When it comes to Lyme Disease, timing is crucial! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ By Vera Fuke-Wilson RMT, FSHM, DSHomed This past Thanksgiving, while visiting a friend in Ottawa, we hiked with our dog in the backwoods behind our friend’s home. While we did not realize it right away, we had all...
Sweet potatoes: packed with beta-carotene, vitamin A and potassium. Try to purchase smaller, sweeter organic potatoes. Turmeric: It's powerful active compound curcumin has been pitted against painkillers, anti-depressants, heart and diabetes medications. Ginger: One of the most well researched anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory natural compounds are in functional...
Greetings Dear Readers, If you or someone you know is living with Lupus there is hope. Oriental medicine has had a lot of success with many types of auto-immune diseases such as Lupus. Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus (SLE) is an auto-immune disorder in which the immune system attacks...
Recommendation 1:Given that most patients with acute or subacute low back pain improve over time regardless of treatment, clinicians and patients should select nonpharmacologic treatment with superficial heat (moderate-quality evidence), massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation (low-quality evidence). If pharmacologic treatment is desired, clinicians and patients...
As a naturopathic doctor, I will frequently recommend turmeric to patients because of all of the health benefits that it has. A great way to get a larger amount of turmeric is by consuming golden milk, which refers to tea that has been made from...
Coconut Curry Lentil Soup Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil 1 medium white onion, diced 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp mild curry powder 1 tsp ginger powder * 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1 cup dried red lentils 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (no...
Greetings Readers, Our immune system performs a complex range of tasks to overcome various types of foreign invaders and diseases. Several organs and processes are involved such as bone marrow, lymphocytes, the spleen, lymph nodes, and the thymus gland. White blood cells such as neutrophils, macrophages and...
Experiencing Jaw issues? You’re definitely not alone! Approximately 60% of the population experiences at least one sign of Temporomandibular joint (that’s your jaw joint) dysfunction, or TMD. Symptoms may include clicking or other noises, limitations in mouth opening, difficulty with eating or speaking. Although most...
By Vera Fuke RMT, DSHomMed, FSHM As a Registered Massage Therapist who also studied Homeopathic Medicine for four years, I would like to share a simple but very effective way of dealing with musculoskeletal strains, sprains and soft tissue trauma in general, homeopathic ARNICA MONTANA. This remedy is considered...
By: Cynthia McGilvray R.Ac Generally speaking, TMJ (Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders) issues are a set of conditions that manifest as pain in the jaw joint and surrounding facial muscles that can lead to pain when eating, speaking, chewing, laughing and even breathing. In the Western sense, it is known...