4 articles on "bitter"

Amended Bitter Orange - Ephedra in disguise

If you read my last article about bitter orange or citrus aurantium, it was pretty clear how I felt about the herb. I'd read the available research concerning bitter orange, and while there was some evidence supporting bitter orange, the overal...

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Bitterroot Valley, Western Montana

The Bitterroot Valley, approximately 96 miles long and 20 miles wide at mid-valley, was the ancestral home of the Salish (Flathead) Indian tribe long before the white man ever set foot in the valley. The Indians gathered and ate the starchy root of t...

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Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics

Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics by: Junji Takano Bitter Melon is the English name of Momordica charantia, a climbing vine whose leaves and green fruits, although bitter, has been used to fight cancer, diabetes and many ...

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Household Hints My Mother Taught Me

Along with some of the pseudo-medical sayings of my mother (e.g. "cocoa powder leaches calcium from your bones" and "eating ice puts strain on your kidneys" - translation: stop hogging the cocoa powder/ice cubes), quite a few household hints came alo...

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