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The health benefits of clove oil can be attributed to its antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic, antiviral, aphrodisiac and stimulating properties. The oil is used for treating a variety of health disorders including toothaches, indigestion, cough, asthma, headache, stress and blood impurities. Clov...

At present, depression is one of the biggest enemy of mental health.The clinical treatment of depression rely mainly on synthetic drugs. As the long-term using of these drugs, it has serious side effects, so many patients are often forced to stop treatment. Therefore,those, natural medicines and tra...

Oiling the hair regularly is an effective way to combat receding hairline. You can use olive oil , castor oil or almond oil to regrow hair naturally. Apply the oil during bed time and cover the head with a plastic bag or towel. Allowing the oil to remain overnight, helps to nourish hair root and pro...

The health benefits of lavender essential oil include its ability to remove nervous tension, relieve pain, disinfect scalp and skin, enhance blood circulation and treat respiratory problems. Lavender has the Latin name Lavare, which means “to wash”, due to its aroma which fills a room spread with la...

In general homopolymers (i.e. with only one type of monomer) can be used for housing, housewares, packaging, cassette holders and fibers, monofilaments and film tapes; copolymers (i.e. different monomers are involved) are prefered for all applications exposed to cold and they are widely used for pip...

Piroxicam can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use piroxicam . Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery (also called coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG). ...

If you are healthy and you eat a well-balance diet, you will rarely need supplements to complete your body's zinc needs. You should be careful in taking zinc supplements because too much of zinc can be potentially harmful to your body. It has been reported that intake of more than 50 milligrams of z...

You should not use this medication if you are allergic to diazepam , or if you have myasthenia gravis, severe liver disease, narrow-angle glaucoma, a severe breathing problem, or sleep apnea. This medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby. Do not use diazepam if you are pregnant. Before t...

This is a list of foods containing tyramine . Tyramine is an amine which causes elevated blood pressure and tachycardia by displacing norepinephrine from storage vesicles. Tyramine is generally produced by decarboxylation of the amino acid tyrosine during fermentation of food products. All protein-r...

Lewis had suggested in 1916 that two atoms are held together in a chemical bond by sharing a pair of electrons. When each atom contributed one electron to the bond it was called a covalent bond. When both electrons come from one of the atoms it was called a dative covalent bond or coordinate bond. T...

Ethylene oxide , also called oxirane, is the organic compound with the formula C2H4O. This colorless flammable gas with a faintly sweet odor is the simplest epoxide, a three-membered ring consisting of two carbon and one oxygen atom. It is commonly handled and shipped as a refrigerated liquid.[1] I...

Sulfite-sensitive consumers nationwide have been warned by FDA not to eat certain foods, including dried fruits, nuts and pickled mushrooms, that may contain undeclared sulfites. Because these preservatives can cause allergic and sometimes life-threatening reactions, FDA requires all packaged foods ...

2-Ethoxyethyl acetate will exist as a gas if released to the atmosphere. It dissolves when mixed with water. In the air it is reacted into other chemicals, in the water and soil bacteria break it down. It has slight acute (short-term) toxicity on aquatic life. It has slight chronic (long-term) toxi...

This medicine can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use ibuprofen. Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery (also called coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG...

Dandruff is medically referred to as seborrheic dermatitis and can be formed due to number of reasons. Dandruff can be dry or patchy and in extreme cases it causes severe itching. White scales are formed on the scalp which may settle down on face, eyebrows, clothes, shoulders, etc. The actual cause ...