5 Powerful Medicinal Plants to Grow in Your Garden
Razi Berry Growing a garden is one of the most therapeutic aspects of life. The relationship that we build with nature through the process of tending to plants and watching them grow is incredibly potent, and also a great way to have powerful medicinal plants at our fingertips. There are a handful of amazing healing […]
Herbal Remedies for Pediatric Skin Rashes
Dr. Sheila Kingsbury, ND, RH (AHG) In my experience as a parent and a physician, kids get a lot of strange rashes Rashes can have distinct patterns that help determine a quick diagnosis or they can be quite mysterious in how they present. I just had a 16-year-old boy tell me he had been diagnosed […]
Herb of the Day: Calendula
Dr. Jennifer Williamson Even though this exercise in writing about medicinal plants I find near my home is 100% self-imposed, I feel like I am cheating a little with this one. My neighbor planted these flowers in our front yard so that she could harvest them for her own medicine making. I didn’t find it […]
Homeopathic Indications of a Few Common Herbs
Dr. Peter Swanz, ND, FHANP Remedies are Prescribed Homeopathically I commonly share with patients that remedies themselves are not homeopathic, they are prescribed homeopathically. A remedy sitting on the shelf is a potentized (diluted and succussed) preparation of most often an animal, mineral, or plant substance. The remedy is just a remedy until it is […]
Sensitive & Acne/Blemished-Prone Skin
Dr. Leigha Saunders, ND No one enjoys sensitive skin that is prone to acne, blemishes and breakouts. As the skin is our largest organ of detoxification, sensitive and breakout-prone skin is usually a sign of a less than optimally functioning digestive system, unidentified food intolerances (most commonly dairy, refined sugar, soy and alcohol) and/or hormonal […]