There is a 7 day weight loss plan that works wonders. It is a well kept secret among dieters. Not only can you lose weight fast but you can lose up 9-12lbs in 7 days. So if you are trying to get the weight off before the holidays then this diet plan is for you.  Not only do you lose weight but you are also doing a mild detoxification of simple sugars and caffeine.

7 Day Weight Loss Plan:

Cabbage Soup Recipe

6 large green onions
2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole)
3 Carrots
1 Container (10 oz. or so) Mushrooms
1 bunch of celery
1/2 a head of cabbage
1 package Lipton soup mix
1 or 2 cubes of bouillon (optional)
1 48oz can V8 juice (optional)
Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc.

Directions:

Slice green onions, put in a pot and start to saute with cooking spray.

Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take the seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper into bite size pieces and add to pot.

Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot.

Clean carrots, cut into bite size pieces, and add to pot.

Slice mushrooms into thick slices, add to pot.

If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry or cayenne pepper now.

You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for seasonings. These have all the salt and flavors you will need.

Use about 12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the V8 juice), cover and put heat on low. Let soup cook for a long time - two hours works well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

7 Day Weight Loss Plan Step By Step:

Day One: Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened decaffeinated teas, cranberry juice and water.

Day Two: Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.

Day Three: Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No Baked Potato.

Day Four: Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

With this 7 Day Weight Loss Plan, be sure to drink 6-8 8oz glass of water. Avoid caffeine and also 2 tsp of apple cider vinegar in an 8oz glass of water will speed up the process.

Day Five: Beef And Tomatos: Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomtoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef one one of the beef days (but not both).

Day Six: Beef and Vegetables: Eat to your heart's content of beef and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Again stuff, stuff, stuff yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.

Repeat the 7 Day Weight Loss Plan as often as you like to achieve the desired results. Start now and lose weight before the holidays.

As always please consult your doctor before starting any weight loss program.

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Making herbal remedies isn't difficult or complicated, its just made to seem that way. If you can boil water, you can make your own tinctures, infusions or decoctions. In this article we will discuss decoctions, what are they, how are they prepared, and examples of common decoctions.

Simply put, a decoction is your basic infusion juiced up to induce stubborn roots, barks and resins to release their medicinal properties. While most plants will yield their properties to cold or boiling hot water in a matter of minutes, some require a much longer period of time, say 30 minutes or more.

While occasionally a whole plant with stem, twig, flower, leaf and bud is used for special preventive effects, usually only one part of a plant is used at one time. Examples of herbs that work best in a decoction would include:

Elm Bark, used for herpes, scurf, itch and other skin problems

Comfrey Root, the decoction makes for a good gargle and mouthwash for throat inflammations, hoarseness and bleeding gums*

Flaxseed, this decoction can be used for cough, chest and lung problems. Remember to use only ripe seeds as the immature seedpods can cause poisoning.

English Oak Bark, a decoction of the bark can be used internally or externally for hemorrhoids and other rectal problems, menstrual problems and blood in the urine.

Preparing A Decoction:

Fresh herbs should be sliced; dry herbs should be powered or well bruised. A decoction should always be strained when it is hot so that the matter, which separates upon cooling, can be mixed again with the fluid by shaking when the remedy is used.

When preparing your decoction use glass, ceramic or earthenware pots. Do not use plain cast iron with astringent plants. Use 1 ounce (30 g) of dried root or bark to just over a pint of water. Allow this to boil for at least ten minutes or longer. The mixture then steeps with a cover on the pot for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Strain out the plant parts before drinking.

Warning: The FDA has determined that Comfrey can lead to Pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning which causes a liver disorder in humans called hepatic veno-occlusive disease. The small and medium veins in the liver become obstructed, eventually leading to liver disfunction, cirrhosis and death. While only 2 deaths attributed to Comfrey have been documented, due caution is indicated.

The information provided by UsingHerbs.Com is intended to heighten awareness of potential health care alternatives and should not be considered medical advice. Always check with your qualified health-care professional for medical attention, advice, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Zandra Jones, RN BBA is an alternative health advisor and owner of Alternative Herbal Treatment

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Constipation is a condition which refers to sporadic bowel movements that are generally hard in consistency and often excruciating to eliminate.

According to dietitians, a number of factors can contribute this condition, such as prolonged bed rest, lack of exercise, low intake of fluids and fiber, irregular eating habits, and stress. Other common factors that aggravate, or lead to this condition include taking certain medications like antacids and antihypertensive agents, narcotics and iron supplements.

Changing Your Diet Helps Alleviate This Disorder

For individuals who are diagnosed with constipation or bowel obstruction, you could be suffering from this condition as a result of your lifestyle, so there are different treatment options for you.

One of these is changing your diet, as individuals who have chronic constipation will almost certainly need a change in diets, where it could mean augmenting the amount of fiber intake and eating larger amounts of raw fruits and vegetables, brown wild rice, flaxseeds, bran and whole grain cereals. Implementing an exercise regimen also will help in regulating your bowels, and these types of exercises can be as simple as taking a brisk 15 to 20-minute walk in the morning of evening.

Herbal Alternatives For Alleviating Constipation

At present, many herbal products and food supplements are designed to aid in constipation. However, if you decide to try out a specific herbal remedy, ensure that you talk with your physician first, as some herbal ingredients interfere with the prescription medicines you may be taking. Among the most notable herbs for treating this condition are aloe vera, ginger, senna and yerba mate. Here are other effective herbs for treating bowel obstruction.

- Honey. Honey is considered a natural laxative, and the early Egyptians were prescribed to take honey mixed with warm water-taken every morning for 3 or 4 days, as a cure for constipation.

- Flaxseed Oil. This herbal ingredient aids in softening stools. Freshly-ground flaxseeds are also potent and commonly used.

- Rhubarb Root. This root is useful in relatively small doses as a laxative, and is noted to be safe for use by infants.

- Slippery Elm. This herb is helpful as a laxative and for relieving the stomach as well as the intestines.

In order to effectively alleviate this condition, try to go the bathroom at the same time every day, after meals and as soon as you feel the urge. Remember to never ever hold in a bowel movement. It would also be good to eat foods that are rich in soluble and insoluble fiber.

Soluble fiber also helps to lowering blood cholesterol levels as well as blood sugar levels, and the is commonly found in barley, apples, dried beans, carrots, oats (such as oat bran and oatmeal), oranges, and rye. Insoluble fiber, or roughage, helps to keep your bowel movements regular, and this is common in whole-grain breads and cereals, dried beans, fruits and vegetables with skins, pasta, seeds, and wheat bran. The National Cancer Institute recommends that adults get a daily fiber intake of 20-35 grams.

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Downloading aromatherapy recipes is all well and good, but if you really want to learn how to make aromatherapy essential oils, you need to actually take a course. It is not as simple as just getting the right aromatherapy recipe and plugging in all of the ingredients. As with everything, there is a lot to learn to do the first time that you try out aromatherapy recipes. To begin with, you have to know how the aromatherapy essential oil is supposed to smell.

If you are making aromatherapy recipes that involve flowers, for example, this will determine when in the life cycle you should pick them. They will have a tart smell early on, and be overflowing with sweetness when they become ripe of over-ripe. This can really change the effect that aromatherapy recipes have on the emotions, so you should do all that you can to learn the ins and outs before calling yourself an expert on them. The simple fact of the matter is that aromatherapy recipes must be carefully carried out by someone who actually knows what he or she is doing, or they will not work out quite right. And that can cause more harm than good.

Of course, if you are just using so-called aromatherapy recipes to extract essential oils, then go about it anyway that you wish, but do not go calling it aromatherapy. Essential oil recipes can be good for all kinds of things. You can use variations on aromatherapy recipes for basic fragrances to give you a nice scent, or even for skincare. There are many botanical extracts that really have great healing powers, and you can take advantage of them by using aromatherapy recipes to mix them in particularly appealing ways.

This can be a great way to get good scents and oils to use in a variety of applications. You should experiment and see what works for you. It can be so rewarding to discover a new way of employing aromatherapy recipes to improve your health and beauty. I can not recommend trying these aromatherapy recipes out enough. It really can do a lot for you. In the first place, it can give you a new and rewarding hobby, but even beyond that, it can give you an opportunity to start to understand the full power of nature. And the power of nature is something that everyone should learn to understand.

Zandra Jones, RN BBA writes about alternative health and owner of Alternative Herbal Treatment

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Natural herbs play an enormously important role in todays modern world, and if you are to appreciate the importance natural herbs have, then you must first understand about where they came from, and what use they are primarily used for in today's world.

What are Natural Herbs?

In essence, natural herbs have been around for ages, they have been a great source of nutrition and flavor in the human diet, and they have also been the main source of medicine and healing throughout human history, and the fact that they are still used widely today is not a throwback to the olden times but rather is an indication that natural herbs are a growing part of even today's high technology world.

Many people with chronic diseases turn to herbal treatment for cure, relief and a better life. Medicinal herbs fall into a category known as complementary or alternative medicine. For centuries, herbs have come to our rescue helping us cure serious illnesses and give us relief from pain and suffering.

Since herbs have been proven to enhance one' s health and wellbeing, it might be good to make them a part of your daily life. The reason why more people use nature herbs instead of the traditional drugs is the fact that they have no side effects like those associated with prescription medicine.

Phytoestrogenic herbs which are used for menopause are also a good source of vitamins and minerals, which women at menopause need most. Weight loss herbs might help you to quickly and easily lose all of that unwanted weight. Plant extracts such as genistein, Quercetin, lycopene, daidzein, rosaminic acid and beta sitosterol have been discovered and studied to provide relief to prostate gland enlargements. There are herbal remedies which one can take for a myriad of ailments

Herbal teas are another herb which have been part of the ancient and modern culture all around the world. For people who wish to detoxify body pollutants, herb tea can give instant cleansing to your body.

Even though natural herbs have no side effects, don' t exceed the reccomended dosage and use only as directed by your doctor. When a drug is mixed with herbs, both can alter each other' s ability to metabolize and take effect.

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Zandra Jones, RN BBA is a health advisor and owner of Alternative Herbal Treatment

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Here is a great article about herbs that cure hair loss.  I talk about hair loss from an underactive thyroid on my Thyroid Health Help blog.  These herbs can really stimulate hair growth once you get your thyroid under control.  Herbal remedies have been long used for every disease known to man.  Hope you can gain some useful information about treating hair loss.  Enjoy this article!

There is no permanent treatment to prevent hair loss. However there are certain treatments which can avoid hair fall in a large quantity. The best treatment for hair loss is the herbal treatment. This herbal treatment helps to stimulate the growth of the hair. It also avoids infection to the scalp. Zulvera herbal shampoo is one of the best shampoo used to avoid hair loss.

Different herbal Treatments

There are different types of herbal treatment for hair loss. Many countries like India, China and Japan uses the herbal treatment for the benefit of those who come for treatment. However now, the western world has also turned to herbal treatment. The following are some of the treatments to avoid heavy hair loss. No sooner when a person feels that he is the victim of hair loss, the cause for the hair loss is to be diagnosed at the initial stage. If the patient feels that the hair loss is due to body heat the patient should try to reduce the diet, the eating habits or the act which heats up the body. The victim of the hair loss should always try to use natural herbal based shampoos which do not contain any chemicals. In such case Zulvera herbal shampoo is considered as the one of the best shampoo. Regular use of oil massage to the scalp will also help to avoid hair loss. More of green vegetables, milk products, fruits and other cereal also help to avoid loss of hair.

Different herbal therapy treatment

There are many types of herbal therapies which are very useful to strengthen ones hair. Some of the important therapies are given below which are more powerful for the treatment of hair loss.

Aroma therapy

The aroma oil used for the therapy has many ingredients. They are the lavender, bay oils, almond oil, soybean oil and the sesame oil. These oils are mixed to gather and used for massaging the scalp. The oil should be allowed to stay in the scalp for more than thirty minutes. By this type of treatment the scalp gets stimulated.

Nettle extract of the root

Since nettle is rich in Vitamin A& Vitamin C, they are more beneficial than any other form of treatment for strengthening the hair. Most of the people in European countries and the western world are using this type of therapy for treatment of hair loss.

Female Hair Loss Problem are common now and Herbal Hair Loss Treatments are the best solutions for this problem.

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Zandra Jones, RN BBA is health advisor on herbal treatment and owner of Alternative Herbal Treatment

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Herbal and alternative medicine is quickly gaining popularity, as more and more people become frustrated with the rising costs of prescription medications and the potential side effects associated with some of these medications. Fortunately, for these individuals, there are herbal and alternative options for nearly every condition.

It is important to note that alternative remedies may not all have the same effect on everyone, because of allergies or the differences in peoples' body chemistry.

The main problem people encounter when trying herbal medicine, however, is improper usage. Some people will buy herbal products based on the attractive packaging, or the marketing and advertising of that product.

Some herbal supplements that come in hard pill or tablet form, may state that they have a certain herbal ingredient, but in actual fact, they have a very small amount of that particular herb, and are mixed with other, miscellaneous ingredients.

Also, the hard pill or tablet forms of these remedies don't dissolve very well in our bodies or in water. Because of this, they can't be mixed with teas, or turned into salves or poultices. Teas, salves and poultices are some of the most effective herbal remedies available.

If you decide that you want to try herbal remedies, make sure you buy 100% pure herbs in gelatin capsules. These capsules have ground or powdered herbs inside and dissolve very quickly.

Make a habit of reading the labels on these herbal remedies to ensure that you are getting exactly what you are looking for.

The labels will also give you the proper dosages, and your herbalist will help you to decide which herb, and which dosage of that particular herb may be right for your particular condition.

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Zandra Jones RN BBA alternative health enthusiast and owner of Alternative Herbal Treatment

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