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Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction is a major problem for men. Many men suffer with this problem in silence. You can ask them about anything else but Erectile Dysfunction.

It is something that is his ego, manhood, his machismo keeps “off limits.” But when it doesn’t respond in the way they expect it to at the appropriate time, it leads to humiliation to them. They feel like they have let you down, or worse, they didn’t function and word will get out and spread like wildfire.

There are many reasons why this may happen. In our lives, we go through many things, and some may be dramatic or stressful and we may not realize the effect it has on us until it happens.

You may not be conscious of it, or feel it in the moment, but the body is trying to get your attention, and how does it do this?

Your honey bone stops working. It could be something as easy as needing rest or it could be something severe like prostate cancer, but never give up.

There is always help out there with people that are going through the same thing and may know someone that can help figure out what is good for you. What can help you fix your disfunction without the prescription that they offer you at a doctors office.

One way is to start eating right, losing weight, and keeping active. Remember you are not that twenty-year-old that was active and going to each flower and trying to pollenate it like a bee.

Some of you would like to, but your body has changed a lot and needs some extra boost to get it going once again.

Life is too short to give up. Where there is a will there is a way and there are plants that can help put a smile back on your face and a smile on hers, hopefully.

Did you know that eating fruit may help with Erectile Dysfunction? Foods like bananas, watermelon, and also papayas. These fruits are enriched in potassium which smooths the blood flow by dilating the arterioles which improves erections.

How sweet it is to get to the point of business by getting your treat after your dessert!

Sometimes, you just need to take something that cleans your veins and helps with the blood flow. These things can keep your body stay healthy and keep it working properly. This way you don’t get sick with illness that plagues your body every day by the things you consume, to the things you put on your skin.

Clean veins means more blood flow to the penis. Once you have taken care of that, try to keep the veins flowing clean and you well be a working machine.

Eat the right foods, exercise, and also keep positive thoughts.

Picture yourself being able to function like you use to, when you were younger, excited, and filled with anticipation of the moment.

Just remember the feeling within you and how she will feel being melting in your arms, and the rest well come naturally.

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FDA Approved? Look Inside

Do herbs still work the same in our bodies after years and years of using different products like lotions, hair colors, and nail polish? Even our food is poisoned with the chemicals that they use to keep the bugs away from our food, and change the names of other chemicals so we don’t notice, unless you work with this same chemical and know the different names they have for them.

There was a man that worked using turpentine which was used to thin out paint. One morning he was feeding his children cereal and looked at the ingredients of the cereal and saw one of the ingredients was turpentine being used in the cereal he was feeding his kids. But under a different name that meant the same thing.

FDA approved “WOW”

And these same people we have trusted to make sure our food is safe to eat, these same people who are suppose to check the ingredients before approving the product, just happened to turn their heads on this, until the people brought it to their attention, that they were poisoning our children.

If this would have been a parent poisoning his child, he would have went to prison for life. Yet, they get away with it with just a slap on the hand.

We really need to watch what we feed our families and watch what we put in our mouths and on our skin.

We are a walking Sponge Bob, our skin absorbs everything we use.

Lotions have formaldehyde, which is what they use to preserve dead bodies.

Hair color uses ammonia which opens the cuticle of the hair so it excepts the color.

Peroxide that penetrates into the hair shaft by raising the Ph so the hair can be lightened.

Nail polish. The primary ingredient in nail polish is nitrocellulose (cellulose nitrate), a flammable and explosive ingredient. Even breathing in the fumes of the nail polish has effect on one’s body if there is a long term exposure to it.

All these products make you look beautiful but the side effects that you start to feel when you do notice them is a sign from your body.

It has had enough! You may notice a rash, itchiness that is persistent, it could be anything your body does to get your attention to stop what you are doing before it is to late. Or it may be to late already and the damage is done.

When we get to this point, then what?

Can medical herbs help? Can they reverse the damage already done?

I believe that they can, but you will have to give yourself the time for it to work.

Your body needs time to detox itself and that will take time, but you will start feeling the difference, and while you are feeling better, start looking for natural products that make you bring out your natural beauty.

At the same time, help you keep healthy. There are so many plants that can help.

When you are eating fruit and you are preferably alone, try putting a small dab of it on your face, you may just find it smooths away wrinkles. (You never know what magic is hiding inside.)

 

 

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The Herb Fenugreek

Today, many women are not happy with their bodies. So, off they go to see a doctor and ask for breast enlargements or bigger butt sizes, thinking this will make them happy, but the money it takes to have these things done is outrageous.

The pain one goes through just to feel and look beautiful?

If only we had a solution to make it more easy and less expensive to have the body we have always wanted and not have to go thru the pain, I would try it myself.

There are so many herbs all over the world and some are such wonderful plants that its unbelievable what they can do.

Many herbal plants heal the body naturally and that is what we truly want because the body responds better to the natural than the synthetic.

As we all know, along with the synthetic comes the side effects, not just one but a truck load, and that is only making pharma more rich and us more poor.

The pharmaceuticals know that some of us need the medication, so they dangle it on a string, out of reach over our heads, and tell us “if you can jump thru this hoops, you can have it,” but if not, “Next.”

Its getting pretty bad, so that many people are starting to get back to natural herbs, which is much better and healthier for you.

With that said, I want to talk about an Herb that I found most interesting.

I was like “What?” “Really?” “OMG!” And this herb is called Fenugreek. Fenugreek has benefits for men and women which is good news. For instance, it helps men to boost their testosterone and helps women to increase there milk production. I wish I had known about Fenugreek when I was breast feeding my baby.

It also reduces cholesterol levels, helps with appetite control, and inflammation.

But one of the benefits of Fenugreek is that it enhances the breast size by mimicking the effect of estrogen, and another way is by stimulating the production of prolactin. But you should always consult with your doctor or herbalist who knows her herbs well.

Sounds good, but always do your research. Everyone is different in body, so what might work for you may not work for someone else.

It also makes your butt bigger but their is exercise involved to get the but you want. Also, once you stop taking the Fenugreek you go back to normal.

Taking too much Fenugreek is not good. It may give you gas, diarrhea, bloating, stomach upset, headache, and other reactions.

It is also helpful to keep the skin healthy by using as a deep cleanser. When crushed into a powder makes and excellent exfoliant, helping to clean the pores of oil and dirt.

For premature aging, take Fenugreek seed and soak over night and be sure to save the water the seeds were soaked in because it helps tighten the skin like a toner. Then grind the seeds into a powder. Take 1 tablespoon of Fenugreek seed paste, 2 to 3 drops of lemon juice, and 5 drops of rosewater. Smooth onto your face, and let set for 5 or 10 minutes, if it is not irritating your skin, you can leave it on a little bit longer.

Wash off with warm water, and look and feel younger.

 

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10 Delicious Herbs & Spices with Perfect Health Benefits

Cooking is a lot like singing karaoke, your either can blend your herbs right or you can’t carry a tune, and I have heard people that can sing like a bird but can’t blend an herb if their life depended on it.

Either way, I am always polite and say it was good, but say, “No thank you I, am full,” if asked if I want seconds.

I’m sure many people felt that way when they tasted my food. At first, I was not sure how much to use, but one day my sister said put a teaspoon of spice in your mouth, so I did and I started to gag and spit it out. Then, she said that is how you don’t want it to taste. That made sense and ever since then, it worked.

Always taste your food when cooking and add more herbs if needed.

There are many herbs used in recipes. People use them every day with out realizing the benefits that they have.

Top 10 Herbs & Spices

With Perfect Health Benefits

1. Cinnamon

Cinnamon is loaded with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties, may cut the risk of heart disease, and lowers sugar levels for diabetics.

2. Sage

Sage is very high in nutrients and minerals. Sage promotes health for the brain, improves blood sugar, boosts heart health, promotes healthy skin, the healing of wounds, and so much more.

3. Peppermint

Peppermint helps improve digestion, helps combat common cold and flu, reduces fever and stress, improves on mental awareness and prevents nausea.

4. Turmeric

Turmeric has curcumin and has a powerful range of benefits, its a natural inflammatory, a powerful antioxidant, help with skin problems and may be brain food.

5. Holy Basil

Holy Basil helps with stress, anxiety, arthritis, and fibromyalgia. If taking Holy Basil extract oil by mouth it decreases systems of stress, forgetfulness, exhaustion, and sleep problems.

6. Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne Pepper may boost your metabolism. Cayenne can reduce hunger, lower blood pressure, aid digestive health, and relieves pain.

7. Ginger

Ginger may help brighten your smile, calm nausea, eases arthritis, lowers blood sugar, eases period pains, lowers cholesterol, and relives indigestion.

8. Rosemary

Rosemary may help lower blood sugar, improves brain health and eye health. Rosemary is high in antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory compounds.

9. Garlic

Garlic is high in nutrition, combats sickness like the common cold, reduces blood pressure, improves cholesterol, lowers the risk of heart disease, and best of all helps you live longer.

10. Fenugreek

Fenugreek has many benefits. Fenugreek helps with weight loss and also helps improve nursing mothers with milk production and flow. Fenugreek raises testosterones, boosts sperm count, reduces blood pressure and heart conditions, and relieves pain. Another good benefit of Fenugreek is it naturally stimulates tissue growth resulting in bigger, firmer breasts. That is great news for the girls born too small and want bigger breasts without having to go under the knife. That herb is a God send.

Remember to talk to your doctor if you decide to take any of these herbs as supplements because they might interfere with your prescriptions.

If you are cooking with them and you are not using much, then enjoy the unforgettable flavors that they give the foods you make or bake.

Without these herbs, life would be bland and unhealthy.

 

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Most Used Herbs in the World

What I recall growing up as a child about my mom’s cooking is that it always tasted good and I always wanted seconds, but mom, having eleven children to feed, you were lucky you got a plate full of food the first time.

I never thought about the herbs that went into food preparation. As I got older, all I used was salt and pepper to flavor my food.

I know what you might be thinking, if my mom was such a good cook what happened to me?

My mom passed away in a car wreck, and so did all the wisdom of her cooking and herbal healings.

The only ones that benefited from her were my older sisters. but as time went by I learned more about herbs from my sisters and people I met along the way in my life.

I was very happy to learn more about herbs. They do make such a big difference in the food you prepare.

I do remember mom putting  whole dried herbs in a molcajete (mortar and pestle) and grinding them, but at the time I didn’t realize what she was doing. She would tell us to get out of the kitchen because I would get in the way, so out I went to play.

Only my older sisters where in the kitchen with her.

The Four Most Popular Herbs in the World

But now that I am older and know the names of the herbs by the smells, I can easily remember and associate the smells with the flavors, like Cumin is one of the most used spices in the world.

1. Cumin

Cumin has a warm, earthy flavor and aroma. It helps with digestion, and is also a rich source of Iron.

Another good and popular herb is Cilantro.

2. Cilantro

Cilantro leaves have a very strong, fragrant smell when added to foods. It helps with digestion, fights infections, and helps improve sleep quality.

3. Garlic

Garlic cloves are used for consumption when eaten raw or cooked. Garlic is pungent, sharp, and spicy. Garlic can combat sickness like the common cold, reduce blood pressure, and improve cholesterol levels.

4. Oregano

Oregano is very strongly aromatic and slightly bitter. The oregano flavor is composed of earthy/musty, green hay, and mint. Oregano fights infections, is good to use on respiratory infections like cough, asthma, croup and bronchitis.

When my boys were young, they had a bad mucus congestion in their lungs that you could hear with every breath they took.

I went to visit a good friend. I told her about my boys and that I was concerned. She told me to make a tea of Oregano and Garlic, let it simmer and them cool down, add a little honey, and give to the boys to drink.

She also said not to give them any dairy products. I did this for two weeks and their lungs cleared up.

The good thing about using the herbs in your every day cooking is that it helps your body to heal and stop any illness on its tracks.

With the processed food we eat today ,and how they prepare it, it is not as healthy for you as making your food fresh  at home.

 

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Prescription Medications or Herbals?

Herbs are plants and natural substances that help correct the body’s imbalances and alleviate sickness. Did you know that 40% percent of prescription drugs are derived from herbs (plants), but the healing difference between herbal and drugs is this:

Lets start with the pharmaceutical drugs used today, which are isolates. That is to say they make a drug to be concentrated for a single action, making it toxic for the body.

These patented drugs do what they are intended to do but at the expense of the rest of the body. In most cases, side effects are worse then what your symptom was before.

Nature created plants, they have been here since the beginning of time and have been used for centuries by our ancestor’s. Plants have kept us healthy forever.

Using herbs is our way of keeping our body’s in balance, they are all-natural and our body seems to respond to the components in them.

Our body lets us know right away if something is wrong with us. We just have to pay attention to it, but when we are feeling sick we are so used to reaching out for that fast fix, when in reality, you are just dulling the symptom and not fixing it.

Today, in this somewhat busy world we live in, times have changed dramatically. We are in a hurry to feel good and instead of getting your herbal fix to feel better or to even stay healthier, we reach out for the synthetics.

Yes, there is a place for both drugs and herbs. There are pharmaceuticals that are good when you need them to work instantly. Prescription medications have saved many lives, but when it comes to some chronic conditions that have not been helped by drugs, then that is when herbals come in.

Herbs, plants, flowers, and minerals are natural components that help the body heal. Your body may not heal you instantly, but with time it will heal you permanently because it goes to the source of the problem. Natural alternatives do not cover up the symptom.

Herbs are well suited for this task with their great natural properties.

You should always go to a licensed herbalist to get the herbs you need for any chronic symptom you may have.

Never try healing yourself. Always find an herbalist that has been doing this for many years. A licensed herbalist or certified natural alternative specialist, has the experience and knowledge they have from being around the herbs. These professionals are very unique in knowing what to use and what is the best potency for you to have.

They are like a doctor, knowing just what to give you to heal you, not just mask the symptom, but use the right herb to heal and get rid of what is making you sick.

Many people are starting to come back to natural herbs for healing, saying that the “prescription drugs have too many side effects”.

Finding the right herbalist is very essential. They are like a chemist, adding a little of this and a little of that to come up with the right combination to get the right dose for you to take, only it is all done with the natural herb that our body’s respond best to, not some chemical concoction that will cause you more harm than good in the long run.

 

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Mortar and Pestle

Once you have harvested your herbs and they are dry it is time to put your knowledge about herbs to the test, and the fun begins with blending herbs. The best way to start would be to do small batches at a time so not much is wasted.

I would write on a index card what herbs I was blending and the amount used. I would take out only the tools I need at this time, which would be a mortal which is of stone and pestle used to grind or crush the dried herb.

There are many kinds of mortals but the best to me is the stone. The wood is nice too, but it also absorbs the moisture of the fresh herbs being crushed. So even if you clean it and dry it when using it for another fresh herb to make something, it will release the last herb used in it, which may interfere with your new herb concoction.

It is best to use the stone. It is easy to clean, but you use what you are more confrontable with.

When using your mortar for grinding roots or leaves, it is best to cut  the roots into smaller pieces so it will be easy to grind it in the mortar with the pestle.

Grinding the roots, seeds, or leaves releases the essentials of plants which have been trapped in the plant when it is dried. That is why we need to grind it, so when you put it in alcohol or water it releases all the internal power of healing.

This helps us exceptionally, so it is always very important to grind it to a powder. The finer you grind it the more of the oils it will release.

What is nice about using the mortar and pestle is the scent of the herbs that you are mixing and crushing, putting your love and energy into it and knowing the healing it will bring to a family member or a dear friend.

Nothing is better than using your natural herbs for healing.

Knowing that God had a plan when he made man and that we just had to take the time to figure how we could use all plants, trees, everything green has some kind of a healing power.

We have yet to discover, only time well let us know. That is why herbalists are always discovering new uses for some old plants or some they didn’t previously know about.

Your mortar and pestle are one of the most important tools in your herbal tool box helping  you take out the essential oils of plants and making concoctions easier to become teas, tinctures, or anything else you are making.

It is exciting to discover that when you are an herbalist your discoveries are endless the world is your garden (or oyster) full of treasures waiting to be found.

Remember there are many kinds of mortar and pestles out there. Just make sure you get one that can take a beating and wont break when you have to pound the root or the seeds to break them down.

 

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Herbs for Energy and Alertness

We are in a time where life is in a rush and we are always on the go. Well, that is how it use to be and still is for some. Our time has changed in many ways thru the years.

There was a time that we all would go outside and enjoy the sun, run, play, dance, just go out and live life to the fullest. As the years passed, civilization has changed drastically and we have come to a complete standstill in many ways.

For example, our children don’t play outside like we use to. You practically have to throw them out and lock the door, so they don’t run back in to get on their laptops, cell phones, or even the television.

Sadly, they learn this behavior from their parents and society. We have become a very lazy people in our world nowadays.

We have relied on the new technology to the point that many of us don’t even look up from our cell phones to cross the street. We have become so absorbed with the new way of communicating with the other side of the world that we don’t communicate with our own family.

It has torn us apart, and has left a very big gap. It keeps getting wider, not smaller.

How can we fix this?

Not only do we stay in front of our laptops, cellphones, and televisions, but we deprive our bodies of sleep. We push ourselves to stay awake.

That is the worst thing you can do to yourself.

Now is the time to take the best care of yourself that you can, to keep your immune system in tip top shape, in order for herbs to help you, you need to do your part by getting plenty of rest. Once you do this, the following herbs can help you concentrate.

A mind that concentrates keeps awake and alert, moving constantly.

Rhodiola Rosea

Rhodiola Rosea is an herb that regulates your mood and also helps increase concentration. Rhodiola Rosea also helps with stress in the body.

Rosemary

Rosemary is known as a brain tonic and helps you concentrate. Rosemary keeps you alert by circulating more oxygen to the brain.

Ginseng

Ginseng is also known to give energy and stimulate the brain which we all need.

Sage

When sage is used, it helps with memory and lifts your mood that is a good improvement.

Peppermint

By inhaling the aroma of Peppermint or its oils, it boosts alertness, mood, and energy levels.

Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha is one of the oldest herbs used by our ancestors and is thousands of years old. Ashwagandha is very beneficial for our brain, it helps improve memory, also helps you sleep.

Centella asiatca

Centella asiatca (gotu kola) has been beneficial in improving brain function and also helps in alertness and moods.

I hope this was helpful to you in deciding  which would be best to use, they all do work, but if one herbal happens to give you an allergic reaction there is more to choose from that may be more beneficial for you to use.

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Your Herbalist Tool Kit

If you are thinking about becoming an herbalist, here are some basic items that you need to assemble your herbalist tool kit to get started.

 

First of all, the tools that a herbalist uses have to be carefully selected like a philtre, which we all know as a strainer, but we can’t use it cause it is made of metal. It might change the chemical action of the herb, so make sure to avoid metal strainers or anything metal. They can lead to hazardous metallic oxides in your preparations.

1. Philtre

The philtre is used to strain out the plant substances. That leaves us with a nice, clear liquid that is easily digested into a persons system.

You can use a natural uncolored cotton, or linen cloth, or even coffee filters, or the plastic coffee cone filter. It needs to be new and never used to make coffee.

2. Bamboo Tea Strainer

There is also the bamboo tea strainer that can be used but it lets finely grounded herbs pass thru it.

3. Infuser

An infuser is another essential tool that is really used to heat up the water that the herbs will be put in. It can be a tea pot, but something that will seal the steam in and not let it escape, and again no metal.

If you find a pot glazed with enamel that has a tight lid, you can use that.

4. Measuring Cups

The measuring device for determining the ideal amount of an herb is the most important tool for the herbalist. Again, no metal, but it needs to be the measuring device that you use for all your preparations, that is always precise when you use it.

I have seen people just use the palm of their hand if they can’t find the right measuring tool.

Miscellaneous Tools

here are a variety of things an herbalist should have on hand, like,

5. First Aid Kit

A first aid kit with lot of bandages, lots of gaze.

6. Small Bottles

Next, would be small bottles to put your oils in. Preferably dark bottles. Always make sure your bottles are clean before use.

7. Eye Droppers

Eye droppers are also very much needed but you need to make sure the rubber tops are removable so they can be easily cleaned.

8. Glass Funnel

Also a glass funnel is very important to fill your bottles.

9. Hand Towel

It is very important to have a hand towel that is used only for all your tools and nothing else. That goes for the

10. Shovel

Shovel, and

11. Special Knife

Special knife which needs to be sharp to cut the stems or branches.

12. String

Also, add string in with your tools because it is used to tie the bundles of herbs together.

13. Labels

Labels are necessary to identify what each container has inside and the date it was made.

14. Index Cards

Index cards are for writing down what you mixed in your tinctures or something else you may be experimenting on, so you don’t forget what herbs you used.

All the herbalist’s tools are used only for the plant herbs or preparation and nothing else. You keep them separate from your other tools, you never mix them.

Since these tools are mostly breakable you must be very careful with them. Some may be hard to find.

I know I have said this before but always clean your tools after each use, so when you make something new it won’t contaminate your next brew.

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Storage Containers for Your Herbals

You just finished harvesting your herbs and they are dry and ready to be put away for use later. Have you thought, “what kind of containers should I use?” This is very important to know, even before you start to dry your collection of herbs.

Your containers need to be sealed properly, so your herbs don’t lose their potency of the active ingredients inside of them.

Store in the Dark

If  you buy regular glass jars enabling you to see the herbs from the outside, that is okay, but your still need to move them to an area like a cupboard or cabinet to keep them in the dark. If the sun is shining on your jars the herbs will start to fade. The sun also causes a chemical breakdown of the herbs, which will weaken the potency of the herbal when it comes time to use it. You do not want that to happen.

Colored Containers

It is best to buy colored containers that keep the sunlight out. So that is when the fun begins.

Finding the right containers with fitting lids and wide mouths to be able to fill them without spilling anything are really the best ones to use. Though sometimes they are not easy to find.

How to Get Jars

Going to garage sales may be a good place to go. Some people sell them cheap just to get rid of them and as they say “one mans junk is another mans treasure.” You might find them also at a thrift store or even a Goodwill.

Another great way to get containers is by letting your family and friends know what kind of jars you are looking for. That would help you out more since that is more eyes looking for jars.

You could also ask for colored jars for your birthday or even Christmas. You may receive the most beautiful jars, you never know. Just ask and you shall receive.

Blue, Green, and Brown

The colors to look for are blue, green, and brown. They do look pretty to have on the shelf, more towards the back so they are better shaded, to protect them from direct sunlight.

Put them in a cabinet where it is dark to keep them protected.

Remember that the lids have to fit tightly to keep the herbals fresh.

Labels

You must also remember your labels for the jars. You don’t want to forget to mark your herbals or tinctures, and if this is your first time making your containers and you happened to forget what you put in your jars? That is not good unless you recognize the smell of the herbal that is in that jar.

Dates

Don’t forget the date that it was made that will help with the potency of the herbal. It is also important when you are making tinctures, depending what herbal you use, it could be good for a few days or few weeks, even a few months or up to a year or more, just depends what you are mixing.