Chamomile to help having a baby

Chamomile can soothe first birth pains, besides influencing contractions and making birth easier.
Drink a cup of this infusion when pain begins: 50 g (1.76 oz) of chamomile in 25 cl of hot water for 10 minutes.

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Natural remedies against fever

Fever can be the symptom of many possible causes, generally deriving from inflammations or intoxications. But besides the cause, which must be diagnosed by a doctor, there are many herbs which can lower body temperature without side-effects.
Thus, among fever reducing herbs we can find:

Borage decoction: boil 30 g (1.05 oz) of dried borage in 1 l of water for 3 minutes, then blow out the fire and let infuse for 15 minutes. Drink no more than 5 cups per day.

Blessed thistle decoction: boil 40 g (1.41 oz) of blessed thistle leaves and blossomed ends for 5 minutes. Let it infuse for 15 minutes. Drink no more than three cups per day. It can cause nausea.

Meadowsweet infusion: let 50 g (1.76 oz) of meadowsweet (Queen of the Meadow) infuse in boiling hot water for almost 10 minutes. Drink 2-4 cups per day.
The queen of the meadow contains compounds of salicylic acid, the same used to synthesize the aspirin but, unlike this one, this infusion has no side-effects on the stomach or allergic reactions.

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Aiding breastfeeding

Elderflowers decoction is helpful to stimulate milk secretion: let these flowers dry in the sun for 2 hours.Otherwise fennel flowers decoction.
For the opposite purpose (to reduce secretion), apply chopped fresh parsley leaves to the breast.
Compresses of cabbage leaves solve the problem of blocked milk ducts, using watercress and Vitamin A, C and D.

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