Node Smith, ND Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. Belknap IHS [...]

Student Scholarship – 3rd Place Case Study  Lana FerrisJennifer Brusewitz, ND As naturopathic physicians, we understand that quality sleep is foundational to our patients’ [...]

Tolle Totum Deborah McKay, ND I view the menopausal transition as “puberty in reverse,” complete with shifts in hormones that dictate bodily changes. In some cases this hormonal shift can hijack [...]

Naturopathic Perspective Sarah LoBisco, ND, IFMCP For the love of science, can we stop the chit-chat about lavender, tea tree, and man boobs in little boys?! The controversy over the “estrogenic [...]

Node Smith, ND A study was presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in March, that essential oils are incredibly concentrated extracts of a narrow range of plant [...]

Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common illness that can disrupt quality of life and impact overall sustainable wellness. Anxiety in patients presents as a mood [...]

Lisa Meserole, MS, ND “Old age itself is not a disease, but a condition which may lead to illness on various levels due to the hyporeactivity characteristic of this state … Aging constitutes an [...]

Jacob Schor, ND “Lavender makes for girly boys.” That’s how the governor of California might sum up the recent news. This June, Clifford Bloch, a pediatric endocrinologist here in Denver, [...]

Shaida Sina, ND The treatment term for mind-body medicine and aromatic therapies is known as aromapsychology. Aromatic therapies provide many healing possibilities from uncovering traumas to [...]

Shaida Sina, ND Cancer is a complex disease state that requires a holistic approach to treatment. Aromatic therapies may provide valuable adjunctive treatment options. Some of the areas which are [...]