Tag: October 2019 | Natural Awakenings Charlotte

October 2019

Charlotte Area Gaia Gals Retreat at Laurel Hill Farm and Preserve

Oct 11, 2019 01:55PM ● By Shannon Mc Kenzie

Oct 25-28, Only 30 minutes from Charlotte, Ayurveda, sound healing, energy work, creative writing, Yogastrology, plant spirit medicine, intuitive dance, goat yoga, restorative yoga, wild edible and medicinal plant ID hike, guided forest meditation, massage, wild mushroom foray, live Music and more.

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Fight MRSA With Herbal Extracts

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

A study finds that herbal extracts significantly reduced the ability of MRSA bacteria to grow and spread, a finding that may help develop new strategies against the superbug.

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Try Fennel Oil to Fight Vaginal Yeast

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Laboratory researchers have found that fennel oil has significant antifungal properties against vaginal yeast infections caused by Candida species.

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Reduce Kids’ Risk of High Blood Pressure With Maternal Vitamin D

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Children born with low vitamin D levels, determined by the mothers' levels during pregnancy, have an approximately 60 percent higher risk of elevated systolic blood pressure.

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Protect Kids From Bullying to Lower Risk of Teen Depression

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Kids that are bullied at age 10 have eight times the rate of depression in their teen years.

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Consider Motherwort to Reduce Postpartum Bleeding

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

An injection of oriental motherwort can help decrease blood loss and other adverse events for mothers giving birth.

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Avoid Pesticides to Lower Kids’ Risk of Depression

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Another reason to consider organics: A study of teens and preteens linked high exposure to pesticides to a higher risk of depression.

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Take Cordyceps to Enhance Immunity

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Cordyceps, a fungus that grows on caterpillars high in the Himalayas, has been shown to boost the immune system by detecting and killing virus-infected cells, tumor cells and abnormal cells.

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Boot the Bottle for Mental Well-Being

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Study finds that men and women who have abstained from alcohol during their lives have the highest levels of mental well-being.

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Take Rosemary to Boost Memory, Mood and Sleep

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Rosemary herbal supplements can help to improve memory and sleep, reduce anxiety and lessen depression.

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Panther Power: Texas Pumas Counter Inbreeding

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

The endangered Florida panther has been saved from extinction thanks to the introduction of female Texan pumas.

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Other-Worldly Rock: Extraterrestrial Matter Found on Earth

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

A 3.3 billion-year-old layer of rock has been found in South Africa that contains two types of insoluble organic matter, suggesting extraterrestrial origins.

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Diplomatic Freeze: Conflicts Heating Up Over Arctic Reserves

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Scientists warn that the Arctic is heating up much faster than the world average because of rising greenhouse gas emissions.

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Humanitarian Plea: Environmental Destruction Tapped as War Crime

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

A group of 24 scientists is urging that environmental destruction in conflict zones be treated as war crimes by establishing a new protocol in the Geneva Conventions.

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Tiny Scrubbers: Nanoparticles Purify Water

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

A chemical engineer who grew up in Tanzania has designed a water purification system based on nanomaterials that is being put into use throughout the country.

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Runoff Results: Gulf Dead Zone Keeps Growing

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Agricultural fertilizer runoffs from the Midwest are resulting in an algae-choked “dead zone” the size of Massachusetts at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Fertile Fish: Unexpected Aquatic Rebound

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Overfished and struggling widow rockfish are returning to the Pacific coast faster than expected, thanks to legal protections.

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