Castor Oil: a Versatile and Often Overlooked Plant for Reducing Inflammation, Joint Stiffness and Pain

Castor Plant -Castor Beans on Stalk

The Castor plant is a prickly plant that grows wild besides ponds and rivers here in Mexico, and the people consider it a noxious weed. The Castor Oil is pressed out of the bean of the Ricinus communis/Palma Christi plant. Despite being considered a weedy nuisance, I have found it second to none for reducing … Read more

Ways to Cope with Supply Chain Shortages: Using the Spices, Seeds, Oils and Food in your Kitchen Cupboards as Health Remedies

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By Marianne Graff Photo credit: freepik Spices and Natural Ingredients Often Found in your Kitchen Cupboard that Could replace many things in your Medicine Cabinet in a Pinch When we moved to Mexico, I thought getting the medicines my son and I needed would be easy to buy. After all, Mexico is still in North … Read more