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[19 Apr 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Detoxify !

Part of keeping healthy is to regularly detoxify yourself. You can also get a variety of essential vitamins and minerals by including detox herbs into your recipes, keeping you healthy and adding flavour and texture to what you eat.
The following are some of the herbs you can add to your recipes resulting in some valuable healthy eating benefits.

Black pepper - stimulates the breakdown of fat cells while also having anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant effect.
Cumin seeds - Rich in iron, have powerful antioxidants and release pancreatic enzymes which are essential for a …

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[18 Apr 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Homemade recipes and treatment for dry skin

Dry skin is generally due to less oil and moisture produced by sebaceous glands. Simple dry skin results from lack of natural oils affecting mostly women under age of 35 years, while complex dry skin lacks both oil and moisture and is distinguished by fine lines, enlarged pores and sagging skin that happens with aging. Alternatively, dry skin could be results from genetic condition, poor diet especially deficiencies of vitamin A and the B vitamins, exposure to environmental factors such sun, wind, or aggressive usage of chemicals, cosmetics and …

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[15 Apr 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Lavender goodness

Lavender is a hardy fragrant shrub, with narrow, lanceolate leaves and grey-blue flowers in terminal spikes, borne on slender stalks. While the fine aroma of lavender is found throughout the plant, essential oils can only be extracted from it’s flowers.
There are many benefits that derive from this aromatic herb, for example, in terms of Oriental medicine, the cool, dispersing and relaxing qualities of lavender aids heat, inflammation, spasm, pain and general unrest. The antiseptic qualities of the oil also make it suitable for a wide range of infections. Like German …

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[10 Apr 2009 | One Comment | ]
Cayenne Peppers

Many people believe Cayenne peppers are one of the most useful and valuable of all the herbs. This amazing herb is not only very good for your entire digestive system but also for your heart and circulatory system, acting as a catalyst and intensifies the effectiveness of other herbs when consumed together. The cayenne pepper is both a medicinal and nutrional herb with very high sources of Vitamins A and C, organic calcium and potassium. There is little doubt that cayenne provides one of the purest and powerful stimulants, while …

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[8 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Welcome to shen herbs

Hello and welcome to shen herbs, here you will find plenty of useful information on healthy and balanced living, using natural products that are easily available. I’ll be posting stuff on just about everything ranging from, homemade herbal rememdies, aroma therapy, bath salts, treatments, healthy eating and more.
Best regards
-Phil
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