To Western doctors, insomnia is the inability to sleep soundly. If there is no obvious physical reason, it will usually be seen as an emotional problem such as stress, anxiety, or depression. For chronic insomnia the usual treatment is sleeping...
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Take Baking Soda ~Then Call Me In The Morning
My great aunt relied on Baking Soda for all things difficult to cure or difficult to clean and everything in-between. For indigestion she would take a half-teaspoon each of Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda in a glass of...
Neverland ~ It was NEVER Right for Michael Jackson
Thursday the Today show was broadcast from Michael Jackson's home Neverland; I almost fell off my chair when I saw the inside of his home. Overhead beams were in every room shown on the tour including the kitchen and the...
What’s formaldehyde and antifreeze doing in your skin?
A friend called me very distressed. Her doctor had sent her for a MRI because of a neck injury. When she arrived at the hospital they asked her if she had any tattoos and she said yes. They then...
Sugar Substitutes ~
Children are born with a much stronger preference for sweet flavors. This is nature's way of protecting them; as most poisonous herbs and plants taste bitter so that a child would naturally reject or avoid them. By adolescence, as they...
Sugar ~ Leptin and Weight Loss…
I was watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on television and he mentioned that in the 1880's the average person consumed 13 grams of sugar a day while today the average person consumes 285 grams of sugar. Now Dr. Dyer is known...
In Good Health ~ Nutrition ~ Herbs ~ Acupuncture
Chinese Medicine treats the whole body. It looks at life-style, diet and emotional states. The most important and first line of treatment is always nutrition. They feel that what you eat and how you prepare it is the foundation for...
Update ~ Nasal Irrigation ~ Allergies
Many thanks to Jackie who emailed me to let me know that the Mayo Clinic promotes the use of nasal irrigation. According to Jackie, their most recent study appeared in January 2009, with the 200 patients in the study reporting...
Did someone say overindulgence ? Try Herbs
Memorial Day ~ That great American Holiday when we honor our war Veterans. Yet the ritual always seems to end with overindulging ourselves with our favorite food and drink ~ to diet at this time would seem positively un-American. ...
Does anyone still smoke to look older?
Today's subject is very serious...smoking. I would be remiss if I didn't at least ask you to think seriously about why you are smoking. You must have heard over and over again that smoking is at the root of many...