Syngery is the combined & additive effects of something. In herbal medicine, synergy involves the blending and melding of plants to potentiate effects. This could mean making active apparently inactive constituents or altering the way absorption happens. It could mean reducing the toxicity of some components...
The July magickal moon herb goes to.. Turnera diffusa, better known as damiana. Kingdom: Plantae Order: Malpighiales Family: Passifloraceae Genus: Turnera Species: Diffusa Native to: Southern-North America, Central America, South America This brilliant herb has a long history of use throughout Meso-American cultures, popular amongst Mayans namely for its euphoriant and aphrodisiac qualities. If you're...
Osteopathic Medicine, what it is all about? Osteopathy is an wholistic based integrative medicine. Wholistic meaning it looks at the way the body systems are interacting with one another. This compares to reductionist, which isolates out and hones in on singular components. An Osteopath is actually...
The mysteries of a man or woman's sexual nature continue to unravel as we grow, mature and explore our bodies & the consciousness that resides within. Do men really hit their sexual peak at 18? And when do women reach their sexual prime? Short answer, depends...
No, we don’t develop an immunity to massage, thank goodness, rather massage helps our immune system! And how might it do this? In a number of ways, and relaxation is definitely part of the reason. Massage boosts lymphocytes, which are the fighter cells that combat dis-ease...
The June magickal moon herb goes to.. Sambucus nigra, better known as elderberry, black elderberry, or just elder. Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Order: Magnoliopsida Family: Caprifoliaceae Genus: Sambucus Species: Nigra Native to: Europe, North America Elder is an old plant medicine described by Hippocrates as the 'medicine chest', referring to the vast use of this...
Let’s talk about Tantra. Because frankly, it offers some gold nuggets of wisdom to relationships, and who doesn’t want to enjoy deeper pleasure and intimacy in life. We hear the word tantra and our minds go straight to strange positions and kinky sex.. Surely there is...
Everything is in orbit, including our bodies. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), there is concept that each organ holds a different energy, emotionally, not just functionally. Likewise, the years, seasons, and different times of the day also comprise different energies. We are not separate from nature, but...
Did you know a woman’s egg is the largest cell in a her body!? The crown jewel. It can be seen without a microscope, similar to a grain of sand or a strand of hair, and is 16x or so bigger than sperm. Pow; take that!...
A thank you to Mothers.. Nearly half of this wonderful world is made up of mothers; they brought us to this world and we love them! It feels only natural & fitting to take the thyme to send a big, warm, loving THANK-YOU to these beautiful feminine...