Heidi Kussmann-Armstrong, ND Fall Apoptosis Each year in the fall, changes in daylight and temperature cumulatively signal the trees inducing them to become dormant for the winter months. Leaf apoptosis, or the falling of the leaves, signals the growth cycle of the...
Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health
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Neurasthenia
Sussanna Czeranko, ND Past Pearls “Every hysterical person is a neurasthenic but not every neurasthenic is hysterical.” Otto Juettner, A.M., Sc.M., Ph.D., M.D., 1916 “Stimulants like drugs used for the relief of [neurasthenia] have been invented for both the patient...
A Homeopathic Perspective on Fatigue as an Endocrine Issue
Cheryl A. Kasdorf, NMD “Homeostasis is the establishment of a balanced relationship between the dietary, hormonal, and nervous functions (systems) of the body. The purpose, therefore, in Endocrinology is to strive primarily to attain this state of balance and...
Holistic Techniques for Stress Management and Chronic Disease
Laura A. James, ND It is of paramount importance that we endorse stress management methods and give people the tools they need to prevent chronic disease As NDs and allied integrative providers, we seek to attend to a patient’s physiological complaints, mental...
Prayer as Medicine: Faith and Controversy
Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. – Albert Einstein Several studies have shown that prayer is associated with positive health effects. For example: A recent study published in Support Care Cancer found that women who...
Using Plants to Treat the Spirit
Jillian Stansbury, ND Plants are living beings. Although most of my articles have focused on the plant-based chemistry and research of botanical medicine in terms of diseases, enzyme systems, antioxidant activities, etc., what first got me interested in botanical...
Homeopathic Treatment of Chronic PTSD
Tim Shannon, ND Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. In addition, more and more cases demonstrate that severe emotional...
Physician Heal Thyself … Why?
Adam Prinsen, ND “Physician, heal thyself.” We hear this phrase in school, from colleagues, and even read it in books. What is so important about healing ourselves? This is something I have been reflecting on. I was listening to one of my patients the other day when I...
Focusing on the Thought Process : A Case of Post-traumatic Stress
Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Jane was 14 years old. Like any young teen, she wanted to hang out with her friends. She lived in a smaller city some distance from Toronto but had the opportunity to get on a bus with some girls and hit the big city. Once there she was...
Treatment of Chronic Depression and Anxiety Using Homeopathy
Michele Deisering, ND This 41-year-old obese female came to see me for chronic insomnia, depression and anxiety. Acutely, she also had an ear infection, for which antibiotics had been of no help. Initial Intake: Oct. 2007 CC: Ear infection (Patient): I noticed on...