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Alternative Therapies

Women’s Health

Women’s Health

Christiane Northrup, M.D., is a board–certified obstetrician/gynecologist whose best selling books, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause, have set the standard for women seeking a balanced and knowledgeable perspective on both...

Fanning The Fire Within

Fanning The Fire Within

Russell DiCarlo interviews Stephen Covey about the four levels of empowerment - personal, interpersonal, managerial, and organizational. The conversation explores the importance of the conditions of trustworthiness, trust, and win-win performance...

The Copper Wall Experiment

The Copper Wall Experiment

Russell E. DiCarlo interviews Elmer Green, Ph.D. about his fascination whether if people meditate in a really potent way, can they generate electrical voltages in their body? He created a special room and wired the walls. When research subjects...

Vanilla

Vanilla

This tropical flower, an orchid, is a Mexican native grown in Tahiti, Java and Madagascar. Orchids are considered the most highly evolved flowers, and this is the only one with an edible fruit. When first transplanted in R‚union, vanilla...

Achillea millefolium

Yarrow

This common herb is found in temperate climates around the world. The blue calming azulene is created during distillation, although some yarrow oils lack azulene and, therefore, the color. Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) Extraction: Distilled from...

Ylang-Ylang

Ylang-Ylang

Ylang-ylang means “flower of flowers.” The trees, bearing fragrant drooping yellow flowers, are grown for the perfume trade in R‚union. The oil varies greatly because of climatic and botanical differences. The four commercial grades are:...

Angelica

Thought to have originated in Syria, angelica was one of the few aromatics exported to the Orient. The oil was a common flavoring and apothecary drug, and magical powers were attributed to it as the “root of the Holy Ghost.” The way...

Tuberose

Tuberose

One of the most expensive of the flower oils, this intensely fragrant Mexican flower has found international fame in perfumes such as White Shoulders and Chloe. The Aztecs prized tuberose for medicine. Hawaiian leis are often made with it. The name...

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