Plants may be found on land or in water, but their growth depends on the nutrient level of their environment, notes the Missouri Botanical Garden. Only a steady source of nutrition can keep plants growing. Interestingly, several of the same...
The bark of quaking aspen, a tree from the willow family, has historically been used for natural healing. Other names for quaking aspen are trembling aspen, golden aspen, mountain aspen, trembling poplar, white poplar, popple and aspen. Able to...
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that relieves fever and pain. Aspirin works by inhibiting cyclooxygenase, an enzyme involved with the body's inflammatory process. Aspirin has been used...
Many dietary supplements, especially anti-inflammatory supplements, may be helpful in treating your tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis. Tennis elbow is a painful condition in which the tendons in your elbow are overworked, usually by...
Gum disease, including periodontitis and gingivitis, are microbial infections that cause inflammation, bleeding and pain. If you don't treat these diseases, you may lose teeth and surrounding bone, and mouth pathogens can infect other organs,...
Certain dietary supplements may be helpful in reducing your mucus. According to the Canadian Lung Association, mucus, a sticky substance secreted by your mucus membranes, can block airflow into and out of your lungs. The blockage can cause...
