Archive
Lemon Balm
Ease Your Way into Autumn with this Soothing Herbal Medicine September is a time of transition. In the natural world, it is the transition from...
Ask the Doctor – July 2008
Reverse Osmosis Arthritis Dear Dr. Rona, I have been drinking reverse osmosis water for about three years now, believing that it was my best alternative...
News Briefs – July 2008
PRODUCE (NOT PROTEIN) MAINTAINS MUSCLE While many people associate protein intake with maintaining muscle size, a newly released study by US Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded...
Homeopathy for Asthma and Environmental Allergies
As the summer rolls around, more and more people venture outdoors to enjoy the warm weather. Unfortunately, for a growing number of Canadians, asthma has...
Beat the Summer Heat
Chinese Medicine Can Help You Turn Down Your Internal Thermostat Feeling hot hot hot!! One of the fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory is...
Magnificent Magnesium
Calcium is the mineral that has always had the most media attention, as well as overwhelming approval from the medical profession as a supplement that...
Homeopathic Medicine for PMS and Menstrual Discomforts
If menstruation is a normal, natural event, why is it that so many of us have issues with our cycles? In many traditional cultures, the...
News Briefs – June 2008
ANTIOXIDANT VALUES POSTED The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has posted online its 2007 report on the antioxidant ratings for various fruit juices and foods....
News Briefs – May 2008
CANCER’S SECRETS REVEALED Canadian scientists say they’ve discovered that cancer cells spread by releasing protein “bubbles,” a finding that might alter our concept of how...
Homeopathy for Digestive Disorders and Their Emotional Roots
Shortly after we began enjoying our meal at a recent dinner party, the host stopped eating, became visibly uncomfortable and excused himself from the table....
Food Allergy Formula
Seven Steps to Free Yourself from Symptoms Only a few short decades ago, our culture’s consciousness of food intolerances was basically limited to life-threatening anaphylactic...
Soothe Your Body & Soul with Yoga
A healthy heart is a stress-free heart. While this may be challenging to achieve in the often disquieting nature of modernity, there are many ways...
Hawthorn Herbal Ally for the Heart and Mind
Now that spring is in full swing, I am blown away by the incredible diversity of plant life that grows all around us. I remember...
Feeling Lost and Confused? Time to Explore the Fertile Void
“Confusion is the state of promise, the fertile void where surprise is possible again.” – Paul Goodman When asked how he was doing, the caller...
Health News Briefs – April 2008
Ginkgo Protects Memory Taking the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba may delay the onset of cognitive impairment in elderly adults, according to a three-year Oregon study...
Nature’s Cure for Mental Illness Orthomolecular Nutrition to the Rescue
My husband and I waved goodbye as we watched our son John (not his real name) board the plane, happily joking with his buddies. The...
