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Eating Raw Garlic: You’re Doing It Wrong

July 15, 2015 By Gwen Brown 438 Comments

eating raw garlic- why you should and the best ways to eat it.

Eating raw garlic may not sound too appealing, but MAN is it effective in kicking germs to the curb. And that’s why so many of us have at least attempted to suffer through eating raw garlic in times of dire discomfort or pain. Maybe you’re wondering: Why Would You Eat Raw Garlic? Well, the quick answer…

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Filed Under: Cough Cold & Flu Remedies, Health and Natural Remedies, Mother & Baby, Natural Remedies & Recipes Tagged With: blood pressure, cold remedy, flu remedy, garlic, mastitis, sore throat remedy

Wiggley Sleeper Bedside Bumpers

January 27, 2011 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

A wiggleworm sleeps next door to my bedroom.  Her bed shares a wall to our bedroom, and she is prone to kick the wall in the middle of the night.  Multiple times.  So in an effort to protect her little legs (and preserve my sleep), I decided that the wall needed to become padded.  At…

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Filed Under: Creative Home, Kids & Learning, Mother & Baby, Sleep Remedies Tagged With: DIY decor, kid solutions

Postpartum Care Herbal Sitz Bath

April 5, 2010 By Gwen Brown 6 Comments

Postpartum care in the form of an herbal sitz bath-this bath tea is so soothing, smells lovely, and is very useful in recovering from birth.  I recently discovered first hand that herbs are a wonderful addition to post-pregnancy care.  This is the first time I’d tried herbal remedies after a birth, and my nurses and I were…

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Filed Under: Health and Natural Remedies, Mother & Baby, Natural Remedies & Recipes Tagged With: bath recipes, birth, postpartum, pregnancy, wound healing herbs

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