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Natural Remedies for Itchy Eyes

Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |

If your eyes feel itchy, are red or have that sticky and gritty feel, relief is on the way. Try one of these simple, natural remedies for relief. Ingredients Chamomile tea Salt Eyebright...

Tags: eyewash, homeopathic remedies, sinus problems, upper respiratory tract

Summer Herb Garden: A Veritable Medicine Chest

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Summer is here and with it comes lush herb gardens full of medicinal plants, many of which are the universal healers. In a past column, we focused on basil, a staple of the kitchen medicine cabinet. Add...

Tags: greek medicine, herb gardens, medicinal plants, rosemary and thyme

Basil: Nature’s Immune Booster

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In past articles, we’ve talked about ways to build our immune system. With summer gardens soon to burst into full bloom, it’s a great time to look at some of the medicinal plants that are common to...

Tags: basil, healthy recipe, immune system support

Special Diets for Special Conditions: An AntiCancer Diet

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Special diets making claims about the health benefits of their protocols are very popular today. It can be confusing that new diet regimens appear all the time and that the whole field of nutrition seems...

Tags: cancer diet, dietary recommendations, special diets

The Three Major Periods of Life

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Traditional health and medical systems view the elderly’s physical abilities, general health, and role in society quite differently. To understand this viewpoint, it helps to consider the three major...

Tags: intellectual abilities, maturation, periods of development

The Three Doshas

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As we discussed in previous articles, Classical medical traditions like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine define health and healing by describing the principles involved in the way our body and minds function....

Tags: blood test results, conventional medicine, diagnostic tests, health and healing, medical traditions

Spices & Herbs: Nature’s Best Medicine

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Spices and herbs are the greatest healers in the plant kingdom and as such, we need to understand the tremendous contribution that these gifts of nature have made throughout the centuries in the science...

Tags: gifts of nature, herbal medicines, maintaining optimal health, primary health, proper nourishment

Meet Our Directors

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Meet Our Director DAVID RUSSELL We wish you and your family  a Happy New Year filled with Health, Peace and Prosperity. David Russell, Director of Integrative Medicine

Tags: david russell, new year, peace, prosperity

Ayurveda and the Language of Scientific Metaphor

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Our word “science” comes the Latin root scire, which means “to know.” All traditions of medicine are based on science, the way of “knowing” things. Each scientific tradition, be it Ayurvedic,...

Tags: ayurveda, biological energy, metaphors, research protocols, western medical science

Nutritional Supplements: How Necessary are They?

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Most Western health practices promote the need vitamin and mineral supplements in order to be healthy. This concept, however, reflects a misunderstanding of what nutrients are and how our digestion metabolizes...

Tags: immune system, natural nutrients, quality of life, vitamins and minerals, whole food supplements

Dental Health Series: Part 3 – Root Canals

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When the living part of the tooth, the pulp, is severely damaged or invaded by decay, the tooth will die and infection may spread to the jawbone tissue. A root canal is a dental procedure used to resolve...

Tags: chronic diseases, chronic health problems, dental procedure

Dental Health Series: Part 2 – Cavities and Amalgam Fillings

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Cavities are spots of degeneration in the tooth enamel and are created in two ways. First, through improper nutrition or problems with the digestive process, the tooth pulp is not properly nourished, causing...

Tags: digestive processes, stressors, tooth decay

David Russell, PhD

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David Russell, PhD, D.Sc, Boomer-Living Director. For the last thirty years, David Russell has taught Classical medical disciplines in Europe, Nepal, and the USA, as well as diagnostics and homeopathy...

Dental Health Series: Part 1 – Our Teeth and Our Body

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Our teeth represent one of the most neglected and misunderstood systems of the body. This is unfortunate because the oral cavity (mouth) plays an extremely important role in the health of our bodies and...

Tags: chronic health problems, ectoderm, teeth and gums

Healing Summer Sunburns and Stings

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Sunburn When exposing parts of the body directly to the sun, such as while swimming, do not wait until you feel your skin starting to react, but seek shade and cover your body with a light layer of...

Tags: insect bites, remedies, sunburn

Health and Disease: Not Opposites in Classical Sciences

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Healthy Solutions Classical science challenges our assumptions regarding the nature of health and the role that disease plays in the life of our organism. The word health stems from the root word meaning...

Tags: classical science, healthy solutions, mind and body

The Immune System, Flu and Colds

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It is important to remember that bacteria and viruses become problems only when the immune system has been weakened by common factors in our daily life and is unable to resolve the healing process in...

Tags: colds and flu, immune systems, stresses

Olive Oil as Healer

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Olive oil is one of the great healers of the plant kingdom. Its healing effects have been recorded in all classical medical traditions around the world for the last 3,000 years. Whether used in cooking...

Tags: cholesterol problems, organic olive oil

Cleansing the Body

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One of the ways that the body works to insure its continued health is by eliminating toxins from its systems, tissues, and cells. A toxin is a substance that is foreign to the body and inhibits or damages...

Tags: immune system, poor digestion

The Heart in Classical Medicine

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The Heart Center All cultures consider the heart to be the center of the individual. We associate love and all our emotions with the heart and notice an immediate change in our pulse when we have strong...

Tags: digestive problems, heart health issues, medical traditions

The Winter Kitchen Medicine Cabinet

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In our kitchens, we have access to some of the greatest healers in the plant kingdom: common spices and herbs with which we are all familiar. Following are some useful items to keep on hand, with a description...

Tags: depression anxiety, healers

Fevers and Cold

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Fever is a natural part of what we experience when we have an acute condition like a cold. The term cold refers to the body’s response to being chilled after exposure to cold weather, winds, or drafts...

Tags: emotional stress, high fever, immune system