Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Jonathan carries himself well. Well, that is to say he sure turned the head of my receptionist. This 6-foot, 4-inch basketball player has been a patient for about eight months, and his case has a number of important teaching points. Case...
Detoxification Medicine
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Homeopathy, Environmental Toxins and Detoxification
Shandor Weiss, ND, LAc All forms of life are exposed to natural toxins from the environment. Natural exogenous toxins come from bacteria, molds, mineral, plant and animal poisons, smoke, volcanic fumes, ultraviolet light and so on. All forms of life also create...
“Down Home” Detox
Jill Stansbury, ND There is a great deal of research available on nutraceuticals, chemical constituents in plants, whole herbs and foods that support systemic detoxification by a variety of mechanisms. I’m not going to write about those this time. Instead, let’s focus...
Homeopathic Treatment of Environmental Sensitivities
Tim Shannon, ND Today many patients seek help for environmental sensitivities. This is true for adult patients as well as for children. In addition, many consider that toxicity is partly responsible for the increase in childhood developmental and cognitive disorders....
Revived to Life: A Case of Methadone Detox
Chad Goetz, ND With dazed eyes, a dribbling of saliva coming out of her half-opened mouth, a greatly disheveled appearance and extreme tooth decay, all 84 pounds of Shannon slowly shuffled into the clinic at the River Source Naturopathic Treatment Center in March 2007...
Use of Infrared Sauna Therapy: To Improve Clinical Symptoms of Chemical Toxicity
Wendy Davis, BKin, ND What is detoxification? This short question can have many long answers, especially for the ND. The New Webster's Medical Dictionary defines it as, “To decrease the toxic properties of a substance; to remove the effects of a toxic drug.” In...
Metal and Mineral Toxicity Presenting as Neurological Complaints
Dan Carter, ND The connection between toxic metals and neurological symptoms is well established, but it is not as well known that beneficial minerals in too high amounts can also result in toxicity and distinctive neurological syndromes. For simplicity, the term...
Atropa belladonna: A Useful Medicinal Plant
Eric Yarnell, ND and Lauren Russel, ND An unfortunate tendency in naturopathic medicine is to react out of fear instead of acting from a place of knowledge when it comes to low-dose herbs. Atropa belladonna (belladonna, deadly nightshade), in the Solanaceae family,...
Advanced Glycation End Products: Death by Cooked Food?
Amy Elizabeth Terlisner, NMD For many years, the prevailing theory for aging and disease has focused on free radical damage. Antioxidants are mainstays of naturopathic treatment for many conditions, and we are taught that oxidation is the common underlying etiology...
Evaluating HPA Dysfunction Using Salivary Cortisol
Timothy Schwaiger, NMD The use of salivary cortisol in evaluating a patient’s condition can be a valuable tool for physicians. Although there is a vast quantity of research in this area, the laboratory results can be confusing when trying to choose a therapy best...