http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Stephanie+Singer Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=580696&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Lobelia’s official name is lobelia inflata but it is also known as Indian tobacco. It was a very common herb prescribed by early North American doctors. Its main use was in healing respiratory ailments such as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, and coughs. The plant stem, which has only a few branches,... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=578749&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies This perennial flowerless plant is most commonly called horsetail but is also known as bottle brush, horse willow, Dutch rushes, toadpipe, Corn Horsetail, Atkuyrugu, Quyroughi, and Shavegrass. The value of this herb is found in the hollow, jointed stems. Its history goes back to the Roman physician... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=568606&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies When someone mentions spearmint leaf, most people probably think of Wrigley’s gum. It was first made in 1893. Real spearmint oil is used in its favoring. In fact, almost half of the spearmint oil produced in the US each year is used to flavor gum. Most of the rest is used to flavor toothpastes. The... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Stephanie Singer Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=563107&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Spirulina is one of hundreds of blue green algae species. Algae are organisms, found throughout the world, that usually grow on inland waters. It resembles a blue-green scum. Algaes are usually divided by color. Some examples are green, blue-green, yellow-green, red, and brown. There are 8000 specie... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=559207&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Imagine paying good money to get rid of a treasure chest in your yard! If you have thought of plantain as a nuisance weed, you might very well have done just that! Plantain, or Plantago major, is a weed that commonly grows in the yard in one of 200 varieties. You will recognize it by its broad, roun... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=537058&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies The ginseng plant takes over 5-6 years to grow but the roots can live for over 100 years. It is a perennial that grows between 7 to 21 inches in height when wild. The root is creamy yellow or white and i t has rootlets that branch off sometimes in the shape of a person, thus giving it the Chinese na... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=533691&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies The official name is Melissa officinalis but it is better known as lemon balm, bee balm, sweet balm, Melissa, and cure-all. Lemon balm is a mint plant originated in the Mediterranean region. This hardy perennial grows into a bush about 24 inches around. You can cut the leaves two or three times duri... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=503054&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Coming from Southern Europe, Chaste Tree berry also called “monk’s pepper” having a botanical name of Vitex agnus castus from the Verbenaceae family group of plants is a huge flowering shrub having an aromatic odor that actually reaches about twenty feet in height. The flowers habitually bloom in th... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Stephanie Singer Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=498975&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Go ahead, sit down and drink a nice clear, pure glass of water. OK, now read this quote: "U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer." This is a quote from Ralph Nader of the Nader Research Group. Scarey, isn't it? Unfortunately, only about 75 of these are tes... Medicines and Remedies Stephanie Singer Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=500478&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies The gifted practitioners of this age of modern medicine have developed and used Bentonite clay. Montmorillonite or Pascallite are among the different names you might hear if you point out Bentonite clay. This type of clay is basically made from a mixture of volcanic ash and water. A popular form...