(Listen to the full episode here.) The importance of our microbiome, the trillions of organisms and their genetic material that resides in and on our bodies, is profound. In this episode of The Essential Oil Revolution, I do my first solosode! I review studies on how essential oils impact the microbiome. Specifically, I explore...
The Merging of Botanical Science with Traditional Healing: Exploring the Healing Potential of Caribbean Plants and Essential Oils with Dr. Eugene Zamperion, ND, RH(AHG), Ethnobotanical Researcher (Ep. 393)
(Listen to the full episode here.) The Problem with Relying Solely on Modern Research to Understand Herbal Medicine Herbal medicine has a vast history that may be as old as mankind itself. With the advent of pharmaceuticals and the Flexner Report of 1910, it fell out of favor in the West. Recently, it has...
How to Release Physical and Emotional Scars and Restore Mind-Body Resiliency Using Essential Oils with Dr. Kim Trager, DC, B.S. (Ep. 392)
(Listen to the full episode here.) Unresolved scars and emotional traumas can negatively impact our mental and physical health. The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) Study is one of the most pertinent and more concrete examples of this. This research provided evidence of the link between traumatic events in childhood and an increased risk of...
How Head Injuries are Contributing to Mental Illness and How to Recover from a Concussion with Dr. Kabran Chapek, ND from the Amen Clinics (Ep. 391)
(Listen to the full episode here) According to the most recent data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) there were approximately 214,000 TBI-related hospitalizations in 2020 and almost 69,500 TBI-related deaths in 2021. Yet, the impact may be much higher, as these estimates do not include...