 Herbs to help you beat stress

Everybody has stress in their life. It’s inevitable, and it happens to the best of us. In this post you will learn about the top 5 Peppermint teaherbs to help you beat stress. Stress can be a good thing, if you know how to manage it properly. The key is learning about what causes your stress so that you can develop ways of coping with them before they get out of hand. For some people,  cooking helps them relax because they are able to focus on their work while producing something delicious for themselves or others; for other people, running or gardening might do the trick. Some turn to alcohol or drugs, but those things only lead you down the wrong path. I’m going to share with you some herbs that help relieve stress and make your day-to-day feel better.

  1. Basil If you’re feeling overwhelmed, try basil...
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Garlic Plays An Important Role in Benefiting Your Immune System

While you might find it a bit pungent and gross, garlic is a very important herb that you should be adding to your cooking or even eating raw, because it has many health benefits, especially when it comes to your immune system. Garlic

It has a lot of uses in cooking, because it’s a great seasoning and adds a lot of flavor, though it does have a pretty distinct scent to it. One of the most important things that garlic does for your immune system is increase the number of white blood cells that you have.

These cells are responsible for finding, targeting, and killing off foreign cells that carry disease, and they’re your strongest defense against illness. Without enough of them, your body can get overwhelmed by the infection, leading to you becoming sick.

By eating garlic and boosting your num...

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Can Essential Oils Boost Your Immune System?

Essential oils have been somewhat controversial in recent years. While some people swear by them, others have denounced them as being scams. There’s some validity to both sides.

While some have had genuine success in using oils, there are people out there who market it to do way more than it actually can. Essential oils can help with a lot, but not everything.

Many people wonder whether or not these oils can help boost your immune system. Currently, the extent of the effect of oils on your immune system hasn’t been very well researched.

It’s still a fairly new scientific endeavor, even though people have been using them for years...

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An Array of Uses for Essential Oils

Essential oils are quite useful for all sorts of purposes. If you have never thought too much about using essential oils, then you may think that they are only for scenting yoga rooms or for people that shun medical care. This is just not true. Essential oils have a wide array of uses and once you do a little research, you will find yourself exploring these wonderful oils for yourself.

What can essential oils do for you?

There are many ways that you can use essential oils. One of the first things you should know is that when you want to use them, you have to understand how to use them and which ones are right for the purpose you need. There are literally hundreds of different essential oils out there and each one has its own unique purpose...

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Getting Stress Under Control Awareness Is Key

 Most people aren’t aware they’re under stress and that’s a bad way to live. When you don’t realize that you’re under stress, it continues to grow. The more stress grows, the more damage it does to your health and the faster it ages you.

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You might not be able to completely eliminate all the stress in your life. But once you’re aware of it, you can get it under control and controlled stress doesn’t subtract years off your life the way uncontrolled stress does.

When you’re not aware of stress, it can cause issues like high blood pressure, aches and pains throughout your body and inflammation. Out of all of these, inflammation is the worst side effect of stress.

This inflammation is what impacts the health of your body...

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50 Beauty Tips For A More Beautiful You

  1. No more refined foods – One of the best ways to stay as beautiful as ever is to avoid
    eating refined or highly processed foods. Such types of foods can rub you off important
    nutrients that are needed by your body, and that could make your skin look dull. Aside
    from that, they can also get you constipated.

    Eat your veggies.

  2. Raw food is better – Eating raw foods means not overcooking your meals. Such kind of
    practice will enhance your beauty, since raw foods are still filled with vitamins, enzymes,
    and other nutrients that can take care of your skin and hair. Aside from that, it has been
    proven that raw foods can make wrinkles and age spots less obvious.
  3. First thing to do in the morning – It is best that when you wake up in the morning, you
    drink a glass of water, and eat a piece of your fa...
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Natural Skin Care – The Right Way 

 Put simply, ‘natural skin care’ is caring for your skin in a natural and chemical-free way. Natural skin care enables the skin to take care of itself without any assistance from synthetic materials or chemicals. ‘Natural skin care’ is about the use of good habits in the way you lead your day to day life. A lot of natural skin care measures are actually the same as those for body care in general.

So, let’s see what these natural skin care measures are.

Well the first and the foremost natural skin care measure is – ‘Drink a lot of water’.  Around 8 glasses of water is a must every day. Water helps in flushing out the toxins from the body, in a natural way. It helps in the overall upkeep of the body and promotes good health for all organs (not just skin).

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Have You Tried Essential Oils for Menstrual Cramps or Achy Joints

Menstrual cramps, muscle spasms, and the aches and pains that accompany PMS and menstruation can affect a woman’s ability to enjoy her life. Though “period symptoms” during the menstrual cycle are often thought of as insignificant and no big deal, there are many women who suffer every single month and aren’t able to live a full life during this time and would do almost anything for a little pain relief.

Fortunately, if you are faced with menstrual cramps, achy joints, and other unpleasant symptoms associated with your period, there are safe, natural, and effective ways to manage the problem. Essential oils are one example.

How Can Essential Oils be Used to Ease Menstrual Cramps and Aches and Pains?

There are several ways essential oils can be used to help when you have cramps relat...

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CBD and Essential Oils: A Few Mixes You Can Try

I’m sure you’ve heard about CBD, cannabis and medical marijuana unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past year. Treating ones health concerns naturally is on the rise. CBD now being used to treat all types of illnesses. Cannabis has been around to since the beginning of time and used for many different things health wise the following article I found goes into some detail  treating anxiety or sleep disorders and CBD some of the ways it can be used to improve your health. If you have read through my blog or tried any of my products Valley High Herbal Remedies you know I use essential oils in my products and you can also combine them with CBD oil as this article talks about...

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Homemade Natural Beauty Recipes

Nature is the newest trend in skin and hair care. For years, we’ve been putting toxic chemicals into our bodies that build up and make us feel tired and sick, regardless of whether we eat them or if they seep though our pores. And people are finally catching on that homemade or natural is better.

Most stores now have a line of “natural” beauty products. Unfortunately, they often come with a big price tag attached too. Often times many of these products are not actually “natural” so it does pay to do your homework to ensure you are getting what you pay for.

Put simply, ‘natural skin care’ is caring for your skin in a natural and chemical-free way. Natural skin care enables the skin to take care of itself without any assistance from synthetic materials or chemicals...

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