NAET: Resolving Allergies & Sensitivities
Tolle Causam Michelle Hagel, ND Rabia Meghji, ND As defined by Traditional Chinese Medicine, allergies represent an energetic blockage. Something has triggered the blockage to occur, whether it [...]
Breast Implants & Autoimmunity: Connecting Silicone Implants with Immune Dysregulation
Student Scholarship – Second Place Research Review Stephanie Berg, ND Baljit Khamba, ND, MPH Sabrina Koperski, ND In July 2018, J.A., a 54-year-old Caucasian female, presented to the Bastyr [...]
Picrorhiza & Neopicrorhiza: Applications in Allergic & Inflammatory Lung Disorders
Botanical Insights Jillian Stansbury, ND Neopicrorhiza schrophulariiflora and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora have been used traditionally for allergies, asthma, and inflammatory disorders, [...]
Gemmotherapy: A Powerful Modality for Treating Allergies
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach [...]
ND History Redux: What Many NDs Don’t Know About a Small NJ Town
Education David J. Schleich, PhD Recently I was in Butler, NJ, to confer with local leaders about the importance of that nifty little town in the naturopathic profession’s early [...]
Message from the President: National University of Natural Medicine
Education David J. Schleich, PhD A generation ago we were a tiny cohort of naturopathic students learning medicine in a Southeast Portland, OR, storefront. Today, NUNM is living a strategic plan [...]
Treating Chronic Pain: Focus on the Disability
Student Scholarship – 1st Place Research Review Cecilia L. Stevens, PhD Shabita Teja, BPharm, ND Chronic pain is commonly defined as any pain lasting longer than 12 weeks in duration. This [...]
Autoimmunity & Estrogen Metabolism: Finding the “Goldilocks Zone”
Naturopathic Perspective Andrea Gruszecki, ND Many aspects of human physiology are influenced by levels of steroid sex hormones, and the immune system is no exception. A thorough evaluation and [...]
Treating Autoimmune Diseases: A Functional Approach for Practitioners
Tolle Totum Holly Lucille, ND, RN If you have patients with an autoimmune condition, it’s not surprising. According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a division [...]
Herbs & Autoimmunity: Using Botanicals to Balance T-Cell Activity
Vis Medicatrix Naturae Tanya Lee, ND Autoimmune diseases are complex, multifactorial conditions that arise from the loss of “self tolerance” and the infiltration of inflammatory cells within the [...]
