Posts From Michael Vertolli, RH
Yarrow Medicine: A Healing and Anti-inflammatory Herb
For Blood Vessels, Arteries, Joints and a Whole Lot More During the summer of 1984, some friends and I were invited to the cottage of...
Balance Your Blood Sugar Naturally: Prevention and Treatment of Hypoglycemia, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes
There are many chronic health issues that can result from our tendency to overindulge – whether in too much of the same thing or in...
Strengthen Your Defences: Tools for Surviving in a World of Dangerous Viruses
In these modern times, a number of diseases seem to be on the increase, and many of the infectious diseases which we had considered to...
The Best Herbs & Vitamins
To Bolster Your Defences A major health concern that has come to the forefront in the last decade is the evolution of new varieties of...
Red Clover: A Detoxifying, Cancer Fighting, and Hormone Balancing Herb
Late spring is an amazing time of year. Here in Ontario, June tends to be our greenest month, when the fields and forests have a...
STURDY BURDOCK – Potent Herbal Medicine Clears Inflammation
Burdock root has many important medicinal uses. First and foremost, it is an excellent depurative or detoxifying herb. As a result it benefits any chronic...
Restoring Healthy Menopausal Rhythms – The Holistic Approach
This has been quite an unusual spring so far. It has been much sunnier and warmer than is typical for this time of year, as...
Herbal Allies for Spring Liver Cleansing
One of the most important factors that contribute to the many health problems which we suffer from is toxicity. Our body produces its own toxins...
Prostate Health: Herbs for Treating Inflammation
Probably the most common men’s health issue that I’m asked about in my practice is inflammation or enlargement of the prostate. Sadly, these and other...
Natural Protection from H1N1
Prepare Yourself for the Coming Plagues – Without the Use of Drugs There has been a lot of hype in recent years about the potential...
Spotlight on Shepherd’s Purse
Excellent Spring Tonic for Circulation Now that spring is here, I find it exhilarating to go for a walk each day and see all of...
Restoring Hormonal Harmony with Fertility-Friendly Herbs and Lifestyles
It always shocks me how many people hate winter. As a Canadian, to hate winter is to condemn ourselves to feeling miserable a good portion...
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...
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...
Adaptogen Herbs: Give Yourself a Late Winter Boost with These Valuable Therapeutic Herbs
Living in Ontario, by the time March comes around it can sometimes seem like winter is never going to end. I love winter and have...
News Briefs – December 2007
CAN THIS VITAMIN SLOW AGING? New research has suggested a possible link between vitamin D and a slowing down in the aging of cells and...
