Evening Primrose Oil - magic

Advantages: Postitive results for certain minor ailments
Disadvantages: None

...I came across Evening Primrose Oil many years ago when I suffered with very tender breasts just before my period. All you men out there, don't snigger! After countless visits to my Doctor, who told me there was nothing he could give me to relieve it, plus using - would you believe, but I was desperate - Deep Heat over the said area, with no success, someone happened to mention to me that Evening Primrose Oil could be beneficial. Around this time, I also went down with M.E. This was confirmed after many blood tests and trips to Addenbrookes and Papworth hospitals. Of course I searched all I could to find out more about this illness and one of the things recommended was taking Evening Primrose Oil. So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. When I first started taking it, I took around 8 capsules a day as...

backstreetwoman 19.03.2002 · Read review
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Review of Evening Primrose Oil in General

Evening primrose oil a wonderful supplement

Advantages: helps with many medical problems
Disadvantages: size of capsule

...Evening primrose oil (EPO) has been used for many years to treat and aid numerous health problems. It is a tall plant 4-5 ft and has yellow flowers with four petals, it is native to North America but is also grown in Europe. The oil is extracted by pressing the tiny seeds. It is used to help treat: heart diease, cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, multiple sclerosis and rheumetoid arthritis. It has a positive effect on sex hormones. It is also beneficial if you suffer from eczema, high blood pressure, high cholesteral, pms, menopausal symptoms and breast pain. It is an anti inflammatory and helps relieve pain. It is sometimes used during pregnancy to shorten the duration of labour but check with your doctor before first. It can also help reduce the craving for alcohol which is good if you are trying to cut down. In some people...

avd2007 26.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Health Sense Evening Primrose Oil

evening primrose

Advantages: great for PMT
Disadvantages: none that i know of

...EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera Biennis Evening primrose has a variety of names, such as, night willow herb, scabish, scurvish, king?s cureall, and fever plant. I have found this to be particularly helpful. And take evening primrose oil capsules on a regular basis. About the flower itself: Evening Primrose is a North American native biennial plant. The plants are very tall, often 4 to 5 feet or more in height. The stem is erect, stout, soft-hairy, reddish and branching forming a shrub. Leaves are alternate, rough-hairy, lanceolate, about 3 to 6 inches long and lemon-scented. The taproot is elongated, fibrous, yellow on the outside and whitish within. The flower spikes grow on auxiliary branches all along the stalk. They are about 2-1/2 inched in diameter, bright yellow and have four petals, a cross shaped stigma and a refluxed...

stezatois1 16.07.2007 · Read review
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Bio Oil

Advantages: Reduces stretchmarks, uneven skin tone, scars etc
Disadvantages: A little bit expensive but worth it

...I have been using Bio Oil twice a day for the last six months and I am amazed at the results. I had never heard of Bio Oil before until my mum bought me a bottle, she bought me a bottle of it because I was forever complaining about the appearance of the stretch marks I have on my belly and boobs. My stretch marks started appearing at the age of seventeen when I was pregnant my son and I'm now twenty two. So for the last five years I have been really embarrassed by the look of them because they were bright purple and clearly visible. I was convinced that the stretch marks would always remain the same colour and never fade, I even nicknamed my stretch marked belly, I call it my Freddie Crougar belly. Bio Oil is an oil based substance which can be used to treat and reduce the appearance of skin problems such as scars stretch marks...

just.bcoz 07.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bio-Oil Face Cream

A great alternative medicine for women!

Advantages: definitely has helped my cycle
Disadvantages: expense

...carefully sourced too and are organic. The bottle: The bottle is a simple white jar with a screw top (child proof!). The label is a natural earthy green colour which reflects the fact it is a natural product. Within are 120 capsules which have 500mg of primrose oil within. Dosage: It is advised to take 2 tablets twice a day. My opinion: I have found this really useful and it actually works! I feel happier in myself due to having a more regular cycle so I feel better prepared and mrore in control of things. I do think that I feel healthier too since using this and presume its something to do with the hormones being more balanced. I'm not sure that I have felt any difference with my joints though but maybe if I was older I may notice this or if I start to use it for a long period of time. As for my skin it is in definite better...

lorriellah 14.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bio Health Evening Primrose Oil Cold Pressed

One Oil for Everything...

Advantages: It works really well, is versatile
Disadvantages: Seems like an expensive buy..but you realise it's worth it

...At the age of 19, I am not too worried about aging skin, but like a lot of people my age I have been left with the odd stretchmark and some scars from spots. It's the spot-scars that paricularly bother me, as they are on my face and some were quite red and didnt seem to be fading. I saw an advert for Bio-Oil in a magazine and casually thought I might give it a try. I forgot about it for a while, and then, on spotting it on the shelf on my next Boots visit, I thought 'Why not?' I think I paid £8.49 for my 60ml bottle, which sounds a lot, but it does, as I had expected, last for a long time. I've had my bottle for 3-4 months of almost daily use now, and I'd say I've got about another month's use in there yet. Reading through some of the other Bio-Oil reviews the other day, my attention was brought to a website called Mulipharmacy...

ajaybie 30.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Bio-Oil Face Cream

  Bio-Oil

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: A little expensive

...she told me that she had been using Bio Oil for a few months now. I thought this was a great sounding product so I decided that I would have to give it a try. I have got really bad stretch marks that I got when I was having my kids and I have a few scare that I have got from spot. So I thought that if this works that well on my mums scares it will surely work on me. ** My mum has lots of health problems now but on a good point the cancer has not came back. WHAT IS IT It is oil that can be used anywhere on the face and body. It was first launched on to the market in 1987 after a 20-year research program. The idea of the product was first thought of while studying water birds and how they managed to keep there feather looking good even though they were constantly in the water. After extensive research into the birds preen glad oil...

nona1661 27.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Bio-Oil Face Cream

Bio Oil

Advantages: Gives the skin a smooth even appearance.
Disadvantages: None really, perhaps a bit too greasy if you put too much on.

...I decided to try Bio-Oil after spending lots of money on other products to try and eradicate the blemishes and uneven skin tone on my face. After a week of using Bio-Oil I could see a difference in my skin ton, brightness, and also the smoothness of my skin. It also helped to smooth out wrinkles under my eyes, an area which I have tried many products on and none of them have made a difference. It also helped smooth the appearance of visible pores around my nose are. As long as you don't use too much it is not greasy ans sinks in straight away. I now use it everyday and would not buy anything else. I have also found that although it seems quite a small bottle, it has lasted me weeks as you do not need to use very much at all....

kernow21 17.09.2008 · Read review
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Wonder Oil

Advantages: Really works, smells nice
Disadvantages: Expensive

...After using this treatment I had to share with you how good this is. I'm not going to bore you with the details and packaging because theres loads of other reviews with that in. Bio oil is an orange coloured oil used for the treatment of stretch marks, scars and un even skin tone. I used it on my stretchmarks and a few old scars. Application is simple just rub in twice a day and thats it. It soaks in very quickly and doesn't get all over your clothes. It has a really nice light smell. I noticed the improvment in the scars on my arms in only a couple of weeks. The stretch marks took a little longer but it's worth it, this stuff really works. To begin with my stretch marks were deep purple and pretty awful looking but after a couple of months of using this they have faded and are now silvery in colour and much less obvious...

Black_Sapphire 23.06.2008 · Read review
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Olbas Oil

Advantages: Cheap, seems to be working
Disadvantages: None

...It?s that time of year again, cold and flu season and unfortunately I have caught my husband?s man flu. I wrote last week how I bought him some tissues with Olbas oil in them and that I was looking after him through his illness. Well I, unlike him, and not on my death bed and do not need constant care, as all men do with man flu but I do need something to sort out my blocked nose. It?s so infuriating when you cannot breathe and so I really needed something that would unblock my stuffy nose. I have always used Vicks in the past but had heard that Olbas Oil might be a little bit stronger and after using the tissues the other week could definitely smell them and recommended them for unblocking noses so I decided to give the ordinary Olbas Oil a try. Olbas oil is an inhalant decongestant. According to their website Olbas is a special...

Spottydog11 28.10.2009 · Read review
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