Shandor Weiss, ND, LAc Psycho-spiritual dilemma (PSD) is a term I use to describe pathological, non-resolving stresses that include both psychological and spiritual aspects of being. A dilemma is any situation with no apparent solution. PSDs are dilemmas of the mind,...
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Table of Contents | 2007 | June
Using the Transit Time Test to Assess Patients’ Bowel Function
Dicken Weatherby, ND When considering mind/body health, one of the first things I think of is the bowels. For peace of mind and sound body, what can be more supportive than good, timely, wholesome elimination? Give that to your patients, and they’ll be happy campers....
Homeopathic Remedy for Panic Disorder: A Case Study
Tim Shannon, ND A 69-year-old female, Susanna, presented to me for panic disorder. She was a childhood survivor of a concentration camp. She spoke very seriously, very gravely about her problems, rarely smiled and got right to the point. Initial Intake: June, 2003...
Figuring Ourselves Out: Seven Schools in Search of a Typology
David Schleich, PhD When a profession’s schools don’t quite fit the usual higher education type or model in the eyes of civil society, its members can get anxious. Happily, finding ways to locate our schools as institutions within civil society is helped by a growing...
Intention in the Practice of Meditation
Adam Prinsen, ND There are incredible benefits to learning the skill of relaxation. With regular practice, we as human beings can learn to follow the rhythm of the breath and find the mind becoming calm, peaceful and clear. In this state of relaxed alertness, we may...
The Missing Link for Cure: EFT as an Approach for Broaching the Physical-Emotional Gap
John Pidutti, ND and Nari Pidutti, ND As NDs, we believe in treating the whole person. Why is it that so many treatment plans rarely get around to addressing the mind/body connection? Perhaps at the root of the answer to this question lies the doubt or disbelief that...
Herbal Medicine for Depression Beyond Hypericum
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) The best-researched herbal treatment for patients with mild to moderate depression is undisputedly Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort). It is unfortunate that a handful of herbs, such as St. John's wort, have grabbed headlines and with...
Is the Body Listening? The Energetic Aspects of Language and Its Impact on Health
Iva Lloyd, BScH, RHN, RPP, ND Imagine for a moment that the body and mind are connected … that the body responds, at a physiological level, to everything the mind says and thinks, and that a purpose of the body is to mirror and manifest our language and thoughts. How...
Integrating Mind-Body Healing with Naturopathic Medicine
Stefan Kuprowsky, BSc, MA, ND As NDs, we study the psychological aspects of illness in school. However, in practice, we tend to focus on diets and remedies, and less so on discovering and resolving the psychological dimensions of illness and disease. This article...
Global Climate Change and Naturopathic Medicine
Mitch Kennedy, ND In the April issue, Dr. Kennedy began his three-part series discussing global warming and its effects on health. That first column covered the science behind how human activities are changing the climate of the globe. Here, part two of the series...
Homeopathy is Mind/Body Medicine
Joe Kellerstein, DC, ND I’ve been sitting for quite a while racking my brain trying to dredge up a case that resonates with the mind/body medicine theme of this issue. About two coffees ago, it dawned on me that I cannot. “Mind/body medicine” contains one of those...
Moving Beyond the Mind in Mind/Body Medicine: The Ashayas’ Ascension
Cheryl A. Kasdorf, ND How do we access the healing power of nature? Where do we look for it? I found it by moving beyond the mind to experience the absolute source of well-being, where dis-ease not only is impossible, but there is no memory of it existing. The...
Engaging Patients’ Consciousness, and Supporting Them in More Direct Participation with Their Healing Process
Paul Epstein, ND "While we all acknowledge the value of a holistic approach as an integral part of naturopathic medicine, not enough recognition is given in our curriculums as to how we can best integrate holism into our role as naturopathic physicians. In order to go...
How Psycho-Emotional Issues Underlie Medical Conditions
Maya Nicole Baylac, ND JP is a 55-year-old male who presented to my clinic in October 2005 with a diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma, Gleason’s score 6 (grade 3+3), and a PSA of 5.3ng/ml. JP declined the usual conventional treatment options that had been presented...
June 2007 | Mind-Body Medicine
Helping Patients With Psycho-Spiritual Dilemmas.......................>>cover Shandor Weiss, ND, LAC Integrating Mind-Body Healing with Naturopathic Medicine..........................>> bottom of cover Stefan Kuprowsky BSC, MA, ND Is the Body...
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A Case of Recurring Acute Viral Meningitis
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