Lemongrass, noted for its use in Thai cooking, is both a delicious citrusy herb and a remarkable natural healer. In traditional medicine, lemongrass has long been used around the world to treat fever, flu, and headaches as well as aid digestion. Lemongrass for headache and migraine relief One of the most common medicinal u … Read More
Tylenol and Motrin Total Recall
If you're a parent or grandparent, you've hopefully heard of the massive recall of children and infant medications from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson earlier this month. As a father of 8, it certainly caught my attention. According to the related FDA news release, medicines involved may have too much of the act … Read More
Dehydration and Back Pain
Upwards of 70% of your body is composed of good old H2O. Some claim as little as a 2% drop in fluids can leave you itchy, groggy, constipated, and feeling generally rotten all around. It certainly makes sense to stay hydrated. Drinking enough water helps ensure our bladder and kidneys flush toxins out of our bodies. It help … Read More
Acute Inflammation vs. Chronic Inflammation
Short-tem, or acute, inflammation is one of your body's most powerful defense mechanisms. Swelling from increased fluids protects injured areas from further harm while the body goes into overdrive to fend off bacteria, viruses, and even parasites. It not only kills off the invaders, but damaged tissue as well, until your bod … Read More
Heavy Metal: Dangerous to Your Health
Don't look now but heavy metal is threatening your health. Not the head banging kind floating invisibly across the airwaves (though prolonged listening may lead to some serious neck cramps). Instead we're talking about the more insidious kind of toxic heavy metals inhaled, ingested, or absorbed through your skin – or even pu … Read More
Most Health Foods Are… a Complete Waste of Money!
You can eat all these pure, organic foods and you still won't get a vital nutrient - enzymes. The problem is that most people including doctors don't know that enzymes are just as important as vitamins. As a result, there's a nationwide epidemic of diseases that could be prevented by enzyme supplements. Proteolytic (protei … Read More
Needle Your Pain Away? How Acupuncture Helps Your Back
If you're suffering from low back pain, acupuncture is one of the treasures of complementary medicine. Perhaps you're suffering from muscle pain or a pinched nerve, or you've overworked and fatigued or strained your back. Or you were exposed to cold, damp conditions the winter brings and now your back hurts. These can all b … Read More
My Experience With The Ancient Healing Powers of Qigong
My Experience With The Ancient Healing Powers of Qigong By Steven Hefferon, Certified Massage Therapist As a massage therapist and healing arts practitioner I noticed that I was loosing my touch, my mojo. In other words, I was getting drained of energy in my sessions and was on the way to becoming burned out. But someth … Read More
An Aspirin a Day Keeps the… Doctor Here to Stay!
We received so much feedback in response to the email I sent recently about the passing of Tim Russert and heart disease that I thought you might find this article about asprin very informative. I hope you enjoy the article... An Aspirin a Day Keeps the... Doctor Here to Stay Heart disease is the leading cause of death in … Read More
What You Can Learn About Pain Relief From Olympic Level Athletes
It’s an Olympic year, and there are at least three things you can be sure will be part of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio: the Olympic torch, fierce competition... and pain. We’re not talking about the pain of missing a bronze medal by a hundredth of a second (which has got to rank right up there with passing a kidney stone … Read More