Great news goddesses! If you have been searching far and wide for a natural alternative to the monthly pill-popping of Midol, Advil and the like for your painful periods…then your search has finally come to a fruitful end. No longer do you have to resort to synthetic over-the-counter medications and the risks of their harmful side effects. Willow Bark, also...

When asked to name the one thing you can’t live without you may be tempted to say that it’s your iPad, chocolate cake or the latest incarnation of Angry Birds. But in all honestly what you really can’t live without is…oxygen. Oxygen is the vital essence of life! And here’s why… They say that a human body can live without food for 40 days, it can...

Have you ever really looked at you tongue? I mean, really examined the health of it? Quite honestly, most of us don’t give it a second thought beyond the few minutes we spend brushing our teeth in the morning and before bedtime. But, as it turns out, the tongue is a window to body functioning and studied by health practitioners. According to Dr. Gillian McKeith,...

I came across a blog post from HerbMentor today that just had to be shared with the Pain Free Periods community. It’s a recipe for how to make candied ginger but in addition to that, the author talks about how ginger is helpful for relieving menstrual cramps. Now, I’d heard about ginger and ginger tea for an upset stomach, nausea and other digestive...

[This post is a continuation. Click here if you missed Part I...] Your Body’s Innate IntelligenceWhile chiropractic care isn’t really a treatment for PMS (or any other condition), many women with misalignments have seen an improvement in their reproductive health while under chiropractic care. Because you are allowing the nervous system to work the way it’s...

Did you know that your spinal cord acts as the major superhighway of your body’s nervous system, exiting your brain, traveling down through your spinal column and branching off into spinal nerves at various points of your spine? After this long journey the spinal nerves then exit between individual vertebrae and travel on to various parts of your body to regulate...

The USDA recently published an updated version of the food pyramid. Rumor has it that once the original pyramid was turned on its side, it became more difficult for people to understand and follow. Thus we now have the simplified version pictured here. Sadly enough, big industry won’t yet part ways with their peddling of healthy servings of meat and dairy on us...

I am always on the lookout for natural ways to deal with the monthlies and other feminine concerns. And as you’ll discover online and on this blog, there are many natural remedies to choose from. So the lack of information or lack of access isn’t necessarily the problem… The trouble is that many of the natural period pain remedies including...

Thousands of women suffer from monthly menstrual cramps and resort to pill-popping to stop the pain. I know I have been guilty of this myself. But something in my gut (no pun intended) kept pushing me to find a better solution. Popping pills just seemed like a band-aid quick fix to me and knowing that pain is the the body’s way of telling us to investigate...