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11 Bay Leaf Benefits for Your Health (& How to Make Bay Leaf Tea)

Discover the main bay leaf benefits, including improved digestion, lower cholesterol, and blood sugar control. Learn how bay leaves may help relieve pain, support immunity, promote relaxation, and provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects for overall health.

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8 Hibiscus Tea Benefits for Heart, Liver & More (& How to Make)

Hibiscus tea benefits include lowering blood pressure, improving heart and liver health, supporting weight loss, regulating blood sugar, and preventing UTIs. Rich in antioxidants and polyphenols, hibiscus tea also has antimicrobial and diuretic effects with few contraindications.

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Lavender: Natural Health Benefits & How to Use It

Lavender is a medicinal plant known for its relaxing, calming, and antidepressant properties. It can help treat anxiety, depression, insomnia, indigestion, and insect bites. Lavender may be used as tea, in aromatherapy, or applied as essential oil to promote relaxation and overall well-being.

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Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure & How to Use Them

Some home remedies for high blood pressure include drinking lemon juice with coconut water, garlic water, or teas made from valerian, olive leaves, or hibiscus. These natural options can help lower blood pressure, but should be used daily and always alongside your doctor’s prescribed treatment.

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Burnt Tongue: How to Heal with 8 Natural Remedies

A burnt tongue often happens after eating or drinking something too hot, causing pain, redness, and swelling. Learn how to heal a burnt tongue and prevent infection using simple treatments like honey, salt water, and aloe vera, as well as when to see a doctor.

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Gorse: 10 Health Benefits & How to Make a Tea

Gorse (*Baccharis trimera*) is a medicinal plant known for its diuretic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. It may help regulate blood pressure and blood sugar, support liver health, reduce inflammation, strengthen immunity, and promote weight loss naturally.

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Berberine Benefits: 6 Uses, Supplement Dose & Possible Side Effects

Berberine benefits include reducing blood sugar, managing cholesterol and triglycerides, promoting weight loss, and supporting brain and heart health. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory and antiglycemic properties, this natural supplement may help manage diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.

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Clogged Ear: Main Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

A clogged ear can be caused by ear infections, wax build-up, water, pressure changes, colds, or conditions like bruxism and Méniere’s disease. While a clogged ear often clears up on its own, persistent blockage, pain, or dizziness may indicate infection or inner ear damage requiring medical care.

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Boldo: Health Benefits, How to Use & Side Effects

Boldo is a medicinal plant used to support liver function, improve digestion, and relieve symptoms of gastritis and gallbladder issues. Rich in antioxidants, boldo may help prevent infections and inflammation. Available as teas, capsules, or tinctures, it should be used with medical guidance.

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Bitter Taste in Mouth: 19 Causes, Symptoms & How to Get Rid of It

A bitter taste in mouth can be caused by poor oral hygiene, medications, pregnancy, acid reflux, liver problems, infections, or dry mouth. Learn the main causes, what symptoms may indicate a serious condition, and how to get rid of the bitter taste effectively.

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Lemon Balm Tea: Health Benefits, How to Make It & Side Effects

Lemon balm tea offers several health benefits, including relieving stress, anxiety, and digestive discomfort, improving sleep quality, and easing pain like headaches and menstrual cramps. Learn how to prepare lemon balm tea, its side effects, and who should avoid it.

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Drug Overdose Symptoms (Depressants, Stimulants & OTC Meds)

Drug overdose symptoms vary depending on the substance but may include difficulty breathing, confusion, drowsiness, or loss of consciousness. Learn about the main causes of overdose from opioids, stimulants, and over-the-counter drugs, and when to seek emergency medical help.

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Honey Lemon Tea: 9 Health Benefits Plus Recipes

Honey lemon tea is a natural remedy that helps relieve cough, sore throat, colds, and flu. Rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, it supports immunity, improves digestion, boosts energy, aids weight loss, and may help prevent premature aging and heart disease.

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Tea for Anxiety: 9 Examples & How to Prepare

Discover the best types of tea for anxiety, including chamomile, lemon balm, valerian, and lavender. Learn how these calming teas may help relax the nervous system, ease stress, and promote emotional balance safely as part of natural anxiety relief.

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How to Stop a Runny Nose: Natural Remedies & Medications

To stop a runny nose, remedies like eucalyptus essential oil, ginger and garlic tea or nettle tea, are full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatories that can help to relieve discomfort and other associated symptoms, like a stuffy nose.

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Created by: Manuel Reis Registered Nurse
Postgraduate degree in Medicinal Plant Therapy, and Nursing degree obtained through the Porto Nursing School. Licensed to practice with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros (PT) under license #79026.
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