Articles Containing ‘motherwort’
Herbs and Food for a Healthy Heart
By Brigitte Mars
Our hearts beat about a hundred thousand times daily, pumping out close to 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,00 miles of blood vessels. Every minute, the heart pumps more than thirty times its weight. Antibodies, hormones nutrients, oxygen, warmth and waste are also transported through the cardiovascular system.
The heart is divided into [...]
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Herbs and Foods for Thyroid Health
The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland positioned on the front of the neck, on either side of the windpipe, directly below the “Adam’s apple.” Part of the endocrine system, it is one of the first organs to develop in a fetus.
This gland has many functions:
It affects protein synthesis within the cells and electrolyte transportation.
It [...]
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