The symptoms suffered in a healing crisis are the same symptoms suffered in disease. Disease states can be dangerous.
What’s a practitioner to do?
Healing crisis is a fixture of traditional, natural medicine.
In order to understand healing crisis in the context of today’s health care, let’s compare the paradigm of science-based conventional medicine with that of pre-scientific traditional medicine (sometimes referred to as alternative medicine)…. Read More
From a conventional health care perspective, primary health care happens outside the home. In the US, primary care providers (PCPs) are physicians (usually family physicians or internists), physician assistants, or nurse practitioners.
PCPs provide basic health care, both routine prevention (typically screening and lifestyle counseling) and treatment of illness that does not require a specialist.
When a patient requires care from a specialist, the PCP makes referrals and remains on board to coordinate care…. Read More
Floracopeia founder David Crow was at the top of my list of experts for next week’s (free!) Natural Approaches to Flu: Prevention, Treatment and Recovery webinar.
I’ve benefited from David’s expertise and superior essential oils for many years, ever since I first read his enthralling book, In Search of the Medicine Buddha, and invited him to give a presentation in my living room way back when (the room smelled great long after everyone left)…. Read More
What’s in your wellness wallet? Perhaps, like many people, you think your wallet’s empty, and berate yourself for all the good things you think you should, but don’t, do to maintain your health and well-being.
That’s why I call it your secret wellness program; it’s a secret you keep from yourself.
Get ready for the unveiling…. Read More
What do you think will happen this holiday season? Will you:
Eat too much?
Drink too much?
Go out too often?
Stay out too late?
Sleep too little?
Get caught under the mistletoe?
Not get caught under the mistletoe?… Read More
Most of us have cell phones.
Many also have cordless phones in our homes and offices (cell and cordless phones function the same way).
Although some of us are aware of the risks involved with the constant presence of these microwave radios, none of us are about to toss our cells. And we don’t have to…. Read More
“There are dreamers and there are realists in this world.
“You’d think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true.
“You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun.
“And the realists? Well, without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.”… Read More
