According to medical definitions, there are more than 40 conditions that manifest as joint pain. The most likely causes are joint injury, joint strain or sprain, infections, cancer and inflammatory joint disease such as the various types of arthritis.

There’s a wide range of herbs available to support sufferers of anxiety and depression. All these herbs have variations in their actions, making them more or less useful depending on your personal experience.

In ancient Greece during times of fasting or famine, people kept seeds of fennel handy to chew as an appetite suppressant.

Gout is an acute form of inflammatory arthritis where excess uric acid (in the form of monosodium urate) is present in blood, tissue and urine, causing accumulation of crystals of uric acid (tophi) around the joints.