For centuries, silver has been used to ward off sickness and infection, but should this precious metal have a place in the modern-day natural health arsenal? Is colloidal silver safe? My experience with colloidal silver Until a few years ago, I had been suspicious of all the hype around colloidal silver. Then, when my son was around four, he developed a run-of-the-mill pre-school cough. I treated it with my usual bag of … [Read more...] about Is Colloidal Silver Safe?
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Introducing Feed Your Fertility – My New EBook!
I am thrilled to announce the release of my new ebook, co-written with Laura Erlich, Feed Your Fertility. While the decision to start a family can be both exciting and terrifying, it is especially so for couples who encounter challenges. At its best, making a baby can be the joy of a lifetime. At its worst, it can be a roller coaster of hope, disappointment, and unfulfilled dreams. We wrote this ebook to take the chaos … [Read more...] about Introducing Feed Your Fertility – My New EBook!
Back To School Tummy Health For Kids
Feel those warm October winds? Welcome to late summer, the time of year in Chinese Medicine associated with the earth element, harvest, the digestive system. Kids are back to school and gearing up for Halloween and other fall festivities. This season is a great time to focus on your child's diet. It may be a surprise to learn that the gut is a key player in immunity. Special cells of the digestive system respond to the … [Read more...] about Back To School Tummy Health For Kids
Is Infertility On The Rise? Or Are Women Just Getting Too Old To Make Babies?
Thanks to my mother's generation who fought so hard for our rights in the workplace, these days many women earn graduate degrees and pursue careers before settling down to get married and/or have families. Personally I love my work, and I am deeply grateful for the liberty to run my own business and not be chained to domestic responsibilities. Unfortunately for many career women, a delay in baby-making results in problems … [Read more...] about Is Infertility On The Rise? Or Are Women Just Getting Too Old To Make Babies?
6 Common Cold Remedies That Really Work
In the previous post - 6 Immune Boosting Foods You May Be Missing - we discussed how to strengthen your body with real food to create true and deep resilience to illness. But the fact of the matter is that even perfectly robust folks get sick sometimes, and it's smart to have a few tricks up your sleeve. These common cold remedies can help you fend off a cold or the flu before it takes hold. And while conventional medicine … [Read more...] about 6 Common Cold Remedies That Really Work
Is Your Baby’s Blue Vein a Sugar Bug?
Both of my children were born with a faint blue vein on the bridge of their noses, and like any sufficiently paranoid mother, I would squint and study it trying to figure out what it could possibly be... a bruise, a birth mark, something else? For years in the Chinese medicine community I heard whisperings of this blue vein being a reliable diagnostic tool for predicting a sensitivity to sugar. I took note, and have used this … [Read more...] about Is Your Baby’s Blue Vein a Sugar Bug?
How to Get Pregnant
Some couples just seem to glance at each other and end up with a bun in the oven. For everyone else, here are some guidelines for turning fun-and-tumble sex into successful baby-making. Understanding the Physiology of Babymaking When trying to conceive, timing intercourse can make a big difference. Once you've determined your likely ovulation date, start having baby-making sex 5 days prior to the egg being released. Since … [Read more...] about How to Get Pregnant
How I Finally Lost the Baby Weight (And You Can Too)
Note: I've gotta confess that it feels pretty vulnerable posting a story about my own weight loss and body image issues, and I've been blogging long enough to know that not everyone will agree with or appreciate my experience that I've shared below. To those readers, I wish you the best, and I hope you'll do the same for me. xo Emily Like many modern women I know, I inherited a dysfunctional relationship to body image and … [Read more...] about How I Finally Lost the Baby Weight (And You Can Too)
Is Local, Raw Honey Really Better?
Raw honey is better than white sugar - and processed honey is not. Honey has been credited for everything from curing hay fever to healing infected lacerations and has been used since ancient times as a medicine and sacred food. But before you go squeezing your honey bear and honey packets into your morning tea, we need to clarify that your honey must be RAW in order to have maximum super powers. All the good in raw … [Read more...] about Is Local, Raw Honey Really Better?
How to Recover from Antibiotics
Despite my crunchy mama tendencies and over a decade working as a holistic health practitioner, I still believe that antibiotics are one of the miracles of modern medicine. I, for one, won't be passing up a chance to heal a life threatening bacterial infection if I need it. The problem is, however, that overuse of antibiotics is a massive problem these days. In my practice my patients often receive scripts for these meds … [Read more...] about How to Recover from Antibiotics
Do You Want to Make a Baby?
Seems simple enough, right? Birds, bees. Sperm, egg. Everything comes together and nine months later - BOOM. Baby in the baby carriage. For many couples, babies just happen. Others meet with disappointment and frustration. Did you know that what you eat months before you conceive will effect your baby's health and gene expression? That puts a whole new spin on the prenatal diet, eh? Did you know that waiting … [Read more...] about Do You Want to Make a Baby?
Treating Hypothyroidism And Infertility
[This guest post about hypothyroidism and infertility was written by Laura Erlich, co-author of our book, Feed Your Fertility. Laura practices Chinese medicine in Los Angeles and is board certified in reproductive medicine. You can read more at her blog Mothernurturela.com.] The thyroid is a small, butterfly shaped gland that sits in your throat, governing the way every cell in your body metabolizes energy. That’s right, this … [Read more...] about Treating Hypothyroidism And Infertility