Wild oat (Avena sativa) is far more than a common breakfast cereal or baking staple. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF WILD OAT Oats are members of special medicinal herb group called nervines. For more than 150 years, traditional medicine practitioners have used nervines, such as Wild Oat, to quell anxiety, reduce stress, support healthy…
Holistic Approaches to Living With Asthma
All you want to do is breathe deeply and fully. You want to fill your lungs with oxygen and feel satisfied. You want to do it rhythmically and naturally, without gasping for air, without fear or panic. But for 7% of the U.S population the natural act of breathing often feels impossible.…
Elderberry: Medicinal Elixir for the Whole Family
For millennia, physicians, and herbalists have found medicinal uses for all parts of the elder tree, including its wood, leaves, flowers and berries. Leaves were used in ointments to heal skin. The flowers and berries were made into infusions as a common treatment for colds and rheumatic conditions. Today, herbalists and holistic…
How to Take A Soothing Sitz Bath
A sitz bath is a warm, shallow bath that cleanses the exterior areas of the reproductive organs including the perineum (the space between the rectum and the vulva or scrotum) and provides soothing relief from pain, irritation, or itching. WHY USE A SITZ BATH? Common reasons why you might want to use a…
Ease Chest Congestion With Mustard Pack
When you’re battling a cold or other respiratory condition, your lungs often get congested with mucous that’s difficult to cough up. A mustard pack might be just what you need! Forceful coughing can irritate the sensitive lining of your respiratory passages; your chest and stomach hurt with the effort, it’s hard to breathe, impossible…
Relax With The Herb Lavender!
You walk into a massage therapy office needing relief and balance. You breathe in a spirit-lifting scent and then a remarkable calm washes over you. Most likely you’ve just experienced one of the amazing benefits of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia). HISTORY OF THE HERB LAVENDER This richly scented, deep purple flower is native to the…
Reduce Pain & Inflammation with Devil’s Claw
Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is indigenous to southern Africa where, for thousands of years, tribes prepared the herb as an internal remedy for migraine and gastrointestinal problems and to reduce fever. Salves were also prepared to heal skin conditions. CONTROL PAIN & INFLAMMATION WITH DEVIL’S CLAW Today, Devil’s Claw is a scientifically validated remedy for…
Soothe Back Pain with Restorative Yoga
A mind-body practice, Yoga combines physical poses called asanas, breathing exercises, and guided meditation in a session that is typically 75-minutes long. For many people, yoga is an effective way to reduce inflammation, relieve stress and muscle tension, and change habitual posture patterns that result in back pain. WHAT TO EXPECT WITH RESTORATIVE…
Yes, You Can Prevent & Reduce Back Pain Naturally!
Think you can’t prevent and reduce back pain naturally? Think again! Oh my aching back! Most of us will say this several times over the course of our lifetime. Sometimes it’s a chronic issue, a deep nagging ache that impacts daily activities. Other times, it’s sudden and acute and amazingly painful, the result of a…
How to Perform Eustachian Tube Massage
It can hit anyone at any age – children and adults alike – and result in anything from mild discomfort to severe pain. We’re talking about congestion, that miserable clogged headachy feeling due to upper respiratory illness, ear infection, or allergies. It’s often due to inflammation and fluid in the Eustachian tube, a canal that…
