Sosnowe pączki i igły

Gemmotherapy – pine buds

Gemmotherapy is one of the fields of phytotherapy, which deals with the use of the raw material derived from the buds of different plant parts (flowers, leaves, stems, roots, rhizomes, tubers). Depending on the need, it is those parts of the plants are prepared decoctions, infusions, poultices, macerates and oils having therapeutic properties, this is

Ziołowe kosmetyki

Homemade herbal cosmetics

In a previous post I wrote on how to prepare your body for the arrival of spring – like using herbs to cleanse the body of toxins and by the way get rid of the extra-curricular, winter kilos. Today we will be preparing for the spring in a different context – the appearance of the

Spring plants

How to get ready your body for spring – body detox

This year’s early March is not particularly optimistic harbinger of spring, winter is not forgiven, the days are still gray, cold and wet and sunshine as a cure, we feel drowsy, weak and irritable. This is called “the spring crisis”. But it’s the last days of winter weather and before will the typical spring weather

Herbal garden

Herbal garden – it sounds proudly

Author: Jolanta Baker (text and photos) Gone are the days when the crop plants – vegetables and herbs – grew hidden in the back garden and had no access to representational  flower-beds. Quite rightly recognized their beauty, not necessarily resulting from the size of the flowers, but more with the texture and color of leaves

Herbs in fitness

Fitness is by definition just a healthy lifestyle, insiders said that it was aware of a healthy lifestyle, through which manages to keep the body fit and healthy for many years mainly thanks to a healthy, conscious nutrition and physical exercise. Fitness concept comes from the United States where he began to use it in

Herbs in the new Pyramid of Healthy Nutrition!

On 20 January 2016, appeared a new food pyramid and more specifically Pyramid of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity. Experts of the Institute of Food and Nutrition presented, for the first National Alimentarius Congress in Warsaw, a new look at what we should eat and drink, they have also added a permanent physical activity – every

Healthy gifts for Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa for most of us a special persons. They take care of us and supported from an early age. End of January, in Poland is a special time ,when we want to give to our grandmothers and grandfathers gifts. Unfortunately, we often buy supplements of unspecified composition and operation. We know that the

Healthy Christmas

Great strides are approaching Christmas, soon, together with our loved ones will sit at the Chrismas table. Traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner consists of twelve traditional and exquisite dishes that are impossible to deny myself. Christmas holidays spend most commonly, by eating a lot and full-up, unfortunately we lose with this common sense, we overeat

Linden – herbal medicine not only for colds

Linden – herbal medicine not only for colds When it’s autumn and winter and with them colds and other health problems, reach for teas and syrups with linden, led perhaps our intuition whispers or advice of others, whether attracted by colorful advertisements “herbal” manufacturers. Oversaturated colors slender bottle with the addition of lime trees are

Winter strengthening immunity

Winter strengthening immunity Do you wonder what exactly lies behind the term strengthening of immunity? Resilience is the ability of the body to protect against external factors that may have an adverse effect on the body. For resistance, we are talking about in the context of the revision of the aura, lowering the temperature and