School of Botanical Medicine
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Last Spring I learned some new things. One was a bit of history, because until last spring I had no idea what George Washington died of. Old age, eating some poisonous plant, a spider bite. (I’m not good with remembering history, unless it’s classical music or plants.) The other lesson was a new illness, [...]
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If you have insomnia, you are not alone. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services around 60 million people suffer from it yearly. While many will turn to prescriptions for help, it is important to recognize that the insomniac has many excellent alternative health options to choose from. With this article I [...]
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In 2010 the American Pharmacists Association posted that Americans spent a combined $16 billion on prescription and over the counter antacid medications. To call this an alarming trend is an understatement. And with so much cash going out, are folks better? No. Because antacids are no solution. At best they are band aids, and at [...]
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Part I of this article series, Nervines for a New Year, makes the point that with the appropriate nervine tonics, we can lessen the impact stress has on our bodies. That by doing so, we live a fuller life with decreased incidence of stress induced illness. In Part II, I will talk briefly about how [...]
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Stress is here to stay, and we need to accept that it is a natural byproduct of life. The question is, how do we support our body when it’s influence becomes a nuisance, or worse, destructive? This 2 part series will hopefully give guidance there. Part 1 will define tonic herbs and how they affect [...]
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This spring, McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalled hordes of cold, allergy and fever medications, leaving parents who rely on them and adults who get by on them to wonder how to safely manage fevers and cold symptoms. This comes just over a year after the first children’s cough remedy recall. In answer to this recall, I [...]
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Herbs evoke a multitude of responses in the body. In addition to the more obvious, taste is an essential piece of this process. It inspires a chemical reaction which may calm, stimulate, dry or heat. These energetic effects are felt body-wide, and are foundational when it comes to improving our health. All tastes are beneficial, [...]
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Herbs evoke a multitude of responses in the body. In addition to the more obvious, taste is an essential piece of this process. It inspires a chemical reaction which may calm, stimulate, dry or heat. These energetic effects are felt body-wide, and are foundational when it comes to improving our health. I have always had [...]
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Our heart beats so that we can thrive. And everything we think and feel affects its strength and integrity. Many plants and trees can assist us in our quest to sustain our heart’s vitality. Hawthorn is one. People refer to it as a heart tonic, or strengthener, and it is. But the leaves, flowers and [...]
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Celiac disease was once considered rare. But according to the University of Maryland and the University of Chicago Celiac Research Centers, it is possible 1 in150 people in the Untied States suffer from this disease, with under 100,000 people having been formerly diagnosed. Is this a startling statistic? Yes, it is. And it is important [...]
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