Seasonal Health
Welcome to Herbal Reality, a place you can find the real information about how herbs can help your health and well-being. We are now entering into cold and flu season. Find out more about how herbs can strengthen your immunity.
Herbs
The most recent or popular herbs currently being looked at by our community of visitors
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A primary remedy for helping the body to rid itself of all infection.
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Adraka means ‘moist’ and Shunthi means’ dry’. Ginger is described as vishwabhesaja, the universal medicine benefiting everybody and all diseases. Ginger is the herbalist’s best friend. When using Ginger think ‘digestion, lungs and circulation’.
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Andrographis is a very bitter tasting herb with a renowned immune stimulating effect. It is used to treat infections, fevers and septic conditions of the blood. Kalamegha literally means ‘black cloud’ perhaps attesting to it being traditionally harvested just before winter. Andrographis is also known as Bhunimba meaning ‘Neem of the earth’ referring to its bitter neem-like taste and effects.
Conditions
The most commonly consulted conditions by our community of visitors
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The term ‘stress’ represents the physical and emotional reactions of our body and mind when we are functioning above our normal threshold. When our exposure to stress becomes excessive it can adversely affect our health, disrupting our hormonal balance, immune resistance and mental health.
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“Dependent on sleep are happiness and misery, corpulence and leanness, strength and weakness, potency and impotency, intellect and non-intellect, life and death.” Charaka Samhita Sutrasthana The Caraka Samhita (CS) is an early text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). It is one of the two foundational texts of Ayurveda dating back to the period of 900 BCE - 600 BCE.
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Allergies are hypersensitive (exaggerated) responses by our immune system to certain environmental or dietary triggers. An allergy can be instigated by ‘allergens’ such as pollen, house dust and cosmetics for example. These allergens can trigger allergic reactions such as eczema, hayfever and digestive intolerances.
Expert Opinion
A selection of the most recent and popular articles from the herbal experts who write for this site
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What are adaptopgens? The clue is their name. They literally help the body to adapt, adjust and recalibrate itself depending on our emotional and physical surroundings.
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Yoga Nidra is a powerful relaxation meditation technique performed in the lying position. It is one of the most beloved of all the relaxation-meditation techniques in the world today.
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So, is tea drinking good for you? As is so often the case when it comes interpreting the health sciences and the benefits, or risks, of natural products, consensus isn’t easy to come by.