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		<title>The Herb for Drying Mucous Membranes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marilyn Zink
Clearing up and drying mucous membranes is often what one thinks about when its comes to colds.
One herb that does that in spades is goldenseal.
This herb will dry up the mucous membranes that is often the first line of defence for colds.
Generally, we start to feel better when the nose isn&#8217;t running so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2012/01/25/the-herb-for-drying-mucous-membranes/</link>
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		<title>A Health Food Store in the Heart of the Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marilyn Zink
When the Old City Organics health food store opened in downtown Nanaimo, it seemed it was meant to be.
After months of talking about it off and on, Maureen Coughlin and Tracy Stewart decided to open the store.
“It was almost like, don’t put too much thought into it, just do it,” says Tracy.
“We knew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2012/01/02/a-health-food-store-in-the-heart-of-the-community/</link>
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		<title>Achieving Natural Health Resolutions for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marilyn Zink
Do you have a natural health goal for 2012?
Many people make resolutions, but have you ever broken down your resolutions into specific goals?
For instance, a goal for health, a goal for business, a goal for finances, etc.
When you reach your goals, regardless of what they are, they can all contribute to better health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/12/29/achieving-natural-health-resolutions-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>Peppermint&#8217;s Wonderful Uses for Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marilyn Zink

Peppermint is one of the herbs that is popular at Christmastime.
What would a candy cane be without peppermint?
But peppermint is also popular in hot chocolate mixes and in chocolate treats, such as peppermint bark or a square or dessert.
While peppermint has a wonderful, breath-freshing flavour, it also has many therapeutic qualities.
Peppermint tea is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/12/15/peppermints-wonderful-uses-for-christmas/</link>
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		<title>Win an Herbal Book on Sexual and Reproductive Health</title>
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It’s a sensitive topic – sexual and reproductive health.
Yet Susun S. Weed tackles it head on in her new book ‘Down There, Sexual and Reproductive Health, The Wise Woman Way.’Weed writes about various female issues such as vaginal dryness, vulvodynia (intense pain of the vulva), endometriosis, cervical issues and oh yeah, orgasms.There are also male [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/12/08/win-an-herbal-book-on-sexual-and-reproductive-health/</link>
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		<title>Hyperbaric Oxygen is Effective for Many Disorders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been in use for more than a century and is seeing a revived interest for many conditions.
It has been commonly used to treated decompression sickness (the ‘bends&#8221;) in deep sea divers as well as devastating burn injuries suffered by victims of fire.
Hyperbaric oxygen chambers have recently become accessible for the general [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/12/05/hyperbaric-oxygen-is-effective-for-many-disorders/</link>
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		<title>How Breathing has a Powerful Impact on Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ By Chris Bauman 
Jan was a busy woman, juggling career and family, apparently with great success. Unbeknownst to others though, she was always anxious, had difficulty sleeping and was forgetful. One day, as she was getting into her car after work, suddenly her heart pounded in her chest; she couldn&#8217;t breathe; she was drenched in sweat. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/11/30/how-breathing-has-a-powerful-impact-on-health/</link>
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		<title>Make Simmering Herbs for the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marilyn Zink
The scents of the festive season make it special and memorable.
When I think of the Christmas season, I often think of the wonderful aromas associated with it.
A warm kitchen on a cold day filled with those warming aromas of cinnamon and cloves just makes the festive season brighter, wouldn&#8217;t you agree?
So to get you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/11/24/make-simmering-herbs-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>The Joys of Lovely Lavender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people appreciate lavender (Lavandula angustifolia, or Lavandula x intermedia) for its fragrance.  Lavender, through the millennia has been known to offer many benefits for us.The first recorded cultivation and use of lavender occurred over three thousand years ago.  The ancient Egyptians held it in high regard, using it to produce soothing and healing ointments, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/11/18/the-joys-of-lovely-lavender/</link>
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		<title>Why Diets Don&#8217;t Work (and what to do about it)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jon Rhodes
When most people talk about losing weight, they immediately associate this with diets. It is commonly thought that in order to lose weight you must go on a diet. By the term diet I mean a temporary restrictive eating plan. The vast majority of people that go on a diet do not lose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herbalcollective.ca/source/2011/11/16/why-diets-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/</link>
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