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Neem Seed Oil

April 26, 2017 smitsa 0

Neem Seed Oil is an important product used mainly as an insecticide. The oil is extracted from the Neem Tree (Azadirachtin indica). A herbal insect […]

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Celery Seed

April 26, 2017 smitsa 1

Celery Seed (Apium graveolens) is one of nature’s diuretic. Ancient Ayurvedic Indians prescribed celery seed to treat water retention, liver diseases and arthritis and these are […]

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The Benefits Of Cinnamon

April 23, 2017 smitsa 0

Cinnamon (dalchini) not only adds a distinctive, aromatic and pungent note to a variety of foods but extracts from this plant are claimed to lower […]

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Vervain

April 21, 2017 smitsa 0

  Vervain (latin name: Verbena officinalis) is a valuable herbal. Early Christian folklore has it that vervain was used to staunch Jesus’ wounds once he […]

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Making Sauerkraut

April 7, 2017 smitsa 0

How to make that well known classic the fermented cabbage dish known as sauerkraut at home. Sauerkraut or ‘sour cabbage’ in German is much better […]