What Your Dark Circles May Be Trying to Tell You
Anyone who has ever pulled an all-nighter knows what to expect when they look in the mirror the next day. Dark, puffy circles under the eyes. Medical school is no exception and for many physicians, those dark circles under the eyes (we call it periorbital edema, infraorbital venous stasis, or infraorbital hyperpigmentation) are an occupational […]
7 Ways to Use Calendula For Health
In my days as a naturopathic medical student, oh so many years ago, one of my jobs on the Bastyr University campus was to manage the botanical medicine laboratory. This was a facility that we built right next to the botanical medicine gardens for the purposes of taking the plants from the gardens and turning […]
5 Reasons to Add Flaxseed Oil to Your Diet
Botanically speaking, the plant is called Linum usitatissimum which roughly translates to “useful linen” which it is indeed. Linum is more commonly known as flax…which is one of the most useful plants in the natural world. The archeological record demonstrates the earliest use of wild flax dates back over 30,000 years to the paleolithic era […]
Want Great Skin? Eat More of These Delicious Foods
The global skincare industry is worth nearly $150 Billion… Sadly, most of it is just window dressing. What the skincare industry wants you to believe is that you can apply their creams, balms, ointments, lotions, and serums to treat your skin from the outside. What they don’t seem to understand is that the skin is […]
7 Warning Signs That You Might Be Calcium Deficient
When you think of calcium, you might think of bones and teeth where most of the calcium in the human body is stored. In addition to helping with the formation of new bone, calcium is also essential for a number of other bodily functions including: Blood clotting Nerve signal transmission Blood vessel function Muscle […]
A Rash of Shingles Cases
My colleagues and I have noticed a rash of patients with shingles in the office recently. Pun intended, sorry. To be clear…shingles is no joke, so now that I got my silly pun out of the way, we can dig into the story of what shingles is and what you can do to prevent and […]
This Liquid Gold Has Potent Healing Power
My mother-in-law winced in pain as she cautiously took the bandage off her leg. Three weeks before, she had a large, deep skin cancer removed. The surgical wound repeatedly been infected and was not healing well at all. Her surgeon had recommended all sorts of different ointments and topical treatments, but nothing was working. Her […]
