Naturopathic Flu Care: A Holistic Approach to Recovery and Prevention As flu season rolls around, many people seek natural ways to support their immune systems and recover more quickly if they do get sick. Naturopathic medicine offers a holistic approach to flu care, focusing on strengthening the body’s natural defenses, reducing symptom severity, and promoting… Continue reading Naturopathic Flu Care: A Holistic Approach to Recovery and Prevention
Category: Health Tips
Screens are ubiquitous in most peoples’ lives from the moment you wake up with a morning alarm clock, checking the weather or the news, texting, checking e-mails, social media, and the constant, and often unimportant, notifications. When I discuss this issue with people, everyone seems to agree, we’re on screens too much. Some of the… Continue reading 6 Steps to Ending Screen Addiction
Elderberry is one of my favorite herbs for cold and flu prevention because it is easy to make a delicious syrup to take every day or for first symptoms of congestion and body aches. Elderberry has multiple mechanisms of action that are not fully understood including stimulation of the production of immune signaling molecules and… Continue reading Elderberry and Other Interventions for Colds and Flu Season
Boswellia Serrata, also known as Frankincense, is one of my favorite herbs for treating osteoarthritis and autoimmune arthritis. Another herb I use frequently is Turmeric but here I am focusing on Boswellia because it is an unsung hero while turmeric has been getting a lot of press lately. Boswellia Reduces Pain and Inflammation Multiple studies… Continue reading Boswellia
Neti Pots and other forms of sinus rinses are a great way to relieve sinus pain and pressure. Some studies suggest that doing sinus irrigation every day helps to shorten the duration of sinusitis and prevent infection in people with chronic sinusitis (To look at a recent review of treatments for sinusitis including nasal irrigation:… Continue reading Neti Pots and Sinus Rinses for Relief of Sinus Pain
On September 2, 2016 the FDA issued a new rule banning the use of 19 different antiseptic “anti-bacterial” chemicals in over-the-counter soaps. These chemicals have been banned for two reasons: data suggests that long-term exposure to these chemicals poses health risks, potentially affecting hormones and contributing to bacterial resistance they have never been shown to… Continue reading FDA Bans 19 Chemicals Used in Anti-Bacterial Soaps
DEET “The current American Academy of Pediatrics and Center for Disease Control recommendation for children older than 2 months of age is to use 10% to 30% DEET. DEET should not be used on children younger than 2 months of age.” (2016 Summer Safety Tips, AAP). Some animal studies showed increased risk of seizure and… Continue reading Prevention and Treatment of Bug Bites