The evening primrose is a wild plant that tends to grow in areas which have few other plants around such as roadsides and waste land. Many parts of the plant can be eaten. The plant tends to be cultivated in the USA and the first plants to arrive in Europe from USA happened in the sixteen hundreds. Some plants can now be grown in Europe due to being naturalized and adapting to the colder climate.

The menopause is a time in a women’s life when her menstrual cycle stops. It is a time of great changes in the body and can lead to may symptoms due to hormonal changes such as hot flushes, bad moods and sleeplessness. Some women do not suffer from any symptoms and others can suffer quite badly. It is not normally a condition that medication is prescribed for apart from HRT, which replaces the hormones which are changing.

Ginkgo Biloba trees have been used for years for medicinal purposes. The leaves contain flavonoid, glycosides and terpenoids and were thought to be useful in the treatment of dementia but unfortunately clinical trials have not been able to back up this claim as there is conflicting evidence from clinical trials.

Yeast infections can occur in men and women in many parts of the body. It tends to be most common in women effecting their vagina and up to 75% of all women have suffered from it at least once and in some cases it is a regular occurrence.