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How To Make a Mustard Plaster for Chest Congestion Ingredients: 1 cup of flour 1/4 cup mustard seed powder (you can also grind mustard seeds into powder yourself, which would make a stronger and even more effective poultice). Olive oil, to apply to SKIN so prevent the plaster from burning skin Directions: Stir in enough hot water to make a thick paste with flour and mustard seed po

By now I hope most of you have learned about the importance of maintaining an optimal state of bacteria in your gut. Through clinical practice, we are learning more and more about the link between these strains of bacteria and chronic illness. When it comes to diabetes, two of the biggest systems that are involved in the regulation of blood sugar is your immune system and gastroint

When I initially see a diabetic patient, they often have complaints and concerns happening within their gastrointestinal systems. These symptoms can range from increased gas and bloating, to nausea and vomiting to diarrhea and constipation. You could almost diagnosis IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) in most diabetic patients. The unfortunate part of this scenario is that most patient

Nutrition is such a important topic when it comes to the disease of diabetes. The obvious impact of the food we eat when we are dealing with dysregulated blood sugar should be first and foremost in our minds. The unfortunate part is that the conventional approach to nutritional counseling for diabetics falls very short of what is truly needed to educate patients who are dealing wit

As a naturopathic physician trained under the primary principle of “treat the cause, not the symptom”, I can not help myself when it comes to educating the public about their health care choices regarding acute health concerns like cold and flu. All to often in our current medical culture we disregard the effect of our choices and the long term impact that this creates

This is obviously a very serious topic that I do not take lightly. The first thing to touch on is the fact that when it comes to addiction, it is not about the substance that someone becomes addicted to but rather the potential in ones environment that creates susceptibility to addictive behavior. (To understand this more, please watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9

According to a recent article on WebMD , https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20191015/steroid-shots-for-painful-joints-may-make-matters-worse#1 , it appears that the conventional community is finally becoming aware of the detrimental impact of cortisone shots. What naturopaths have known for years is that these steroid shots break down the tissue structures that they come in