Category Archives: Health and Wellness

Using A Comfrey Poultice To Heal Bruises and Injuries Review – Does It Work?

Comfrey is a perennial herb that has been used for many years in traditional medicine.  It is also sometimes referred to a “knit-bone” because it is said to be very good at promoting healing within when applied to the skin. … Continue reading

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Placenta Encapsulation Review – How, Why, and Does it Work?

Placentophagy.  Eating your baby’s placenta.  Whaaaat?!  In a move that is just a tiny step away from cannibalism, some midwives and natural heath advocates recommend that a new mother consume her baby’s placenta to facilitate a faster and easier recovery, … Continue reading

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Using Cabbage Cups to Relieve Breast Engorgement Review – Does it Work?

Breast engorgement is very common for a mama in the first days after a baby is born.  It occurs when the milk comes in (or technically transitions from colostrum to mature milk).  When milk first comes in, your body is … Continue reading

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Is Homebirth A Green Idea? A Thoughtful Review (Part 2)

In Part 1 of my Review of Homebirth as a Green Idea, I talked about the good and bad aspects of homebirthing, and discussed how I decided that home birth delivery was right for me.  Today, I want to share … Continue reading

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Is Homebirth A Green Idea? A Thoughtful Review (Part 1)

For almost all of human history babies have been born at home.  Over the last 100 or so years however, birth has begun to move into the hospital in industrial countries that practice Western-style medicine.  In America, hospital birth has … Continue reading

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