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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
Toxins and Processed Foods – Part II
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Toxins, Genotype, and Toxin-Clearing Abilities
First, let’s define what I mean by a toxin. A toxin is a chemical or substance that brings imbalance to the body’s cells, creating an adverse environment....
Tags: arsenic, chronic illnesses, food toxins, genotype
Toxins and Processed Foods – Part I
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Besides the food itself being toxic and the huge number of chemicals added to it as it is processed, most commercially grown foods come to us with residues of pesticides.
Consider the food chain where...
Tags: chemical additives, harmful chemicals, heart disease, toxic ingredients, unprocessed foods
Summer Herb Garden: A Veritable Medicine Chest
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Mindful Dining: Setting a Table Fit for a King and Queen
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
In these hectic times, eating nothing or grabbing something on the go are the two choices often facing us. Not eating when you need to is not healthy, but there is also a difference between consuming food...
Tags: afternoon tea, evening dinner, food convenience, hectic times, home cooking
Special Diets for Special Conditions: An AntiCancer Diet
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Cardiovascular Disease and the Apo E Gene
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Cardiovascular disease accounts for the number one (heart attack) and number three (stroke) causes of death in the United States. Combined, these account for 40 percent of all deaths. Cardiovascular disease...
Tags: cardiovascular disease, coronary arteries, genetic makeup, inflammatory disease, risk of heart attack
The Chocolate Heart Prescription
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
February is a special month—lots to think about. February is sometimes 28 days and sometimes 29 days, and is the month that we recognize as a time to bring awareness to heart disease. It is also a month...
Tags: chocolate heart, dark chocolate, diet exercise, healthy diet, valentine s day
The Three Doshas
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Accessing Your Past Memories
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
Why do people travel back to their past lives? They believe, as I do, in the reality of past lives. They want to explore the process of time travel, using it as a learning quest. They also seek personality...
Tags: boomer subconscious mind, life regression, sense of purpose, spiritual development, spiritual enlightenment
Ayurveda and the Language of Scientific Metaphor
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
ANGRY? OR SAD? OR BOTH?
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
IMAGE HEALING HYPNOSIS
It’s alright to FEEL anger. It’s perfectly NORMAL to feel hurt and upset or rejected, even betrayed. What’s NOT ALRIGHT is to allow your anger or sadness to devour you or...
Tags: anger, emotional freedom technique, emotions, sense of purpose, true feelings
Nutritional Supplements: How Necessary are They?
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
A Patient’s Story: Janet
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
When Janet came to see me the first time, she was taking eight medications every day. She had chronic body pain, some joint pain, deep fatigue, migraines, and diarrhea 12 to 14 times a day. Her cholesterol...
Tags: american diet, chronic diarrhea, dietary changes, joint pain, migraines
Dental Health Series: Part 3 – Root Canals
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Posted in: Boomer-Living's Authors & Integrative Medicine & Wellness Authors |
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...
Pamela McDonald
Posted in: Boomer-Living's Authors & Integrative Medicine & Wellness Authors & Wellness Center |
Pamela McDonald, Boomer-Living Director,is a Board Certified - Primary Care and Nurse Practitioner, and devoted to the prevention of heart disease and chronic illness. Pam is graduate of Andrew Weil, MD’s...
Tags: mind body medicine, program in integrative medicine
Dental Health Series: Part 1 – Our Teeth and Our Body
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
Who needs Lipitor when you have the APO E Gene Diet?
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
A Patient’s Story: Dora
For 16 years, Dora had been working with her primary care doctor to solve her cholesterol mystery. Despite trying many different medications, reading all the books about lowering...
Tags: cholesterol, HDL, LDL
Eating A Healthy Diet on a Limited Budget
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
During times of increased stress and change, eating a healthy diet is one of many things you can do to maintain good health. Daily exercise is another. Consider a daily walking program. As little as 20...
Tags: breathing exercises, digestive tract
Healing Summer Sunburns and Stings
Posted in: Integrative Medicine & Wellness Center |
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
