Check out your drugs
Looking for information about the drugs you are taking? Drugs.com is a comprehensive website for looking up almost any drug on the market – over the counter or prescribed. I use this site to check on side effects and/or adverse effects of medications that my patients are…
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Treat Your Feet
Warm foot soak! A simple warm foot bath feels especially luxurious on these cold winter days! Recently, I treated myself to a fabulous hot foot soak. Some simple things are just too good to be true, this is one of them! I used a regular dish pan, filled it…
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Why Acupuncture?
Wondering what acupuncture can treat? The World Health Organization has wondered too. Over the years, the WHO has met to review the validity of acupuncture. Meeting in 1998 to review controlled clinical trials of acupuncture performed around the world, the WHO created the following list of diseases…
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Iron Tiger
February 14, 2010 marks both the Chinese and Tibetan New Year: The Year of the Iron Tiger. Wondering what it means? Me too. So, I searched around and found the most complete assessment and explanation at the Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar. I hope you enjoy the post as much…
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching Eight The highest good is like water. Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive. It flows in places men reject and so it is like the Tao. In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in…
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Consistency is Over-Rated
That is my thought today as I reflect on how long it’s been since my last post. I have been imagining myself at confession, “Forgive me, it has been 16 days since my last post…” Sometimes it seems all I can do is inhale. After 16 days…
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Cell Salts
What are cell salts? Cell salts are also called biochemic tissue salts, or mineral salts. Cell salts were discovered and named as the science of biochemistry was sprouting in the early 1800’s – primarily in Europe. A German medical doctor, Dr. W. H. Schuessler (1821-1898) is considered…
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Winter Health
The Winter season corresponds to the Kidney – Water energy according to Chinese Medical Theory. Water – Kidney energy is quiet, internal, and sustaining. Seeds formed from last year’s plants are deep in the ground, keeping quiet, incubating until the rush of Spring. We can nourish our…
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Digging for Gold
This morning I realized that improvements are made only to that which is faulty. For years I’ve had my inner vision focused on my faults. I have constantly pushed myself to transform into a better person. This is an exhausting road. It is the caged hamster running…
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