Quite often by using self examination of the breasts women detect the presence of one or more nodules, which makes them panic as they think only of breast cancer. Doctors say women should not thing of what is worse first, as statistics say most of the nodules turn out to be benign after a deep investigation. In case you did not know any benign entity is not cancerous.

Some of the nodules can have a soft consistency, are mobile, not adherent to the nearby tissues, are perfectly round and smooth and don’t have a certain size. They can be painful quite often. The reason these nodules appear is the hormonal change that takes place in the woman’s body. This type of nodules can turn out to be cysts or a small bag that contains liquid.

Besides the fact that common sage (Salvia officinalis) is used for preparing different types of food, you should know salvia is good for treating various affections too. This plant has been used a lot in China, being considered ‘a sacred plant’ as it was useful in treating the brain and the eyes affections.

Due to the fact that scientists discovered that vitamin A and C is stocked inside salvia leafs, we can all understand now why this plant was used for treating the eyes.

Another quality of this plant would be aiding a weakened memory. It is most useful in those cases of mental fatigue that have lost the ability of deep focusing. In the cases of cerebral-spinal irritation and general hyper-sensibility, we can count on salvia too.

We all know what bruises are, how painful and unpleasant they are especially for women. No matter how careful we are it is impossible for us to keep or body away from bruising. Different accidents, traumatisms and even an intense pressure on our arms or legs can have as a result the occurrence of a big violet bruise.

Here are some tips on how to help your body remove faster that nasty-looking bruise:

1. If you have a simple bruise, with no other tissue lesions you can apply on that area a bandage soaked in comfrey tea. Keep it there for one hour. The tea is easy to prepare: ½ l of boiling water adding 30g of comfrey. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Do not drink the remaining tea after applying the bandage.

For a lot of people going to the beach can be a source of stress. This is because sunburns occur most frequent during the first days of relaxation on the beach. People are either using an inadequate sun-block cream for their type of skin or they don’t use it at all considering that the sun is skin friendly.


For those who have a mediterranean type of skin, sun should not be a problem when talking about sunburns. These lucky people can use a low factor sun-block cream or lotion as they will never get burned if lying on the beach. Unfortunately light skinned people are obliged to use during the first days of tanning a 40+ sun-block lotion, and some of them still get burned.

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