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Herbal Remedies: How to Use the Herb Rose Hips  (latin: Rosa canina) The curative potential of rose hips – the flashing red fruits of the dog rose and other types of wild and shrub roses – as been known since the Stone Age. Today, as then, the fruits are mashed into a vitamin rich pulp and consumed raw or cooked. They are also often dried. Rose-hips are used to prepare teas, extracts, purées or marmalades. Plant facts: the dog rose, a main source of rose hips, grows up to 10 feet high and bears fragrant white flowers. The hips, which have a slight sour but pleasant taste, emerged in the fall, after the blooms have faded and the petals have dropped off. Origin: native to Europe, northern Africa and Western and Central Asia, wild and shrub roses now grow in many parts of the United States, too. Parts used: rose-hips can be used fresh or dried for medicinal purposes. To prepare them, cut the fruits open. For wine or a smooth texture and jellies or purées, remove

NATURE'S REMEDIES THE BENEFITS OF BEER AND HOPS you may have heard about the benefits of washing your hair with beer , but beer has been used medicinally a number of ways. Over the centuries – for insomnia, for instance, for skin and urinary problems. Beer owes any healing power it may have to hops, the herb used with water, malted grains and yeast to make beer. The fruits of the hop plant , or hops, give beer it's particular bitter flavor and also function as a preservative. A relative of marijuana , hops are mainly known as a sedative: hops pillows were believed to cure sleeplessness. Today, hops are still considered beneficial for sleep disturbances and anxiety. Hops calming effects extend to digestive discomforts related to stress, since the herb eases smooth muscle spasms that cause cramps, indigestion, and gas. Cops also spur and fortify all digestive activity and may be used for Crohn's disease and ease bleeding from ulcers. Recent studies

Flourite aka Flourspar Gemstone Crystal Meaning  and Metaphysical Properties Fluorite Attributes fluorite is highly protected, especially on a psychic level. It helps you to discern when outside influences are at work within yourself and shut off mental influence. This stone cleanses and stabilizes the aura. It is extremely effective against computer and electromagnetic stress. Appropriately positioned, it blocks geographic stress. Using healing, fluorite drawls off negative energies and stress of all kinds. It cleanses, purifies, dispels, and reorganizes anything within the body that is not a perfect order. This is the best crystal to use to overcome any form of disorganization. http://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetpeacejewelry Click Here to view more Crystals and Gemstones Jewelry! Fluorite grounds and integrates spiritual energies. It promotes unbiased impartiality and heightens intuitive powers, makes you more aware of higher spiritual realities and can speed up a

The Aces As with a deck of playing cards, the first card in each Tarot suit is known as an ace rather than a "one." The Tarot decks for aces each contain a single image – a cup, a pentacle, a wand or a sword. Unlike the major arcana cards, they do not feature any numbers or words. The aces contain what is known as the "seed" energy of each suit. If you draw an ace, it reveals that the area of your life described by this suit has a strong influence on all the other factors. Some aces have a small in the bottom right corner to indicate which way up they go. The ace of sores incorporates a crown, to remind us that it describes heady issues. The ace of cops looks more like a prize than a goblet, indicating our hearts desire to succeed. The ace of wands is a leaf covered branch, harking back to the cave man's club. The Pip Cards The number cards of the chariot suits are known as PIP cards. Counting the Ace, there are 10 pip cards in ea

Crystal Meaning of Apatite Gemstone Metaphysical Crystal Properties Attributes Apatite has inspirational properties. The interface point between consciousness and matter, it is a stone of manifestation and promote a humanitarian attitude, inclining toward service. Apatite is attuned to the future, yet The past lives. It develops psychic gifts and spiritual attainment, deepens meditation, reasons the Kundalini, and aids communication and self-expression on all levels. Psychologically, apatite increases motivation and buildup energy reserve. It induces openness and social ease, encouraging extroversion, dissolving aloofness and alienation. It draws off negativity about oneself and others. It is helpful for hyperactive and autistic children.   Rough/Raw Blue Apatite Gemstone Necklace Click HERE to see more gemstone necklaces! Stimulating creativity and the intellect, apatite clears confusion and helps to access information to be used personally and for the collecti

Major Arcana Symbolism   The first of 22 cards in a character that are known collectively as the major arcana. They represent our journey from life to death and the lessons we learn along the way. The major arcana comprises the first 22 cards of a character deck. These cards are all richly illustrated, and are the "extra" hard that, unlike the minor Arcana, do not have any similarities to a deck of ordinary playing cards. Major arcana cards are loaded with secret symbolism. The information in this mini-course will help you to understand the different elements that make up these cards and what kind of things they are telling you. We will give you more detailed information on the symbolism behind each card as you continue to read the blog posts included in this mini-course. History of the Major Arcana The first known decks date back to Italy in the 14th century. Artist Bonifacio Bembo designed a game called Tarocchi by adding extra cards to a playin

Trust is a natural instinct we are born with.... I have 4 cats and every morning I feed them their meaty breakfast of canned food. They get so excited as they follow me from the place where I keep their canned food all the way to their bowls as they trip me along the way.  When my youngest and smallest cat named Sugar was a kitten, the older cats would push her away from her bowl and eat her food. Sugar eats much slower than the others, so she likes when I put her bowl right beside me as I keep my one hand on her back. She is so much calmer as she eats and is able to enjoy her breakfast without worrying if another cat is coming to steal her food. I have a three level cat tree that is placed between a glass door and a window. So whoever gets done eating first gets the top seat which they are able to get a full perspective of both views. After they are finished, Sugar will either sit there and guard her bowl or go the top seat on the kitty tree. If she leaves her bowl unguarde

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Herbal Remedies : How to Use Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) At one time, the wild strawberry was a highly esteemed fold remedy: American Indians used root page for stomach ailments, jaundice and profuse mensus; and the botanist Linnaeus is said to have used the wild berries to relieve gout. However, until recently the delicate plants medicinal uses were forgotten. Plant facts: the wild strawberry is a member of the rose family and grows to be about 8 inches high. The fragrant red strawberries begin to develop in June. They are actually fleshy berries, with an outer skin that contains the plants actual fruit – the heart, tiny, yellow seeds. Origin: the plant grows in North America where both native plants and those from Europe may be found in lightly wooded forests and their edges, on slopes and in clear cut areas. Components: the leaves and roots of the wild strawberry plant contain tannin, which has been astringent action. The leaves also are composed of tri