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Aloe is helping with eczma

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I have already mentioned my son’s eczma problems and my quest to find something that controls the ...

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Try lemon verbena to treat your cold

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Whilst walking in the garden of a friend in Portugal, I have noticed the lovely smell coming from a lemon ...

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Limeflower tea to help with anxiety and stress

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Yesterday, whilst on the phone with my mum, I said that I have been having daily migraines. ...

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educating yourself

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I believe that the best tool to good health is self-education.  I mean that all people should ...

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Cocoa butter for strech marks

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When I got pregnant my friends immediately told me to start using some creams to minimise the ...

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Re: Healthiest Hearts

Back in the 1990's I watched a series of programs on TV about a study of a ...

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Re: Manuka honey for wounds

Yes, this is actually something that has a growing amount of research behind it, and have heard ...

contributed by marieb

Re: Wine makes you live longer

You are probably quite right, Nuttypip. People who tend to drink wine in the morning usually live ...

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Re: Wine makes you live longer

Maybe its the lifestyle more than the wine, I really cant see many people in the uk ...

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Re: educating yourself

You are very right there there, but having just come out of hospital for a seriously infected ...

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