Teens who use drugs are more likely to engage in violent behavior, steal, abuse other drugs, and join gangs. But you, as a parent, are the most powerful influence on your teen when it comes to using illicit drugs. Here are some tips to keep your teen drug-free and prevent delinquent behavior down the road: [...]
Botanical Name: Solanum tuberosum (LINN.) Family: N.O. Solanaceae Part Used: Edible tubers. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. Potatoes are the world’s most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest food crop in terms of fresh produce — after rice, [...]
PARIS: Echinacea, a medicinal herb that came to prominence thanks to its use by Sioux Indians, can more than halve the risk of catching a cold, a wide-scale study has confirmed. Taking Echinacea supplements can reduce the risk of a cold by 58 percent and may also shorten the duration of a cold almost one [...]
Description: Leadwort, sometimes called plumbago, is a late summer and fall gem that is easily forgotten the rest of the year. Its green foliage is fairly nondescript until the blue flowers open on red stems in late August. These are leaf-losing (deciduous), flowering shrubs that can be grown in a greenhouse in the North and [...]
Image via Wikipedia Botanical Name: Echinacea angustifolia (DE CANDOLLE) Family: N.O. Compositae Synonyms: Black Sampson. Coneflower. Niggerhead. Rudbeckia. Brauneria pallida (Nutt.). Parts Used: Root, dried; also rhizome. Habitat: America, west of Ohio, and cultivated in Britain. Description: Named Echinacea by Linnaeus, and Rudbeckia, after Rudbeck, father and son, who were his predecessors at Upsala. The [...]
Palpitation, a common problem, is a state in which the heart beats forcibly and maybe, irregularly. It enables the person to become aware of the action of his heart. It is a distressing condition but is not always serious. Palpitations are unpleasant sensations of irregular and/or forceful beating of the heart. In some patients with [...]
Description: A pumpkin is a squash fruit, usually orange in color when ripe (although there are also white, red, and gray varieties). Pumpkins grow as a gourd from a trailing vine of the genus Cucurbita (family Cucurbitaceae). Cultivated in North America, continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India and some other countries, Cucurbita species include Curcurbita [...]
A dash of cinnamon on your daily dessert could help keep your blood sugar under check. The world’s oldest spice, that was once considered a gift fit for kings, has been found to be highly effective against post-meal blood sugar rise. Researchers from the Malmo University Hospital in Sweden have found that adding one teaspoon [...]
When a child is hurt, parents want to do anything to ease his pain. But often they don’t know what the best course of action is, or what type of pain medication will work best. Of three well-known analgesics, acetaminophen, ibuprofen and codeine, which one, if any, is best for children? Ibuprofen found in over-the-counter [...]
Botanical Name: Cymbopogon citratus Family: Gramineae (grass) – Poaceae (haygrass) Other common names: Oil Grass, Fever Grass, Lemon Grass, Citronella, Capim Cymbopogon is a genus of about 55 species of grasses, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World. It is a tall perennial grass. Common names include lemon grass, lemongrass, barbed [...]
