Juniper is a sturdy, perennial shrub which on occasions grows to the size of a small, 10 m tall tree. It is a species in the genus Juniperus, in the family Cupressaceae. It is found end-to-end of the cool temperate northerly Hemisphere from the Arctic south mounts to around 30°N latitude in North America, Europe [...]
One of the most tall-growing and most ornamental of all the herbs is Angelica. This is a biennial herbaceous plant that could convert to a near perennial if allowed the seeds to sow themselves. It could grow up to two meters tall and has large concave leaves with solid stems and strong aroma. Green beautiful [...]
Sweet Wormwood is a Chinese herbaceous plant known also as Sweet Sagewort and Sweet Annie. It features fern-like leaves, bright yellow flowers and a camphor-like smell. In contemporary central China, particularly Hubei Province it is eaten blended in a delicacy salad which is generally more costly to purchase than meat.
Artemisinin a common malarial drug [...]
Since ancient times, numerous plants have been employed to address the symptoms and causes of diabetes. In particular the Chinese in their practice of medicine have used for hundreds even thousands of years, plants such as dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ), licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and [...]
This herbal formula can be employed to moisturize and soothe the skin. Always remember to put on rubber gloves for washing up and rub hand cream to your hands if they have been soaked up in water or exposed to intense weather. Below is the recipe to enable you to create your personal hand cream.
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Herbs can help give luster and body to the hair and may be incorporated into both shampoos and conditioning rinses. One of the most natural and refreshing ways of washing your hair is to use a home-made herbal shampoo.
Herbal shampoos are created quite plainly by pouring boiling water all over fresh or dried herbs [...]
Having cleaned and toned up your skin, you should put on a herbal moisturizer. Any plain, unscented cold cream could be easily turned into a scented herbal cream by simply adding chopped up herb leaves to the cream. However, using this method you may find it hard to take out any little pieces of herb [...]