The goal of headache medications is not to identify and eliminate their cause, but simply to relieve pain symptoms. Very interestingly, clinical studies have suggested that in approximately 70 percent of patients with chronic daily headaches, the headaches are actually caused by the drugs being taken to treat the headaches. In fact, when these people stopped taking the medications, their headaches went away.

Help alleviate a headache with this homemade balm.

Meal prep this healthy, delicious combination based on chickpeas, carrots, cauliflower, quinoa, and spices.

One of the amazing phenomena in nature is the adaptation of a plant or animal to its environment. As it relates to medicinal effects of a plant, the composition of active compounds can be greatly influenced by geography, altitude, climate and other factors. These stressors will often lead to the formation of protective factors within the plant to help it survive. Often, these compounds also exert significant effects in improving human health.