Jillian Stansbury, ND Dopamine is increasingly being recognized as a key regulatory neurohormone in the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Dopamine and L-Dopa inhibit the release of some pituitary hormones. Most notable are prolactin and luteinizing hormone (LH);...
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Ayurveda and Diabetes Care: A Multifaceted Approach
Virender Sodhi, ND, MD (Ayurved) The Ayurvedic tradition has much to offer when it comes to diabetes care. Diabetes is a complex condition with devastating and often fatal complications. Every practitioner knows that lifestyle issues must be addressed if the diabetic...
Treating Chronic Inflammation From an Ayurvedic Perspective
The Ayurvedic Approach to Pain Management Virender Sodhi, ND, MD The Ayurvedic approach to pain management is a holistic one. When treating a patient with chronic pain, I always advise an integrated approach, and I look beyond the outward pain to discover the...
Using Low-Dose Herbs to Treat Pain
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) Pain – often a signal that something in the body requires attention – can arise from an array of etiologies. And although the goal for NDs is to treat the cause, relieving pain and suffering while keeping the cause in sight is a...
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...
Natural Medicine: The Healing Effects of Exposure to Nature
Kurt Beil, ND The naturopathic profession holds the concept of Vis Medicatrix Naturae as one of its highest ideals. We define ourselves by an adherence to the philosophy that some power inherent within nature moderates the healing process, rather than by the use of...
Book Review: Herbal Medicine From the Heart of the Earth
Stacie Deyglio, ND Herbal Medicine From the Heart of the Earth Sharol Tilgner’s second edition of Herbal Medicine is an exciting update from the original. It is a must have for every naturopathic student, doctor and enthusiast who values the powerful influence...
An “Essential” for Healing Skin Conditions
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) The skin is the largest organ of elimination of the body, one way for the entire body to clear the burdens of toxicity that have accumulated day to day. When considering botanical medicine for conditions of the skin, working from the...
Nutritional Support for Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD Herpes zoster is a painful vesicular eruption caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). It is marked by inflammation of the posterior root ganglia of the spinal or cranial peripheral nerves. After a prodromal illness of pain and paresthesias,...
Review of Herbs for Allergies: Important Options to Remember
Jill E. Stansbury, ND We welcome springtime with great joy here in the Pacific Northwest, embracing the sun, the flowers and the fresh green growth after months of winter’s gray drizzle. Many people, however, pay for their delight in the garden and first blush of...