If you are looking to live a more natural and holistic lifestyle, herbs are bound to enter your life. There are a wide range of herbs, spices, and oils that provide amazing healing benefits, one of which is burdock. Burdock is a type of weed, which has a burdock root with lots of healing properties. Here is more information about burdock so you can decide if it is right for you.

Some Things to Know About Burdock

Burdock root is typically native to Europe and North Asia, though some areas of the United States also have it. It is not uncommon for some people in other area of the world to eat the burdock root the same as other root vegetables, like potatoes. Though now in modern times, more people are grinding up the root to be used in various natural health remedies and for holistic purposes. Continue reading →

Actaea racemosa, commonly known as Black cohosh, was first used by Native American Indians for treating a wide variety of ailments, such as gynecological disorders and kidney ailments.

Aside from also treating menstrual disorders, North American colonists used black cohosh for back pain, hysteria, yellow fever, itch, spasms, uterine disorders and swelling.

In Europe, during the 17th century, it was used as pain reliever for pregnancy, during labor and for joint pains. In the middle of the 1950s black cohosh started to gain popularity as a remedy for several women’s health issues and continues today.

Menstrual Symptoms

The ability for black cohosh to relieve menstrual symptoms has been proven in a study which involved 704 women. Continue reading →