Go cuckoo for coconuts this summer by using it to boost your skin and hair health! Coconut oil, once considered a demon in the health world, is now fully recognized as a health booster, a skin toner, and a hair moisturizer. It's been used, after all, in Asian and Pacific cultures for centuries-and look how gorgeous their skin and hair is!

Here’s another great on for the complementary medicine file: in the largest study of its kind yet, researchers have found that just a smidgen of purified ginger in supplement form (one-quarter teaspoon to one-half teaspoon of the spice each day) could reduce chemotherapy-related nausea by 40 % on the first day of treatment when used...

Even if you’re not an herb person, you’ve surely heard of the famous ginseng.  Both types of the root, American and Panax (Asian) ginseng are taken orally by many as adaptogens, aphrodisiacs, nourishing stimulants, and in the treatment of type II diabetes, as well as sexual dysfunction in men. The root is typically available in dried form, either whole or sliced.  Ginseng is often found in those popular energy drinks: usually the "tea" varieties or functional foods...

You have probably experienced times in your life when you felt stress resulting from events that were job related, relationship-induced stress (such as marital problems, death of a spouse, or divorce), and or money problems.  While it may not seem major, soon, you may start feeling anxious, your heart starts racing, you sweat and tremble, feel restless, experience insomnia and difficulty concentrating. You feel fear, worry, nervousness, and...

One of the most prominent complaints in the field of women’s health is yeast infections.  Although today there are many medications available to treat yeast infections such as Diflucan and a variety of suppositories, before our grandmothers had medicines, what did they use ladies?  That’s right natural remedies.  Here are some of the old school remedies for yeast infections that has withstood the test of time and are tried and true for candida and yeast...