AngelicaÂ
Other Names: Archangelica officinalis, Garden Angelica, Archangel, Masterwort.
Parts Used: The leaves, seed, and roots.
Culinary Uses:
This robust and sweet-tasting plant is best known for its use in decoration of cakes and puddings. The stem is candied and used as a confection. Angelica lessens the need for sweetener when making pies or sauces. (more…)
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I have a concern about my daughter I was hoping you could help me with. My daughter started her period when she was eleven, and now she is sixteen. However, her periods have never been regular- she will go four or six months without having a period. (more…)
An Important Sign of Kidney Infection is Back Pain
Kidney infection is typically the result of an untreated urinary or bladder infection that has spread. Urinary tract infections are so common in women, as are yeast infections, that they are not always treated in a timely fashion. Some women have had success in their own estimates using things like cranberry juice at the first sign of infection. (more…)
So you’re wondering if you have a kidney infection symptom?
Urinary tract infections can lead to kidney infections if they’re not properly treated. So you might first want to check out the urinary tract infection symptoms… when you get a kidney infection symptom, it’s time to do something serious, because not treating it properly can lead to permanent damage and change your health for the rest of your life. (more…)
The kidneys are the root of all pre-natal qi in the body, just as the Spleen is the root of all post-natal qi. Anything that might be considered genetic or hereditary in modern terms stems from the kidneys, as all of our ancestral information is stored there. Thus, the kidneys are also the source of the base yin and yang of the body. Within the kidneys the interdependence of yin and yang are even more pronounced than in the yin and yang of the other organs. It is internally-externally related to the Bladder. Its element is Water. (more…)