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Health Benefits of Borage

Composition:
Full of mucilage (a substance that becomes viscous in the alimentary canal and facilitates regular bowel movements), the borage contains:

• vitamins A, C and B
• mineral salts in high-level (sodium, potassium)
• tannins
• resin
• polyunsaturated fatty acids (gammalinolenic and linoleic)
• alkaloid

Properties:

• sudorific
• diuretic
• depurative
• laxative
• gives smoother skin

Fresh borage can be eaten raw or cooked. But it is its oil that gives best result. Full of polyunsaturated fatty acids, the borage oil is recommended to use internally and externally in case of:

• irregular or painful periods
• premenstrual pains
• eczema
• skin dryness
• stretch marks and wrinkles
• fragile, brittle, dull hair and nails
• digestive or gastric troubles
• constipation
• fever (mostly eruptive: measles, scarlet fever...)
• pulmonary troubles (cold, bronchitis)
• kidney troubles and urinary infections
• rhumatism

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Benefits of Evening Primrose

Rich in essential fatty acids and in E vitamin, the evening primrose oil is efficient taken internally and externally. This vegetal oil is mostly known for its anti-ageing, restructuring and regenerative effects.

Principal components: mucilage, phytosterols, tannins.

Properties: pneumogastric sedative, antiphlogistic, antispasmodic.

Several recent studies show that the evening primrose oil reduces considerably the troubles that appear before menstruations. The evening primrose oil is also very efficient to fill in the gamma-linoleic fatty acid deficiency when menopause appears.

The human system needs to secrete regularly prostaglandin in sufficient quantity. Most of the time, the prostaglandin synthesis is insufficient in different place of our body, because we have an unbalanced diet (due mostly to industrialized foods) or for women, because of the hormonal changes. This lack of prostaglandin can provoke some troubles. The evening primrose is the perfect remedy in this case, for it can stimulate the production of prostaglandin.

1) The evening primrose, the perfect remedy for women at all age:

• to fight PMS: headaches, water retention, painful breasts, mood swing... the evening primrose oil is one of the best remedies to reduce the unpleasantness of those symptoms.
• At the time of menopause, the hormonal imbalance causes a fall of the prostaglandin production. This situation may provoke troubles like skin dryness, ageing of the skin, chronical inflammation, sensitivity to allergies... By stimulating the production of prostaglandin, the evening primrose oil helps alleviate these troubles.

2) Other benefits of evening primrose oil:

• Though mostly recommended to women, the evening primrose oil can benefit to men with cardio-vasculary problems, for it helps to reduce tension and it has anticoagulant properties.
• Used internally, it is also recommended in case of asthma, cystitis, whooping cough.
• Externally, it is used to ease painful breasts, eczema, rheumatism, pruritus.

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How To Ease Your Tired, Swollen Feet and Legs Naturally

Most of the time the unpleasant feeling of heaviness in your legs is due to a bad lymphatic and venous circulation. It happens mostly to women before their period and when the weather is hot. So, sun-bathing, sauna, hot baths... are not recommended.

Here are some natural ways to ease your legs:

• Aromatherapy: Mix in 5 centiliters of vegetal oil 25 drops of cypress essential oil, 10 drops of common juniper essential oil, 10 drops of mandarin lime essential oil and 10 drops of vetivergrass essential oil. Massage your legs with this preparation by always beginning from your ankle up to your thigh.
• Phytotherapy: there are several stimulating plants for the vasoconstrictor and venous walls. These plants are very effective when used as a preventive measure. They can also prevent the spread os varicose veins when used belatedly. The circulatory plants are: cypress, mint, lavender, grape seed, horse chestnut, gingko biloba, gotu kola, hawthorn, witch hazel...
• Bioresonance card: this is a new alternative health product that helps balance your body's bio-energy system. The benefits of the bioresonance card: reduction of pain in the legs, reduction of swollen legs, improvement in blood circulation... you just have to wear the bioresonance card 24 hours a day without swallowing anything.
  

Tips To Help You In Your Weight Loss Program

1. EAT WHAT YOU CAN SEE GROWING: An apple comes from a tree, potatoes and carrots from the earth.... But where are growing hamburgers and pizzas? If you're going to answer in the frozen food department at the supermarket or in the fast food, you will have to revise your weight loss program..Why do you thinks doctors and health magazines keep telling us to eat at least 5 fruits or vegetables per day? Because a fruit or vegetable that hasn't been transformed benefits our body.
2. WORK FOR YOUR MEAL: nowadays (I sound like my grandmother...), you can go to the supermarket and buy whatever you want for your meal (frozen foods, cans...). To get a healthier and more balanced meal, you'd better save some time to prepare and cook it. When you cook your own meal, you can choose and measure what you are going to eat.
3. EAT YOUR BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING. Studies show that people who eat their breakfast are less tempted to eat a snack and are less hungry during the rest of the day.
4. YOUR BODY IS NOT A PANTRY. Even if you've been educated with the idea that you shouldn't leave anything in your plate, you should forget this rule. If you still eat even if you're no more hungry, your body is going to stock this surplus. You don't live anymore in a period where there's regular starvation..If you have leftovers, keep it in the fridge or throw it away (your mom isn't here to check..)
5. BUY FOOD ONLY WHEN YOU NEED IT and don't buy "junkfood". When you are in front of the TV and you're craving for chocolate, chips, cookies... and have them in your kitchen, it's easy to go to the kitchen, open your packet of "junkfood" and eat the whole packet. But, if you have to put on your clothes, your shoes.. and then have to drive or walk to the supermarket, your natural "laziness" will be stronger than your craving and it's likely that you're going to stay at home in your couch in front of the TV with nothing.
6. SIT AT A TABLE TO EAT. When you have a quick snack, you tend to eat more fat, drink more sodas and more industrially prepared meals. Anyway, our body absorbs better the vitamins and nutrients from food when we are taking our time to eat.
7. WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY BEFORE LUNCH OR DINNER, eat apples, nuts, celery, carrots.. as snacks instead of cookies or chips. The more you chew, the slowlier you eat.. and your stomach will tell your brain that it is satiated.
8. READ WHAT'S WRITTEN ON YOUR FOOD PACKAGE. The more ingredients it contains, the more converted it is: it would be poor in nutrients and rich in chemical additives.

Tips To Ease Your Heavy Legs

Do you feel that your legs are aching, swollen, tired..?

Here are some tips to ease them:

1)Exercise: swimming, walking, riding a bike.. these are activities that would help the circulation in your leg veins. Take the stairs, not the lift or the escalator.

2)Are you traveling? If you take the plane, get up to walk a little bit. Insufficient leg muscle movement causes the blood to accumulate in your leg veins.

3)Don't stay too long in the sun, avoid waxing: the heat causes the veins to enlarge and blood to pool in your legs.

4)Drink at least 1.5 liters of water per day: it will help the drainage of the tissues

5)Wear ample clothings: forget the garments that tighten your legs, for it restricts blood flow to your legs.

6)Don't stand or sit too long, because these positions contribute to the stagnation of the blood

7)Check your weight: being overweight makes the blood flow to your legs more difficult.

8)Take cold showers: putting your legs under fresh water stimulates the circulation.

9)Massage your legs from your ankle up to your knee.

10) Sleep with your feet elevated (your feet should be above the level of the heart): put a pillow under your legs to ease the tension.

These are some simple tips that you can apply in your everyday life. There are other ways to treat swollen legs and feet like using essential oil massage, cream, phytotherapy, bio-resonance card .. These other measures will be discussed in another post.

If you feel that your legs are still aching and that these measures are insufficient, you should talk to your GP.