Robin DiPasquale, ND, AHG(RH) Andrographis paniculata is a lanky-growing plant in the Acanthaceae family with small white flowers; the flowers are covered with fine hairs and are splashed with purple on the petals. Native to India, although used in many other places...
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Anxiety and Depression: A Materia Medica Review
Jillian Stansbury, ND By numerous accounts, a large percentage of the US population is using antidepressant and anxiolytic medications. This may say a lot about the condition of the human heart and soul. A 2005 survey1 done by Kaiser Permanente reported that the use...
Clinical Uses for a Novel Form of Bioavailable Curcumin
Gaetano Morello, ND Turmeric has a long history of medicinal use in both Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dubbed the “herb of the sun” because of its deep yellow hue, turmeric is the dried and ground rhizome of the perennial herb Curcuma longa....
Resistant or Not Resistant? MRSA and Herbal Medicine
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) Do we know whether herbal medicine can effectively treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)? If we look at the review of the literature done by Martin and Ernst,1 you may think not. Four electronic databases were searched...
Reduce Hot Flashes and Other Menopausal Symptoms: A Beneficial Proprietary Siberian Rhubarb Root Extract
Kristen Haabala, ND Mark Kaye, DC Menopause is the clinical term used after menstruation has ceased for 1 year, after which women are considered postmenopausal.1 In the last 1 to 2 years before the final menstrual period, estrogen loss accelerates, and menopausal...
Hypericum Lights the Path Toward New Bladder Cancer Therapies
Jillian Stansbury, ND St John’s wort for cancer? Bladder cancer is more common in men, for unknown reasons, and is most frequent in later decades of life, presumably due to long-term exposure to carcinogens and epithelial irritants. Carcinoma of transitional...
Bright Disease
Natures Cure Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE In all chronic diseases, the most important thing is not to lose patience, and not to entertain the idea that one can effect a cure in six weeks, of a disease that has taken years to develop. ...
Inguinal Hernia
Tolle Causam Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) Inguinal herniation, a condition recognized in many ancient medical writings, occurs commonly in men, with a lifetime incidence of between 6% and 27%.1 Inguinal hernia repair is one of the top 3 most common surgical procedures in...
New Naturopathic Treatments for Dyslipidemia
Stephen Parcell, ND Although it is tempting to write a lengthy article about all the naturopathic treatments for dyslipidemia, I have been tasked with just talking about the relatively new ones. For the purpose of this article, “new” means there are new data from...
Beyond Hawthorn: Herbs for Cardiovascular Health
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH (AHG) In the realm of herbal treatment for cardiovascular disease, certainly Crataegus oxyacantha, and other species of hawthorn, is the first plant medicine that comes to mind. Because it is a cardiac tonic, most patients with cardiovascular...