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I just got a new dog and although she is 3-4 years old, she has not been spayed. I have an appointment to get her spayed next Friday. My question is, will this calm her down a bit? She is so much older than the other dogs I've had spayed and I didn't know whether to anticipate a slow down or not.

Just a reminder. We had a power outage a few years ago and we had to use candles for a week for our light source. Believe me, you do not want to have to have various scents warring in your house when you have to navigate by candlelight at dark. We went to bed soon after it got dark but it was...

Has anyone heard of using cinnamon tablets to help regulate their blood sugar. I'm a diabetic and I've heard this for a long time. I recently bought some to try but I've found I can't take them because they hurt my stomach when I take them. Do you think if I used more cinnamon on foods instead...

I have a patch of peppermint and spearmint and they are growing out of control. I have to either pull the runners out of the ground or mow it down. How do you control where the mint grows? This is growing so fast it's ridiculous!

I am terrible about craving things that are so bad for me. It's always sweets and carbs. If I don't have sweets, I eat constantly which I guess is my body trying to seek out what I crave. I hate doing it but cake tastes sooo good. I made a yellow cake today with fresh buttercream frosting and...

I became curious about the movement toward not using shampoo to cleanse your hair. It's not that you don't clean it if you don't use shampoo, you just use natural products. What you do it make a solution of baking soda and water until it feels "slick". Place it in a bottle like a ketchup or...

Well, we have been having our first sleet of the season here today. I'm not really happy about it but no one asked me before it started. So, I'm staying home and out of the weather today and probably tomorrow.

Chamomile tea can help with nausea, but is it safe to use during pregnancy? It would be a great help for the nausea you have during pregnancy. I haven't heard anything to suggest it's not safe but I wondered if anyone else had heard anything?

I was doing some reading on various remedies for common problems and I found this bit of information really welcome. When you have insomnia, a glass of warm milk really helps. It has tryptophan, like other substances which make you drowsy, like turkey. Nice to know Mom wasn't wrong about everything.

I'm currently working on eradicating my fifth urinary tract infection of the year. Needless to say, I've ingested tons of cranberry juice this year to try to keep them away. So, my question is, do the cranberry pills work as well as the juice does or has anyone tried them?

I read an article that is reporting that four out of five citizens who were exposed to the radiation fallout from the Fukushima nuclear reactor, are suffering with thyroid issues such as thyroid cysts, nodules and 41.1 percent of 57, 000 tested are showing very early signs of thyroid cancer...

...when you are sick. If I have nausea and vomiting, they stay far away from me. The strange thing is they also do this when I'm crying. I don't know what they are thinking but they will not approach me then unless I make them. Do your pets act this way?

I just read that Harvard Medical School is going to create an institute to study alternative medicine. It's about time!!! The article stated that doctors couldn't ignore what a lot of patients are using. They will be studying massage, herbal remedies and acupuncture at the institute. The doctor...

There has been a study done at the University of Kentucky, which has shown that if patients listen to music before, during and after surgery, they may have less pain and a shortened recovery time. It's really just proving what we all knew all along. Here is a link to the article. I'm glad to see...

I have had a sinus infection now for a couple of weeks. While it is getting better, I am still having some nausea while I'm still getting it over with. I've been doing sinus washes with a Neti pot but I have a horrible odor in my nose that is making me nauseous. Is there something I can use to...

We have a guy in town that has a holistic medicine shop and he is quite skilled. I don't know how he knows what he does but he can look at you and tell you what you are having trouble with. I went one day and was talking to him about how I was feeling. He did a few things and told me I was...

I've been meaning to ask this for some time but I keep forgetting to ask. This summer, I had the opportunity to buy some "catmint". I have heard of catnip, but is catmint the same thing? I would think it would be especially since my cats went wild over it. They almost killed it by chewing 0n and...

I have been having a terrible time getting rid of a yeast infection and it's driving me nuts! I have used Diflucan and Monostat cream without completely getting rid of the infection. Is there something I can use in the herbal line that will help me to get rid of this?

I have an older dog who is overweight and I have a horrible time getting him to lose weight. I don't feed him too much but it seems he gains weight very easily. I think he may have an underactive thyroid gland. Is there something I can give him to help stimulate the thyroid?

I have been thinking about making some unscented candles for use when the electric goes out. Believe me, if you have been without electric service for some reason like a storm, you will quickly get tired of the scented ones especially when you have to have more than one burning.