Herbs & Health Articles

I like to read about how viruses work, and how drugs work (I was a biochemistry major and pharmacology grad student.) As a homeschooling mom, all of my kids read a book about the first outbreak of the Ebola virus in 1976, called The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story...

I hate getting sick, and the good old cold virus has so many mutants, that you're almost sure to get one. The common cold is a coronavirus. I've had a lot of success with these 3 natural ways to prevent colds. Echinacea I reach for the herb, Echinacea whenever I'm...

Although pectin and gelatin are both used to thicken, gel, or stabilize foods and other products, they are very different. Pectin comes from fruit, and gelatin from animals. If you are eating a plant-based diet, you will want to for-go the gelatin or products that...

When I was 17,  I got the kissing disease -- mononucleosis -- and I couldn't seem to get better. I was in my senior year of high school, secretary of the Student Body, and I developed a sore throat that was larger than life. I couldn't turn my neck without pain. I...