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Freshening a Smelly Mattress Using Sunshine Review – Does It Work?

It’s a fact of life: mattresses can get stinky.  We spend about a third of each day laying on them, and without a plastic cover they have the potential to absorb all kinds of body fluids and bacteria.  But what to do with … Continue reading

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Homemade Lemonade with Raw Honey Review – Does it Work?

Lemonade is a popular summer time beverage.  Though originally made with lemons, sugar and water, today most folks use a powdered lemonade mix to quickly make a pitcher of sweet lemony goodness.  Unfortunately, many of today’s mixes contain loads of … Continue reading

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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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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 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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