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Botanical alchemy in a modern world
BE PREPARED
Go into this season prepared with a cupboard stocked with healing remedies for common ailments. Here are some beneficial and easy herbs to support your mind and body through the fall and winter months.
It’s the time of year when leaves transform into vibrant hues, sweaters come out of storage, and the air becomes refreshingly crisp…
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THE POWER INSIDE
It creates our fuel; they're like mini power factories inside each cell.
Do you find yourself fatigued most of the day? Sometimes the cause of fatigue can be due to mitochondrial dysfunction…
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THE BENEFITS
Found from bogs all around the world that are rich in vitamins, minerals, and extracts from a multitude of plants that reflect the environment and not its present day pollution.
Mud & peat baths offer many therapeutic benefits from detoxification to immune stimulation…
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What makes these "magic" mushrooms so unique? For one thing, fungi and humans are actually more closely related biologically than fungi and plants! Perhaps that's why they make us feel so good.
Medicinal mushrooms have a profound healing power, and were used thousands of years ago by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese as a means to promote longevity…
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OSHA ROOT
(Ligusticum porteri)
PART USED: Root
Immune Stimulator
Osha root (Ligusticum porteri) has been used in Native American medicine and Traditional Chinese medicine for decades for both its spiritual properties…
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SOME LIKE IT COLD
Lower temperatures are linked to better sleep, decreased inflammation, weight loss, improved blood flow, and even increased cognition.
I recently moved a magical mountain location surrounded by endless waterfalls, rivers, and forest as far as you can see but it also happens to be quite chilly here…
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THE QUESTIONS
1. Do you feel tired all day even with that double tall almond milk latte?
2. Do you have trouble sleeping at night despite trying to relax and taking lavender baths?
3. Have you gained weight recently or started craving more salty and sweet foods?
4. Have you had to call in sick more often because you keep picking up colds around the office?
5. Have you recently been experiencing more stress than usual?
Do you feel tired all day even with that double tall almond milk latte?…
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GUT-BRAIN CONNECTION
To start, we actually have 2 nervous systems
CNS (central nervous system) which is the brain and spinal cord
Enteric nervous system which the intrinsic part of the gastrointestinal tract
These two systems have a direct line of communication via the vagus nerve.
I don't know about you, but when I get nervous my stomach always gets upset... so why wouldn't the reverse happen? If the stomach is upset then mental symptoms could occur?…
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HISTAMINE FOODS
Limit your intake of histamine releasing foods for the season which includes:
Alcohol
Bananas
Chocolate
Eggs
Canned Fish
Milk
Papayas
Pineapple
Shellfish
Strawberries
Tomatoes
The weather is getting warmer and we all have the urge to frolic in nature but those darn allergies are kicking up! What causes seasonal allergies?…
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Mushrooms are simply marvelous. The sizes, shapes, and colors are beautiful and the health benefits are huge. They are a great source of vitamin D, support the body's immune system, and are yummy to cook with.
No, I'm not referring to hallucinogenic mushrooms! I'm talking about the endless benefits of medicinal mushrooms used for healing and optimal living…
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ANCIENT RESPONSE
Whether you realize it or not, stress plays a huge role in your health! The stresses in life have changed dramatically over the centuries but our response still remains the same.
Sometimes the most potent cure for the common cold is right in front of us! Onion ear muffs are great for fighting ear infections while a carrot poultice can soothe a sore throat…
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THE VIS
The wet sock treatment is an old traditional remedy that is highly effective at relieving upper respiratory symptoms and stimulating the Vis.
The cold socks stimulate the body to reflexively increase blood circulation which helps to decrease congestion in the upper respiratory passages, head and throat…
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FOOD AS MEDICINE
As one of the best ways to prevent, treat, and even reverse disease.
Gosh, do you think Hippocrates might have been on to something when he said "let food be they medicine" over 2300 years ago…
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“GOOD” BACTERIA
Our digestive tract is home to over 500 different types of bacteria.
Probiotics are live bacteria that benefit our health.
Our digestive tract is home to over 500 different types of bacteria…
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KEEP IT FRESH
The medicinal use occurs When the fresh garlic is crushed or chopped because than the allin converts into allicin.
Our old faithful friend garlic has amazingly wonderful properties that contain valuable therapeutic uses…
Read MoreThe PH is a scale that measures whether your body is neutral, acidic, or alkaline…
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IMMUNE BOOSTING SUPERBERRY
Elderberries also contain flavonoids which are a great source of antioxidants…
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