It seems that our intestine is like our skin:the slightest stress and the slightest change can be seen immediately on it! In times of strong emotions, some will block everything, others will let go. So after the holidays and just before the start of the school year, we are generally well back. How a

What is ovulation...? Ovulation means nothing and everything for most women. This phenomenon alone can be worrying or desired depending on your concerns. It is therefore essential to understand ovulation and its body. It all starts with the first day of your period which heralds the start of your

Tips for better sleep, weve been trying to put them in place for some time. So, as we are motivated (and still tired), we give ourselves a little boost by helping ourselves with herbal medicine! 1/ Roman chamomile:Before going to bed, infuse a tablespoon of dried chamomile in boiling water, or dil

Choosing the right chocolate As you can imagine, dark chocolate is better than milk chocolate. The latter contains indeed more milk and sugar than the first. As for white chocolate, it is composed of very little cocoa, if at all. While it is this element that makes chocolate good for health. In sh

Relaxing leg massage Its good for... relieving sore legs, after a gym session for example. What do we do ? Sitting, feet flat, one hand on each leg, we make kneading movements from the ankle to the thigh. We insist on the top and the outside of the thighs. Then going up from the knee to the hip, pr

We never use the oral route. Unless these oils are of course sold in the form of a food supplement. We do not use pure essential oils except in exceptional cases specified. We do not interrupt a medical treatment to substitute it for a treatment with essential oils Ask your doctor or pharmacist h

It is the newspaper Le Figaro which teaches us today:there are 341 fewer cases of pulmonary embolism among women in 2013. A result which is consistent with the drop of a quarter of sales of contraceptive pills of 3rd or 4th generation! The Descent into Hell Announced as miraculous because as effec

Chocolate, its not just our sweet tooth that loves it... but also our body, provided we eat a few pieces (only) a day. So, take out your dark chocolate bars (rich in cocoa and low in sugar), bite into them raw for a little bit before discovering the 5 incredible virtues of chocolate. 1/ Its good fo

Tiredness, back pain, difficult digestion, cough... Do you think youve tried everything against these worries that bother you? And reflexology, have you thought about it? You can start practicing it at home, with journalist Anne Dufours book Healing with reflexology, recently released by Quotidien M

Making love can trigger labor WHAT ? But at what stage of pregnancy? Doctors opinion*. True. Orgasm and the prostaglandin in semen can cause contractions all the time. But the uterus contracts naturally throughout pregnancy:these are the physiological contractions. So, if there is a risk of prema

With the epidural, you wont hurt at all We would take full advantage of the event without depriving ourselves of sensations. The Holy Grail? Doctors opinion*. True... When its set right! And since we do not do an epidural before dilation of the cervix by 3 to 4 cm and we are not immune to a contra

It all started with a tweet:@Ondeejeune, feminist and blogger, invited all women to tell their medical struggles on Twitter using the hashtag #PayeTonUterus. Very quickly, the criticisms were mainly directed towards gynecologists. Highlighting the inappropriate thoughts and almost dubious practices

We thought we had seen everything, but each new day brings us its share of incredible (and sometimes aberrant) inventions. For the novelty of the day, it is the morning show Good Morning America ​​on the American television channel ABC that teaches us:we can make our breasts swell temporarily. This

Stop smoking with nicotine substitutes Quitting smoking would be good for morale. But to quit smoking, the will alone, however strong it may be, is not enough. Indeed, your body needs its daily dose of nicotine, and smoking, remember, is often a real addiction. To fill this gap, and eliminate the

Human beings are very generous in the exchange of microbes. But this generosity, we prefer to do without. In fact, we will do everything to avoid it this year. No thanks, the cold. 1/ Cover up but not too much. No need to worry about making differential calculations between the outside temperature

Since 1988, on the initiative of the World Health Organization, the first of December has been World AIDS Day. Called World AIDS Day in English, this international day is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic. Today, more than 35 million people are HIV-positive worldwide. This day is o

#WeareALLclean, the new Ice Bucket Challenge, reserved for men. Indeed, the male sex is invited to take a photo of themselves in the shower and to post this photo on social networks with the hashtag #WeareALLclean. Afterwards, they nominate three of their friends and pledge to make a donation to the

There are reflex gestures to put in place as soon as a cold points the tip of his nose. In particular, they help to stop the infection and can avoid going through the doctors box! When the nose starts to run… First reflex (admittedly unsavory):look at the color of the flow. If the discharge is w

Painkiller. The big winner is paracetamol, with a better efficacy/tolerance ratio than ibuprofen or aspirin. We choose:Doliprane 500mg in tablets (18/20), against painful menstruation, fever, headache, back pain, throat pain (lozenges, sucking tablets, etc. being totally ineffective). Mycosis of

With depolluting plants Did you know that air pollution is more dreadful indoors than outdoors? Perfectly. The latter is 5 to 10 times more polluted inside… than outside! Knowing that we spend, on average, 80% of our time locked up... it makes you think. If daily ventilation of all rooms for at le