Natural Medicine
Ashwagandha: An Herb for Our Time
Ashwagandha is the ancient herb for our modern time. It helps everything from stress, anxiety and insomnia to sex and fitness. Ashwagandha & Mental Health Ashwagandha seems to specialize in anxiety, stress and sleepless nights. A systematic review of five controlled studies found that ashwagandha significantly improves anxiety.1 All kinds of research shows that it ...
Herbal Help For Breast Feeding
Breast Feeding Is Natural and Healthy, But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Always Easy. There Is Natural, Healthy Help. Herbs that encourage breast milk are called galactogogues from the ancient Greek words meaning to bring milk. Some of the best galactagogues are blessed thistle, fenugreek, fennel, red raspberry, stinging nettle, milk thistle, chastetree berry, anise, vervain, ...
CoQ10 Fuels Your Heart
If your heart doesn’t have the energy to pump properly, CoQ10 may be the fuel for you! Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a major fuel source for your body. It is a crucial component of the mitochondria that produce the energy needed for every cellular function. It is just as crucial for the production of adenosine ...
12 Tips for Fighting Alzheimer’s
There are safe, natural ways to help people with Alzheimer’s. Here, we list 12 important tips for healthy cognitive function. 1. Think With Your Heart Have you ever been told not to think with your heart? Well, think again! Several factors famous for heart health are turning out to be just as important for brain ...
The Top Herbs for Men’s Sexual Health
Experiencing reproductive and sexual health problems? Here are herbal solutions for men. Top Herbs for Enlarged Prostate Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlarged prostate, will affect more than half of all men in their lifetime and 90 percent of men over 85. Saw Palmetto Berry Saw palmetto berry extract, at a dose of 320 mg a ...
Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Beyond: Strategies to Optimize Gut–Immune Health
They say health begins in the gut, but that’s not just a catchy wellness mantra—it’s immunology 101. Think of your gut as a castle and nearly 70 percent of your immune system are the guards stationed along its walls. Their job? Keep intruders out, keep order inside, and decide when to raise the alarm. The ...
Natural Treatments for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease, and the numbers are on the rise—including in kids. NAFLD is now one of the most common causes of liver transplant. In NAFLD, fats, including cholesterol and triglycerides, collect in liver tissue. It affects as many as 30 percent of people, ...
Leaky Gut & Immune Dysregulation: A Functional Medicine Approach to Restoring Balance
Let’s be honest, “leaky gut” sounds like one of those trendy wellness terms that gets tossed around without much scientific backing. But in functional medicine and immunology, increased intestinal permeability is a very real phenomenon with legitimate implications for immune function, mood, inflammation and whole-body health. This article breaks down the gut-immune connection, explains what ...
The Hottest News in Hot Flashes
More than half the population is female. More than half of them will experience the symptoms of menopause. Yet there have been virtually no advances in the treatment of menopause since hormone replacement therapy. Pharmaceutically, that is. There have been lots of advances in natural medicine. Some won’t surprise you. Some will! Black Cohosh It ...
The Gut-Immune Axis: Nutritional & Lifestyle Strategies for Optimized Health
The Microbiome-Immune Connection: Why It Matters Think of your gut as a biodynamic ecosystem … a rainforest, not a factory. It’s teeming with microbial life, constantly exchanging information with the immune system to regulate inflammation, identify pathogens and maintain equilibrium. And just like in any ecosystem, when one species overgrows or one environmental input shifts, ...
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