JILLIAN STANSBURY, ND Opiate addiction is an enormous and devastating health problem worldwide, with over 5 million active addicts in the United States alone.1 And not only the addict is affected; marriages suffer or are ruined; jobs are lost; meaningful...
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MRSA and Ayurvedic Medicine
Virender Sodhi, MD (Ayurved), ND Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as Staph aureus or just “Staph,” is a strain of bacteria that normally colonizes the skin and nose of its human hosts. Usually asymptomatic, these colonies can lead to infections if the bacterial...
Tea Tree Oil: A Novel Approach to MRSA
Nancy Scarlett, ND Timothy Miller It is well known that the worldwide overprescribing of antibiotics during the last several decades has led to the serious problem of antibiotic-resistant organisms and resultant infections. Agencies such as the World Health...
Cognitive Impairment: Herbal Considerations
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) The definition of cognitive function is an intellectual process by which one becomes aware of, perceives, or comprehends ideas. It involves all aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning, and remembering. Cognition includes the attention...
Sensory Integration Disorder
The Hidden Handicap Jillian Stansbury, ND Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), also known as Sensory Integration Dysfunction or Sensory Processing Disorder, is a neurological condition involving an inability to integrate sensory information – spatial, visual, auditory,...
Maintaining Healthy Bones: Embracing the Plants
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Bones are the framework of our human structure. And yet, they are no good to us functionally without the ligaments and tendons, the levers and pulleys on the joint articulations. They are no good to us without the cartilage, acting as a...
Menopause Support On All Levels: Can Hot Flashes Be a Spiritual Experience?
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Memoirs of a Perimenopausal Woman I’m lying in my bed at night, sound asleep, deep in a dream. From somewhere comes a feeling in my dantian—a clicking sensation, like a switch being turned. In my subtle awakened state, I recognize this...
Botanical Therapies for Headaches
Jillian Stansbury, ND Headache Pathophysiology and Botanical Considerations Headache is one of the most common medical complaints treated in general clinical practices and is a significant public health burden, in terms of suffering, disrupted family interactions, and...
Botanical Management of Streptococcal Infections of the Skin
Herbal Protocols for Impetigo and Erysipelas Jilian Stansbury, ND Group A streptococci are a leading human pathogen and worldwide health issue. In chronic skin infections, the goal of supporting a healthy ecosystem to invite desirable microbes and protective skin...
Nature Cure Clinical Pearls: Bleeding, Wounds, and Ulcers
Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE By these ulcers nature indicates her desire to excrete impure matter, and she only requires a little help. -Friedrich Bilz, 1898, p. 841 The greatest importance should be paid to keeping the wound perfectly clean. -Benedict Lust,...