WELCOME TO NATURAL MEDICINE

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*We've been busy editing the Welcome pages for the front end and working out ways we can market it in our circles and online. The following is the edited welcome pages. The first few links will be edited in the coming weeks for the new 'look' and a more consistant LOTUS vibe - expect to see these appear in @lotusshares so we can link them from NMIO. Appreciate anyone who can proofread for any glaring errors! Eventually we'll pin this page both on the website and community for newbies, to make sure they see it, so we'll edit this paragraph to disappear or post again with new edits.* https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png

**Natural Medicine is a social media platform for enthusiasts of natural health; from herbalism and essential oils, food as medicine, meditation and spirituality - as well as the relationship of human beings to the natural world through wild-crafting, permaculture and other 'healthy' earth centered practices.** Many healing modalities are supported from ayurveda to TCM, qi gong and yoga, as well as homesteading community members who might invest in organic principles or grow plants such as herbs and cannabis as medicine and food. Please read some of the posts, which provide more information about what kind of topics are supported. If in doubt, browse our CURATORS feed, showing reblogs from our curators, or any of our 'best of' editorial posts such as [MINDFUL LIFE](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/mindful-life-curation-patterns-health-habits-food), [LOTUS FOR YOGIS](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@lotusshares/mudras-outdoor-yoga-trikonasana-and-more), [PLANT POWER](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/happy-plantbased-new-year-tamarind-rice-soul-food-khmer-snacks-sushi-and-more) or [LOTUS LOVE](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/lotus-love-sunday-editorial-let-your-healing-bring-out-the-warrior-in-you). We even have an editorial about astrology and astral events - check it our [here](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@lotusshares/orrery-astrology-eclipse-conjunction-saturn-jupiter-sun-moon). - [For Vegans]() - link coming - [For Meditators]() - link coming - [For Herbalists]() - link coming - [For Homesteaders]() - link coming - [For Scientists]() - link coming - [For Yogis](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/yoga/@naturalmedicine/get-paid-instantly-for-writing-about-yoga) Our platform enables users to reward and earn LOTUS by publishing or interacting with others on the platform. This token or coin can be exchanged for HIVE (the token for the HIVE blockchain)and into mainstream currencies such as USD. **Whilst rewards are a bonus, many of our users appreciate the interaction they have with others who share similiar interests almost more than the rewards! Abundance takes many forms.**

Natural Medicine is a second layer to the **HIVE** blockchain, so, you'll need HIVE keys to sign in. For a free account, use our [referral link](https://hiveonboard.com?ref=naturalmedicine) which takes you to [HIVE ONBOARDING](https://hiveonboard.com/). It's completely safe and designed to make it easy for new users to get quick access to all our social media blockchain has to offer! ***You must keep your keys secure as they allow you to access any earned funds, post and perform any other transactions on the blockchain.*** Natural Medicine is merely one way to interact with the HIVE blockchain. There are other 'front ends' and 'dapps' or decentralised apps such as [LeoFinance](https://leofinance.io/) or [Creative Coin](https://www.creativecoin.xyz/created) for musicians and artists. There's something on the HIVE blockchain for everyone! **Below you'll find some more information about the various intricacies of Natural Medicine, it's reward system, and its link to the HIVE platform. For more information, please feel free to join our Discord by clicking [here](https://discord.gg/2pwc5Gf). There is always a friendly person to help you out!** *Let's start by sharing some posts which provide answers to common questions.*

- [How to Send LOTUS - A Visual Guide](https://naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@lotusshares/a-pictorial-guide-to-sending-burning-hive-engine-tokens) - [How to Buy LOTUS Tokens on HIVE ENGINE - An Easy Visual Guide](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@lotusshares/a-guided-tutorial-on-how-to-buy-lotus-tokens) - [How to Buy LOTUS Tokens on LEODEX - A Trading Platform for HIVE second layer tokens and more](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-167922/@lotusshares/how-to-buy-lotus-on-leodex-a-visual-guide-for-newbies-to-token-buying) - [BADGES - Advertise your Identity & Jazz Up Your Profile](https://naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@riverflows/want-a-badge-next-to-your-user-name-on-naturalmedicine-io-advertise-your-gig-business-blog-or-identity) - [CONTENT GUIDELINES](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/standards-for-content-and-a-little-note-about-rewards-and-downvotes) - [CURATION TRAILS AND AUTOVOTES - A Guide](https://naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/how-to-follow-a-trail-and-set-automatic-upvotes-for-your-favourite-curators-and-users) - [DELEGATION - What is it , and how do I do it?](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/delegations-enabled-for-natural-medicine-tribe) - [HOW TO DELEGATE - SPANISH/ENGLISH VISUAL GUIDE](https://naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@lotusshares/como-delegar-una-guia-visual-how-to-delegate-a-visual-guide) - [FORMATTING - How do I make my post look great?](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/formatting-tips-plus-post-your-code-to-win) - [HIVE KEYCHAIN - An easy way to store your keys]() - coming - [LOTUS STORE - More on Advertising your Product](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/introducing-potential-use-case-tags-and-lotus-store) - [MANIFESTO - Our ethos](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/the-natural-medicine-manifesto-complete-summary) - [MAKING MY POST VISIBLE - A Guide to Advertising](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/promoted-and-pinned-posts-advertise-your-project-product-or-passion) - [PINNING YOUR POSTS - More on post visibility](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/promoted-and-pinned-posts-advertise-your-project-product-or-passion) - [POWERING UP OR STAKING - A guide](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/tokens/@naturalmedicine/how-to-stake-power-up-your-lotus-coin) - [STAKING TOKENS - Proof of Stake Rewards](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/earn-lotus-through-staking-lotus-introducing-proof-of-stake-pos)

**Below you'll find a wealth of information about www.naturalmedicine.io and the HIVE blockchain. Remember, if you need further help, all you have to do is join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/2pwc5Gf). Whilst [Discord](https://discord.gg/2pwc5Gf) isn't affiliated with the HIVE blockchain or Natural Medicine, it's a great place to connect and ask for help. It's really easy to create an account, and you can use it on your mobile or your browser.** - Earn ForWriting Natural Health Content - Payments - Upvotes and Downvotes - What is Curation? - HIVE, HIVEPower, HBD and LOTUS - What Do They Mean? - Everything you Need to Know about the HIVE Blockchain

### Earn for Writing Natural Health Content Whilst earning is not guaranteed and dependent on the quality of your content and interacting with others, there are many ways you can earn LOTUS on www.naturalmedicine.io - Earn by choosing www.naturalmedicine.io to post your related content. By posting here, you'll see an automatic upvote by one of our community accounts.. - Join in our challenges which reward in both LOTUS and HIVE - Look out for our whale account @uplotus, which rewards excellent content and reshares (commonly called 'reblogging' your post to users) - Have a chance to be curated in ['best of' posts](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/a-collection-of-best-natural-health-posts-curation-71) which are collated weekly by our lotus curators for further exposure. - Write for us on @lotusshares, our sister account. Editorial topics welcomed - please contact us in our [Discord](). We also share the best of the best on our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Lotus_Medicine) giving your blogs even more exposure.

^ ### Payments Payouts are made 7 days after the post/comment is created. You can claim your rewards in your wallet after 7 days. The projected payments may fluctuate (up and down) until the final payment amount is reached. Payments for posts are split between the author (at least 50%) and the curators (up to 50%). The author reward is paid 50% in Lotus Power and 50% in LOTUS by default. **This mirrors HIVE's payment system.** Authors also have the option to decline payout, or be paid in 100% LOTUS! You can also set beneficiaries on your posts, meaning that part of your rewards will go to other users you might like to support. ^ ### Upvotes and Downvotes Upvotes are Natural Medicine's way of saying you like someone's post or comment. To upvote, click on the *Upvote* icon at the bottom of the post/comment. This will reward the post with LOTUS. **If you also have HIVE invested, it will upvote in HIVE too. Notice that comments and upvotes on Natural Medicine will also appear on the other front ends.** Don't worry if you get a downvote - they are rare, and usually countered by upvotes. Our accounts will warn you if they're going to downvote you, and we only downvote if you've plagiarised or wrote a really terrible post just for the rewards! Be mindful about the quality we expect and read more about our posting guidelines [here](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@naturalmedicine/standards-for-content-and-a-little-note-about-rewards-and-downvotes). We're happy to negotiate with you should you recieve a downvote you think you don't deserve - simply pop into our [Discord](https://discord.gg/2pwc5Gf) and ask there. ^ ### What is Curation? Up to 50% of the reward for each post goes to the people who upvoted on it. These people are called Curators. The more LOTUS Power you have in your account, the more your votes will be worth, and the more potential curation rewards you can earn! As you engage with the curation process, you’ll learn tricks to earn more. **Upvoting and downvoting are part of the curation process.** ^ ### HIVE, HIVEPOWER, HBD and LOTUS - What Do They Mean? HIVE is the primary token of the HIVE Blockchain and often a reward on posts. Lotus is our token, and exchangeable for HIVE. When you publish and engage on NaturalMedicine.io, you’ll also be earning HIVE rewards. If someone on another HIVE frontend like PEAKD upvotes you, you will earn the token they have staked (or invested. If you’re not sure how to ‘stake’ the tokens you have earnt, read [this post](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/tokens/@naturalmedicine/how-to-stake-power-up-your-lotus-coin)). **HIVEpower** or **LotusPower** is also a reward on posts. Exchanging HIVE for HIVE Power is called "Powering Up" or "Staking". More 'HIVE' or 'lotus' power is good! You will then: - Have greater voting power (STU), - Receive more curation rewards when voting, - and be able to do more actions (transactions) on the blockchain having more 'Resource Credits'. If someone [delegates](https://naturalmedicine.io/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/delegations-enabled-for-natural-medicine-tribe) to you (either HIVE or Lotus) you'll also have a little bit more 'power' whilst that delegation is activated. It's like being lent more cash to play with - and it can be taken back any time. **Hive Dollars** is another HIVE token which is often rewarded on posts. You can send these to your bank account via a cryptocurrency wallet. Read more about that [here](). *Link Coming* >**In your LOTUS wallet on NaturalMedicine.io, claims are automatic. You might like to exchange LOTUS for HIVE in [HIVE Engine](https://hive-engine.com/?p=balances&a=lotuscoin) or [LEODEX](https://leodex.io/market/LOTUS). Remember what we said about using the same keys for everything on the HIVE blockchain? The same applies here. In HIVE Engine or on LEODEX, you can find out which tokens you hold, which you have invested or ‘staked’ (or ‘powered up’). You can also claim your earnt tokens, as well as sell them and buy other tokens, or buy HIVE. You can then exchange your HIVE and HBD for bitcoin on a third-party exchange such as [Ionomy](https://ionomy.com/), or power it up so that you earn more HIVE!** ^ ### Everything You Need to Know About the HIVE Blockchain If you'd like to know more about HIVE and how it works, we suggest you click [here](https://hive.blog/welcome), which will redirect you to the Welcome Pages of HIVE. ### A Final Disclaimer *It's important to note that any third party apps we've referenced here, or the content that might appear on NaturalMedicine.io, is not necessarily endorsed by Natural Medicine as a whole.* We encourage everyone who might be reading any medical advice based on content that appears on Natural Medicine to exercise caution, do their own research, and consult a medical professional.

Earn Instantly For Writing Natural Health Content

^{**Earn LOTUS and HIVE rewards for sharing your natural health content on [www.naturalmedicine.io](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/@naturalmedicine). If you don't already have a HIVE account, you can sign up for `FREE` [here](https://hiveonboard.com?ref=naturalmedicine). We support writers sharing about herbalism, TCM, yoga, meditation, vegan and other healthy diets, as well as earth centred practices such as foraging, permaculture and biodynamics - read more about us on our [Welcome Page](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/welcome)!**} https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/naturalmedicine/xs7NbfaM-Nat20Med20Footer202020.png [Delegate](https://steemyy.com/sp-delegate-form/)II[Community](https://peakd.com/c/hive-120078/created)II[Discord](https://discord.gg/V9MFy5X)
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