Botanical Medicine

Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights Herbal Specifics Renal colic due to kidney stones can present as vague to excruciating pain, no matter the size of calculi. Renal colic pain is not due to [...]

Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights The word keloid derives from “cheloid,” meaning claw-like. Keloids and other forms of extensive scarring occur due to excessive deposition of collagen and [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Rehmannia glutinosa Botanical Insights The world is moving fast. Many people have daily lives that demand too much in too little time. Technology and social media [...]

Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE Nature Cure Clinical Pearls There Is Nothing Like A Fast The value of fasting as a curative agent is mainly two-fold: first it purifies the system by increasing the [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH Botanical Insights Growing herbs in Wisconsin was a great joy. There is rich soil, plenty of rain, adequate sun, and long warm summer months. Now that I live in Colorado [...]

Jillian Stansbury, ND Botanical Insights Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine (H2) acid blocking drugs are the mainstay of acid reflux treatment. With an estimated 100 million people [...]

Jillian Stansbury, ND No one escapes childhood without some scrapes, burns, bruises, and infections. Every herbalist and family physician needs a supply of gentle but effective topical [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Many years ago, Bill Mitchell, ND, used to teach about choosing herbs for working with each of the 7 chakras. Each chakra center has its own very particular energy [...]

Jillian Stansbury, ND With Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia affecting millions of elders, the need for safe remedies to both halt the progression and help treat symptoms is greater [...]

Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) ADC is a 59-year-old woman with a 3×4 cm scaly lesion on her lower right arm that has been there for the past 10 years. A dermatologist diagnosed it as actinic [...]